:: Nikos Tsirakis :: the weblog :: http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog personal weblog of Nikos Tsirakis Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en After so much time… http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2010/04/21/after-so-much-time/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2010/04/21/after-so-much-time/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2010/04/21/after-so-much-time/ Yes its true, after about 1 year of inactivity including much work, research, army obligation and many other activities I’m back :). So much things that I have to do with this page and with the post I have in plan to write!

(Photo by @carlos_bull)
(Photo by @carlos_bull)

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2010/04/21/after-so-much-time/feed/ Need to upgrade wordpress in my blog http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/03/23/need-to-upgrade-wordpress-in-my-blog/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/03/23/need-to-upgrade-wordpress-in-my-blog/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:40:44 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/03/23/need-to-upgrade-wordpress-in-my-blog/ After many months of inactivity in this blog I feel ready to make an upgrade in my wordpress engine and maybe add some new plugins!

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/03/23/need-to-upgrade-wordpress-in-my-blog/feed/ Open Coffee Patras III http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/02/03/open-coffee-patras-%ce%b9%ce%b9%ce%b9/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/02/03/open-coffee-patras-%ce%b9%ce%b9%ce%b9/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:49:01 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/02/03/open-coffee-patras-%ce%b9%ce%b9%ce%b9/ O Δημήτρης Γλέζος ανακοίνωσε ήδη το 3ο Open Coffee Πάτρας το οποίο θα λάβει μέρος την Τετάρτη 4 Φεβρουαρίου στο χώρο της Ποικίλης Στοάς (χάρτης) περίπου στις 7μμ. Να είστε όλοι εκεί γιατί για ακόμα μια φορά το πρόγραμμα είναι γεμάτο και με πολλές και ενδιαφέρουσες παρουσιάσεις. Δυστυχώς δεν θα μπορέσω να είμαι εκεί αλλά πιστεύω πως όλα είναι έτοιμα και οι παρουσιάσεις θα τραβίξουν το ενδιαφέρον όλων εκεί.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/02/03/open-coffee-patras-%ce%b9%ce%b9%ce%b9/feed/ Open Breakfast Patras #1 - the minutes http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/19/amazing-day-today/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/19/amazing-day-today/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:22:53 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/19/amazing-day-today/ The first Open Breakfast in Patras was successful. We were more than 15 people at a beautiful place talking about Greek startups, new ideas, and future meetings while drinking nice coffee. Special presence was the President and CEO of the Patras Science Park Prof. Petros P. Groumpos. He gave us many advices and information about the current status of Greek startups and what are the first steps for someone to start his own business. I believe that the next meetings of the Open Breakfast in Patras will be promising with more surprises and good news.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/19/amazing-day-today/feed/ Multitasking periods http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/17/multitasking-periods/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/17/multitasking-periods/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:40:35 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/17/multitasking-periods/ According to some people multitasking isn’t so easy to be managed and sometimes cannot help you succeed in a high level to the target that you have. There are some others who claim that if you can manage multitasking things or if you can just afford periods based on this concept, then you have special skills and you have something that no one teaches you in school but you have learn it on your own.
Last years I find myself working all the time under this concept. I think that I can manage now better my time but I feel that it’s important sometimes to focus on the target we have in order to succeed.

In the meanwhile there are many blogs, articles and books that can help you with tips and tricks in order to manage your time better and handle difficult situations under which you have to work in different and parallel tasks.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/17/multitasking-periods/feed/ The 4-hour workweek book http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/14/the-4-hour-workweek-book/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/14/the-4-hour-workweek-book/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:33:01 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/14/the-4-hour-workweek-book/ Some days ago I started reading a book of Timothy Ferriss with title “The 4-hour workweek”. I wasn’t so excited while reading the first pages but after some reading days I started writing down some notes which made me thing of changing the way I’m thinking about several situations in my work and generally the way a work every day. It’s true that the author writes long stories with bold claims and promises. But through the text there are many useful tips that someone can adopt with many valid points. Maybe another post review will be written after the end of reading! ]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2009/01/14/the-4-hour-workweek-book/feed/ Joining Indifex http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/22/joining-indifex/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/22/joining-indifex/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:10:11 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/22/joining-indifex/ It’s all very exciting. It’s wonderful working for something you believe for its potency from the first moment it came out. It’s so interesting to cooperate with people you admire. It’s more attractive to set your hand on things that make world wide web a better place to work on.

All these things made me decide to be part of Indifex and work with Dimitris for Transifex.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/22/joining-indifex/feed/ My Twitter http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/15/my-twitter/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/15/my-twitter/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:36:35 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/15/my-twitter/ Εδώ και λίγες μέρες χρησιμοποιώ το twitter στη διεύθυνση www.twitter.com/tsirakis. Από μια πρώτη άποψη είναι αρκετά βολικό και γρήγορο - εύκολα και άμεσα μικρά νέα και απαντήσεις σε φίλους. Από μια άλλη όμως έχει βασικές λειτουργικές αδυναμίες όπως η παρακολούθηση συγκεκριμένων post και reply to post threads. Ήδη οι αναρτήσεις του blog βγαίνουν και εκεί.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/15/my-twitter/feed/ Google Online Marketing Challenge http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/11/google-online-marketing-challenge/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/11/google-online-marketing-challenge/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:47:57 +0000 admin http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/11/google-online-marketing-challenge/ Ξεκίνησε το Google Online Marketing Challenge. Υπάρχουν ομάδες που αποτελούνται από φοιτητές και καθηγητές και έχουν ένα budget για να διαφημίσουν επιχειρήσεις και δίνουν κάποιες αναφορές από τις καμπάνιες. Υπάρχει και μια ομάδα ακαδημαϊκών που κρίνει τους νικητές.

]]> http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/11/google-online-marketing-challenge/feed/ I feel famous Today! http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/05/i-feel-famous-today/ http://www.tsirakis.com/weblog/2008/12/05/i-feel-famous-today/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:23:07 +0000 admin http://www.tsirman.com/weblog/2008/12/05/i-feel-famous-today/ Today I tried some photos from opencoffee patras II in photofunia.

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