Online supermarkets

Naturally, we’ve all heard about online shopping. When we talk about it, I don’t consider that groceries come into our mind at first. We know about Amazon or eBay where we can buy a broad variety of goods and services. However, this time let me introduce the idea of online supermarkets. It is something which is not that widespread yet. Perhaps this will be our future, but it also might be that only housewives of posh businessmen can afford themselves to order groceries straight to their doors. The service works inland too, but it is more popular abroad, like in the UK. Moreover, according to a study in this topic a spectacular boom can be expected between now and 2016.

The point of online shopping is that consumers can buy goods via the Internet. Nowadays, more and more online shops are available. To use them, you must register on the given site. After making a profile, giving your contacts, you can start to fill up your trolley. When you finish, you can select the most appropriate time you are free to receive the pack. Delivery fee depends on how much money you have to spend after finishing the shopping. If you reach a certain value, the delivery is free. You can use your credit card to make payments but it is also possible to pay in cash to the delivery guy.  

Just a random comment

So while I was doing research for my BA thesis today, I came across an interesting sentiment in one of the books I was reading about New Media. It reminded me of what Anna Vera had written about her reasons for not registering on Twitter. She claimed that even without doing that, she had completed half of the assignment: she was completely aware of the different uses, advantages and disadvantages of Twitter.

So here is the excerpt. David Gauntlett (author, Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Westminster) is listing the key points of an outline for Media Studies 2.0 (in contrast to 1.0, which lacks an appropriate assessment of Web 2.0).

“The patronizing belief that students should be taught how to 'read' the media is replaced by the recognition that media audiences in general are already extremely capable interpreters of media content, with a critical eye and an understanding of contemporary media techniques, thanks in large to the large amount of coverage of this in popular media itself.” (David Gauntlett in Digital Cultures: Understanding New Media, 2009: 8)

Comment if you will, I just thought it was an interesting viewpoint, worthy of sharing. (And I haven't posted anything here in a while now, so this totally came in handy.)

And here's an awesome gif of Troy and Abed sitting in a blanket fort.

Google +

Google+ is a relatively new social network site. The reason why it is really good is its circles. On most of the social network sites, we are 'hunting for friends'. But are they REALLY our friends???! It’s quite awkward if our teachers, boss or colleagues see a photo of us that was taken in the weekend party. 
I have some friends whose facebook-friends include some of their other friends’ parents. From that time, my friends don’t dare to share or comment as many things as they did before. They feel uncomfortable because they could never know who will check them. 


Despite, if you use Google+, you are entirely aware of which information can be visible by whom as you can create your own circles – as many as you wish. Thanks to your grouping, you can share the given info only with that group(s) you choose to share with.


Watch this video that contrasts facebook and google+ in a funny way:

This one helps you to explore Google+:

And to get to know more about circles, watch this one:

Shameless pimping

Our sweet darling newborn, also the subject of our wonderful future joint case study and presentation, both with my good friend and colleague, Miss Ági Csóka. May I present you:

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"People always talk about the weather"

When people try to avoid the tension that silence can cause during a conversation...
When people say something just for the sake of saying something...
When people feel they have no chance to find common interest with their speaking partner...
... they always talk about the weather.

And the Hungarian attitude goes like this: 

"Ohh in summer you wish it was cooler 

And in winter you wish it was milder 

Conditions - they are never in your favour"