Internet & Life Chaitanya A C V

Fun fact: My teachers used to suggest reference books to read along with the prescribed textbooks.

Now can you expect teachers to recommend such books?

Google’s classroom has redefined the whole experience of submitting an assignment. Well, to be fair, doing an assignment or write-up on a topic is no longer a tough job. Nothing that you can’t handle with few hours on the Internet, right?

But here’s the twist - we have become so accustomed to the distracted way of reading that we no longer understand the full extent of something read in the first go. It requires multiple reads.

Plus to keep up with a reading habit now is a very costly affair. No longer are the comics and novels coming in at INR 10 to 100. They are all priced above INR 100 and have amazing covers plus marketing. Sadly, that is the state of things wherein quality content is costlier and requires marketing to reach enough people to ensure a good volume of sales.

I would recommend you to get a Kindle Unlimited plan or even get Audible - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B077S5CVBQ/?ref=chaitanyaac0f-21?actioncode=AINOTH066082819002X&tag=chaitanyaac0f-21 (affiliate link, please support!)

It helps that you can still continue doing your tasks in that well accustomed distracted manner to which people are used to now.

But reading is important in these times


Knowledge

Food for your brain

Literary skills and creative communication

Bonding and empathy


How to improve your reading skills?


Identify main ideas

Make small notes on key points

Connect/identify the scenarios in your life or visualise them

Try to anticipate what will be the next section or theme or chapter all about in the book - this way it makes reading entertaining



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Humans are passionate about their homes. We, humans, have been doing farming and building homes since pre-historic times.

Hey, it is ingrained in our thoughts. We want to grow and cultivate things while building a secure and safer tomorrow.

Now coming back to the present we have the Internet and Smart Homes.

People are now looking towards creating home automation.

Recipes.

Routines.

Convenience.

Repetitive works.

Monthly activities.

Internal networks

Internet-connected systems. - The regular tech.

Some noteworthy articles and brands.


https://www.brilliant.tech/home
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-smart-home-devices,review-2008.html
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-best-smart-home-devices
https://www.techradar.com/in/news/smart-home-devices
https://smartify.in/
https://www.homeautomat.in/smart-home-automation.html
https://www.noom-home.com/lighting
https://www.amazon.in/Stainless-Compatible-Android-Control-Anywhere/dp/B07NVRXTGG
https://www.amazon.in/Nescaf%C3%A9-Smart-Coffee-Maker-Travel/dp/B07H3LQP5K


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The phrase Internet Friends

A person you know exclusively through the Internet (which includes social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest) or email and will rarely, if ever, meet is considered an online friend. ... An online friendship begins when two people bond and have things in common, just like an offline relationship

Currently, these are how people referring to their Internet friends


Menace

Problems

LinkedIn - Dating site - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-reasons-why-everyone-using-linkedin-dating-timothy-tart/

Twitter - Reply guys - https://mashable.com/article/twitter-reply-guys/

Facebook - Stalkers

Instagram Stalkers

WhatsApp groups - Torture


Fruitful relationships

There is a new thing in the play now - Slack - https://analyticsdemystified.com/conferencescommunity/part-measure-slack-community/

Nebula - https://watchnebula.com/
Discord

Houseparty

Facebook groups

Scheduled Video calls

8 tips for being safe online


Be nice to people always

Complain about brands responsibly do not jump on to conclusions

Keep personal information private

Take care of what you share - Is it useful? Is it making sense? Will it impact everyone positively?

Check your privacy settings on all social networks you are on

Report hate and misinformation as and when you come across it

Keep your passwords safe - follow a pattern only you know or start using password generators and store - https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2020/12/google-chrome-introduces-password.html - Use Google Chrome to find out what passwords have been compromised

Do not plan to meet up someone you have only met online in person



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Internet & food

Fun fact:

You are what you eat.

Quite literally!

Most cells in the body will be completely replaced within 7-10 years

Another crazy fact is that:

The brain is 70 to 80 percent water. So drinking water is crucial for good thoughts.

Coming back to the topic Internet & Food. Internet has been great source to quench my thirst for new and tasty vegetarian food


I basically have learnt more about different types of cuisines and recipes from various YouTube channels and of course - https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/
Reviews about restaurants and eateries in Zomato & Google Maps
Book reviews on Amazon & Google knowledge panel

The other key

Diet charts, planning

India - https://www.nhp.gov.in/healthlyliving/healthy-diet

USA - https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/index.html

Local food and restaurant discovery using Google Maps - over 305 restaurant categories - https://pixelcutlabs.com/blog/google-my-business-categories/

Future is this - Interesting to know about - http://internet-of-food.org/


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Firstly, apologies for not being punctual in my podcasts. But below are the links to the elements I discuss in the podcast.

Fun fact

Salary.com found that 39% of respondents said they spend an hour or less per week on non-work-related items, 29% spent up to 2 hours per week, 21% up to 5 hours, and just 3% 10 or more hours.

Web timer - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-timer/efkkjffdefaaioagghcaflicdajfhceo?hl=en

Banner blindness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness

Read mode - Chrome & Safari 

Chrom extension - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/read-mode/nagcaahojecfeopbghgihcabgiepploa?hl=en#:~:text=Read%20Mode&text=Puts%20Google%20Chrome%20into%20read,removed%20while%20on%20read%2Dmode

Disable notifications

Keep just one window

Set a timer - Pomodoro technique - https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique


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Hi Everyone!



This is Chaitanya. 

A content marketing professional and this is my podcast where I’m planning to do the following:


Give critic analysis of major happenings around the world (driven by my gut along with the numbers)

Content Marketing Hacks that work really well (of course I’ll be testing loads of them before I let you guys know)

Life hacks powered by the Internet


I vow to keep doing these podcasts at a fairly good frequency so that I can cover all the important bits of information at the right times.

So Stay Tuned Everyone! 

Catch you all in the next one! (I purposefully tried to make it rhyme :P) 


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