Fenomena Jejaring Sosial

Mendengar kata jejaring sosial atau dalam bahasa kerennya social networking pikiran kita pasti akan langsung tertuju ke Facebook, Twitter dsb. Yah, memang itulah jejaring sosial yang sedang populer sekarang ini. Gak peduli pejabat tinggi, pelajar, mahasiswa, ibu rumah tangga bahkan para pekerja kasar pun bisa dipastikan memiliki sebuah akun di jejaring sosial tersebut. Tentu tujuan mereka adalah untuk mencari teman sebanyak-banyaknya di dunia maya atau bahkan bisa dibawa ke dunia nyata. Tujuan tersebut sejalan dengan sejarah pendirian jejaring sosial tersebut yaitu untuk menjalin hubungan sosial antar sesama. Meskipun dalam perjalanannya bukan hanya hubungan sosial antar sesama tetapi juga hubungan bisnis, sarana promosi sebuah produk atau sebagai sarana untuk menyampaikan pendapat, sebagai sarana kampanye politik dan masih banyak lagi lainnya. Tapi sebagaimana yang kita ketahui, sebuah hal pasti akan memiliki dua sisi yang berbeda. Positif dan negatif seperti kepingan logam yang dua sisinya tidak akan pernah berpisah. Yah, hal inilah yang belakangan sering kita jumpai. Jejaring sosial sudah keluar dari kodratnya sebagai sarana menjalin hubungan sosial antar sesama. Karena beberapa hal penyalahgunaan jejaring sosial ini bermunculan dimana. Jejaring sosial sudah digunakan sebagai sarana kejahatan, sarana untuk saling menghujat, sebagai ajang olok-olokan yang terkadang berbau SARA. Masih ingatkah kita tentang isu bahwa pemerintah berencana menutup jejaring sosial Facebook di Indonesia? Karena penyalahgunaan itulah pemerintah merasa perlu untuk bertindak lebih jauh agar penyalahgunaan jejaring sosial ini tidak semakin berlarut-larut. Banyak yang bereaksi dengan rencana pemerintah itu. Termasuk juga para pengguna jejaring sosial yang benar-benar memanfaatkannya sebagai sarana menjalin hubungan sosial. Mereka merasa keberatan jika jejaring sosial yang sudah sedemikian besar manfaatnya harus ditutup. Kita tak akan pernah memungkiri, jejaring sosial hanyalah sebuah alat yang sangat bergantung kepada pemakainya. Tergantung kita akan membawa kemana jejaring sosial tersebut. Tapi alangkah baiknya jika semua berjalan sesuai porsinya. Dan akan jauh lebih baik lagi jika kita lebih bijak menggunakan kemajuan teknologi ini.

Ziarah ke Makam Harry Potter

Sebuah pemakaman di Israel kedatangan rombongan penggemar Harry Potter, yang datang untuk menengok makam seorang yang juga bernama Harry Potter.

Prajurit Harry Potter dulunya seorang tentara Kerajaan Inggris yang tewas di sebuah pertempuran pada 1939. Saat itu ia berumur 18 tahun, tapi di makamnya ditulis 19 tahun, sebab ia mengaku lebih tua setahun saat mendaftar masuk ketentaraan. Tak ada hubungan antara prajurit Harry Potter dengan tokoh karangan JK Rowling. Ziarah para fans ke makam itu dimulai sejak lima tahun lalu, dan makam itu makin populer setelah dicantumkan di sebuah situs pariwisata.

New Irizar i6

One of the key elements for the success of the Irizar products is that innovative solutions are made taking into consideration the opinions and needs of its clients and users.

Despite the uncertainty that exists, Irizar has continued its commitment of investing in new product and technology developments and today is launching the Irizar i6 new coach to the market. A versatile high-end coach that is ideal for commuter and touring services. It´s unmistakable thanks to IRIZAR´s identifying symbols: safety, reliability, design, attention to detail, aerodynamic and comfort. The Irizar i6 also offers a maximum ability to be adapted, allowing clients to configure the coach according to their specifications, just as they need it.

The structure of the Irizar i6 has been designed by taking into consideration the vehicle´s resistance to frontal collisions and roll-overs, complying with the future R66.01 safety regulation to increase the passenger area´s roll-over resistance by equipping the mass of passengers with safety belts.

Additionally, special attention has been paid to the driver´s area as an active and essential part of safety, prioritising its spaciousness, ergonomics, and accessible controls. Thanks to the most advanced lighting technologies, the rear-view mirrors designed exclusively for IRIZAR have improved visibility to a maximum. In the design, the bending strength and torsion rigidity have also been improved, as well as the load and weight distribution and many other details that make a difference.

The Irizar i6 has been conceived with the most demanding parameters, making it an especially robust and reliable vehicle.

Independent institutes and engineering firms of recognised prestige have subjected the new Irizar i6 to the most demanding tests, with excellent performance and results.

A maximum level of comfort and space optimisation was a goal for the passenger area. The seats have been exclusively designed for IRIZAR and stand out because of their ergonomics, durability and accessibility. The air conditioning and interior lighting make the experience of travelling in an Irizar i6 even more pleasant, incorporating improvements such as LED technology and flat screen monitors.

One of IRIZAR´s priorities is to always minimise fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, both of which have been taken into consideration in the design of this new coach. Noise and vibration sources have also been reduced by separating and insulating the engine area.

The design and adaptation to market needs make the new Irizar i6 a safe, profitable and reliable investment, without a doubt. It´s a coach that stands out because of its features and on which IRIZAR has placed its seal of design and uniqueness. Driving it is a special experience, and travelling in it is a true pleasure.

7 Ways to Write Better Blog Posts

1. Find Your Niche

If you are planning to blog about life in New York City, understand ahead of time that no one’s really going to pay attention. The world is saturated with blogs, and while you may have a unique or engaging writing style and your stories about NYC may be completely mind blowing, people just aren’t drawn to blogs on such general subjects.

You need to look for a way to create a market and then corner it — what is it about your experience in New York that makes your voice worth listening to? A blog about the best out-of-the-way restaurants or your experience in graduate school at NYU is infinitely more interesting than a generic “NYC blog.”

The idea here is to blog in such a way that what you’re writing may be of use to someone else on the Internet. Make your blog about NYC interesting to people about to move there, or students applying to your graduate program. After all, creating a community is a huge part of the blogging experience.

2. Have a Goal

Your blog should have a purpose. You don’t need to be blogging to raise money for a political cause or blogging so you can sell your handmade trinkets — but there should be a purpose to your blogging. Bigger than that, each post on your blog should have its own goal.

Are you attempting to draw more readers in? Then link and talk about other bloggers. Ask questions of your audience. Post a poll — anything to get people involved. Or maybe your goal is just to add some content to your blog — add away. The point is, each blog post should be driven by something other than “Here I am writing on my blog.” Writing with a goal in mind will almost always produce better writing.

3. Write a Snappy Title

Blog post titles do count for something. Some say that a blog post’s title can make or break the blog. Target your blog post title to your blog’s goal — if you’re worried about your blog’s search traffic, you should use a title that can draw search engines, something simple and short.

Some people prefer to write titles to be funny or to draw people in with an outrageous phrase — if that’s the case, be creative. Sometimes people really do see a cool blog post title and click through to read what you have to say.

4. Use Appropriate Blog Style

Surely you’re already using proper grammar and spelling in your blog posts — now you need to think about the style of the blog itself.

Your blog can have whatever tone you want, from casual to formal. Your blog’s subject and the goal of the blog will influence this — a blog about the medical field may be fairly formal, while a conversational blog about being a Red Sox fan is likely to be more conversational. In general, blogging is far more conversational than journalism, but you don’t have to follow the trend.

Yes, vocabulary matters. Too many bloggers thumb their thesauruses to appear professional or intelligent, but in general, your blog’s style is best when it is conversational and informal.

5. Link It Up

Adding relevant links to other blogs is the best way to join the community of bloggers. When you link to another blogger’s post, and maybe spend the time to show the original blogger your post, you’re creating a bond between yourself and another blogger. These kinds of associations are often lucrative in terms of attracting readers to your blog, and if nothing else, it is good behavior in the blog world.

But links don’t have to be external — if you write pretty consistently on a certain topic, you may find it useful to link to your own pasts posts on the subject in the body of the blog. This will get readers peeking around the rest of your blog, and allows people to follow the entirety of an ongoing story on your blog. That’s called continuity.

6. Add Visuals

When you add images and other media to your blog, you are adding color to your page. Your blog will be easier to read with the addition of a graphic, and for some unknown reason, blog posts with visuals tend to have more views. This isn’t to say that a text-only blog would never work, but it is easier to excite your audience and keep them reading if you keep their eyes engaged with images.

Visuals don’t have to mean just images — try highlightiing important sections of your blog post to draw the reader’s eyes to something important. Anything you can add visually will make your blog post that much more readable.

7. Start All Over Again

Once you’ve gone through all these steps and improved your blog, you need to start the process all over again. Never stop improving your blog or your blog writing style.

Look back at your new blog posts — do you see any bad writing? Poorly worded phrases? Opportunities for links that you missed? Re-evaluating your blog changes is a huge part of writing good blog posts. There are lots of things to troubleshoot. Just don’t leave it be. Try something. Try something with each new post. Change one element at a time and see if things improve. You have to constantly change your game plan to keep people interested in what you have to say.

We all want to write better blog posts. You may be well-versed in the art of literary or journalistic writing, but can’t draw blog readers if your life depended on it. Making the small changes above should increase your blog traffic dramatically.

Scania Irizar PB

A true Gran Tourismo, Scania Irizar PB is a work of art that works for you; a functional beauty designed and equipped to make travel a source of satisfaction – day after day.

 

When we first launched the Scania Irizar PB in 2002, it took the coach world by storm. Honours and awards were showered upon it and professional reviewers called it "The most comfortable vehicle we’ve ever driven."
As a coach owner, you have a unique opportunity to customise the Scania Irizar PB to meet the needs of your business and your passengers’ expectations. You can optimise the length of the coach, the number of axles and the interior. You’ll enjoy the process of creating the perfect balance between the number of seats and a level of comfort that ranges from exceptional to luxurious. Whatever solution you choose, the Scania Irizar PB will more than satisfy your passengers. And its distinctive aerodynamic design will turn the heads of everyone who sees it. Can you imagine a better advertisement?
Sensors placed throughout the coach continuously monitor temperature and humidity to adjust comfort levels. Total air volume is replaced every 60 seconds with fresh air at the correct temperature.
Exceptionally quiet, with lower interior decibels than most luxury cars.
Choice of Grand Luxe, Luxe or standard seats in a variety of designs, colours and materials, each fitted with a seatbelt.
In this coach, Scania’s most powerful engine and optimised gearbox solution is used to maximise performance, driveability and comfort.