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I wonder if the art of Douchebaggery was born in my country of birth-India?!

Amongst the million minor d-bag activities carried on by certain Indian men of the creepy kind, like imperial arrogance, women-must-stay-at-home-and-raise-kids attitude, the one that bothers me the most is- Adding random women on social networks!  These are a-holes who somehow equate the act of pressing the “Add” button with an open invitation to virtual fapping.

Only people who are in my Friends’ networks can add me on Facebook, even then I find myself ignoring requests from at-least 1 d-bag a month. Facebook isn’t even a problem, the real problem is Google Plus. Just last week, I spent about 30 minutes blocking these creepsters who had added me to their circle on Plus. For kicks, I googled this issue and turns out, a whole LOT of people are irritated and feel harassed by Indian men online.

Growing up in a country where eve-teasing is the Indian man’s birth right and obsession with sex gets out of control when it starts leaking from the spaces between closed doors, I shouldn’t be taken aback by this level of douchebaggery but this time around, I want to seriously analyse this creep level mentality.

I follow quite a few celebrities on Facebook and have often noticed, everytime the celeb makes a public post, there’s a large number of Indian trolls writing about their twisted porn fantasies especially with white women,  in Indian languages. I don’t mean to say people from other countries aren’t perverted but Indians are disturbingly vocal and they are everywhere! Brilliant living examples of how sick the human mind can become when confidence gets a boost by hiding behind a computer screen.

A little research (even though Wikipedia is down today, protesting SOPA), showed me that the number of Indian male users has risen considerably over the past few years with the advent of Internet in villages. Fair enough, this explains why none of these guys who add you can put a sentence together.

The second issue is-Indians are not as exposed to other cultures when compared with other countries. Over the years, tourism might have gotten a boost but India still gets a very low number of tourists. For these Indian guys, the only times they have seen a foreigner or more specifically a “white” person is in Hollywood movies which are more than likely to be porn. When it comes to me, I’m not even white so I don’t understand this obsession with adding me. I’m leaving this one point hanging up in the air because I have no real answer. May be I am a creep magnet.

The last and most important issue is- Sex!

Traditional Indian school of thought is built with minds who can’t talk about sex or even condoms for that matter! The sad, sad situation that a large number of poor people are dying AIDS related deaths is not alarming enough for Indians to openly speak about it. A stupidly large portion of the Indian population likes to believe that a woman stands in front of the mirror and finds herself magically impregnated. If you talk to someone about it, it does sound like no one is even having sex! Someone needs the CSI team to figure out how India ended up being the country with this ridiculously large population?! Me thinks, it includes a lot of standing in front of the mirror act.

Then at a random teen moment these boys (and mostly boys, rarely girls, ‘cos the girls are busy romanticizing cheesy routines from Bollywood movies where the guy drops rose petals from a 1000 roses at the girl’s feet, for her to glide on) are exposed to the naughty movies! Low and behold, now this dude’s imagination shall take a dump in the toilet and race to cross the borderline of socio-path. Mission accomplished by parents who never wanted to talk to him about sex and hope he’d magically discover it on his ‘arranged marriage wedding night’. Here we have, the birth story of the epic level Indian douche-bag who will keep adding you shamelessly even after you have ignored his first two requests to be added. If a woman says NO, its still a YES…apparently.

Google Insights, further proves my point.

This is world-wide search for the term ‘sex’ in 2004

And, this is the state of world-wide search in 2012.

India appears quite dense in 2004 and got even denser in 2012. Of-course there’s a bunch of other neighboring countries which appear just as curious but I can only speak ruthlessly for the one where I was born.

Conclusion time- You can’t have control over who adds you, especially on Google Plus. You can either block these d-bags or use your “share” smartly but I’d recommend Blocking! Drop the block bomb on these creeps like grenades.

There, I’ve vented all my frustration. The sick advantage of having your own blog.

In 2011, I discovered and got introduced to a bunch of cool websites. These could be considered time wasters (meant in a good way) but besides bringing along addiction, they do add some random value to your brain.

(Structured in a random order)

1. 9gag.com (Although this one gets a bad rep every now and again, it isn’t entirely made up of people who want to troll. A visit to 9gag brightens up my day and puts me in a rainbowy mood. Sort of like a 4:20 blunt)
2. Boredpanda.com (Bored Panda is filled with visual oddities and no it has nothing to do with boredom or pandas. I’ve found some seriously random stuff on this website, sometimes humorous and at other times images that provoke creativity but the bottom line is pure entertainment.)
3. Thecoolhunter.net (The Cool Hunter is a world design and culture website, dedicated to modern creativity and filled with positivity. This website is a visual treat and each post introduces me to something I had not known/seen before! They also have a cool new music section.)
4. Hyperbole and Half (You’ve got to click on this one to really experience the madness of this project. The writer Allie Brosh, has a fantastic way of taking some serious issues and giving them a ridiculously humorous spin, along with funny graphics. I especially love the post “Adventures in Depression”.)
5. Pinterest.com (It seems everyones jumping on the Pinterest wagon now but if you haven’t already, this website takes ‘stuff to do in down time’ to another level, even more so if you are a woman. Pretty is the only word I can use to describe it.)
6. Lost At E-Minor (Lost at E-Minor is slightly eccentric covering everything pop-culture, photography, design, art and music. This one is great for all the creatives out there. I love it because its uber-cool!)
7.  PrettyMuchAmazing.com (Pretty Much Amazing for finding new music. This website has introduced me to such beautiful talent! )
8. TheMusicNinja.com (Music Ninja is another favorite of mine. Similar to Pretty Much Amazing, this one is also a multi-genre music discovery website with some rockin mixes. Very addictive!)
9. TED.com (Not sure how I never came across this website before 2011. To be honest, I don’t think I even knew what exactly TED does until last year *insert embarrassed expression here*. TED.com is the go to source for ideas that make you want to pause and THINK. Heck, I didn’t know Captcha system is used in Re-Captcha to digitalize books! Ridiculously brilliant idea there.)
10. 27bslash6.com (The writer, David Thorne, is the boss of satire. You can re-read his stuff over and over, the words never cease to crack you up!)
11. Refinery29.com (Refinery 29 is a fashion trend spotter. This website makes me wish I had the brains and balls to rob a bank, never get caught and then go buy all the pretty stuff!)

I’ve been reading similar blogs all over the place and thought it was a good idea to note down things I won’t be doing in 2011. This also gave me an opportunity to doodle on my new phone.

I will not criticize

“If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion, peace.” — Eckhart Tolle

The past few years I’ve been through some very transformational changes and this has made me feel like I’m the Superman of all things wisdom. It is time to drop this tone! People really close to me have suffered for years from my “wise” suggestions on how they should change the process and make something right because I obviously know better. May be I do, may be I don’t but it is up-to every individual to learn their own way.

I’ve only lived my life, not theirs so I cannot make a critical judgement on why they chose to take certain actions and do things I wouldn’t if I was them! The uninvited critic in me needs to go on a vacation for life, starting 2012.

I will not trust everyone and their mother

‘Cause I don’t trust these bitches
I don’t, I don’t trust these bitches
They might catch me slippin’
So you’re the only one
Oh Oh, trust issues

Drizzy Drake sang what 2011 has taught me through some bitter experiences. I am an open book, doesn’t mean everyone I meet has the best intentions for me. I’m not naive but I like to believe people are inherently good. The thought of meeting new people has always made me want to puke rainbows, it excites me from the bottom of my heart but the sad, sad, very sad truth is that people are not that simple or even real. In 2012, I will not make unnecessary fake friends. I shall not put my trust out there as if it was a drunk desperate girl hoping to get laid at the club!

I will be expressive

For most of my life, I’ve been called the ‘ice princess’. The past couple years presented me with emotions that I didn’t know how to handle. Rather than holding everything in and then having words explode out like a broken dam, from now on moving forward I will be more expressive. If I hate something, I’ll state my opinion clearly. Every-time I feel like expressing loving feelings, I will do it. I have random phases when I want to tell people I love just how much I love them. Life is short and my heart’s wisdom knows better than an over thinking/self conscious ego!

I will cut loose 

I got this one a while ago from my favorite show Suits. There is a part where Mike’s childhood friend Trevor becomes a burden on him and starts dragging him down the same old spiral of mess. It is during this part when Harvey tells Mike to ‘cut him loose’.

If something is bringing you down, pushing you back in your old patterns, it is time to cut that person loose. Life is about evolution. From now on, I’m going to cut loose everything and everyone that pushes me back to get stuck in my old patterns. I need to look out for my growth and happiness.

I will take the time to discover new things and learn

I spent the second half of 2011 finding out a lot of new things. New music, new books, new ideas, new movies…I want to continue this forward. The internet is so amazing and endless. It is stupid to not give everything a chance. I’ve found a bunch of cool websites in 2011 and that one calls for another blog post. I want to practice dancing more seriously and start learning another language.

Lastly, I’m going to start taking things a little less seriously. Life is not a race, time is just a fragment of our imagination. Rather than making myself anxious and stressing my nerves worrying about the future, I want to take time doing the things that bring me happiness and help me express myself. Stuff is not right but eventually it will all fall in place at its own pace.

Final goodbye to you 2011, you were a series of overly dramatic unexpected changes. I never thought I’d find myself reviewing my year, may be turning 27 has reminded me that I need to start assessing my actions and prepare myself for the Saturn return!

Re-read, re-write, redo, undo as No Doubt said.

After 2 years, I finally have a phone upgrade. Probably the best birthday gift I’ve ever received! The Samsung Galaxy Note.

* E71-Rest in peace. You were a trooper! You survived the washing machine like a boss, don’t think any other electronic device would’ve made a sound again.

Not only does the Note provide a brilliant viewing experience with 5.3 inch HD touchscreen display (1280X800 px display), the S pen is awesome with a big fat A! This is the perfect phone for creatives or creative wannabes like me!

I could get so used to doodling on this phone. Even though I have the drawing ability of a 3 year old (not sure why that skill never evolved), I love how you can doodle or jot down random ideas on this digital notepad.  I’ve had a phone with the stylus attachment before (Motorola A1200 era 2007) which sucked, but this magnetic stylus works better than a real life pen!

Although it comes in an awkward size, it fits fine in my tiny girly hands. Being a hybrid between a phone and a tablet, this one is a winner in my eyes! Despite its awesomeness, I can imagine another category of people moaning about how embarrassing one might look answering calls on a rather giant phone…meh! Now if I lived life according to other people’s opinions, that would’ve been another story of losing my invisible balls! Somehow, this randomly reminds me of how I wore yellow sneakers before The Bieber made them cool!

Finally, if you’re thinking of buying the Galaxy Note, you should totally get it!

Carrying on forward from my previous ENFJ related post in December 2009 If ENFJ's are Jedis, where is my lightsaber?, now the same time 2 years later, I've found another interesting personality test that rings true and confirms those odd-ball ENFJ traits.

As these 365 days of intense melodrama come to an end, I feel forced to make some conscious positive changes. The one thing I don’t want to do anymore is take eager initiatives to put myself in positions where I shamelessly go around shopping for depression! Transformation can’t happen without mental anguish but the prematurely gray hairs on my head are slowly reminding me of my mortality. There’s a vibrant rainbow of experiences I’m just not concentrating on, experiences that have started to hold more importance to me. One of the objectives on my list is to Read More,  something to fuel the experience of expanding my mind.

TED.com has been one of my greatest discoveries in 2011. At any given moment of time, I’m consciously or subconsciously thinking about love. Not the romantic love that movies are made of, just simple world energy called love. Love fascinates me! Today while I was randomly searching for love related talks on TED, I came across Anthropologist Helen Fisher’s talk on-’The brain in love‘

Here she talks about why we crave love and what makes us want to believe we can die for the significant other. Further she explains some of the common personality traits found amongst humans and other animals. It is an interesting talk and towards the end she gives a slight insight into the human or even animal psychology and favoritism towards a mate. A topic that she covers in her book- Why Him? Why Her? Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type. An addition to the book is a personality test.

Being a fan of random personality tests, I decided to give this one a shot. You can take the test here.

After the Jung-Myers-Briggs test, this is the only other test that has given me true insight into my personality. I’m not sure whether this is a trait of an ENFJ, but I tend to assume a lot about myself-usually the bad and the ugly! It is fairly easy for me to feel others but when it comes to serious introspection, I can be harsh on myself.

The most important thing everyone should understand about personality tests is that no one personality type is better than the other. Being an introvert doesn’t mean you are a loser and being an extrovert doesn’t make you popular.

Anywho, according to Helen Fisher’s test, I am a Negotiator/Explorer. After filling in contradictory answers, I was unsure whether the test would be able to process a sensible outcome. I was very honest but being an indecisive odd ball, I am full of contradictions that don’t sound average/normal. In the end, it turns out the test results hit home.

According to Helen Fisher’s theory, personality types are ruled by estrogen,testosterone,dopamine and/or serotonin. In this system there can be 12 combinations that include a primary and a secondary ruler.

Now, I had a feeling I was ruled by some bit of testosterone over estrogen. I am a girly girl but I don’t like the cheesy emotional displays that other women consider to be their second nature or birth right. It was a truly surprising find, my primary chemical system is run by estrogen! Secondary traits are ruled by dopamine. For some reason, I expected dopamine to be part of my emotional make up.

As lame as it does appear to be, I am obsessed with words related to ‘emotions’. I’m going to go ahead and make a statement in my defense that-all emotions aren’t cheesy displays! I feel very-very-ridiculously deeply but that happens rarely. As an ENFJ, I feel insane empathy towards other people and the one thing I HATE is arguing to prove a point and put someone else down. I have my occasional outbursts but I hate being in situations where people debate to no end. Honestly, I have no clue how fellow Jedi Obama does his work!

The most important thing this personality test helped me figure out is my weird attraction to the weird type! The kind of men I found attractive has changed drastically over the past 5 years, I suppose I have changed as well. Until now, I strongly believed my guy radar is damaged but turns out I have the natural tendency to gravitate towards the silent/unemotional/me against the world types. No point crying over silent treatments then.

This ENFJ Jedi doesn’t know what to make of the conclusion now! Shouldn’t there be a solution? May be I can take some serotonin pills and become a Builder rather than a Negotiator.

On another note, I wonder how many ENFJ’s get the same result?!

via 9gag.com

Yet again, it is that time of the year when I want to Facebook Hibernate. In frustration I throw my hands in the air, how can I let this get to me? Reminds me of high-school and undergraduate years–everyone else’s life seems so much better than mine, almost like they strut Tyra Banks style on rainbows all day while life forces me to walk on egg shells.

Last night I wrote a post on my tad more intellectual’ish effort Social Simplicity, about oversharing and honesty. Oversharing is not honesty and that made me question the psychological motives behind the d-bag facebook status updates I am forced to read everytime I log in.

1. Why should I care if you got epic drunk last night, lost your dignity like you did last weekend, caught a UTI rolling on the sticky streets, turned into pedo-bear and went home with a 17 year old (when you’re 26) and all this followed by the cliched “swear, I’m never drinking again”. On the other hand, if you got drunk with Charlie Sheen, snorted white powder off some famous pornstar’s bosoms, made out with a cop on duty in his car, stole that cop’s taser and then tasered Charlie Sheen…now thats doing drunk like a boss!

2. All Facebook documentarians out there, one word-Seriously? The second type of d-bag status updates are from people who narcissistically document every trivial thing they do. Too much information is just that. I don’t care what you went to the toilet for, why should anyone care? Take your time, relieve yourself, when you come out Facebook will still be here, the world will still be just as miserable.

3. Incessant updaters. This kind updates crap every 2 minutes as if their life were a developing news story. Eg:

18:00 hrs: “Going to the movies”

18:10 hrs: “Taxi is still not here”

18:20 hrs: “On way to the movies @JaneDoe, @JasmineDoe, @JohnDoe, I’m running late”

18:30 hrs: “OMG Glad I made it in time @JasmineDoes is still not here! LOL”

and on…and on…and on! Shoot me already.

4. Drama queens. “I’m so sad”, “I hate my life”, “Everything bad happens to me”, “:(((“, “Worst day of my life”. What astonishes me is that these people get the most replies on their pathetic attempts to get attention! These are probably the second worst kind of d-bag status updaters. To this add the Passive-Aggressive bitch and we’ve got the drama queen going all passive aggressive on some poor guy who has no clue she’s talking about him. These people love dragging their dirty laundry out. At first I found these folk amusing, felt like some TV soap but just as the TV soap would, now its started grating on me and I’m bored! Show me some new material, a new story line please.

5. Last and on top of the list are the d-bag lovers. Now, I’m the most hopeless soul when it comes to love, I love the big L-O-V-E. What I hate is the cheesy affection exchanged between the guy and the girl. These Facebook Displays of Affection leave me feeling so dramatically sad, I feel like the protagonist of a tragic love song. Suddenly, I find myself wishing that it rained and I could then cry to the rhythm of the rain drops, while Al Green plays ‘How can you mend a broken heart’, in the background.

You are 30 not 13! Stop tagging everyone and their friends in some random post and then end up having cheesy conversations with your significant other, so we are all notified every-time you guys reply to one another sitting in the same room. What couple that lives together feels the need to have conversations on Facebook? You are clearly not Ashton and Demi, and even that didn’t work out for them. Next, stop making periodic announcements to the world about how lonely you feel now that your sweet candy coated man has gone away for the weekend and you need a cuddle. There are options to take care of your loneliness. Hint: Requires two AAA batteries.

Furthermore, you’ve said it million times already- Yes! You do have the best boyfriend/husband/lover in the world and I’m glad he’s yours and not mine. Now when you drop him in the next year or so and start making indirect passive aggressive comments about him, I’ll be entertained

Although most people find food updaters annoying, they stay out of my list as I do enjoy looking at pictures of random lunches and dinners people eat. When I think about my own participation in this douchebaggery called Facebook status updates, I’m reminded that I used to be an annoying updater too. But it has been more than a year that my posts have become irregular or may be I grew up or may be I realized no one would comment on my crap because most of my closest friends aren’t on Facebook anymore. I’m sure my blog posts and the random notification of my ‘like-fication’ of random things must be upsetting to people on my Facebook.

After all the venting, I do feel the need to stop myself from logging in for the next few weeks or months. Clearly, all this overshared information doesn’t automatically mean that other people are living perfect lives. I strongly doubt the authenticity of most nonsense shared on that platform. Its just that some people are real real reeeal good at posing.

Apparently, 85% of women are annoyed with their friends on Facebook. Glad to know I’m not the only one with a problem.

On a different note, another aspect of all this oversharing is that privacy is in serious crisis. This is a good read on how to not overshare for your own good. Get Facebook smart!

The past couple days I’ve been contemplating whether or not to watch the season finale of Terra Nova. Extinction is rumored and news articles suggest Terra Nova has a very small chance of being renewed. I am unsure if I should go ahead and watch this episode. Its easy to get sucked in and want more. At times I feel it is pointless to follow TV shows considering most of them end up getting axed. This is Flash Forward/Defying Gravity all over again.

The genius TV Connoisseur best friend believes I have a knack for getting addicted to shows that are ill fated. Kind of resembles my choice in people – always rooting for the underdog!

Channel heads need to quit axing brilliant shows with unique plots. PERIOD. The show  has excellent potential, they simply need to review the story line and make necessary changes.

Terra Nova is fascinating with the pre-historic Cretaceous backdrop. Not only do I wish I could live in one of those super awesome houses, I want to pet a Brachiosaurus.

What kid hasn’t spent their childhood reading about dinosaurs?! To this add the 2149 era technology and we have the recipe for some yummy geeky tv time. And did I mention Jason O’Mara?! 

The fate of Terra Nova is undecided. I strongly feel they need a few changes to ensure this show doesn’t appear so cheesy and actually does justice to the ridiculous $$$ spent on the CGI production.

1. Get RID of the Twilight drama. The army soldier boyfriend is tad too old for O’Mara’s screen daughter+what is with the gentleman act! UNREAL for someone from 2149!

2. I couldn’t care much about Josh and Skye. Another annoying teen couple.

3. If the community is so secure how the hell are people going in and out! I see Entertainment Weekly agrees with me.

4. Layers to the character. Right now the characters seem so flat. The passive/aggressive relationship with the Sixers is just not enough, they need more to the story line.

5. Shirtless Jason O’Mara. Well he can be dressed but he does such a brilliant job portraying the loving dad and protecting Terra Nova as the sheriff. He ought to play a bigger part in the story line.

Finally I’ve made the decision to go ahead and watch the last episode-Occupation & Resistance. Keeping fingers crossed that they don’t make another Arrested Development out of this one. Terra Nova must survive extinction!

To learn more about the dinosaurs on the show, check this out.

Writing was my weed, a magic carpet ride to my happy place. I write for me and in a statement like that I hide years of over analyzed self doubt. These words, they are almost like my imaginary friends and as sad as it does sound, I feel betrayed now! With a scrunched face, tired eyes, I stagnate at my laptop every day. Verbal constipation is a life killer.

Not sure if it is just a writer’s block or a brain block. Running out of ideas is not cool! A year ago, I could have written a dramatic essay about the lonely life of an over ripe banana, lying mute on the kitchen counter but lately I’ve found, this writer’s block has become my worst nemesis.

If only writer’s block was a real person, I’d moan, throw tantrums and eventually go all Billy Blanks on its behind but this writer’s block is nothing, only a fragment of my imagination.

While looking for inspiration on Facebook, I landed on the Facebook page of a certain ‘Writer’s Block’ which is apparently an erotic poetry page. Now I have porn on my mind and find myself googling writers in the porn industry. This is the first thing I came across- Writer’s can’t find work in the adult industry. Truly such a sad world we live in- 

Back to the current issue at hand.

I dream like my subconscious is high on LSD. Dinosaurs on the city streets, time machines, murder plots, UFO’s, Nick Carter playing strange stringey instruments- with such an overactive imagination, its a shame I can’t seem to unclog this block when I’m awake.

Self help articles suggest scribbling-I keep scribbling ideas but I’m never satisfied with them, may be I’m too self critical. Being stupid and young is easy, I wrote every night, poems, impossible dreams, more poems.

About 350 odd words into the blog post and I am irritated with my own whine. There must be some cure, I’m sure one doesn’t just wake up and forget how to write.

Rather than suffering from stifled nerves and scatter energy all over the place, I’m determined to push through…and write. I’m going to blame the hipster writers for glorifying ‘writer’s block’. A little look inside Google Insights and its clear, prior to 2008, this term was a google search loser. Clearly, writer’s block is some irrational fear/anxiety in my head.

Random inspirational quote:

Just found this amazing yet simple quote by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody. 

Writers Write!

“Avoiding writing is the worst possible thing to do – but that’s what I was doing. I was too frightened to even pick a pen up. So writers write: Even though it sounds so prosaic, it’s absolutely true. You do it until it works, and that’s what I did.”- Gary Lightbody on Writer’s block

Must embed! Must embed!

Snow Patrol’s Run. A beautiful song that totally needs a bear hug.

I can’t remember how long I’ve been looking forward to iPhone 5′s launch. Now I blame all techie websites for my big dreamy bubble’s explosion and not poor Tim Cook!

Although I still love my old school Nokia e-71, I had my mind made up on buying iPhone 5. Its a shame that I never thought to pause and think that the iPhone 4 was launched not too long ago. The shelf life of most smart phones is about 2 years! There was no way, Apple was going to launch a version 5 so soon. 2012, may be…

So it might not be slimmer or have a larger screen (4.5 inches high, 2.31 wide and 0.37 inches thick), but the iPhone has changed.

1. Siri virtual assistant

Why type, when you can speak! I love this feature. You can basically get Siri to text people, make appointments and do all other stuff you would use your fingers for…on the phone. Can’t believe you can also update your Facebook status with this feature. I’m not sure what kind of disasters Siri will give birth too, keeping in mind the infamous iPhone auto-corrects.

2. Faster processor

iPhone 4S uses the same dual core A-5 processor that iPad 2 uses, which means content will get a boost and load extremely fast. Graphics are supposed to load 7 times faster than on iPhone 4.

3. Better downloads

So what iPhone 4S isn’t is that its not a 4G! All speculations suggested that iPhone 4S would be a 4G, Apple still says that the iPhone 4S will download stuff at a better speed than the previous version. The download speed with HDSPA is 14.4 Mbps. Being a world phone, users on CDMA and GSM, will be able to switch to GSM anywhere in the world. (To understand the difference between CDMA and GSM, read this)

4. iOS 5

The iPhone 4S will run on a newer operating system, the iOS 5. Theres some cool new stuff including Twitter integration which means you can tweet directly from your camera, safari, maps, youtube etc. Other features include quick photo editing and better battery life. (As far as battery life, you’re looking at eight hours of talk over 3G, and 14 hours of 2G, while web browsing over 3G cuts off at six hours. Using WiFi you’ll get a respectable nine hours of web, video playback tops out at 10 hours and music at 40 hours.-Engadget.com)

5. Better camera

Seen as I’ve still not bought myself a phone with a decent camera, iPhone 4S seems to be the one that might fulfill my camera needs. The 8 megapix camerawith advanced full optics will help you take better quality pictures. The camera has a new custom lens, a f/2.4 aperture (to understand what aperture is- click here) and an advanced hybrid IR filter that will produce sharper, brighter and more accurate pictures. Supposed to be one of the fastest camera available on a phone, its ability to take one picture after another is quicker, which means you are less likely to miss shots! You can also access your camera with lock screen to quickly snap pictures. In terms of video recording, full 1080 HD resolution recording is available.

iPhone 4S is available in both Black and White. For more information on the iPhone 4S specs, visit Apple.com Press Release

As usual I am super excited about this new Timeline feature although I know this change is not going to go down well amongst people who hate changes. I’ve seen people moan about minor changes on Facebook, the timeline feature is bound to leave plenty unhappy. But, eh…I don’t care! I’m loving it because it looks so much better.

The new layout will be available on October 1st. Seen as I could not contain my excitement I had to try the beta version out.

This new interface means, I will finally be spending some time on Facebook…until the excitement fades.

For anyone who can’t wait to try it out already, HuffingtonPost.com has a guide on how to get that new Facebook profile activated.

When you activate the new profile, you can only view newer layouts on those friends’ pages who have also activated the beta version. If they haven’t, you will see their profile within the old interface.

I’m not a fan of sharing very personal information on Facebook. These changes created to enhance sharing have no effect on me but I can imagine a few others complaining about the extra information that will be shared from now on, including getting your license or buying a new vehicle or breaking a leg! Being a very visual person, I enjoy the timeline feature. Going back and digging up memories is amazing, especially old status messages which remind me that I’m glad I’m older!! Some of that stuff is embarrassing indeed.

I personally don’t believe any changes will drive people away from Facebook. At the end of the day, Facebook is Facebook. As much as I love Google+, I can’t imagine it ever taking over Facebook.

What do Facebook’s changes mean for Google and Twitter? (Good Read)