Later, I was thrilled creating my first own website using a step by step book written by students from UTP (forgotten the title of the book). I paid 1 year hosting but that was only my trial and part of learning only and nothing more. During that time the first internet tycoon appeared in Malaysia is Irfan Khairi. I was quite impressed how he started making a lot of money through online business. So, I decided to learn about this ‘internet’. Honestly I am not IT savvy and all the IT terms are very strange to me. When I was in UUM, we were only exposed to emails and wordstar! I was lucky because I was a lecturer in one of the private college those days which offers Diploma in IT, Business and Accounting. So, I started learning all the IT terms and IT word with my colleagues and even from my student. ( Infact one of my IT student currently working under the same roof with me as IT Officer.. hmm I’ am proud of him..)
Then 3 years ago I created my blog http://nurashilayusuf.blogspot.com and most of the entries based on the true story. It was sort of my diaries. I think it was very cool because I experienced by learning all by myself and figure out how to create new setting, templates, new background, insert photo and etc. I do blogwalking and figuring out how other bloggers using so many interesting widgets. Then, many active bloggers created online business through blog and have connected with many advertising providers and put many advertisements in their blog. The bloggers will get paid when the readers of his/her blog click to the advertisement. I think it was very interesting and creative type of advertisements nowadays and the blogger could make a lot of money by creating interesting blog /websites. So, all the bloggers start to compete and create even more interesting blog to pull the readers to their blog.
There are many ways to pull readers to the blog / website such as write interesting topics, share link with any useful things or story or seminar, or ask the readers to give comments, or joint a bigger group which is part of the target readers and etc. The main thing is time and creativity how to promote your blog and website. As for me, I prefer to read blogs / websites with very moderate effects and straightforward. If there are so many widgets / gadgets and hiding links it will make me confuse and boring. I also created my own friendster to connect with many friends and sharing photos and exchanged info.
When facebook was first introduced, it is another social networking which offers better interface and with very smart and efficient networking with shorter time spent. 
The smart thing is the friend finder where I could get connected with my old primary schools. It was bliss! And I had my first reunion secondary school last December 2010 because of facebook! I think internet also has given most of the people the opportunity to connect with the other part of the world. It is only a click away! And it is advantage to those who are sick and need to stay in the house and Internet is their best friend. The internet do changed my understanding towards ICT and the usage. I would be ready to have my own online business in no time (provided if I have the product and suit myself and my time) and maintain the web on my own because the webmaster fees are quite expensive. Last but not least, I have almost a thousand of songs collections! It is all because of Internet….
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