Yohan Perera from Colombo, Sri Lanka writes about Cyber Security, E-Commerce, Social Issues, Family and Relationships, Current Affairs, and Religion
Socrates said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” It means education that doesn’t bring behavioural change is useless. Socrates believed an individual’s behaviour was driven by his heart. Therefore, according to Socratic philosophy, an uneducated heart is as bad as no education at all. Sri Lanka’s population had an…
The day I read “Porn and Nudes: Delving into Cyber Exploitation in Sri Lanka” by Ms Piyumi Fonseka, on Daily Mirror Online was the day I got the shock of a lifetime! I know revenge porn and home-brewed pornography have been around since the inception of the internet in Sri Lanka. However, I didn’t know…
Since Facebook announced its most recent privacy policy update for WhatsApp in early 2021, a significant number of users concerned about their digital privacy began abandoning the platform in search of safer alternatives. Many turned to Signal and Telegram, believing that switching apps would be enough to protect their personal information from being misused or…
Even though online banking and grocery shopping have existed in Sri Lanka for many years, the majority of Sri Lankans preferred doing these things offline. That was before COVID-19 gave them a limited array of options. According to a study conducted by “Survey Research Lanka” with 580 samples collected from the nine provinces, 47% of…
Microsoft’s complex relationship with Linux has evolved dramatically over the years, but a turning point came in 2014 when CEO Satya Nadella openly declared, “Microsoft loves Linux” during a media event—perhaps the first truly candid admission of its shifting stance. For those unfamiliar, Linux is a powerful, flexible, and highly efficient operating system that outperforms…
Although the idea of working smarter rather than harder has existed for many decades, it was actually Allen F. Morgenstern, an industrial engineer, who first coined the phrase “work smarter not harder” back in 1930. Since then, this concept has gained immense popularity and relevance in various fields including business, education, and personal productivity. Today,…
Update: This article was revised on July 17, 2024. The title was changed from “Contemplating Suicide? Contemplate Again!” to “Choosing Life: A Second Thought on Suicide.” Suicide poses a grave and pervasive challenge to our island nation today. Dr Neil Fernando, head of the National Institute of Mental Health, emphasized back in September 2011 that…
Call me weird or even foolish, but I enjoy giving gifts. Not just for birthdays or Christmas holidays but all around the year. I feel a sense of great joy when someone smiles because of a gift I gave them. It is an experience that money can never buy. Not that I don’t like to…
In an earlierIn an earlier post titled “Ground Rules for Using PickMe and Uber,” I shared eight important guidelines for using the two most widely used taxi-hailing services in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Those tips were drawn from my own experience as a regular user of both platforms and aimed at helping others make the most…
Miley Cyrus, best known by her stage name Hanna Montana, sang in 2008 “Everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days…” That song is known as “Nobody’s Perfect” and is still a hit after thirteen years. Today in the spirit of making mistakes, I want to share with you a few life-transforming lessons I’ve learned from…
