So, a co-worker of mine is involved in creating a “iRazoo” search engine.  There is even a Houston Chronicle article about it.  I post a log entry about it, with a like to the www.iRazoo.com site and the chronicle article.  Now, that posting is the #1 listing on the second page of google results when you search for iRazoo.

Internet traffic is an interesting thing.  Sometimes you can predict it, but most of the time it is like the weather.

Lots of progress is being made on ISpeakHindi.com.  However, after talking to a friend of mind that runs a high traffic website, I think I have a long ways to go.

First, I need a lot of indexable content.  This means getting the Hindi content on the web site in the form of text, not just podcasts.  It also means linking to other people’s website.

Second, Need to keep the site well maintained and professional looking.  Need a solution to organizing links to other sites on  WordPress.  Need good graphics.  Need to ensure all the content is correct and of high quality.

Third, need to have high quality recordings.  Need better recording equipment, in a better environment, with no background noises.  Need to create scripts.

Fourth, need to participate in online discussion groups and get cross linking going on.  Put the ISpeakHindi.com in the signature.  Reference content on ISpeakHindi.com, etc.

Fifth, need to get listed in all the directories.

Sixth, submit to all the search engines

Seventh, once the audio programs are of a consistently high quality and routinely being published, get listed in the iTunes podcast directory.  Get listed in other directories.

Eighth, send out press releases.

I think it is going to take many, many months to build the site to the point that it will be worth looking at.  Right now I have been focused on recording the podcasts.  But I need to work on getting the written material as well.

July 4th is a wonderful time.  Celebrating the birth of our nation.  This brings great happiness.  But lately, as I think about the true difference that America represented, I have become sad and thoughtful.

America was not the first representative  government.  It was not the first democracy.  But it was the first government that at the beginning set out with the notion of “Limited government”.  All the governments that I have studied seem to focus more on who would lead, but I have not heard of another government created with the intent that it would be powerless in some areas.

I believe this is truly what made America what it is.  The notion that the government is a very powerful solution.  But like taking a nuke to kill an ant hill, it should be employed with great care and restraint.

But I believe this concept of “Limit government” is long dead.  We now look to the government to solve all our social concerns.  We look to it to care for the sick, provided for the retired and helpless, to educate our young and re-educate our old, to research the future, to ensure we all have jobs, to provide peace and security in the world.

It also seems we are caught in a 20/20 cycle.  The more missions the government takes up, the more resources it needs to consume.  The more it consumes, the more we expect of it.  And so on..

Also, it seems like every government failure can be answered by spending more money.

I wish it wasn’t so late so I could talk more about this.  (Don’t worry there will be other posts.)  But let me leave you with these questions:

1) What does “Limited Government” mean?

2) Do you believe that the US government is “Limited” in any way?

3) Does this concern you?

4) What is the role of the federal government?