Thursday, August 27, 2009

What the problem of job is that...

You want to be more than yourself, but your boss only needs you to hold that position.

You have to proceed, but your boss just draws you a circle.

You'd like to color your life, but your boss stick you to repetitious part.

常见的宣传目的

常见的媒体宣传目的是不是就以下几种呢:
  1. 营造品牌形象
  2. 短期促销
  3. 产品告知
  4. 产品说明
  5. 新闻公关
  6. 互动活动
哎,Blogspot还不能访问,感谢ZOHO了。

Unsubscribe half the feeds in Reader

Information overload hurts lots of people & organizations, not only our media clients, but also consumers like me. I mentioned the endlessly growing information which was created or spreaded by Google and Twitter, and I placed hope on RSS/Tag/Search, but information overloaded in my Google Reader.

Last month I increased subscriptions from 53 feeds to 106, all of them are my job&interests related. Ever since the feeds increased, I never read an article once through, "mark all as read" became most frequently used function. More news filled in my eyes, but less information was accepted.

So last night, I spent one hour to reduce feeds to 56, unsubscribe from those keep silence since two months ago, and those talk about things make-nonsense. I also optimized folders and labels: the frequently updating feeds were moved to Quick News folder, IT blogs were grouped into two languages - Chinese and English. Stars' blog were listed in Friends folder now, because I read them as friends~

I have time and patience to read through nice articles now, and I have another finding: there are some news sources that you'd better visit directly websites rather than subscribing, because you don't want lots of ads with articles' summary in Reader. Sites like Netvibes is definitely a nice assistant for this.

人,最宝贵的是生命

人,最宝贵的是生命。生命对每个人只有一次。这仅有的一次生命应当怎样度过呢?每当回忆往事的时候,能够不为虚度年华而悔恨,不因碌碌无为而羞耻;在临死的时候,他能够说:"我的整个生命和全部精力,都已经献给了世界上最壮丽的事业――为人类解放而进行的斗争。"

Monday, August 24, 2009

Think it over

Today we have higher buildings and wider highways, but shorter temperaments and narrow points of view.

We spend more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses, but smaller families.

We have more compromises, but less time.

We have more knowledge, but less judgment.

We have more medicines, but less health.

We have multiplied out possessions, but reduced out values.

We talk much, we love only a little, and we hate too much.

We reached the Moon and came back, but we find it troublesome to cross our own street and meet our neighbors.

We have conquered the utter space, but not our inner space.

We have higher income, but less morals.

We have much more food, but less nutrition.

These are times with more liberty, but less joy.

These are days in which it takes two salaries for each home, but divorces increase.

These are times of finer houses, but more broken homes.

That's why I propose, that as of today.

You do not keep anything for a special occasion, because every day that you live is a SPECIAL OCCASION.

Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.

Spend more time with your family and friends, eat your favorite foods, visit the places you love.

Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, not about survival.

Use your crystal goblets. Do not save your best perfume, and use it every time you feel you want it.

Remove from your vocabulary phrases like "one of these days" or "someday".

Let's write that letter we thought of writing "one of these days"!

Let's tell our families and friends how much we love them.

Do not delay anything that adds laughter and joy to your life.

Every day, every hour, and every minute is special.

And you don't know if it will be your last.

http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com/Flash/Think_It_Over.swf

Crack in time: Kate & Leopold

Kate and Leopold 
Stuart: It is no more crazy than a dog finding a rainbow. Dogs are colourblind, Gretchen. They don't see colour. Just like we don't see time. We can feel it, we can feel it passing, but we can't see it. It's just like a blur. It's like we're riding in a supersonic train and the world is just blowing by, but imagine if we could stop that train, eh, Gretchen? Imagine if we could stop that train, get out, look around, and see time for what it really is? A universe, a world, a thing as unimaginable as colour to a dog, and as real, as tangible as that chair you're sitting in. Now if we could see it like that, really look at it, then maybe we could see the flaws as well as the form. And that's it; it's that simple. That's all I discovered. I'm just a... a guy who saw a crack in a chair that no one else could see. I'm that dog who saw a rainbow, only none of the other dogs believed me. 

最夸张的事莫过于狗看见了彩虹。要知道狗是色盲,无法分清颜色。就像我们看不见时间——我们只能感觉到它的流逝,但永远都看不见它——时间简直是我们的盲点。好像我们都乘坐在高速火车上,整个世界都从身边飞过,现在设想一下,假如我们可以把火车停下来,走到火车外面看一看周围,看时间到底是什么东西。宇宙、世界、万物是如此的超出想象,就像小狗眼中的颜色;然而那又是如此的千真万确,如同你正坐着的椅子。假如我们能够如此地观察时间,看看吧,或许裂缝会从外表显现出来。就这么简单啊,这就是我所发现的一切——我只不过是个,看到椅子裂缝的家伙,这个裂缝别人却看不到。我就是那个看到了彩虹的狗,再没有别的狗相信我。

Monday, August 17, 2009

Chandler's Job

Now I realize that I have a Chandler's job.

There is nothing creative but weekly repetitious work.

And no one knows what I'm doing!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

威客, 赏金猎人

我想起大学CS时代看的一篇网络小说――CS赏金猎手,一个叫刘左的人组建了一个CS战队,队友们本来都是互不认识的,但因为有着同样的爱好(CS),聚在一起的目的很简单,就是为了赢得大赛的奖金。

起源并兴起于中国的威客很有赏金猎人的味道,加入的原因就是为了钱。唯一担心的是,广告主或者广告代理商发现了这个平台,让威客变成了类似"智联招聘"这样的"常年招聘,只招不聘"网站。

目前来看大部分的威客任务都是设计相关,如平面广告、logo,又如网站建设、Flash制作等,但普遍奖金很少。还有其他一些任务,其实劳动量很大,需要各方面的综合才能。

我想说的是,应该有一个专业的团队来扮演一个"威客",就像一些公司的新客户开发团队,专做"比稿"、"竞标"。有人愿意一起成立一个么,一起看看大家都有什么能耐~