Why the world has to be so colorful ? And how can you capture the Black & White world around you ?
With a special camera ?
Month: August 2005
Lion City – What I am here for ?
Walked along the Singapore River and met these two little kitties, relaxing under the hot sun … I asked myself “What I am here for?”
“Why keep chasing the latest technology?”
“Why pushing myself to the limit for each project?”
Lesson Learnt: Life is a lot more than technology and excellency. Relax.
Lion City – Air Conditioner
It’s hot in Singapore, so hot that I wondered why people like to dine in open air places (like Clarke Quay). Been there, done that … and in fact the restaurants there are equipped with air conditioners. But how ?
And here is it … check out the eclipse-shaped openning / duct on the left of the photo, behind the chair.
Lesson Learnt: Be creative.
Lion City – Colourful …
It was my number X visit to Singapore already and the trip was for a conference about “Service Oriented Architecture”. The two days’ conference was actually quite boring but I did have a good time there … let’s start with some photos from the tourist rip-off zone – Clarke Quay …
Clarke Quay was a very colorful place, even all the food there are very very pricy. The proof (the colors, not the food) …
Lesson Learnt: Let’s forget the price for the moment, but why the tourist spot in our city cannot be designed as colourful in Lion City ?
#50
“很多人一輩子 無法完成的事
我們都做到了 … 我們一起做到了 …”
I read the above two lines couple of weeks ago in the latest album of F.I.R. (probably one of the best Asian “pop” bands in recent two years) and I thought “What a crap and how arrogant ??!!”.
But then last week I was in a SOA conference in Singapore and one of the speakers asked an open question – “Who among your companies are using XML message for messaging ?” … Out of all the attendees, I am the only one raised my hand. And you know, we did it 5 years ago.
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What is a community ? A forum, a photo gallery, or a web site ?
Couple of months ago I mentioned about the www.flickr.com, a web site that make use of tags and photos to connect tens of thousands Internet users together. Now look at how “tagging” technology expand … I particularly like the following two sites – both developed by a team of 7 people in a couple of months:
“What do you want to do with your life ?” – www.43things.com
“Where do you want to go ?” – www.43places.com
Simple idea, simple implementation, and the communities grow on its own.
Surf around the two sites, and see how they can gather thousands of users (around the world) in a couple of months. And then rethink the question – what is a community ? And … how can we build one ?
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Tough Time Never Last, Tough People Do.
M.Y. Lessons Learnt 