Webby Award (the only award that matters, from my p.o.v. …) announced their results this month. Again, check out the winners, they are really brilliant web sites – http://www.webbyawards.com/main/webby_awards/nominees.html.
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Not sure you know about this site or not. I visit this site once in a while to have some good ideas (in design and Photoshop) or just a laugh …
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“I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious” – Albert Einstein
According to the net, 35th anniversary is “Coral” anniversary. So I suppose to celebrate the publishing of this 35th weblog, I shall go back to the Great Barrier Reef again.
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We are no longer designing a new banner, a new web page, a new program, or a new process. We are designing a BUSINESS. It’s our focus and our goal.
Couple of months ago, I talked about Apple brought us Macintosh 20 years ago in 1984. So, do you know what IBM brought us 40 years ago (to be exact, 7th April 1964) ? It was the IBM System 360 – the first commercial mainframe in the world (you still can download the original System 360 Architecture paper in http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/441/amdahl.pdf). You may think it was just a huge, useless system (from today’s POV), but in fact it was the first computer brought us the idea of “Time Sharing Computing”. The idea that later on evolved to multi-tasking and now the trendy term – utility computing … You see, something we use everyday was actually done 40 years ago and such an old idea is still influencing our future.
In fact, one of the best ways to tell how computer changed in the past two decades or so, is to check out the “Icon history” of the most popular Operating Systems ever built for mankind ….
http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/icons/components
You have to call me a geek as I reeeeeeeeally love this web page.
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If you were a fan of the movie Star War Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back (1980), you would probably remember this famous line from the master – Yoda:
Do or Do Not, There Is No Try.
May be I am too old now, as I simply cannot give a positive response to the current generation teenagers’ attitude. Seems to me that they believe the world is too tough to them and they deserve everything on earth, without devoting any effort to earn it. No, no, no, everyone of us shall embrace the Can Do attitude, not I Will Try …. No doubt we will fail sometimes, but you know,
To Appreciate a Rainbow, You Need Some Rain.
OK … enough grumbling …
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I am sure most of you are too busy and have no time to visit museum or gallery to appreciate some artwork, but since we’re Internet geeks, so let’s do it online – the collections from the best street-painter on earth. Enjoy…
http://www.kurtwenner.com/gallery.htm
And what about some photos from the best photographers ?
http://www.msnbc.com//modules/yip03/slideshow.asp http://www.fifth-essence.com/archive/bestpix2003/index.htm
Ok, if you still have the time, think about what we shall do next … to me, I think it is time to provide a great brand experience to our customers. And here is one book that tells some tasty stories from the experts.
Uncommon Practice: People who deliver a great brand experience
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But if you don’t like this kind of book, may I suggest you to read the Five People You Meet in Heaven (from the author of Tuesdays with Morrie), in your relaxing Easter Holiday ? As usual, you can borrow those recommended books from me (after I finish it first 8-).
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Condition Changes. Results Shouldn’t. (Accenture)
Impossible Is Not A Fact, It Is An Opinion.
It is hard to comprehend the above slogan until I saw the advertisement from TV, showing legendary boxer Muhammad Ali fight against his daughter (Laila) in the boxing ring. I understand it is easy to use computer to do this kind of special effects, but the concept of the advertisement, the message it want to send across and the way it’s presented – is simply astonishing. The message is really strong when you see another advertisement of the same campaign, featuring Stacy Kohut, Paralympic Skateboarding Gold Medalist skateboarding.
Btw, to watch the Adidas advertisement, you can surf to http://usa.adidas.com/
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When was your last time to do something for the first time …. Keep discovering.
Have you seen this TV advertisement ? Have you ever asked yourself the similar question, doing something that you not try hard enough or you always have an excuse not to do … ?
I really wanted to get a nice Monkey picture to post here but unfortunately cannot find a good one from millions of web pages in the Internet. We are indeed in an information overflow age.
So, this year is the Year of Monkey. Chinese people think Monkey is smart (but sometimes cunning), responsive (but sometimes hyperactive), and sometimes indecisive. Of course, we are not going to be indecisive, but we need to be smart and responsive.
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I can’t help to recommend that book in this year – “Monkey Business“. If you wanna know how funny it is to be an investment banker, read this book.
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Have a great year – and to do that, plan now and act now.
M.Y. Lessons Learnt 