Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Swissbliss and Berlin....
Marcaroons filled with delectable butter cream.... they only last 3 days in the fridge....mine ditn's longer than a few hours... <3>
只系冰山一角
Oh the sweetest welcome gifts.... Sprungli's marcaroons, the impeccable signature gift of Zurich
Seond day in Zurich..... Writting post cards above the Zurichsee to loved ones at home....
Seond day in Zurich..... Writting post cards above the Zurichsee to loved ones at home.... Wednesday, June 24, 2009
5th Day
Finally it's the fifth day of my diet. Wow I am became so weak..... even lifting my hands to wash my hair or writing with a pencil is uneasy, zero physical activity is desired. So I wonder what my blood sugar level was and had Cathy to do a blood glucose test for me this morning, Ouch! It's 62, normal range is 70-130.... Well, the end is not far, just 2 1/2 more days to go, my will power is actually getting stronger as I see the results gradually.
Besides crying for my upsetting-protesting body, great news is my Europe vacation is next week :-) Soooooo excited for Switzerland and France.
Besides crying for my upsetting-protesting body, great news is my Europe vacation is next week :-) Soooooo excited for Switzerland and France.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Dizzy and hunger
Going on a super diet plan for internal cleansing, everytime I stood up for the 3rd second, feels like I am falling on the ground...Zz....Zz..Zz..
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sunbathing...
Lovely weather... just so perfect to have little meals outdoor.... Overlooking union square park while sipping pink lemonade... do nothing and stereotype the passerby... these 2 looks like bullies, those 3 are gossipers, he's a German... Oh that guy with the hat is sooo cute... not as cute as this little puppy here...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Comments
New media and Terrorism:
Quite a brief presentation, seems like not much bad things are going on, may be is a good thing. :-)
Folkxonomy:
It was very helpful to begin with the history of taxonomy, which is closely related to the main topic. The entire presentation was very clear, orientated and specific. Pros and Cons of both Tax and Folk made a objective view and let us decide what is good.
I would like to mention that besides categorizing, Folk is very good at filtering unwanted content. Also, linguistic issues can be a good thing too(ex: I call it blue and you call it aqua), I have too many personal experience that because of this error, I found many surprising/interesting things that I wasn't intend to look for, or I didn't know that I want. The best example is flickr, sometimes I use it as the "Thesaurus" for pictures, incredibly sufficient.
Risks of New Media:
Beautiful layouts, pictures and text size, all of them look so good together, personally beautiful pictures is a +, it usually makes a presentation much more interesting and memory enduring. This presentation includes many rare cases of mis-using the new media, brief coverage on variety of risks with a very objective conclusion. On a large scale, new media is definitely wonderful. The victims of these extreme cases are usually teenagers, I hope that adults would understand that kids DO NOT have the sufficient judgment and mentality to protect themself against these risks and will therefore spend time to explain ethics and how to handle situations in the virtual world.
Quite a brief presentation, seems like not much bad things are going on, may be is a good thing. :-)
Folkxonomy:
It was very helpful to begin with the history of taxonomy, which is closely related to the main topic. The entire presentation was very clear, orientated and specific. Pros and Cons of both Tax and Folk made a objective view and let us decide what is good.
I would like to mention that besides categorizing, Folk is very good at filtering unwanted content. Also, linguistic issues can be a good thing too(ex: I call it blue and you call it aqua), I have too many personal experience that because of this error, I found many surprising/interesting things that I wasn't intend to look for, or I didn't know that I want. The best example is flickr, sometimes I use it as the "Thesaurus" for pictures, incredibly sufficient.
Risks of New Media:
Beautiful layouts, pictures and text size, all of them look so good together, personally beautiful pictures is a +, it usually makes a presentation much more interesting and memory enduring. This presentation includes many rare cases of mis-using the new media, brief coverage on variety of risks with a very objective conclusion. On a large scale, new media is definitely wonderful. The victims of these extreme cases are usually teenagers, I hope that adults would understand that kids DO NOT have the sufficient judgment and mentality to protect themself against these risks and will therefore spend time to explain ethics and how to handle situations in the virtual world.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Comments...
New Media vs Education:
The highlighted key words are great, some screenshots/pictures are streched or fuzzy which are slightly distracting. Good touches on variety of side effects, but wuld lik to see more collaboration such as case studies, graphs or statistics.
Mobile New Media Tech:
Friendly beginning, relating to slef-expereinece makes the presentation more personal (he chose this topic because he recently got a smart phone).
Supportive statistics. Location based services are interesting, but would be better if accompanied with screenshots.
Social Networking in Business:
Like the public speaker-like vocie, nice clip art placements and useful information about LinkedIn, also like that she does more talking than reading.
Disagree on social netorking hould be kept separated from personal life,
The highlighted key words are great, some screenshots/pictures are streched or fuzzy which are slightly distracting. Good touches on variety of side effects, but wuld lik to see more collaboration such as case studies, graphs or statistics.
Mobile New Media Tech:
Friendly beginning, relating to slef-expereinece makes the presentation more personal (he chose this topic because he recently got a smart phone).
Supportive statistics. Location based services are interesting, but would be better if accompanied with screenshots.
Social Networking in Business:
Like the public speaker-like vocie, nice clip art placements and useful information about LinkedIn, also like that she does more talking than reading.
Disagree on social netorking hould be kept separated from personal life,
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Comments
For "New media and the distribution of music":
The presentation is overall clear and straightforward, many statistic statements but I think it would be more adequate and visual if presented along with supporting statistical graphs. The presentation didn't collaborate enough to the extent of new media, topics such as:
*Private Bay case*Illegal music download with Limewire, P2P file sharing.
*How iTunes tremendously changed the music industry (it's almost an revolution.)
*YouTuber's contribution and replication of music.
* Artist's intense participation on MySpace for self-promoting and monetizing.
For "New media: the purpose loss of privacy":
The presentation is almost like an (effective) WARNING sign, telling us to be aware of our personal information in a consumable speed. Presented with articulation, confidence, enthusiasm, direct eye contact; with smooth transitions between slides, personal experience and useful information.
For "Social networking: Better or worse than the real thing?"
Nice layout, interesting combination of sources (quotes and statics), thoughts provoking questions, very appropriate outline order.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This kind of Mashup?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC4FAyg64OI&feature=featured
Mashup is not limited to technological but also physical, I am glad to see that YouTube is extending Mashup to real world meaningful interaction. Such a beautiful project.
Must mention: Susan Boyle, the greatest YouTube sensation ever. The statistics of it's raising of popularity in such a short time is mind blowingly fascinating.
Mashup is not limited to technological but also physical, I am glad to see that YouTube is extending Mashup to real world meaningful interaction. Such a beautiful project.
Must mention: Susan Boyle, the greatest YouTube sensation ever. The statistics of it's raising of popularity in such a short time is mind blowingly fascinating.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
OMG Twitter when driving? Seriously?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/27/omg-onstar-may-soon-let-you-twitter-from-your-car/
Are you kidding me? I mean....What in the world can you twit when you are driving?
"Driving on West side highway."
"Making a right turn."
"Stuck in traffic"
"On the middle lane"
"That bitxx just cut me off! Grrr.."
"Get out of my way!"
My only conclusion is: Twitter is not pointless enough.....Someone please tell me this is an April Fool joke.
Are you kidding me? I mean....What in the world can you twit when you are driving?
"Driving on West side highway."
"Making a right turn."
"Stuck in traffic"
"On the middle lane"
"That bitxx just cut me off! Grrr.."
"Get out of my way!"
My only conclusion is: Twitter is not pointless enough.....Someone please tell me this is an April Fool joke.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
HOMEWORK: The Next New Thing
Identify location of people; ads/promotions alert via text/picture message of the nearby business/organizations/events, users can see street view, walking directions, other users review and rating. People can customize preferences based on days of the week, time, within X mile, price rage, type….Basically Zagat that is location sensitive.
Locate empty parking space and parking lot with cell phone, this could be incredibly nice especially in Manhattan. Also indicate the traffic area, rules, limitations and meter-feed reminder of the parking space.
Benefits:
No one forget about where they have parked.
No one forget about feeding the meter.
Lessen the chance of misreading the parking signs.
Generally the whole society is more efficient.
Just that the government might lose this source of income significantly.
Locate empty parking space and parking lot with cell phone, this could be incredibly nice especially in Manhattan. Also indicate the traffic area, rules, limitations and meter-feed reminder of the parking space.
Benefits:
No one forget about where they have parked.
No one forget about feeding the meter.
Lessen the chance of misreading the parking signs.
Generally the whole society is more efficient.
Just that the government might lose this source of income significantly.
HOMEWORK: Advice for Baruch
I suggest to college to use Amazon’s kindle to replace text books, the device itself cost $300 but the benefits are mind blowingly awesome, students will always remember bring the material to class, bec ause it only weight 10oz and holds a lot of content, no more shoulder pain caused by text books; we save money, no more rip off from bookstores, all kindle version books are cheaper, paperless books are very “green”.
Create a share platform for students to share their notes, strategies, tricks, tips, experiences of any academic-related topics, students can rate for the most helpful document.
Force all students to rate their professors, students who don’t participate will not be able to log on to their student account unless they accomplished the survey.
Add features articles and video about educational developments and new discoveries to the college homepage; make it more interesting so the students would log on more often.
Most important of all, keep everything in 1 place, we do not like to remember zillions of users names and have 10 opened tabs.
Create a share platform for students to share their notes, strategies, tricks, tips, experiences of any academic-related topics, students can rate for the most helpful document.
Force all students to rate their professors, students who don’t participate will not be able to log on to their student account unless they accomplished the survey.
Add features articles and video about educational developments and new discoveries to the college homepage; make it more interesting so the students would log on more often.
Most important of all, keep everything in 1 place, we do not like to remember zillions of users names and have 10 opened tabs.
HOMEWORK: New vs. Old
New media is always in digital form, for example: twitter and YouTube, users are much more likely to interact and response to each other because the internet makes it very easy to do so, virtual communities and creaitivity are the unique products of the new media, it is very flexible and it relies heavily on the internet. Old media i much more manipulative, consumers/users are usually much diversified and have much less power; they rarely interact with each other and don’t have much contribution to the delivered content. Users of the new media are the subjects, aggresive; and users of the old media are the objects, the passive ones.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
HOMEWORK: Modeling reality with virtual worlds.
Virtual worlds have many kinds:
2nd life is the time killer, it is rediculously similar to real life in a sense, you can find Latino Museum, Taj Mahal in black and white versions, fashion desingers and trends like Harajuku and retro funky, 2nd life colleges, global conference, government agencies, business conference, real estate firms, models, news publishers, Puma store, clinic, bar........ People (avatars) can own virtual properties (which cost real life money), meet other residents and participate in many social events. Personally I think this is a real time killer which has very limited extension to real life, there are only 2 reasons that I would visit: 1. To see how nice the graphics are, how real it is. 2. For educational purposes such as training sessions.
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2nd life is the time killer, it is rediculously similar to real life in a sense, you can find Latino Museum, Taj Mahal in black and white versions, fashion desingers and trends like Harajuku and retro funky, 2nd life colleges, global conference, government agencies, business conference, real estate firms, models, news publishers, Puma store, clinic, bar........ People (avatars) can own virtual properties (which cost real life money), meet other residents and participate in many social events. Personally I think this is a real time killer which has very limited extension to real life, there are only 2 reasons that I would visit: 1. To see how nice the graphics are, how real it is. 2. For educational purposes such as training sessions.
This one is much more pratical and beneficial:
Virtual College Fair
It's a virtual arena for parents and students to shop for collge, a 2day real time event. Real coellge admission officers, gudiance counselors, finanial aid experts will be sitting in front of their computeres and help students with any college-related problems. Its looks like a convention center, booths are populated with their logos on the banners, you can "walk" around the lobby, stop by, download boscheres, apply for scholarships, interactive features: real time chat with advisors and current students, go to the main conference room(looks like a lecture hall) and watch the videos, prfessional interviews and onsultants presentations. This is a VERY NICE idea, because it safe parents and students time and traveling cost, they can reach more better choices easier and cheaper. How awesome!
Virtual College Fair
It's a virtual arena for parents and students to shop for collge, a 2day real time event. Real coellge admission officers, gudiance counselors, finanial aid experts will be sitting in front of their computeres and help students with any college-related problems. Its looks like a convention center, booths are populated with their logos on the banners, you can "walk" around the lobby, stop by, download boscheres, apply for scholarships, interactive features: real time chat with advisors and current students, go to the main conference room(looks like a lecture hall) and watch the videos, prfessional interviews and onsultants presentations. This is a VERY NICE idea, because it safe parents and students time and traveling cost, they can reach more better choices easier and cheaper. How awesome!
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