一座安於旁觀的城市 - 楊照部落格 - Yahoo!奇摩部落格:
“長期以來，台灣太過於重視別人的眼光，觀看別人時，總想著「 那什麼時候也讓人家看我？」用一種強烈自我中心的態度， 將所有事情都投射成和自己有關，結果就弄得事事關己， 沒有事不關己的一種餘裕閒適； 同時倒過來也就對實在和自己扯不上關係的事， 發生不了真正的興趣。”
我還蠻喜歡這個 POV 的。昨天晚上林爸爸林媽媽邀我參加他們的晚餐會，在寶來那的餐廳裡面，一邊跟一個長輩聊著我對於台灣前途的一些想法。我認為台灣的年輕一輩的人，有很多的人都在努力尋找自己的方向，把精神放在自己的目標上，其實並沒有那麼悲觀。並不是別人有什麼我們沒有我們就比較差，而是我們到底未來想到些什麼地方？對於這些，我是樂觀的，並不擔心。
Safari 出了新版，終於出現 Extension 功能了
雖然說中文翻譯相當怪異，不過只要用 Safari 內建的工具，加上 HTML, CSS 或是 JavaScript 檔案，就可以用內建的工具把延伸功能組裝起來。
自己最常用的幾個小功能都是一些 Bookmarklet，比如 Share on Facebook 或是 Post to Echofon （這個是從 Post to Tweetie 改的），就順手把他們變成按鈕式的 extension。
不過 Plurk 的部份用的是 URL 的 status?= 的方法做上去的，所以還沒有那些 custom 動詞，接下來要把 JSON API 的部份放進來，或許 UI 上還要提供更好用一點的 form submission 畫面，這樣就可以更有彈性了。
距離上一次寫 blog 已經超過兩個月了。四月的時候回了趟台灣，跟冠吟把一些事情大致上敲定了，順便也去日月潭玩了一趟。在台北待了一個月，有種把整個人「轉」了回去一圈的感覺；回台北，行動自由（有機車、有捷運，還借得到車可以開）的感覺真的很好，台北也在這五年之間，變成了一個很讓人舒服的地方。到誠品去買書、去漫畫王看漫畫、在 216 巷看著各種吃食的店，然後挑一間看得順眼的去吃。
五月初一回到上海，完全不適應。一回到上海就面對公司巨大的變化，未來到底會如何並不知道，現在看起來是又期待又怕受傷害。還是說，我對中國的胃口已經結束了嘛？
This coincides with what my initial thoughts were when I saw the iPad keynote.
These people have better things to do with their days than tweaking out the spacing in their browser toolbars. A computer for them is a utility. One that is increasingly complex, and one that is used because it’s the only option for accomplishing certain things – not because it’s a good option.
It’s kind of like the Photoshop Problem: when people want to crop a picture, we give them Photoshop. Photoshop is a behemoth application with nearly every image editing and touchup function imaginable, and it is terribly complex. Now Photoshop is an impressive tool, but only a very tiny percentage people need the power it offers. The vast majority just want to crop their ex-husband from the photo and let their friends look at it. But even iPhoto, the poster child for Apps So Easy Your Grandparents Can Use Them, continues to pile on features and complexity.
When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane. We’ve been giving them airplanes for 30 years, and then laughing at them for being too stupid to fly them right.
I think we’re the stupid ones.
[From funkatron.com : We’re the Stupid Ones: Facebook, Google, and Our Failure as Developers ]
要过年了，每年看到的对联都一样也蛮无聊的。微软亚洲研究院出了一支程式，可以用电脑帮你对对联。
[From 微软亚洲研究院 电脑对联 ]
以前有个「上海自来水来自海上」，没想到这个引擎对出了不少有趣的下联：
中国出人才人出国中
前门出租车租出门前
中山长生树生长山中
黄山落叶松叶落山黄
南岭临飞石飞临岭南
前门停车场车停门前
中山停云堂云停山中
山东落叶松叶落东山
中国长生果生长国中
西湖映月潭月映湖西
西湖灵隐寺隐灵湖西
山西飞机场机飞西山
下关交通道通交关下
黄山落叶树叶落山黄
山西过路人路过西山
北京跑马场马跑京北
This is really scary upon first read.
I went back for a second helping of Avatar this Sunday. There’s a scene early on in the movie where one of the scientists walks across the lab carrying the “mobile computer slab of the future.” We’ve seen one of these in almost every sci-fi movie of the last 50 years. It comes free with a jetpack, I suppose. Except this time, one month later, my 12 year old son turns to me and whispers “Look Dad, it’s an iPad.”
[From Mule Design Studio's Blog: The Failure of Empathy]
The diagram in the passage really said it all. More computer users will appreciate what is becoming of the future of computing. Yes, you should just *IGNORE* the geeks, because after all, logic and reasoning are acquired skills, they don't belong to human nature and will remain a minority in population.
That's from Steve Jobs in 1994, and look what he has done today. The hardware is a bonus, the key is really the software.
The problem is, in hardware you can't build a computer that's twice as good as anyone else's anymore. Too many people know how to do it. You're lucky if you can do one that's one and a third times better or one and a half times better. And then it's only six months before everybody else catches up. But you can do it in software. As a matter of fact, I think that the leap that we've made is at least five years ahead of anybody.
[From From the Archives: A Revealing Interview With Steve Jobs : Rolling Stone]
But in the end, OO hasn't taken over the world yet (ok, it is a tad easier to write with NS* than CF*, but that's not what he had described back then).
That's how software front-ends should be designed too, not by some database people 1,000 km away from the lusers.
To me, a great service emerges from a deep understanding of the way that people will interact with it, the way their lives work and the way that it will become part of their lives. From the way it will be useful to them, in other words. If they’re going to have to use a computer to interact with the service, it’s vital to understand what kind of computer they are going to be using, where they will be using it and, crucially, how much time they have to spend.
[From The Concept *is* the Execution « Made by Many]
You cannot design a great service without an obsessional focus on the details. Deny that and I’m likely to get all executional on your ass.
To be more specific to what I mean by "software front-end", I mean that the way we design the part that interacts with the users (not only the UI, also the data exchange, preparation part) should take the users' workflow into consideration. When 2 buttons confuse the user, we should consolidate them into a single button without ambiguous meaning, or hide enough details to let users complete a workflow without knowing too much beyond what the workflow requires them to know.
NSString *stringEscaped = [stringOrig stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
Yummy!
首先將排骨飄水半小時（或以上）
也就是將排骨盛在碗中
置放於水龍頭下用小水沖洗
尤其是美國的豬肉
沒有這樣無法去除腥味然後用醬油，酒和水醃製排骨
將排骨至於冰箱中至少數個小時然後將排骨連醬油，酒與水
換入X品夫人電子壓力鍋中
直接壓熟
這樣確保連骨頭都軟嫩等排骨壓熟之後
取出之後
切成小塊排骨
均勻沾上蛋黃液再裹上太白粉備用以上是準備工作
然後起個油鍋
將裹好粉的排骨放如油鍋中炸到表面金黃
然後撈起
濾乾多餘的油最後一步才是做醬
[From Evil Capitalism Heroes: 糖醋排骨]
基本上醬是由醬油，糖，鎮江醋和水
以2:3:3:6的比例調成
（或請參考傅培梅食譜）
然後加入太白粉將醬汁調糊
用火將水燒掉
直到醬汁開始變得濃綢
然後將炸好的排骨扣入拌勻
This is cute,
"When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness and call it love - true love." Robert Fulghum
[From katie says When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mut - #38gnmj ]
這篇寫得真好，當 programmer 還是比當 product manager 要單純得多了。
Customers don't buy technologies, they buy usable products. If product isn't usable for a customer, then it doesn't matter how good the technology behind of it, because customer will never buy the product. Look what happened with OS/2. It had a better technology behind (comparing with it's direct competitor Windows 95), but you know who won the race?
[From Just code : Weblog]
2009 年發生了好多事情。去了黃山、九寨溝；跟親愛的蝸牛在一起、搬了新家、飛了兩趟米國、工作出現一個有趣的轉變等等，很久沒有過過這麼刺激的一年。
昨天甲哥請吃飯，不過我沒想到原來是大S的歡送會，被拉去坐在大S旁邊。
聊天聊著聊著大S突然跟我說：「上次那個 presentation 你做得不錯，我覺得你的英文底子蠻好的」
正在洋洋得意的時候她加了一句：「不過我覺得你的中文比較差」
我：「......」
好吧，這我也不知道該說什麼好了。倒是大 S 說她現在每天還有運動的習慣，看著自己越來越碩大的肚子，2010年應該要好好重拾運動的習慣了。
就這樣吧！
這篇好有 Catch Me If You Can 的 fu.
从前有个地方叫做美国。有一个老头呢，有三个儿子，大儿子跟二儿子都在城里工作，他跟这个小儿子相依为命呐，在乡下生活。
这一天呢来了一个人对他说：「我能不能把您的小儿子带到城里去工作？」
老头说：「不行，绝对不行，你给我滚出去。」
这个人又说了：「如果我在城里为您的儿子找了个对象，那么能带他走吗？」
老头还是说「不行，你给我滚出去。」
这个人又说了：「如果我给您找的这个对象，也就是您未来的儿媳妇是洛克菲勒的女儿，那您看行吗？」
老头想了想，终于呢，能让儿子当上 洛克菲勒的女婿这件事情打动了他，他同意了。过了几天，这个人就找到了美国的首富，石油大亨洛克菲勒，
对他说：「我想给您的女儿找一个对象行吗？」
洛克菲勒说：「不行，滚出去。」
这个人又说了：「如果我给您找的这个女婿，是世界银行的副总裁，您看行吗？」
洛克菲勒答应了。又过了几天呢，这个人找到了世界银行总裁，
对他说：「您应该马上任命一个副总裁」
这总裁笑了笑说：「不可能，我已经有这这么多副总裁，为什么还要任命一个，而且必须是马上呢？」
这个人说：「如果我让您任命的 这个人是洛克菲勒的女婿，那您看行吗？」
总裁答应了，所以这个小伙子马上就变成了洛克菲勒的女婿加上世界银行副总裁。这个故事告诉我们，其实这个小伙子有多大的本事并不重要，关键是要看你如何去牵线搭桥，如何去运作，只要在适当的时候，他能出现在这个位置上就行了，那么我们呢，就成了他的兄弟加亲爹，想要什么，说一声。。
——《蜗居》宋思明讲的那个关于洛克菲勒的故事
不過這個人還得先認識洛克斐勒和世界銀行總裁才行啊～
haha....這篇寫得真不錯
哲學如果只是拿來打嘴泡，如果只停在論述層次，那就不叫哲學了。
[From 伯利恆的星星下 - La Pensée Sauvage - Yahoo!奇摩部落格]
有時候會看到一種論點，就是人到了30中，就應該要成熟要圓融要追求事業要懂得做人，不過自己還是會常常去問「為什麼這樣」「為什麼那樣」或是對於工作上的事情的對錯看得很認真。或許這就是我自己的哲學吧，講不清處，就只好不斷去做而已。
這篇要講古一下，所以有點小長。要給一些讀者一個概念，那就是：很多的恩怨情仇，是累積出來的「立場」，而不是「對錯」。也順便提醒一下讀者，那些動不動就說要講「是非」的政客，其實多半都是故意切割問題，把複雜的狀況單純化到白癡的地步，再洗腦到你相信事情真的這麼簡單。這些問題，說到底都是你要把歷史問題，用哪一個時間點去切斷。問題是新仇舊恨，哪裡算的清啊。
[From 王立第二戰研所 Evil Overlord International affairs and Strategic Studies: 三十分鐘內就懂的系列 - 以色列與周邊國家的恩怨情仇 - yam天空部落 ]
This piece is well worth reading, for hiring just ANYONE!
There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work with them? Someone who’s smart but doesn’t get stuff done should be your friend, not your employee. You can talk your problems over with them while they procrastinate on their actual job. Someone who gets stuff done but isn’t smart is inefficient: non-smart people get stuff done by doing it the hard way and working with them is slow and frustrating. Someone you can’t work with, you can’t work with.
[From How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)]
