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Oct 21st

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This is roughly what happened to my life.

Just come across Joel’s 2001 post on IT consulting. It is a real shame that I didn’t see this earlier. This summed up a colorful state of my life and the company. I fell into this cycle trap. Yet, it’s not all doom and gloom while it is tough. I am confident we will get over this hurdle. Mike was unhappy. He had hired a huge company of IT consultants to build The System. The IT...

Oct 13th

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John's Tumblr: Steve Jobs →

lilly: Like many of us, I’ve been thinking a lot about Steve Jobs the last few days — thinking about the man and his legacy. I’ve been having some trouble even understanding the way I feel, let alone being able to put it into words. Lots of folks have asked me what I think, and have been surprised that I…

Oct 9th

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MSDN Blog: A Touchy Subject →

Very touchy these days, eh. A good discussion about what Microsoft should do or shouldn’t do in their pursuit of mobile computing market. Seriously, I am a bit sick of iOS and Android these days. I hope to see afresh operating systems emerging anytime soon.

Aug 2nd

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Newsweek Inc. for $1 →

This is really sad. First, TV Guide, then followed by BusinessWeek. Newsweekly era is now officially over. These magazines used to have an enormous media stature in 60s/70s. People used to run to newsstands every week to get them and find out what are the most pressing issues around the world, around the US. If a person or a topic was featured on the cover, it’s heavenly respected. But...

Aug 2nd

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Watch

Edu Interview - Arsenal Brasil via arseblog Edu is one of true Arsenal legends. In this video, he talks amicably about Arsene Wenger, the Invincible Arsenal team whose whole-season-unbeaten record is still unmatched, and his life in London. He shared really interesting thoughts as well as some insights and values this football club has always had.

Jul 27th

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Microsoft Q4 2010 Earnings →

Still pretty stunning results. Although it was highly anticipated, Apple was nowhere near to beat Microsoft’s revenue yet. Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.93 billion,...

Jul 22nd

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Henry scores against Spurs! →

He was a phenomenon. Even at the age of 32, he is still a class . A true Arsenal legend scored again against his long time foes: Tottenham Hot Spurs! “The young bloke from that first half, Henry, looks like he’s got a good future,” joked Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp. “He was fantastic. He’s a different class. He’s still a world class player. We were...

Jul 22nd

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Jul 20th

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The Spies Who Loved Us - Friedman →

Intriguing article by Friedman. For me, I do wonder why Russians would spy on Americans at this point in time. They will only find failed lobbyists, collapsed Wall Street, and some leaked oil. Thomas L. Friedman Look, if you had told me that we had just arrested 11 Finns who were spying on our schools, then I’d really have felt good — since Finland’s public schools always score at the top of...

Jul 15th

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Everton's New Away Kit →

Design failed. Disgrace to its fans.

Jul 13th

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Signal issues no big deal? →

Dan Frommer of BusinessInsider says people shouldn’t worry about iPhone 4 antenna issues. iPhone 4 signal issues fueled this week when consumer reports announced “they can’t recommend iPhone 4 to buyers”. Ironically, in a separate report, they also chose iPhone 4 as the best smartphone on the planet at this moment. We are living in a strange world. I agree with Dan that...

Jul 13th

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Jul 12th

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The New King of Apps →

It is now official. Mobile is the future. These companies - Zynga, Fring, Square, EA - have done a phenomenal job so far in creating a new wave of incredible apps for mobile phones! Nobody could’ve expected we would spend so much time on these little apps. A completely new economy with healthy consumers spending, new jobs and new lifestyles have emerged with the birth of an App universe. ...

Jul 7th

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Lucid Overview of iOS Multitasking →

Quite an insightful post with thorough, perspicuous explanation of how multitasking works in new iOS4. It might not be 100% gold master apple reference guide, but definitely is still a place for you to start if you wanna get your hands on multitasking/fast app-switching in your apps. Oliver: Adding fast app switching and multitasking support is quite easy since for the most part you don’t need...

Jul 6th

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BW doubts iAds →

Wunderman: Right now it’s hype and buzz more than reality. There are just not that many people with iPhones in their pockets or iPads in their hands to consume this advertising. There are millions of iPhones going into customer hands every month, thus it can still turn out to be the best platform, which those marketing guys have always wanted. With its appealing interface and possessing data of...

Jul 6th

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Jul 5th

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Lenovo feeling lucky →

The leading Chinese PC maker, 30% in its home market, has something to say about Apple. Speaking of that one bad fellow, Lenovo’s founder and chairman, told the Financial Times: We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China. If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble. Nobody knows what Steve is...

Jul 5th

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Messi on Theo →

Whatever. Both of you guys are already out of this world cup. Now, stop luring Cesc to Barca!! Messi: I must say that at the time I thought it was a bad decision to leave Theo Walcott at home. And I think that has been proved right. I can only speak from experience but he was one of the most dangerous players I have ever played against. Barcelona players are not scared easily but I can tell...

Jul 4th

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End of Sidekick →

Just a day after Kin project was put to an end, T-Mobile announced today they are going to stop selling existing Sidekick phones! Sidekick, a mobile phone being produced by Microsoft after it acquired Danger, relies heavily on cloud for storing customer’s personal information. Last year, it came to close scrutiny of lawmakers when a massive cloud servers outrage wiped off sensitive data...

Jul 1st

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R.I.P Microsoft's Kin →

Image via Wired Kin is now dead as wood. RIP. Yes literally, it’s still on sales in US but Microsoft has just pulled out its plans to launch Kin in Europe and Asia. Due to anemic sales and some disastrous industry feedbacks, Microsoft is now merging Kin with its Windows Phone 7 teams. Poor Robert Bach. He couldn’t save his job and now his little brainchild.

Jun 30th

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WANTED: Antenna Engineers →

Antenna war is growing. It could be a serious physical problem and there are also funny recently dismissive rumors that Apple would recall its phones. Anyway, Apple is now looking into iPhone 4 antenna issues seriously. Or I may be wrong, they could just be building a next generation antenna system for future devices. But in any case, if you have know-how of those little radio frequency...

Jun 30th

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Virgin America on Calif Green Tech →

Our dear conglomerate, rock star, fashion icon, adventurous, crazy CEO, Richard Branson is in San Francisco opening new routes to Toronto. Both Arnold and Gavin seemed quite happy to listen to his pledges on green energy, new jobs, better economy and innovation - a politician’s dreams. Richard was in E3 LA just two weeks ago announcing its new services Virgin Gaming - where players...

Jun 29th

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More Thoughts on England's Failure →

Just for your record. It’s hilarious when BBC/Sky Sports just shut up and stop their hype machines. But sincerely, I do hope players like Jack Wilshere will save Three Lions from further embarrassment in 2014. Arseblogger: Nevertheless, the row about the goal that wasn’t will do nothing but take away from the real issue which is that England were fucking shit. We’ll hear this...

Jun 28th

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The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains (Nicholas... →

There’s nothing wrong with absorbing information quickly and in bits and pieces. We’ve always skimmed newspapers more than we’ve read them, and we routinely run our eyes over books and magazines to get the gist of a piece of writing and decide whether it warrants more thorough reading. The ability to scan and browse is as important as the ability to read deeply and think attentively. The problem...

Jun 28th

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Jun 27th

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Frank Shaw's now Popular with his Numbers →

To me, it’s a great attempt to pull MS back on stage. Many people are now having an impression that MS is doomed because of Apple/Google’s recent successes. (Especially numbers like “3m iPads in 80 days!”). Microsoft is a giant, huge, gigantic tech king. And, it will never go down too soon too easily for sure.

Jun 27th

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Android's App Market Scam →

With all respect to its exciting platform, I’d say this is very disgraceful to Android’s market. Time for Google to clean it up, indeed.

Jun 27th

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Biggest Apologies by Tech Companies (2010) →

Technology companies will always be in such risks. So far in 2010, these are all worth talking.

Jun 26th

Jun 23rd

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iPhone 4 Reception Woes →

The phone is still hot and fresh in the consumers’ hands. But sadly, terrible reviews about its signal strength are coming out thick and fast. I hope it only happens to AT&T and not in Singapore. :)

Jun 23rd

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Counter-Strike Source for Mac!! →

Valve just released its all-time popular first person shooter game. With current promotion, it’s only $6.80. It couldn’t get cheaper than that. The best bargain of the week for me.

Jun 23rd

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Confirmed: Pathetic Fonts Support on Mobile Safari

It’s unbearable. There are people ranting about this long ago. But, I waited iOS4 in hope of Apple fixing these issues. Well, they didn’t. Fonts support in iPhone, iPod, iPad is truly woeful. These iDevices have a really limited font library, which isn’t helped by mobile safari’s poor support of font embedding (where font types such as OTF, TTF, WOFF aren’t...

Jun 21st

New Location Data Policy in iOS4 →

Being conservative is better than leaking every single data.

Jun 21st

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Jun 20th

http://ping.fm/ghbV7 | a great piece of jQuery that saved my day.

Nov 22nd

3G/HSDPA speed is great so far. it’s delicous to listen music via imeem app on the way to work..

Aug 12th

hmm, chap 4 of CS193P … slowly slowly …

Jul 9th

lol. just got an emailer from Apple Sg. The Subject says: “A new iPod touch and many other reasons … “

Jul 8th

ah chapter 3 of obj-c. =x

Jul 4th

nothing better than going to work early, then have a breakfast at the desk and surf the news.

Jul 2nd

chilling morning, third day of conference, great sessions ahead.

Jun 10th

at Company store, Cupertino CA. :D Shopping spree :)

Jun 7th

a good lunch, followed by a few rounds of Table Tennis. I should really practice how to play double nicely.

Jun 2nd

my legacy games work on Win 7 far bettter than vista. .

May 24th

is Icefaces good and reliable? here’s fricking slow now.!

Mar 26th

Well, I would say IE8 is solid and good.

Mar 24th

is EA a little bit late in Virtual Gaming Model? Sims should have done earlier.

Mar 18th

Mourinho’s bad mouth. http://ping.fm/rZpMy [http://ping.fm/Fb2IO]

Mar 3rd

wants an ebook reader.

Mar 1st