July 30, 2009

Summer Crying


26 days old. Hungry.

July 27, 2009

Hillarious "Fake" Facebook Page

Check this out! PC World got this really funny Facebook Pages We'd Like to See article. Ha ha!

July 26, 2009

On Recent SNS Reports


Recently the media is very interested in those social networks services and micro-blogging tools, such as Facebook, Twitter or Plurk. TIME magazine had a cover story in June on Twitter, and the Business Week and many others followed that in Taiwan. Obama is a well-known twitter user, and so is Oprah Winfrey. Many politicians and companies have been trying to gain the same influence or popularity in cyberspace with such tools, but so far I don't see anyone very successful.

From the reports on these media, I found most of their angles are so narrow-sighted or even ridiculous --perhaps that's why they can't benefit from it. The reports are so focused on how much potential it can be to reach so many unknown users in the world and people can hear you with so limited expenses. They pick one or two super-star users to backup their arguments that companies can benefit from this super-long lever. I think that's so wrong from the beginning.

For me, I use such social network tools to satisfy my social needs in the cyberspace to overcome the restraints in the physical world. In Marslow's hierarchy of needs, it's the love and belonging layer or even in the self-esteem layer. However, if such tools are only treated as a cheap marketing option for a company or an individual, it is down-graded to financial security or even the basic needs for food. That's why we see so many politicians hire part-time workers to write for them on Twitter or Plurk, and naively thinks that people can't tell. Believe me, anyone who has real-life friends in the virtual world can tell the difference, not to mention those who have real friends in cyberspace.

July 12, 2009

Summer Day 8


She opens her eyes looking around, and happily licking her wrapping cloth. When it comes to appetite, this baby girl is much better than her older brother. Her best record is 70 cc a meal so far. My son better be careful otherwise he might be bullied by his sister soon.

Yoshi Play and bumps his head

July 7, 2009

Day 3

Allie almost fully regained her mobility and spirit. Our little daughter is still in ICU. Her respiratory rate is improved and oxygen level stablized, but today her heart beat often drops to under 100/min when I visited her. Keep observating...

July 5, 2009

My Daughter

Born on the 4th of July, 21:23, Weight 3692, length 53cm