Author Archives: rpflee

時間態

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past solid

present liquid

future gas

未來凝結成現在；

現在凝固成過去。

— Me@2010.10.09

2010.11.21 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Marketing 4

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Ross: I thought marketing was something that required a degree and formal experience. It turns out that marketing is just making the product good enough that people spread it on their own, and giving them ways to do that. It’s a lot easier and more natural than I thought it would be. Now I can’t stand meeting with professional marketers who try to “craft” the “message” and all that junk.

— Blake Ross, Creator, Firefox

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2010.11.21 Sunday ACHK

可以做得更好 2

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這段改篇自 2010 年 4 月 8 日的對話。

（CN：我總是覺得，例如物理，我本來可以做多些練習。）

你不應有這種想法。你跟這個思考模式的話，你會永遠不開心，因為，在任何情況之下，你做了的事情都是有限多，未做的事情都是無限多。

（CN：我知。但是，距離「會考」（香港中學會考）得那麼短的時間，而我又好像真的有大量東西未溫習。）

有一些心理技巧，可以化解你的不安。

首先，正如剛才所講，你沒有必要亦沒有可能，讀完所有東西。你的目的是「拿你想要的成績等級」，而不是「讀完所有東西」。記住，學海無涯，回頭是岸。

— Me@2010.11.21

2010.11.21 Sunday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

BBC Brain Story

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As we get older, our world become more personalized, that’s why old people feel that the world is smaller.

— BBC Brain Story

Episode 1: All in the Mind
Episode 2: In the Heat of the Moment
Episode 3: The Mind’s Eye
Episode 4: First Among Equals
Episode 5: Growing the Mind
Episode 6: The Final Mystery

2010.11.20 Saturday ACHK

Shipping 2

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A key part of shipping is the ability to fail. The reinvention of the marketplace demands that one have the ability to fail, often and with grace — and in public!

— Seth Godin

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2010.11.20 Saturday ACHK

自僱退休 1.1

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上班 2

（安：如果我是自僱，不是打工（受僱）的話，對於我來說，頹廢的機會會相當大。例如，我可能會凌晨五時才睡，下午三時才起來。

如果我的自僱工作是「寫網誌」的話，問題不會太大，因為，「寫網誌」本身，沒有固定的工作時間。但是，如果我的自僱工作是跟社會有關，要時常見其他人的話，我應該怎麼辦呢？）

那就自動沒有「頹廢」這個問題。例如，如果你要見客的話，一定會在某個指定的時間見。而且，在那個約會之前，你一定有很多準備功夫要做，例如擬定計劃書。這些時間限制和工作責任，會令你「頹而不廢」。

（安：即是話，由受僱到自僱，雖然會少了來自僱主的壓力，但是會多了來自僱客的要求。）

有很人以為，「受僱」即是「有僱主」；「自僱」即是「沒有僱主」。實情是，「受僱」即是「有一個僱主」；「自僱」即是「有很多僱主」。

— Me@2010.11.20

2010.11.20 Saturday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Physics and French literature

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Q: I disagree with your generalization that physicists are smarter than professors of French Literature.

A: Try this thought experiment. A dictator takes over the US and sends all the professors to re-education camps. The physicists are told they have to learn how to write academic articles about French literature, and the French literature professors are told they have to learn how to write original physics papers. If they fail, they’ll be shot. Which group is more worried?

— Paul Graham

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2010.11.19 Friday ACHK

十分明白 4

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The smallest possible step, 2

這段改篇自 2010 年 4 月 8 日的對話。

… 不是。

你要看完整題題目，才會知道它要你計什麼。看完整題的話，你立刻會知道，你需要用這題式。然後你會想：「這題式和 N 有什麼關係呢？」接著，你會直接想起：「N 越大，即是燈泡數目越大，所以電流 i2 越大。」而明顯地，i1 和 i2 是有關係的。因此，你會發覺，你要先找出 i1 和 i2 的關係。

最重要的是，你先間底（underline）題目要你找什麼，從而明確知道自己的目標（第 n 步）；然後問，該個目標之前的一步（第 n-1 步）是什麼；然後再問，再之前的一步（第 n-2 步）是什麼；如此類推，直至到達你此時此地的處境（第 1 步）為止。

— Me@2010.11.19

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind

— The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

— Stephen R. Covey

2010.11.19 Friday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

Linus Torvalds

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Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you’ll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size of the work you envision. So start small, and think about the details. Don’t think about some big picture and fancy design. If it doesn’t solve some fairly immediate need, it’s almost certainly over-designed. And don’t expect people to jump in and help you. That’s not how these things work. You need to get something half-way useful first, and then others will say “hey, that almost works for me”, and they’ll get involved in the project.

    * Linux Times (2004-10-25).

— Linus Torvalds

2010.11.18 Thursday ACHK

Shipping

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We grew up isolated. The future is connected. We grew up unable to have substantial interactions with anyone except a small circle of family and co-workers. Now, we earn the right to interact with just about anyone.

I think this changes everything … if we let it.

— Brainwashed: seven ways to reinvent yourself

— Seth Godin

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2010.11.18 Thursday ACHK

年年齡 4

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人生苦短。

人生可以發光的時間，就更加苦短。

女子人生可以發光的時間，就再更加苦短。

這是上天對人的「性別歧視」。

— Me@2010.11.18

2010.11.18 Thursday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

犯法啊？

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人生三大金句：搵食喈，犯法啊？我想嘎？

— 黃子華

Let’s put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is “right” or not, you are morally corrupt. Let’s not go there. We don’t base our morality on law.   

— Linus Torvalds

2010.11.17 Wednesday ACHK

Apple

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Wozniak, at first skeptical, was later convinced by Jobs that even if they were not successful they could at least say to their grandkids they had their own company.

— Wikipedia on Steve Wozniak

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2010.11.17 Wednesday ACHK

十分明白 3

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這段改篇自 2010 年 4 月 8 日的對話。

是不是十分明白？懂不懂一層一層地推論下去？

「十分明白」的意思是，去到任何一步，你都很明顯知道下一步是什麼。

— Me@2010.11.17

2010.11.17 Wednesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

o野

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故事連線 1.4

（安：李先生講過，廣東話中「o野」（東西）這個字，包括了所有東西。沒有東西不是「東西」。即使兩樣東西沒有關係，你硬要把它們說成有關係的話，總可以做到，因為，至起碼，那兩樣東西都是「東西」。）

— Me@2010.11.16

2010.11.16 Tuesday (c) All rights reserved by ACHK

大甲等人 4

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Never say “Maybe, I can’t tell.” If you can’t tell, that means No Hire. It’s really easier than you’d think. Can’t tell? Just say no! …

Why am I so hardnosed about this? It’s because it is much, much better to reject a good candidate than to accept a bad candidate. A bad candidate will cost a lot of money and effort and waste other people’s time fixing all their bugs. … Bad employees demoralize the good employees.

— The Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing (version 3.0)

— by Joel Spolsky

2010.11.15 Monday ACHK