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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Programming in the Large
Smart people thought of this question long and hard before. Companies after companies tackled it with years of patience and large amount of resources. Books and consultants profit from it for decades. There are even computer languages designed just for … Continue reading
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大业系列之二:知é’下乡
先看基础篇,å†å¾€ä¸‹è¯»ã€‚è®°ä½ï¼šæˆåŠŸä¸åœ¨ç‚¹å,而在执行能力。全世界都能看这åšå¿—ï¼Œä½ èµ¢åœ¨æ›´å¥½åœ°æ‰§è¡Œèƒ½åŠ›ã€‚æ²¡é”™ï¼Œåˆ«å¦„è‡ªè²è–„。å†åŽ»è¯»ä¸€éåŸºç¡€ç¯‡ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½äº†ï¼Œä½ ä¸€å®šè¡Œï¼Œä¹Ÿä¸€å®šä¼šèµ¢ã€‚ å‡è®¾ä½ 有IT的背景,有å调的能力,有点组织能力。ä¸å›½çš„农æ‘ï¼Œæ˜¯ä½ æœ€ä½³çš„ç©ºé—´ã€‚å†œæ‘是集体共有的资æºï¼Œå¹³å‡æ•™è‚²æ°´å¹³ä½Žï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»€ä¹ˆèµ„讯系统å¯è¨€ï¼Œç”Ÿäº§åŠ›ä½Žã€‚从å¦ä¸€ä¸ªè§’度看,管ç†ï¼Œç»„织,IT能带æ¥æœ€å¤§çš„生产力æå‡çš„空间。美国的农民生产力,是ä¸å›½çš„20å€ã€‚å¦‚æžœä½ æ‰¾åˆ°ä¸€ä¸ªå†œæ‘,æå‡ä»–们的生产力10å€ï¼Œä½ 能赚多少钱? é¦–å…ˆï¼Œå†œæ°‘ä»¬å¾—ä¿¡çš„è¿‡ä½ ã€‚æœ€ç®€å•å°±æ˜¯ä½ çš„åŒä¹¡ã€‚ä¸å›½äººä¹¡åœŸæƒ…æ·±ï¼Œä½ è¯´åŒä¸€ç§ä¹¡éŸ³ï¼Œåˆ†æžç»™ä»–们å¬ï¼Œæ‰èƒ½èµ°ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥ã€‚感情åŠä¿¡ä»»ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸€åˆ‡çš„基础。 åšä»€ä¹ˆå‘¢ï¼Ÿæœ€ç®€å•çš„æ˜¯äº§é”€é“¾ã€‚ä¸€æ ·çš„ä½œç‰©ï¼Œå†œæ°‘æ‹¿å¤šå°‘ï¼Ÿå¸‚åœºå–多少?ä¸é—´åˆ°å“ªåŽ»äº†ï¼Ÿå¦‚果好好ç»è¥ï¼ŒåŽ»æŽ‰ä¸é—´äººï¼Œç¼©çŸäº§é”€é“¾ï¼Œå¤§å®¶éƒ½æœ‰å¥½å¤„。 å†æ¥æ˜¯ä¸“业化åŠä¸ªæ€§åŒ–。一æ‘ç§ä¸€ç§åº„稼,和全国æ¯ä¸€æ‘都ä¸åŒã€‚这庄稼è¦å¥½å¥½é€‰ï¼šä»¥è‡ªç„¶æ¡ä»¶ä¸ºä¸»ï¼Œå†œæ°‘知识为辅。市场需求和ç»é”€ï¼Œæ˜¯ä¸‹ä¸€æ¥çš„工作。大家ç§å¤§ç±³ï¼Œè¿™æ‘ç§é¦™ç±³ã€‚大家ç§æ¡ƒå,这æ‘ç§æ°´èœœã€‚ 当然最赚钱的是新产å“。农产å“需è¦å‡ å¹´æ‰èƒ½èŽ·åˆ©ï¼Œä¸èƒ½å…¨æ‘一下转ç§ã€‚è¦æœ‰è®¡åˆ’的更新,一亩一亩,一家一家,大家有组织的åšã€‚å‡ å¹´åŽå°±æˆäº†ä¸ªäº§ä¸šã€‚然åŽå¾€ä¸‹ä¸ªæ‘推行。 比较有é„力的åšæ³•æ˜¯æŠŠæ•´æ‘租下,改ç§æ–°ä½œç‰©ã€‚现æˆçš„农民,æˆäº†ä½ 的员工。他们的地,就是新的工厂。åªæ˜¯ä¸åˆ¶é€ ,而是耕作。农民的收入改æˆå·¥èµ„,而ä¸æ˜¯å–农产å“。既然决定æƒåœ¨ä½ ï¼Œèµ„é‡‘ç”±ä½ å‡ºï¼Œæˆæœ¬é£Žé™©åœ¨ä½ ,将æ¥çš„æ”¶ç›Šä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ çš„ã€‚å†œæ°‘æ‹…å¿ƒçš„æ˜¯ä½ å€’äº†è¿™ä¹ˆåŠžï¼Ÿä½ å¿…é¡»ç»™ä»–ä»¬ä¸ªä¿éšœï¼šé“¶è¡Œé‡Œä¸€ç¬”ä¿è¯é‡‘,如果公å¸å€’了,农民ä¸ä¼šä¸€æ— 所有。盈利分红更是激励士气,é™ä½Žæˆæœ¬çš„好办法。 这是个å年大业。没有决心,ä¸è¦è¿›æ¥ã€‚这也是最有æ„义,最赚钱的事业。
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æ°´æµ’ PodCast
其实我是è¦å¦PodCast怎么åšã€‚但第一æ¥æ˜¯è¦æœ‰ææ–™ï¼Œæˆ‘è¿™æ²¡ä»€ä¹ˆåˆ›é€ åŠ›çš„äººï¼ŒåŽ»é‚£é‡Œæ‰¾æ料呢?在北京时,买了套评书CD。那时就转æˆMP3,放在iPod里å¬ã€‚想想就用它å§ã€‚自然会考虑产æƒçš„问题。但我的CD还在海上,看ä¸åˆ°è®¸å¯çš„细节。记忆ä¸ï¼Œæ²¡æœ‰ä»»ä½•è®¸å¯ã€‚也就是说,那些CD是我的,如åŒç‰©ç†è´¢äº§ã€‚ç‰æˆ‘拿到CDæ—¶ï¼Œå¦‚æžœæˆ‘æ— æƒåˆ†å¸ƒï¼Œé‚£å°±å¾—把这些撤下喽。 I was to learn the mechanics of podcasting, but having contents appears to be the necessary 1st step and I don’t have any. While I was in Beijing, I bought this audio book and quickly ripped them into MP3 … Continue reading
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æˆå¤§åŠŸï¼Œç«‹å¤§ä¸šï¼Œå‘大财:基础
这系列是我对ä¸å›½è¿™ä»£äººçš„æœŸè®¸ã€‚å°¤å…¶æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œåˆåœ¨åŒ—京,上海,深圳的外ä¼åšäº†5å¹´å·¦å³çš„年轻人。会介ç»äº›åˆ›ä¸šçš„观念。我认为æˆåŠŸçŽ‡é¢‡å¤§ï¼Œä½†æ²¡æœ‰ä¸€æ¥ç™»å¤©çš„。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰é«˜æ ¡èµ„åŽ†ï¼Œè‡³å°‘5年工作ç»éªŒï¼Œæœ€å¥½10年包å«2至3年的管ç†ç»éªŒã€‚ä¸ç„¶ä¹Ÿå¾—有å调沟通的能力。 ä½ å¾—æœ‰ç‚¹åˆ›ä¸šå†²åŠ¨ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ„¿æ„åšäº›ç‰ºç‰²ï¼šä¼˜è¶Šçš„å¾…é‡ï¼Œå¤§åŸŽå¸‚的生活,一呼百诺的å¨é£Žï¼Œæ‚ 闲的å‡æœŸï¼Œç‰ç‰ã€‚ä¸å¿…也ä¸è¯¥å…¨ä¸¢ï¼Œä½†æ€»è¦èˆå‡ 个。 找一二个伙伴。路是很远的,需è¦æœ‰ä¼´åŒè¡Œã€‚ä¸èƒ½ç”¨é…å¶ï¼Œå¯ä»¥æ˜¯æœ‹å‹ã€‚创业伙伴最é‡è¦çš„是能åŒç”˜å…±è‹¦ã€‚平日留æ„个性相投的人,观察他的为人处事。时间到了,看能ä¸èƒ½å…±è¥„盛举。ä¸è¦è¢«èƒŒæ™¯è´¢åŠ›è¿·æƒ‘ï¼Œé‚£æ˜¯èƒ½è¡¥è¶³çš„ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯ä¸å¤§èƒ½æ”¹çš„。 ä¸å›½æ²¡æœ‰å¥å…¨çš„退场机制。创业的åŽæžœï¼šå€’了,å–掉,或继ç»ç›ˆåˆ©ã€‚上市的机会ä¸å¤§ã€‚也就是说,è¦åšå¥½é•¿å¾çš„打算。å¯ä»¥ä¸€äºŒå¹´æ²¡èµšé’±ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå°†æ¥é€€ä¼‘的本赔进去。自己人已ç»æŠ•å…¥äº†ï¼Œä¸èƒ½æŠŠå®¶äººåœ¨æ‹‰è¿›åŽ»ã€‚ 想好自己的能力,ç»éªŒï¼ŒåŠæ€§æ ¼ã€‚能力是出身,知识,å¦é—®ï¼Œæˆ–è®ç»ƒã€‚ç»éªŒæ˜¯ä¸Šåœºå®žæˆ˜çš„åˆ€ç–¤ã€‚æ€§æ ¼æ˜¯å¾…äººæŽ¥ç‰©çš„é£Žæ ¼ã€‚è¿™äº›æ˜¯åˆ«äººæ— æ³•å–ä»£çš„ï¼Œä¹Ÿæ˜¯ä½ ç«žäº‰çš„æœ¬é’±ã€‚ ä¸å›½äººè®²â€œè°‹å®šè€ŒåŽåŠ¨â€ã€‚我常告诫年轻人:“æ¦åŠŸæ²¡ç»ƒå¥½ï¼Œä¸€ä¸‹å±±å°±è¢«äººæ€äº†â€ã€‚å†å›žå¤´è¯»ä¸€éï¼Œä½ å‡†å¤‡å¥½æ²¡?
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Tips for Travellers
When travel via air, carry-on are restrictive, but checking-in comes with the worry of lost or, worst, being looted. They are so vulnerable. What if a stranger reaches in? Are my jewlery safe? They may touch my underwear! TSA may … Continue reading
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New job, New company, New blogs
I decided to create a new blog for my new employer, Juniper Network.
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New Forbidden City
Starting July 20th, Beijing will be an easy to move-around city only for the Olympians. First the most expected: only cars with license plates that are even can drive on the even days, odd plates for odd days. This means, … Continue reading
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To Localize or not, that’s the question
Too many dread the request from headquarters every year or so, “Your term is coming to an end.” What follows is the all-too-common maneuver to renew. As designed, and often so used, the generous bundle of compensation and perks commonly … Continue reading
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Red Moon Bar
Three years ago, I stayed at Grand Hyatt for several days waiting for my apartment to be ready. All family members came with me. I left them on their own and went to work. One night, I came back and … Continue reading
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The Not-So-Economist
I enjoyed The Economist so much that I am willing to pay US$303 a year to receive an issue every week in my mailbox. Nearly US$6 an issue is the highest rate in the world. The same subscription costs US$129 … Continue reading
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