Monday, 29 August 2011

A Tutorial to the manager


A Tutorial to mangers and management.

I always believe that, managers and management is a new job category from 90's. One of the major reasons is there are too many people in this world than ever. There are too many skilled workers and any one with a better communication skill would be excellent - too many options for them. 

A successful manager or successful management, one of the key successful factors, from my point of view, is the number of options. More options you have, better communication skill you have, you can always make a better decision. The manager can implement whatever campaign, policy, rules, COST SAVING or etc because the available options make sure he won't fail. 

But the key is - OPTION. 

Fundamentally, a good manager or management is just to make sure the individual or the team work better - They could do better than what they're supposed. They are supposed to be the worse, they could become worser with good management. They are supposed to be above average, they could be verity good worth good management. However, it is usually extremely difficult to change something from the worse to the best. You can't mind the gold from the trash. It is just impossible to create a miracle from nothing even with the best manager. 

3 games, GD is -3, 3 red cards in 3 games, ranked 17th. If the name of team is Blackpool, I could accept that. And probably the scroll would be 18-2 if we do not have the better keeper.

Wenger, the world has changed, the way in 90's does not work anymore, either you have to change or you have to go. You eliminate the options you have, take away the possible success factors, what will be your plan?

Monday, 22 August 2011

From Windows 7 to Mac

After some works, I am above to transfer most of the data from PC to Mac. In the process, quite some challenges have been resolved, perhaps it is good to write down so that I could remember what I had done earlier...

  1. Word / Excel / Powerpoint
    The first major problem is to read the documents! Preview comes with Mac OS Lion is a read only program. Many options are available in Mac, such as iWork, NeoOffice or even Microsoft Office for Mac but all of them would still have certain compatibility issues.

    The conclusion is to use the native Windows Word, Excel and Powerpoint and it is the only solution can guarantee 100% compatable....

    So, the 2nd day I setup a VMWare Fusion with MS offices...
     
  2. Synchronization of Outlook / BlackBerry / HTC Flyer
    The 2nd major problem is the synchronization for the above. A very common answer from my friends is to go cloud (either Google or MobileMe). Personally, I don't like to much private information goes Cloud and I prefer to keep them locally...

    Then, the sync program from BlackBerry supports both Mac and PC. However, the sync program from HTC only supports PC (Outlook)! Luckily, because of the Office documents problem above, MS office is there and I just need to migrate the pst folders as what I did previously for my new PC.
  3. iTune
    iTune is a headache in the begining. I was trying to sync with the iTune in Windows because the HTC Sync only supports Windows. Lot of issues with library path which makes sharing iTune library between Mac and Windows impossible. Then the solution is to use free tool 'Easy Phone Tunes' from Market.
     
  4. iPhoto and Picasa
    I was suggested to iPhoto in Mac but it is not really a nice job to re-manage all the Photos again in a new photo manager. From the web, transferring from Picasa Win to Picasa Web may also cause problems. So I have used the Picasa in Windows (VMWare) as of now... Maybe when I have time, I will try to migrate to iPhoto or Picasa in MAc.

After all, I am still happy with the Mac experience till now. Some of the things come with Mac are really nice and I have been looking for these for a while.
  1. Native Unix Command
    This is really nice and i dont need to setup the cygwin anymore... SSH is also built-in...
  2. Virtual Desktop
    The Mission Control is the Virtual Desktop implementation in Mac. Currently, I have setup two desktops such that one for Mac and one for VM... I can also configurate the VM such that it will always start in the Desktop 2.
  3. Chinese input and Chinese Hand Writing
    Chinese Input (倉頡) is still not yet as good as my Palm CJKOS. However, it is still useable. It comes with a code lookup tool and I can always use the Hand-writing or paste a Chinese charater to look up the code. Not only it just looks up the code for 倉頡, but it also looks up the codes for the other in-use method...
  4. Time Machine
    Backup feature is something I need to spend time in my PC for long and I don't have a good solution yet. It is either too much of work for a backup or the solution does not backup / restore very well.
    Time Machine is great. It is just automatic and restore is not difficult at all.


  5. Dictionary
    Finally there is an OS comes with a nice dictionary ("New Oxford American English". and "New Oxford British English").

Of course, lot of other issues are still pending...
  1. Java / Eclipse / BlackBerry / Android SDK
    Apple is using it own development framework. Transferring the workplace from Eclipse BlackBerry SDK to Coca is not straight forward at all...
  2. Firefox Multitouch gesture
    Firefox, which is my favorite browser in Windows, does not support the Multitouch festure in Lion, waiting for the update.
  3. Native office application
    NeoOffice.... but also no time to try.
  4. Finder and Keyboard Shortcut
    I missed the 'Windows' + E to open the Windows Explorer. Mac does not provide the exact same short-cut to open Finder...


Tuesday, 18 January 2011

書架上無數的書和無數未讀的書

書架上,有無數的書和未讀的書。因為這些的書,我會認為這是我的地方。

看過的書,不敢說得上什得很。未看的書,類形好像來來去去都一樣。
隨便一數,真的有得多書未看 。2011,其中之一的願望是希望將時間用多一點在閱讀。

手上未讀的書,閱讀次序如下:
- 1Q84 Book 3
- 大江大海
- 香港文學小說選上 (50% done)。
- 甘榜
- 香港文學小說選下。

分享完畢。

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

足球的生日 Party...

係星加坡,其中一樣會比較易做既,係踢波。

可是踢一場波,絕不便宜!一個人一場(兩小時左右)太約要 S$10 - S$15,萛港紙差不多要 $50-$80。在香港,一係一分錢都唔洗(街場),一係是市政局,貴極有個限度 - 如果有本事訂到場的話。

相對貴既場租,好處係獲得場地的方法比較簡單,有錢就得啦。而係近年係星加坡興起的室內五人足球場,好似愈起愈多。睇尼就係因為有得做。呢 D 球場,雖然多數都唔係特別就腳(同香港一樣),但係一到晚上和假日,必無吉場!而除除左五人場,亦都有稍大,場租更貴的七人場,不過從本人所見的出空置率來看,五人場應該更受市場歡迎。

另外,可能因為市場競爭的關係,場地的’草地’雖是人造草,但是’草’的質數好像比香港的高一點。
另外還有像餐廳一樣的生日優惠,比較有趣。



註 1: 跟據 http://www.thepitch.com.sg,一場波一個鐘 S$80 (Peak Hour, 7pm-2am weekday, all day Sat, Sun and public holiday)。最少兩個鐘,即係一場波要 S$160 要大約 $930,如果 15 個人分 (三隊),就要每人 $60。

Sunday, 11 July 2010

Google in China

節錄至信報 7 月 10 日。

扭粒糖 跌間廠

若果谷歌豁出去,切切實實退出中國,至少樂得一個自由捍衞者的美名,對他開發其他新興市場未嘗不是一個正面宣傳,跌個橙,至少執番個桔。豈料上月底,谷歌最終還是向中國政府申請續牌,承諾遵守中國法律,並接受監管。兜個大圈,演場大戲,卻走回原點,損兵折將,又把賺回來的名聲一次過擲回垃圾桶,令人想起一句,「又要威,又要戴頭盔」。

但細路曳曳,大庭廣眾地發癲,扭阿媽計買糖食,唔拉返屋企打餐懵,都起碼跪地主,唔俾食一餐半餐飯。呢啲係中國人教仔方法。洋人又係唔明。

If Google had taken a big leap and had withdrawn from China, it could at least earn the name of being a liberty defender which might serve it well in developing other emerging markets. Losing a big orange, you nevertheless pick up a small mandarin in return. However, at the end of last month, Google finally applied to the Chinese government for a renewal of its license, promising to follow China’s laws and to accept regulation. After making a big fuss, Google returned to square one, throwing all the goodwill gained to the garbage bin.

If a naughty child throws a tantrum and makes a big scene in public so as to force his mother to buy him candies, well, he’s only asking for trouble. He would probably be dragged back to the house, beaten severely, forced to knee in front of the land god, and won’t be given any dinner. Foreigners would never understand the way the Chinese use to teach the children.

Thursday, 17 June 2010

1Q84

近幾年,都嘗試每一年最少看一兩部長篇小說。

2010,第一本看的是村上春樹的 1Q84。

看村上春樹的書不多,只有挪威的森林。

1Q84 就是 1984 的意思。故事是圍繞住兩個主角 - 天悟和青豆,的故事。
兩個主角在兩條平衡的故事線上各自發展著,卻又彼此交錯。

看過這樣有兩條故事線的書也頗多,好像有董啟章的《天工開物》。

1Q84 故事緊張精彩,一頁一頁的翻下去停不下來,卻又好似到最緊張的時候完了,而村上春樹本來是沒有計劃 1Q84 的 Book 3 的。

現在側期待著 Book 3 的中文版快點而世。

Saturday, 22 May 2010

沒有 Palm 的日子,買什麼電話好?

早一陣子心愛的 Palm Treo 680 跌爛了,尋找了 Treo Centro 好一陣子都找不到。一心打萛等 Palm Pre (或者任何 Palm Web OS)的機有貨才買。

結果,等不了,因為連我的 Nokia E71 也死了。
今次的死因是因為電話沒理由的發熱(在我的 E71 很正常),熄機以後開不了。

馬上去了 Nokia (星加坡),一小時後的回答是,我們要把你的機 Esculate 去 L2 Support (咁上下),但係即係 27/5 一定拿唔到。

只得一部 Sony Ericsson K750i,對我來說都沒有太大問題,但 K750i 跟著我很久了,也跌了很多次,又給我好幾次大雨之中使用。還沒死,但是話音已經變得很不清。

沒電話用,只好買一部。

我本人買電話的要求很簡單,一個有 Qwerty keyboard 的電話,有聲,有 Email,可以跟 Outlook Sync 就可以。

但是,在沒有 Palm 的日子,這樣一個電話原來都不易找。

iPhone 沒有一個實在的 Qwerty keyboard,從來沒有考慮。

最開頭是考慮 Google (Android),後來聽聞 Google 有 Engine 會調查電話使用模式(即是去什麼 Web Site 多,做什麼多)。而 Google 是做呢一行 (Data Mining) 起家,絕對有可能。打消念頭。

Windows Mobile 也沒有考慮,很久以前用過兩前 Windows Mobile 都是幾個月便賣機,再加上 Windows Mobile 7 不會向下兼容 Windows Mobile 6.5,更不會考慮。


經過 E71 的經驗後,再加上 E52 更差,Nokia Symbian 又不考慮。


結果發現竟然沒有選擇。


結果,買了一個 Blackberry。

爆冷。


沒有 Palm 的日子,買一個電話竟變得這樣難。