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Pageviews:591 In a recent presentation by Wayne Barker, a Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks Australia, I had a taste of Agile Project Management. To make it simple, “Agile” is actually a management tool to deal with conflicts of interest during the life cycle of the project. Wayne used a case study to give . . . → Read More: A Taste of “Agile Project Management” 
在之前的塔斯马尼亚岛之旅的最后一站，我们来到了一个捕捉鲍鱼的公司，直接挑选购买最新捕获的鲍鱼。我买了青边鲍鱼和黑边鲍鱼各两只。在这篇博文里，我将分享我按照导游的提示所做的鸡汤白灼青边鲍鱼的过程，最后附上我的一些体会。 . . . → Read More: 鸡汤白灼青边鲍鱼 
最近就购买一个产品与该产品的营销人员进行“对战”，最终我们均取得双方都满意的结果——对方降价并“赠送”东西，我接受了。在这篇文章里，我将会分享我们“对战”的过程，并且对我们取得双赢的结果的因素，做出了分析和总结。 . . . → Read More: 与营销人员“对战”之成功方略 I was invited to give a presentation at the Informa E-Learning Summit in Melbourne last week. My talk covered the best practices for managing e-learning projects across multiple institutions, the instructional rationale behind the e-learning development, and the implications for enterprise architecture design. Below are the on-site voice recording and the PowerPoint slides. I look forward to a further discussion with those who are interested in this topic. . . . → Read More: Managing e-learning projects across multiple institutions: a presentation at Informa E-Learning Summit Pageviews:849 E-Learning Weekly近日发表了一篇文章，讲述适应2011年E-Learning发展趋势的E-Learning从业者所必需具备的5大技能。 
I will be going to present in the “E-Learning Summit: A strategic look at the continuing development in the e-learning industry” on the 22nd of March 2011 at Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, Australia. You are WELCOME to participate in! My topic will be “Managing e-learning projects across multiple institutions”. This includes the best practice of coordinating a large group of content experts for an e-learning project, the implications for enterprise architecture design in higher education for distance online learning development, and the instructional design rationale behind the e-learning development. Full brochure PDF is available for download. . . . → Read More: E-Learning Summit 2011 Melbourne: A strategic look at the continuing development in the e-learning industry Believe it or not, China’s president Hu Jintao just started his Web 2.0 campaign by opening his micro blog on People.com.cn. The account has been certified, and the message has been confirmed as genuine. As you can expect, such breaking news would generate a huge amount of traffic in the website, and therefore, his account had to be closed. According to most reporters, this account attracted more than 15,000 followers on the first day of its opening. Upon this news, I would like to make 3 points: 1. This should not be an official launch of Hu’s Web 2.0 campaign. 2. Political leaders’ participation in Web 2.0 would have a significant impact on China’s policy over the Internet. 3. The Web 2.0 Strategy should be taken seriously. . . . → Read More: Hu Jintao’s microblog: a good sign for China, but good care should be taken! 
In a recent trip to Tasmania, I took a fancy to a set of dried flower collage which was made of the Tasmanian native plant varieties, in a low-end antique shop located in a small town called Ross. It was priced at 10 Australian dollars, but a place on the collage had been damaged – there was a gap. I was a bit hesitant at that time: to buy or not to? This “antique” was the only one displayed there, and there was no second stock; if I missed this, maybe I would not get a better buy than this one which got my heart at the first sight. So I bargained with the boss, with an ultimate deal at 5 Australian dollars. In the remaining time of the trip, I collected some cones falling from the trees on the ground along the way, and intended to “fix” this collage when I went back to Sydney. I used a strong glue to stick new dried cones to the collage in order to fill in the gap, and reinforced the other parts, which were a little bit loose. I think there is no perfect thing in the world; even if there is something perfect, you may not have the opportunity to obtain; even though you have the opportunity to obtain, you may have to pay a heavy price that you are reluctant to pay. Therefore, if you find something that is not perfect but can make yourself content and get easily and immediately, you’d better accept it gladly and repair it a bit. Consequently, you will possess a new treasure in your life. If you are a little careful, you may notice that even if this collage has been fixed, the added cones and the original ones beneath are a duplicate, which is contrary to the original idea of the artist – use different plant varieties as much as possible. However, this is the best I can do. I feel satisfied that I can have the opportunity to collect back the similar cones in the picturesque island of Tasmania to repair this collage! . . . → Read More: Fixing the Tasmanian Dried Flower Collage 
继外资零售巨头家乐福武汉分公司因价格欺诈问题被湖北省物价部门重罚50万元后，沃尔玛襄阳分公司亦爆出被物价主管部门开出了人民币10万元的罚单。 这主要是，消费者反映，在家乐福和沃尔玛等大型超市结算时，系统显示的价格高于货架标签上的价格。对于超市的这种有意或者无意的“价格误差”，紧靠“投诉+确认+罚款”的方式来监管，实际上是非常低效的。这则新闻让我想起澳大利亚有一个“Code of Practice For Computerised Checkout Systems In Supermarkets”。它是一个对大型连锁超市进行价格监管的一条简单而有效的游戏规则。我觉的中国可以考虑参考并制定类似的规则。 . . . → Read More: 沃尔玛屡次价格欺诈事件后的思考——可考虑参照国外做法引入“价格错误，商品免费”的规则 Pageviews:825 刚刚又过了一个澳大利亚国庆日，实际上只有1天的假期，而就是这1天，却可以让“外人”感到他们民族自豪感之强大。比如： 超市里买的牛肉饼被做成澳洲国土的形状 街上经常看到私家车上插着国旗 人们穿的带的甚至涂抹在脸上的，都有国旗的图案 还能多商业广告都在强调他们的产品是100%澳洲制造的、公司是100%澳洲人所有的，甚至有些广告还强调——此本土产品虽比进口货要贵，但其质量有着天壤之别，请支持国货。 国庆回来工作之后，几乎每个人都在谈论他们国庆当天干了什么，用什么方式去庆祝，参加了什么游乐活动。 中国官方媒体对澳洲国庆的带官方背景的活动的报道，是十分浅层的： http://www.jmnews.com.cn/c/2011/01/26/18/c_6323612.shtml 让我感到深层的东西是，每个人内心的观念，它是能表现在他们的行动上的。例如在经济能力许可下，他们就宁愿买澳洲制造的东西，而不愿意买便宜点的进口货。甚 至同样是澳洲制造的产品，在国庆期间换了个包装——加上国旗图案，却能卖出更高的价格。这种支持“国货”的观念，与中国的许多人支持国货的观念，是不一样 的。他们的支持，是建立在对澳洲制造的产品本身的绝对信任上，而不是对产品本身不太确定但为了支持国货而买国货。这一点，实在值得每一个中国人的思考。 请 不要以“中国产品质量不行”为借口，因为每个中国人自己身上所做的一切创造价值的事情，都可以被认为是“中国制造”。你无法控制其他中国人如何做，但你是可以控制自己的。如果每个人都对自己国家的产品有了一 种信念，他们是会自然而然地把自己该做好的事情做好，因为他们相信这也是“XX制造”的一部分。同理，正是基于对这种思维模式的认同，我也会觉得，我目前在澳洲所的事情，也是代表着“中国制造”和“澳洲制造”的形象的混合体，因此，我会很努力地把这些事情做好！ 在搜索引擎里搜索“澳大利亚 民族自豪感”，会出现你能想象到的结果，例如：http://www.snowpear.com/news/annews/2009-10-02/30290.html 
As many others do, I usually keep pressing the save button or Ctrl + S while editing a document, just in case the application suddenly crashes down and then I lose the changes I made in the document. However, sometimes I found it annoying when I save the document too fast and can’t undo something silly because the “Undo” menu usually becomes gray after you save the document. I have been experiencing this issue for years. Now, I’m using SugarSync to backup my important documents. While I’m editing the documents, SugarSync will automatically sync them to the could and keep different versions of the files. For example, every time I press Ctrl + S, SugarSync keeps a new version of the file. If I have done something silly on the document and saved the file, I can go to my SugarSync account and download an earlier version of that file and replace the “newer” file. That is another form of undoing… . . . → Read More: Did you save your document too fast? SugarSync can help. Pageviews:1003 工作的繁忙，生活的压力，总总事情，往往会让人时不时在夜里睡不着觉，因为脑海里太多繁琐的事情需要去思考。 昨晚我也睡不着，哪怕已经很困。夜里，上过洗手间，在床上翻来覆去一段时间，再看看表，已经是5点多了，还是睡不着。于是，一个问题浮现在脑海里——我为什么睡不着？ 其实，我睡不着，这只是昨晚偶然的事情。我一定要给这个睡不着一个清晰的理由。于是我就回想我在夜里究竟在想什么。我想的是，在新的一年里，如何把工作做得更好，如何使自己的生活品质进一步提升，如何处理我目前面对的种种问题…… 最后，我得出一个结论——未来，充满了希望！昨晚上所想的事情，正是对一个更好的充满希望的未来的期盼！顿时，我感到非常高兴，因为我的这个结论，实在让我感到非常振奋！ 结果，我决定6点钟就起床了，不像往常一样睡到快8点，然后急急忙忙地上班去。今天早上，我做了做运动，吃了一顿好的早餐，拿起自己喜欢的书阅读了1个小时，最后再出门上班去。清晨的这样两小时的安排，没有让我在白天里犯困（当然这需要咖啡的帮助），而让我感到整天都充满了力量——因为，我告诉我自己，自己的每一分每一秒所做的事情，都促使我更快地一步一步地迈向着我所期盼的更好的生活。 因此，我告诉大家——别再把睡不着解释为失眠了，其实那是为新的一天做好更充分的热身运动！ 
Pageviews:630 I cooked two fried eggs and two peices of toast for breakfast this morning. I didn’t mean to make a heart shape but when the egg white appeared solid, I simply flipped the eggs over onto the yolk side. Then, here it is. A heart shape came out. I ran to grab my phone, took . . . → Read More: Heart Shaped Fried Eggs 
最近跟同事谈起塔斯马尼亚岛上居民的羊驼，并且我把照片给他们看。他们很惊奇，因为我如此“大胆”，居然跟草泥马贴得那么近。在他们眼里，羊驼的最 大的特征，就是见到陌生人就给吐口水，而且是很大陀口水猛然喷射到人身上！于是，我就觉得，中国网民们选择使用这种动物作为那个词的象征，确实是挺适合的！不过话说回来，当你摸着羊驼，你会感觉到它们的毛非常顺滑，像猫一样；你也会感觉到，它们非常可爱，很难跟粗口联系上。我想，如果我不 惹它们，不对它们构成威胁，应该不会吐口水吧？况且，为了跟它照张照片，它主人还要求我“捐款”，大家可以留意照片中的羊驼脖子上挂着的 “Donation”小袋子。我们作为游客，都觉得，那老爷爷可真实在啊！—— No money, no talk! . . . → Read More: 选择羊驼做“草泥马”做象征，是非常适合的，因为它们会向人吐口水！ |
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What Is Blocking Our Eyes? - Some Thoughts on the Headline "Chinese Average Urban Household Monthly Income Exceeds 9000 CNY per Person"
一个让人触目惊心的标题突然浮现在人们眼前——“中国统计局宣布：中国城市人均月收入已突破9000人民币大关”，于是人们开始疯狂地传播、议论和埋怨；“被平均”、“拖后腿”、“祖国，对不起”等字眼也相随地被无限制地复制……经过一番查找、搜索、邮件咨询，我得出的结论是，大家的眼睛都被自己懒得动手探寻真相的状态给蒙蔽了！ . . . → Read More: What Is Blocking Our Eyes? – Some Thoughts on the Headline “Chinese Average Urban Household Monthly Income Exceeds 9000 CNY per Person”