开心网，中国特色的facebook，做得还是不错的。不知道目前mobile上有没有支持的im，倒是见过别人做的原型。
social network借助internet发展得真快，到处是小世界模型(O(e^n)). 开心与facebook在UI层面上完成了网络的架构，而深层的link关系已经在一些引擎中使用，奇怪的是，这些引擎却并没有充分利用此处的现有network(由人标定，设置，语法也更为规范)。这是下一代的方向？
2009年3月1日星期日
2008年11月13日星期四
First Speech in Toastmaster Meeting
Yesterday I delivered my first speech in an English club. Quite an interesting and exciting moment.
Below is my full speech content.
Road of Learning English
I began to learn English when I was in the middle school. A little too late, I think. Since then, learning English has always been a joy to me.
Like many Chinese students, it was a little hard and tough at the beginning. The most difficulty for me is to remember the spelling and pronunciation. “Open your mouth, clean the throat, roll up your tongue, and pronounce ‘a’”. The teacher instructed like this. However, the sound from my throat was always odd and different. Even now my pronunciation is poor. Frustrated. One interesting thing was that, after the first English class, a girl next to me even taught me to pronounce “thank you” as “三克油” – that is three grams of oil in Chinese.
Gradually, when knowing more words, understanding more grammars, and getting more high scores, I became more passionate with learning English. I studied hard, reciting the words that the teacher had not taught, doing extra exercises that had not been assigned. The result was notable – I often got highest score in the class and even won prize in the national English contest for middle school student. Good days!
The situation was a little different when I was in the university. Soon I found that many classmates got as high English score as I did, and someone did even far better that me. Thus I spent more time on other fields and my English degraded. However, at that time, I loved reading “New Concept English” and could recite many good articles. Till now I still remember some famous sentences, for example, “Beauty in terms of human meanings is meaningless”, “Knowledge is a two-edged weapon that could be used equally for good and evil”. These experience surely riches my writing materials.
The next stage of learning English should date back to the time when I was preparing GRE and TOEFL. Unlike many others, I was enthusiastic about or even crazy of it. More words, more words, it was what I wanted. And miraculously, one day I went through 30 lists in “Red Golden Book”. That was about 2,000 English words! Quite amazing! However, pity that I cannot remember even 30% of them now.
The next challenge was to write articles – typically issue and argument for GRE. The standard is 500 words within 45 minutes and 400 words within 30 minutes. I could never express the feelings when I began to practice the writing. Like a dumb, you have a thousand words to say but you can never put one.
Fortunately, I stayed up and got more or less satisfying scores within a short period. And most important of all, my English did improve. So I always kid others, “Hi, guys, take TOEFL and definitely your English will be improved.”
Recently I find an interesting phenomenon, that is, while I am getting more familiar, more skilled with programming language like C++, my English is getting worse and worse. Thus I come to the conclusion - “programming never equals writing though they both deal with the 26 English characters”. In my spare time, I take some famous books on English writing, such as “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser and “The Elements of Styles” by E.B White. Furthermore, I can take this good opportunity to practice my oral English!
Thank Xin and Bruce for pushing me to join this club, and thank others for listening to and evaluating my speech.
Thank you all!
Below is my full speech content.
Road of Learning English
I began to learn English when I was in the middle school. A little too late, I think. Since then, learning English has always been a joy to me.
Like many Chinese students, it was a little hard and tough at the beginning. The most difficulty for me is to remember the spelling and pronunciation. “Open your mouth, clean the throat, roll up your tongue, and pronounce ‘a’”. The teacher instructed like this. However, the sound from my throat was always odd and different. Even now my pronunciation is poor. Frustrated. One interesting thing was that, after the first English class, a girl next to me even taught me to pronounce “thank you” as “三克油” – that is three grams of oil in Chinese.
Gradually, when knowing more words, understanding more grammars, and getting more high scores, I became more passionate with learning English. I studied hard, reciting the words that the teacher had not taught, doing extra exercises that had not been assigned. The result was notable – I often got highest score in the class and even won prize in the national English contest for middle school student. Good days!
The situation was a little different when I was in the university. Soon I found that many classmates got as high English score as I did, and someone did even far better that me. Thus I spent more time on other fields and my English degraded. However, at that time, I loved reading “New Concept English” and could recite many good articles. Till now I still remember some famous sentences, for example, “Beauty in terms of human meanings is meaningless”, “Knowledge is a two-edged weapon that could be used equally for good and evil”. These experience surely riches my writing materials.
The next stage of learning English should date back to the time when I was preparing GRE and TOEFL. Unlike many others, I was enthusiastic about or even crazy of it. More words, more words, it was what I wanted. And miraculously, one day I went through 30 lists in “Red Golden Book”. That was about 2,000 English words! Quite amazing! However, pity that I cannot remember even 30% of them now.
The next challenge was to write articles – typically issue and argument for GRE. The standard is 500 words within 45 minutes and 400 words within 30 minutes. I could never express the feelings when I began to practice the writing. Like a dumb, you have a thousand words to say but you can never put one.
Fortunately, I stayed up and got more or less satisfying scores within a short period. And most important of all, my English did improve. So I always kid others, “Hi, guys, take TOEFL and definitely your English will be improved.”
Recently I find an interesting phenomenon, that is, while I am getting more familiar, more skilled with programming language like C++, my English is getting worse and worse. Thus I come to the conclusion - “programming never equals writing though they both deal with the 26 English characters”. In my spare time, I take some famous books on English writing, such as “On Writing Well” by William Zinsser and “The Elements of Styles” by E.B White. Furthermore, I can take this good opportunity to practice my oral English!
Thank Xin and Bruce for pushing me to join this club, and thank others for listening to and evaluating my speech.
Thank you all!
2008年10月19日星期日
北京三季
又很久没有写点文字，记录生活了，倒不是没时间，只是没有心情。不像以前那么喜欢捕捉生活了，连很多邮件也懒得回了(在此表示歉意)。力不从心，太忙了，还是变懒了？呵呵
来北京有半年多了，看到的是从春季到秋季的演变。来的时候差不多是晚春了，那时什么都很新鲜，找房子，刚工作，或是出游，与同学聚会，挺美好的感觉。
接着便是短暂而热闹的夏天。一直在南方，早已习惯了南方温热多雨的夏天。记忆中每年夏天在家时，晚上都会坐在外面，和邻居或一群小孩子聊天，凉凉的风，满天的星星。相比之下，这个夏天更多是一个人在小屋子中看书，或是面对电脑打字，写程序，当然还有奥运会。孤单的夏天。
转眼就到了秋天，说来也怪，北京的秋天说来就来，夏天出奇的短。似乎一觉醒来，便是秋高气爽，暧而不暄的阳光格式舒服。周末时就喜欢坐在床边，边看书，边享受着暧暧的阳光~~ 北京的秋天，不错的，筹划着出游呢。
来北京有半年多了，看到的是从春季到秋季的演变。来的时候差不多是晚春了，那时什么都很新鲜，找房子，刚工作，或是出游，与同学聚会，挺美好的感觉。
接着便是短暂而热闹的夏天。一直在南方，早已习惯了南方温热多雨的夏天。记忆中每年夏天在家时，晚上都会坐在外面，和邻居或一群小孩子聊天，凉凉的风，满天的星星。相比之下，这个夏天更多是一个人在小屋子中看书，或是面对电脑打字，写程序，当然还有奥运会。孤单的夏天。
转眼就到了秋天，说来也怪，北京的秋天说来就来，夏天出奇的短。似乎一觉醒来，便是秋高气爽，暧而不暄的阳光格式舒服。周末时就喜欢坐在床边，边看书，边享受着暧暧的阳光~~ 北京的秋天，不错的，筹划着出游呢。
2008年8月18日星期一
Tolerance
今天见证了两个意外，其中最大的莫过于刘翔的因伤退赛，让诸多世人惊愕万分。
我为刘翔深感惋惜。英雄折戟而不能拼搏沙场，是百千能人志士的不幸。空有抱负与实力，却没有机会施展，确实是一大悲哀。
作为运动员来说，最大的敌人便是伤病。刘翔也难逃其掌。有人说，成就与失落的是守恒的。当运动员享尽成就，背负功名时，必然身心疲惫，直至落下伤病。刘翔可能便是这样的典型。
关于他的评论，已经很多很多了。我只想说我们应该宽容一些。他有权力放弃比赛，他有他的选择。正如他之前说的一句话：“跳栏不是我生活的全部”。很正确。我们不能把自己的期望全部寄托于他人，而又容不得别人的失误。毕竟，退赛也是他最不愿作出的选择。
回想起过去的经历，我也曾在比赛中退却过。初中时参加班级1500米长跑比赛，第一年成绩不错，进了前三，引起了大家的关注和期望。第二年参赛时，总觉得没有足够的信心，想着种种得不了名次的后果。最后在跑道上时便心虚了，之后中途便退了，不是伤病，而是心态。
之后高中时又参加了3000米的比赛，感觉异常辛苦，但是坚持了下来，因为有不少人鼓励，自己也只想着跑完，最后真的跑完了，算是小小的自我战胜吧。
之后也有不少曲折或是周折，大多坚持过来了，能力之外的，也就只能等待了。对自己如此，对别人应该更宽容。相信坚持信念，不懈拼搏的人，成功是永远属于他们的。
加油，刘翔！
我为刘翔深感惋惜。英雄折戟而不能拼搏沙场，是百千能人志士的不幸。空有抱负与实力，却没有机会施展，确实是一大悲哀。
作为运动员来说，最大的敌人便是伤病。刘翔也难逃其掌。有人说，成就与失落的是守恒的。当运动员享尽成就，背负功名时，必然身心疲惫，直至落下伤病。刘翔可能便是这样的典型。
关于他的评论，已经很多很多了。我只想说我们应该宽容一些。他有权力放弃比赛，他有他的选择。正如他之前说的一句话：“跳栏不是我生活的全部”。很正确。我们不能把自己的期望全部寄托于他人，而又容不得别人的失误。毕竟，退赛也是他最不愿作出的选择。
回想起过去的经历，我也曾在比赛中退却过。初中时参加班级1500米长跑比赛，第一年成绩不错，进了前三，引起了大家的关注和期望。第二年参赛时，总觉得没有足够的信心，想着种种得不了名次的后果。最后在跑道上时便心虚了，之后中途便退了，不是伤病，而是心态。
之后高中时又参加了3000米的比赛，感觉异常辛苦，但是坚持了下来，因为有不少人鼓励，自己也只想着跑完，最后真的跑完了，算是小小的自我战胜吧。
之后也有不少曲折或是周折，大多坚持过来了，能力之外的，也就只能等待了。对自己如此，对别人应该更宽容。相信坚持信念，不懈拼搏的人，成功是永远属于他们的。
加油，刘翔！
2008年7月5日星期六
Music & Life
一直比较喜欢听音乐，特别是面对电脑上网或写程序的时候，在家更是享受，常常一个人在房间里边听音乐边干活~~~
最近发现了一款很好的播放器 --Beoplayer，B&O公司的free software，播放MP3的音质很不错。不由想到了几个月前买的A8，也出自B&O，一流的产品带来的体验确实与众不同。
最近常常很晚才睡，或者写算法，或者看书，一个人安静的生活似乎又回到了中学时代，每次假期在家时，都喜欢边听音乐边看书，很怀念那段时光。如今，又能体验这样的生活了，不过有点忙里偷闲的味道，呵呵.
最近发现了一款很好的播放器 --Beoplayer，B&O公司的free software，播放MP3的音质很不错。不由想到了几个月前买的A8，也出自B&O，一流的产品带来的体验确实与众不同。
最近常常很晚才睡，或者写算法，或者看书，一个人安静的生活似乎又回到了中学时代，每次假期在家时，都喜欢边听音乐边看书，很怀念那段时光。如今，又能体验这样的生活了，不过有点忙里偷闲的味道，呵呵.
2008年7月2日星期三
Happy Birthday
又是一个生日，庆祝一下~~
和以前一样，又是一个人的生日，只不过又换了一个地方，一个环境罢了。前两天收到了女友的礼物，比较有意思。
前两天忙着Demo和Project，有点累，今早很晚才起床(9:20?)，然后慢悠悠地踱到研究院，差不多是最后一个到的了，汗的~~
忙碌的一天，总有很多活要干，生日这天也不例外。晚上点了份西红柿鸡蛋面，还不错，比我自己做的要好，呵呵。
今天早点回去，享受一下生活，Work-life balance嘛。
和以前一样，又是一个人的生日，只不过又换了一个地方，一个环境罢了。前两天收到了女友的礼物，比较有意思。
前两天忙着Demo和Project，有点累，今早很晚才起床(9:20?)，然后慢悠悠地踱到研究院，差不多是最后一个到的了，汗的~~
忙碌的一天，总有很多活要干，生日这天也不例外。晚上点了份西红柿鸡蛋面，还不错，比我自己做的要好，呵呵。
今天早点回去，享受一下生活，Work-life balance嘛。
2008年6月21日星期六
FireFox 3发布
前两天firefox 3发布，创下了单日下载的纪录。
今天试用了一下，确实改进不少，速度，界面，以及一些用户体验都很好。辅以一些必备addin，如theme, gbookmark, downloadthemall等，使用体验胜于IE7。之前用IE7主要是因为速度快，在Vista下也很好用，不过FF3似乎有胜于它的趋势，也就重新支持FF3了。
今天试用了一下，确实改进不少，速度，界面，以及一些用户体验都很好。辅以一些必备addin，如theme, gbookmark, downloadthemall等，使用体验胜于IE7。之前用IE7主要是因为速度快，在Vista下也很好用，不过FF3似乎有胜于它的趋势，也就重新支持FF3了。
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