Blog from the Loft

Being Chinese in Boston, I always hear positive stories about the late Senator Ted Kennedy helping immigrants. In addition, I agree with most of his political views, he seemed like a good Senator. After learning of his death, I felt we had lost a great man. I added one of his biographies to my Amazon [...]

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Went to PodCampBoston4 this weekend. Everyone is working on the “next big thing” -what is “social media”? What does it mean? How is it affecting all of us? How far should it go? This weekend helped me answer a question – when social media enters the arena, should we keep our personal and professional lives [...]

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I was getting a bit bored with my almost one year old iPhone wallpaper photo that I took. So I went to Aperture, found another good picture, crop it portrait sized, since the iPhone screen is normally used in portrait mode, and synced it to the phone. This morning I look down on the locked [...]

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After playing SpyMaster for a day, it clicked — Since the game cycle is in multiple of 5 minutes, it can be integrated into a time boxing ‘(10+2)*5′ procrastination hack. The best explanation for this procrastination hack is at 43 Folders. Basically focus on one single task for 10 minutes, then allow yourself to be [...]

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Encourage user to put spymaster messages into their tweeter stream in exchange for more game points — More PR for spymaster.

Technorati Tags: business, social media

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I have been keeping a paper based work journal all my professional life. I have a bookshelf of them. While I live pretty much on the web, I find there is nothing (yet) that can replace jotting down notes, pen on paper.
I switched systems many times. Most recently, I had an inspiration — Combine Levenger [...]

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Our process for developing a website is to help the client express their brand and customer base, to help our designers come up with a consistent and effective design. Often, as a project picks up attention, the client committee size grows, or new people take charge, and they started “contributing” to the visual design over [...]

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I did it. I bought a rebuilt single speed bike from Bikes Not Bombs last week, and I am on my third day of commuting by bicycle. Yes, my new office is only 0.6 mile away from home. But I actually use the bike to head to meetings in other parts of town, to the [...]

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So the web is buzzing with the “product transition” comments during the financial result calls. Cheaper iPod? Cheaper MacBook? What if it is nothing to do with hardware, but their new unlimited subscription based iTune music, or better still, video service?

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After many years, I have decided to start doing DIY electronics again. Things have changed a great deal. Let me share my research here to save you some time if you are thinking about starting electronics DIY. What tools do you need, and what are some of the fun things you can do. But first, [...]

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