Three-week anniversary at Google

Posted by haibo on August 9, 2009. [Comments: 3]

Whew, time flies. It is my three-week anniversary at Google.

Let me take some notes:

(1) Act, Act, Act

(2) Get down to coding while keeping my eyes open

(3) Evolution V.S. Revolution

(4) Make things happen

First day of working....excited...a little

Posted by haibo on July 19, 2009. [Comments: 0]

Found something perfect for a country man (in a city) who loves to drive

Posted by haibo on July 16, 2009. [Comments: 0]

Yes, this man is me.

Source: http://nymag.com/shopping/tested/55311/

Zipcar

http://www.zipcar.com

Connect by Hertz

http://www.connectbyhertz.com

Mint

http://www.drivemint.com

AND

Geniusride

http://www.geniusride.com/

From misc

Michael Jackson Memorial Service

Posted by haibo on July 8, 2009. [Comments: 0]

No, I did not have a ticket...Could not get into Staples Center...But YES, I was physically and mentally there, not far away....although did not really see much stuff except for a bunch of cops.

Pics will follow

I have not even started making slides for the presentation tomorrow....AND...Not really worried...All right, I will start doing it right away.

Headling to LA

Posted by haibo on July 5, 2009. [Comments: 0]

从 G到心神不宁 看kai-fu的危机处理能力

Posted by haibo on June 21, 2009. [Comments: 0]

"我觉得这个黄色啊什么淫秽信息在网上那个毒害特别大,特别是经过一些像Google这样的链接,那种毒害特别大。就是我一个同学,他以前,就比较好奇这些东西,他就去点击黄色网站,搞得那段时间心神不宁。后来国家打击淫秽黄色网站,他就没上,那段时间好了。后来他发现,通过Google这些用户比较多的搜索引擎可以打开这些网址。然后又进入了这些黄色网站,链接特别多,导致又反复了。"

-- 高也, 焦点访谈采访某大学生

Shame...

G处理的很低调,也表现Kai-fu Lee危机公关的能力。G做了三件事:

  • Kai-fu深知与党中央直接领导下的CCAV对抗没有前途,并没有直接为自己辩护,相反马上到相关部门认错,交代“犯罪事实”

  • 迅速关闭“关键词建议”功能,被攻击的也是源于此功能

  • [此条无法确切考证是否是G所为] 发挥“本专业”的搜索优势,人肉出“高也”同学竟然是CCAV的实习生,据此事实,CCAV的报道的“真实性”和所谓“权威性”严重存疑。与此同时,此消息被各网站转载,网民热议。

Kai-fu三点,体现了危机处理的几个要点:

(1)认清形势,不要急于自我辩护,尽量减少事态影响,为自己争取时间

(2)迅速处理事情的源头

(3)分析敌人的论据和材料,找出漏洞和攻击点,准备随时反击

但是Kai-fu深知CCAV是得罪不起的,估计他得到网民的支持后就会迅速息事宁人,毕竟把CCAV搞火了,G在中国的日子不好过。

对比BD在08年的危机,CCAV曝光BD混杂机器搜索结果和广告赞助严重影响搜索结果的公正性和可信度。对于一个搜索引擎来说,致命之伤,不过与此。BD的公关则颇有中国特色,大把砸钱赞助CCAV春晚,既做了广告(第一季BD的份额有显著提高),又收买了CCAV,所谓 “吃人嘴软”, CCAV也就老实了。

如果说G练的是少林大力金刚掌,那BD练得就是任我行的吸星大法,孰胜孰败,也是难测。只是BD练功不可走火入魔,伤了自己。很多国内的企业无法成为国际巨头,恐怕和武学路数有莫大关系。不过也确实难为他们了,什么样的环境长什么样的苗,也是出于无奈。

RIA Options: GWT, Flex, JavaFX and Silverlight

Posted by haibo on June 18, 2009. [Comments: 0]

Just the title, I will write up some stuff when I am done with my defense.

Leaving Las Vegas

Posted by haibo on June 13, 2009. [Comments: 0]

Sad sad sad movie......barely wanted to finish watching it....I guess I would rather watch something stupid and fun the next time...

For a person who is trying to destroy himself, the ending is doomed.

loneliness and acceptance, love and desperation

Wake up, people. Do not be fooled by the true love in illusion, take the real love in life -- acceptance, compassion, care... Stop here, let's not grow this list....

Happy Birthday

Posted by haibo on June 11, 2009. [Comments: 0]

Python development environment

Posted by haibo on June 8, 2009. [Comments: 0]

True, it is really not that necessary to use a SUPER-HEAVY IDE as Java development requires. But since I am still addicted to Eclipse, Here is my development environment:

(1) Eclipse + Pydev + Pydev Extension

(2) Associate the system editor gedit/VIM to view and edit the python code

(3) Install the corresoponding python plugins and color scheme for gedit

The good thing about this settings is that we can easily take advantage of both editing environment, and sync the code automatically.

Use pydev to organize projects, compile, source control, debug Use gedit/vim to edit code

Two screenshots:

From screenshots
From screenshots

Why do I hate *** series

Posted by haibo on June 5, 2009. [Comments: 0]

写blog就是种地, 几天不理它就会长狗尾巴草。

I was doing some random thinking tonight, and thought that it might be a good idea to write a series about things I hate....since you know...I like to hate.....Well, it is not true. I like to like things. It is just we need critical thinking.

You can easily list thousands of reasons to like a particular application or service, but it might be extremely hard to even come up with a couple of reasons to really hate something. Here comes the list of things I hate:

Let's start with the things I like the best: Google search engine, Gmail, Google Calender, Iphone, Facebook, Ubuntu, Mitbbs....

无可逃遁的无奈

Posted by haibo on May 30, 2009. [Comments: 0]

其实很多事情,既不是黑色,也不是白色。如果硬要加上一种颜色的话,我们姑且叫它“无奈”

今日流水

Posted by haibo on May 26, 2009. [Comments: 0]

2:50回家 饿死 开冰箱 存货无 室友熟睡 遂窃banana一个 樱桃若干

论文三章已就 周内应该有个大概

在iphone上写blog还是不方便,有时间写一个cellphone友好的介面。

--

Crafted via cellphone

Test Image Embedding

Posted by haibo on May 23, 2009. [Comments: 0]

测试图片嵌入:

My desk

From misc

Update on the Update in Alpha V0.2

Posted by haibo on May 23, 2009. [Comments: 0]

I was recently distracted from developing zeetao blog. Adding RSS/ATOM feeds in Django is really easy, but I am really not sure how many people will actually look at my feeds :-) Anyways, I will look at these poor babies.

Some updates on Version 0,2

  • [Done] -- Bind with zeetao.com
  • [Done] -- Add missed links
  • [Done] -- Full-text search
  • [Done] -- RSS/ATOM feed