Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Manager's Blog

Odd as a Java man managing a Microsoft practice, I ask myself and I am sure other people would ask the same question as well, what value on earth does this young guy add to the practice. Well my SharePoint skills and knowledge are still as sharp as my Java and Integration. One must be day-dreaming if I am expected to lead the team technically from day one.

What value do I add to the practice? I work tiredlessly to look for ways and make ways for things to happen at company and practice's best interest.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

First Blog posted from Office 2007

Who says Microsoft can't live with Google? I am posting a blog from Microsoft flagship product Office Word 2007 to my personal blog provided by Blogger owned by Google.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Another Xmax party, another year at CW and goodbye Jono

Had my third xmas party at CustomWare yesterday and also saw my best buddy Jono leaving for pursuing his own aspiration. Feel glad he has had chance to try different things that he wants to experience over the course of his lifetime. We went to UTS together where he showed his great commitment that people a few years older wouldn't dare to show. He is outspoken at uni but knows the limit. Knowing the limit will be one of his lifetime traits that will accompany him while he pursues his future.

At last I asked a question I have been saving for the last moment to ask him -- as someone who holds strong Christian faith, why he never tried to convert me. Well again the answer doesn't disappoint me -- for someone who wants to seek the door when the time is right, the door will be shown to them. I won't say good luck to Jono as I know it would just be the waste of words -- good luck will always be with him no matter what and when. I rather told him my last advice for some time to come that ideology never works in reality and the best way to form your opinion about a thing in a country will be traveling to there and see the thing by yourself. Oh, again, the exception of course is unless you want to be a politician who takes whatever serves his/her purpose.

Monday, December 1, 2008

中国并不缺乏制造能力

工厂并不是最重要的资产,因为他们可以复制;而且作为世界的工厂中国并不缺乏制造能力。相比之下,任何一个产业研发水平和技术储备是最重要的资产,也是中国工业目前的短板。因此,

中国各工业企业应该瞄准时机,开始在经济危机严重的国家特别是美国大举招聘技术人才。然后用招聘来的人才来培养自己的人才,优化企业运作流程。自己培养的人才要比花大钱请来的技术高超的外国‘大爷’们更容易留驻。

Black Friday Shooting

Wow, where else could this happen besides America? The answer is none, only Americans are able to wage this scale of ridicule -- adults shooting at each other inside a toy store that is meant for kids.


That leads me to knock off a few thought over top of my head,


  • Adults can't wait to show off their toys when shopping toys for their kids.
  • There are real angry men and women outta there in a beautiful state called California.
  • Black Friday isn't named for nothing and can't get any darker.
  • At last God always bless America and no one else.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Sun cuts jobs, well guess who is not yet?

Sun Microsystems is going to cut 6,000 jobs throughout its global workforce affecting all the major economies in the world, news from Bloomberg. The company, more well-known for its creation and promotion of Java/Open Source initiatives than their real business - selling high performance servers, is no-doubt struggling at moment. Server orders are expected to slip amid current economic turmoil. Within IT industry Sun is not the only one who has announced job cut, Dell and HP all followed as well. But guess who has not yet? The "evil of all" -- Microsoft.

For Sun's Java initiative, the company over years has failed to make any solid revenue out of it. The technology is revolutional driving understated hundreds of thousands of uni graduates into programming. But Sun is not a non-profit organization, things they do they need to make profit out of it. Failure to do so is a failure of their business model. Now they slash 6,000 jobs world-wide and that is 6,000 families seriously affected world-wide. At Microsoft on the other hand, at least the families are safe for the time being. Who contributes to the society the most? You have your call.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Drive domestic demand, China

As much the country loves to see export booming as the central government realize how much they can't rely on it but more on domestic demand. Drive from the inside is always reliable than obtaining from the outside where trade embargoes, monetary policies set up by IMF and even real wars prevail. Here are the latest ten policies just released by China's central planning committee (well I don't if I have used the right words for the committee as the country is no more communism which is often associated with central planning).

这十项措施是:
一是加快建设保障性安居工程。加大对廉租住房建设支持力度,加快棚户区改造,实施游牧民定居工程,扩大农村危房改造试点。

二是加快农村基础设施建设。加大农村沼气、饮水安全工程和农村公路建设力度,完善农村电网,加快南水北调等重大水利工程建设和病险水库除险加固,加强大型灌区节水改造。加大扶贫开发力度。

三是加快铁路、公路和机场等重大基础设施建设。重点建设一批客运专线、煤运通道项目和西部干线铁路,完善高速公路网,安排中西部干线机场和支线机场建设,加快城市电网改造。

四是加快医疗卫生、文化教育事业发展。加强基层医疗卫生服务体系建设,加快中西部农村初中校舍改造,推进中西部地区特殊教育学校和乡镇综合文化站建设。

五是加强生态环境建设。加快城镇污水、垃圾处理设施建设和重点流域水污染防治,加强重点防护林和天然林资源保护工程建设,支持重点节能减排工程建设。

六是加快自主创新和结构调整。支持高技术产业化建设和产业技术进步,支持服务业发展。
七是加快地震灾区灾后重建各项工作。

八是提高城乡居民收入。提高明年粮食最低收购价格,提高农资综合直补、良种补贴、农机具补贴等标准,增加农民收入。提高低收入群体等社保对象待遇水平,增加城市和农村低保补助,继续提高企业退休人员基本养老金水平和优抚对象生活补助标准。

九是在全国所有地区、所有行业全面实施增值税转型改革,鼓励企业技术改造,减轻企业负担1200亿元。

十是加大金融对经济增长的支持力度。取消对商业银行的信贷规模限制,合理扩大信贷规模,加大对重点工程、“三农”、中小企业和技术改造、兼并重组的信贷支持,有针对性地培育和巩固消费信贷增长点。

See how much business opportunities you are capable of deriving from those policies that takes effect immediately after they are released. Of course, as always there is going to be a bunch of people complaining about opportunities are only reserved for those who know the inside.