Finished the book Presentation Zen (see below) some time ago but still I was puzzled by one thing. That is, even we can create the most eye-catching slides with today’s advance graphic software, but how can we make the message we send across stick in the audiences’ minds ? It’s the reason we do the [...]
Filed under: Book, Presentation, Services & Products on March 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s an old news, but it never stops amazed me that we still find new companies / web sites pop up everyday with the same style of logos. What is the style of the current generation of companies’ logos ?
Bright colors
Gel effect (if it makes your logo more tasty)
Rounded Sans-serif font
Bubble (don’t use orbit path [...]
Filed under: Services & Products, Technology on March 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It took me two hours to travel to this “village” and I expected a journey of peacefulness. Turned out that village was packed with thousands of tourists and everywhere is coffee shops, convenient stores, bistros and souvenir shops … As usual, I could only find the serenity through the lens of my camera.
Filed under: Photography, Travel on March 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
According to the Flower show website, “… the event will showcase this exquisite plant and a rich profusion of exquisite potted plants, beautiful floral arrangements and gorgeous landscape displays by organizations …”. But seriously, the event is the same as last year, and the same as year before last year, and the same as … [...]
Filed under: Photography on March 20th, 2008 | No Comments »
If you wanna finish a programming task sooner, get a faster computer.
If you wanna shoot a photo in the dark, get a Canon or Nikon.
But …
If you wanna write a better program, get a better brain.
If you wanna shoot a better picture, sharpen your skills.
Even you have the best tools in the world, you cannot [...]
Filed under: Off Topics, Technology on March 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s really a luxurious thing, not the products that the LVMH ad promotes but one can enjoy 90 seconds of good music (by Gustavo Santaolalla) and wonderfully made video in the midst of lousy and noisy TV shows. The beautiful message from the first ever TV ad of Louis Vuitton -
What is a journey ?
A [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Services & Products on March 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
TED.com is simply great, and the presentations are simply jaw-dropping. You will certainly find many good topics and speakers there but I found the following is one of the best (YMMV, of course). Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive [...]
Filed under: Technology on March 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Oh, this ad is good, cool and really eye-opening …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcBI_ql0IKE
And it sells … soft-drink !!
Filed under: Music Video, Services & Products on March 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s hard to resist another run of the Notting Hill in cable TV. I have watched it countless time because of two things - the travel book store (you know, it’s my dream) and the wicked soundtrack. There are two songs in the movie I like very much - Ain’t no sunshine and She … [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Music Video, Search-a-holic on March 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kaohsiung is the second largest city and the busiest port in Taiwan. It’s not a modern city but the people there are friendly, food is great and the younger generation is full of energy.
Filed under: Photography, Travel on March 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
