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不論中國政府，那些商家和一些對Google有反感的五毛和市民，他們都有著同一的想法那就是經濟，商機大於其他的東西，情願做太監也不願做真男人。那是便現實世界觀，也是很多人的世界觀。但從互聯網和電腦科技的發展，那虛擬的世界觀也開始成形；文章開頭說的人與國和現在虛擬的世界觀有著很大落差，而虛擬的世界觀的影響力一天比一天的強大。

關於Google退出中國，和Godaddy不再為中國網名.cn的申請，那是一種互聯網的一種對抗，而為什麼有著那樣的對抗？全因為中國把火燒著它們的門口了。而中國大陸的政權根本不認同虛擬的世界觀，更或者不認識它。那可謂虛擬的世界觀？

互聯網的發展至今已有二十多年，從56k時代到現在的T1。早在80年代，有一些網頁已經想過互聯網是一個虛擬的世界，有虛擬的國度，也有虛擬的法規，如http://www.juga.com/ 當年那網頁想向聯合國申請一個國家和地方，最後當然是無疾而終。但它就是一個互聯網早期的縮影，各有山頭和各有法規。接著的十多年不同型式的網站也不斷誕生，如myspace，facebook，youtube，怎至twitter，它同也有一個共通點，那就是網址就是“國”，t&c和網絡禮儀就是法規。

除了網站外還有很多不同的互聯網服務，如即時通訊有IRS, ICQ, AIM, MSN, Googletalk,和yahoo message；網頁寄存有geocity, lycos, 等等；還有各式各樣的入門網站。久而久之它們的“國”開始成形，法規開始完善，網路文化也同時誕生。如果人們細心想一想，大多數開發那些服務，網站的一班人都有幾個共通點，就是北美的，生於60，70年代的，愛Bob Dylan，The Bealtes，怎至有點像嬉皮士我想法。所以他們比較上尊重自由和人權，從而從他們手上建立的網站也是如始。

極權想奪去它們建立的“國”和法規，就等同向那世界宣戰；所以中國內地的審查就正正在它們的門口放火一樣，中國政府可能不明白網絡世界的自由，更加可能不想給予它自由，就正如中國政府對天主教和基督教的審查直到現在也是一樣；因為中國政權害怕，真相的暴光，就會令他們對政權有所動搖，所以要有網絡長城，要過濾網頁等等。因為虛擬的世界可以不分國界去把人結集一起，那是就叫中國極權主義害怕的人民力量，而且很多網頁公司都不會把它們的主導權交給任何一個政權，若果不能妥協它們情願退出吧。但不要忘記互聯網的能力是很大的，當那種“國”開始成形的時候，不論中國如何審查或過濾，將來他們也可能被虛擬的世界觀推倒。

最後，請那些在井底下的蛙看看整個網路的生態是怎樣，別忘記世界不是為你而轉，你只是在時代轉動中的一份子。在將來的日子，中國的政權還是如舊的話離開的不只是Google 和Godaddy，而是其他的高科技公司（下一個可能會是Apple吧？根據steve jobs 的性格和3GS沒有Wifi和要中國自制的3G那些爭鬧，退出中國的機會都很高）。

Google search china今天的退出讓我想起一個極權主義國家真的會因為經濟起飛而變得更加自由嗎？我想是不會的。極權主義的國家只會因為經濟起飛而變得更加極權吧了。

我愛看書，大多數是關於程式的參考書，幾個人物的史記如Steve Woz, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, 和Che等等。我不是一個讀電腦或電子工程的人，不過對電腦和電子工程都有一份鐘愛，所以常常閱讀Steve Woz 的那本傳記。那本傳記中有提及到如何成為一個真正的工程師，和一個工程師是怎麼樣，而文中提到關於科技的發展是為人們帶來方便，所以我想作為科技發展中的開發員應為著好的方向去開發吧。

不幸的是在現實生活中，比較單純的科學家和工程師往往被老謀深算的商家，政治家改變科技發展的原意，歷史中一次又一次的證明那個事實。早有火藥的發明，原子彈，核分裂，現在有互聯網，DNA等。那些發明和發現都逃不過商家，政治家和野心家的利用而變成他們的工具。

極權國家的網絡長城，只不過是一個龐大的parental control。Parental control本來是一個很好的軟件，它能讓家長去防止兒童去接觸一些不良網站，或限定兒童上網的時間，那是對一個心智未成熟的兒童加了一種保護。但是那種技術落在極權國家的手中就變成控制網民自由的工具，過慮一些所謂“危害國家”的信息，限制網民得到資訊的自由，更加的是要網頁人去自我審查網頁的內容，那真的是一種無形的極權在自由的網絡加以管制。不要誤會，有一定的管制是好的，但管制是用一把尺去量度，而是那些極權國家的尺就真的是太短了。

人本身是一個自由的個體，神給予你的思想，和肉體，人們理應是可以為著自己的意志去行事；但人的意志是脆弱的，所以有了神給摩西寫下十誡，那十誡都是告誡人要敬畏神和不作惡。而今天那些極權國家就拿著不作惡的借口和敬畏他們的大前題去控制網上，信仰，發言和行動的自由，那是對人本身自由個體的一種不尊重行為。所以作為設身處地的人要驚醒，保護自己與生俱來的基本權利，不要作極權的幫兇。

In year 2009, iPhone and Apple did shake the cell phone market, Apple changed the rule of consumer cellular phone market and wake several new and old rivals up. Some people say apple is worthless and the phone sucks( compare to new google phone) but in fact when you think deeply, they did a lot of things and give in a lot.

The very important thing about the product sucess is marketing and the market of the product. Apple did very good job on iPod, as well as iPhone itself. When you talk to people, a lot of people like to get an iPhone is because of the easy to use, the situation just like game console nitendo’s wii; It gets in every market. Thats what apple does and it did make the image of iPhone is fun, easy n hip, after all it is a straight of apple Inc. itself(from Macintosh 1984 to now)

Beyond the target market, functionalitiy is playing the big part of it. When you see the iPhone, you only see several icons on the screen and one button on the front; one on the top and two on the side. Also it has the most important silent switch on the side as well, that’s why the product to get with, eye candy and less button. And the product comes out a fun, hip and easy.

That’s the other example of good marketing product, which is blackberry; Few days ago, when I talked to the lady and she claimed that she wants a blackberry but she stuck with her new Nokia E72. well that E72 looks pretty much the same as blackberry, also have bottom 40 plastic keyboard, and fake trackpad. So I asked her why she wants blackberry, and she replied that because of blackberry messenger and she added everyone in office are using blackberry with blackberry messenger, she wants to get into the cloud, and yes that is the reason of some blackberry rookie to get their first blackberry. Blackberry use the other approach to marketing their product and i think it calls professional image, a newpaper survey claimed 80% of first and business class passengers are using blackberry, only less than 10% used iPhone. That’s the reason of blackberry target on that market, professional and “it just work”, it is an oppsite side of the iPhone, cus when you ask those guy, they will say “I don’t need a fancy things in my phone, I just need what I need”. In fact, Blackberry did fail one time, they tried to enter iphone’s market(blackberry storm) but they fail so they go back to their position and unveiled bold next generation. Because the “bottom 40″ plastic keyboard is one major factor of the device itself  looks professional, it just like a keyboard is a icon of the “work hard” people. Lucky Blackberry did learn that failure and back on their track.

What about android? I think it is hard to succes, because of the position of the market is blur and the target seems wrong as well, especially they have too many cone products on the market, and they are lack of position and target market at the beginning too. In fact Android want to get some of iphone’s market, such as easy, hip and fun, but the problem is they have to many vendor, HTC, samsung, Sony… etc, it is hard to create a image if hip and fun in different vendor, the customer only tend to choose the cell phone by outlook and the price, not by the OS itself, also the OS is too “customize”, once the solid OS is too “customize”, user is hard to learn the OS in the first place, and what that mean is the limitation of  ”customize” is good for the product and the user. A very good example of Android phone screen unlock and  view apps UI flow, they let vendor and user customize it, which is good things but it make the first time user have a difficult time to learn it, that is the downside of the android. Also because of different vendor, they can’t do things like blackberry does in professional field.

The future of cellular phone battle will become two separate way one is to high end and the other is to the rest. In the high end field, Apple and blackberry will remain their good hand in battle, and windows and google will have to counter them, but they have a lot of things to do, from their innovation to the marketing plan, and the key to success is do something different to blackberry and iPhone, not just follow their step.

What a quite day, I was in office and read news, and I read the news is about google considering to quit search business in china, I thought they just bs about it, because every company in china listen what the government order, even thought it is wrong. In afternoon I surf on net again, the news just suprise me, google unrestrict all restricted search result in china. What a suprise.

That’s what international Corp. should do, fight for right, fight for what they stand for, money is not important at all, and to be a social responsbility company. Google,I proud of you, I proud what you done. 13 – 01 -10.

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Finally! The wordpress is working again! Finally it can connect to my blog database!!! Sweet! So now I can write my blog whenever wherever and whatever! Hahahahahaha!

Find my iPhone: actually it can send msg from your computer to your phone, also it can located where you phone is, it is so cool!!!!
Here is how to send msg from mobile me to iPhone.
Send from computer:

Message show on your iphone screen

Awesome!!!! see the first photo, there is a map to show where the heck is my little suck located

Well Try myself first

Try on model later on…..

It seems not really work… or I need sth shinny???

Today I realize something funny, which is my little behaviors:

• If I want to focus to work on something, I must clean all the things first.
• Before start coding, or working on computer, I must wash my hand before I start to typing in to code or PSing.
• When I stuck, I will look around, and find a bottle of water.
• After Period of time, I will clean up all the files, I don’t like to see files are all around, I will put all of them into a specific folder.
• I start use some regular word before the actual file name i.e. workschool, workown.. .etc.

Oh man, I need a coffee to wake me up as well.