2011年4月17日 星期日

[FW] 3P + FABE,教你做 DEMO

3P + FABE,教你做 DEMO

每年露營的重頭戲 DEMO,都有各方高手來介紹他們做了什麼新奇有趣的技術或創意,但總是有一些工程師,沒有在短短六分鐘裡好好發揮,好東西成了遺珠。以下,讓我介紹一套簡單的架構:3P + FABE,讓害怕簡報的工程師們也能規劃一場成功的 DEMO。

大家不要想歪,這裡的 3P 不是三個人,這裡的 3P 是報告的順序:Problem, Possibility and Proposal。
首先要交代 Problem。把問題交代清楚,讓觀眾知道你帶來的好東西,是來解決什麼問題的。

再來要介紹 Possibility。要解決這個問題,有哪些可能的解決方案。比方說,傳統上我們是怎麼解的,而人家又是怎麼解的。

最後就是你的 Proposal。今天你要提出的方案又是什麼呢?在這裡套用 FABE 的架構,來說明你的方案好在哪兒。
  • Feature. 你的東西有什麼特色呢?
  • Advantage. 相對於其他的解決方案,這些特色能帶來哪些優勢呢?
  • Benefit. 你的東西具有這些優勢,又能為使用者帶來哪些好處呢?
  • Evidence. 開始 DEMO 你要解的問題,DEMO 你的方案怎麼解這問題,用最直接的展示,證明你不是空口說白話,你的東西真的好!
短 短六分鐘,能夠涵蓋這麼多東西嗎?總有人擔心無法在六分鐘裡講完,就忽略掉了 Problem 和 Possibility,直接進入產品的 feature,開始操作起來,甚至看過有人不講 feature,直接開講 system architecture,這是 DEMO,不是 Design Review!結果也總是觀眾有聽沒有懂,只好當遺珠,真是可惜!

沒錯,六分鐘超短,但也足以護你一生。時間短,就別貪心,專心在首要解決的問題,套用以上架構,好好地 DEMO 你是怎麼解決那個最重要的問題,讓人清楚了解最重要!

讀者,祝你下回 DEMO 成功。

2011年3月30日 星期三

http://twpug.net/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=61
借用、租賃等名義是否能夠規避GPL的規定?
過去我也以為租賃所形成的關係並不適用 GPL 關於 "散佈" 的定義,不過在 gpl-violations.org 一封非正式的信中提到,租賃與借用等非正式的銷售行為都屬於"散佈"的行為,因此都要遵循 GPL 的規定。

目前國內有相當多嵌入式系統廠商,大多都沒有將修改後的 Linux 核心原始碼提供給客戶,而國外更有將類似設備"租用"給客戶而希望規避 GPL 限制的情形,基本上都已經違反了授權協議。

2011年3月6日 星期日

tsung: 2010年 新生兒取名排行榜 - 承恩 與 采潔 最多

新生兒命名的這些統計數字蠻有趣的, 留下來參考. (註: 我在內政部找不到把這些資料全部列出來的頁面~)
下述資料 整理源自: 去年新生兒取名 承恩與采潔最多 (資料來源: 內政部統計資料)
  • 2010 嬰兒出生數為 166,886人 (16萬人)

2010年 新生兒取名排行榜

  1. 承恩: 353 人, 目前台灣這個名字有 6000+ 人
  2. 承翰: 192 人, 目前台灣這個名字有 8000+ 人
  3. 柏睿: 133 人
  4. 宇翔: 129 人
  5. 宥廷: 129 人
  6. 冠廷: 126 人, 目前台灣這個名字有 8000+ 人
  7. 子恩
  8. 柏翰, 目前台灣這個名字有 7000+ 人
  9. 冠霖, 目前台灣這個名字有 5000+ 人
  10. 睿恩
  1. 采潔: 188 人
  2. 沛恩: 166 人
  3. 子涵: 148 人
  4. 子晴: 138 人
  5. 詠晴: 137 人
  6. 羽彤
  7. 芯瑜
  8. 沛璇
  9. 沛岑
  10. 心瑜

各年代 取姓名名字 的流行字

  • 1930~1960: 雄
  • 1970: 志
  • 1980: 家豪、冠宇
  • 1990: 承恩、承翰
  • 1930~1960: 玉蘭、秀英、秀琴、麗華
  • 1970: "淑芬" 獨占鰲頭,淑惠、美玲、雅惠緊追在後
  • 1980: 怡君、雅婷
  • 1990: 宜蓁、欣妤、詩涵

改名規定

  • 內政部表示,在同一縣市或機關、機構、團體、學校有姓名相同、與三親等以內直系尊親屬名字完全相同、與通緝有案之人犯姓名完全相同、命名文字字義粗俗不雅或有特殊原因,都可申請改名。
  • 改名以兩次為限,未成年人第二次改名必須在成年後才能辦理。

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2011年2月23日 星期三

安慰之詞比不是幽默

一位小公司職員,因臨時加班,回家晚了,妻子已經就寢了。


桌上發現一張紙條,上面寫著:「飯菜在微波爐裡,啤酒在冰箱,我在床上。」

這位丈夫雖然工作一天下來非常累,但是看到妻子俏皮的留言「我在床上」,他的臉上肯定會露出笑意,也被妻子溫馨的話語所打動。

一位男子計劃在到達某地七小時後,舉行婚禮,但他要搭的那班飛機誤點,在候機室他心緒不寧,坐立不安,便打電話留言在未婚妻的電話答錄機:「飛機誤點,在我到達之前請妳不要結婚。」 也許,所有的安慰之詞都比不上這樣的幽默。

結婚本是兩個人的事,新郎沒有準時到達,新娘肯定也結不成婚,而且新郎遲遲未到,會讓新娘焦急不安,擔心是不是路上有什麼意外發生。

男子的這句俏皮話,不僅能讓未婚妻靜下心來,而且會讓她開心一笑。

畫蛇添足這個成語常常被人用來形容不必要的言行,通常會招人嘲笑,但把它用在幽默的領域,卻往往會產生幽默的效果。

在夫妻生活中,大多數的夫婦都屬於平凡的小人物,他們所關心的,無非是自家的衣食溫飽問題。

一般說來,夫妻閒聊,多以生活瑣事為主,大多數是一些沒有事際的廢話,但藉助於這些廢話,夫妻之間卻能相互溝通,傳遞愛意,相處得能更融洽些。

丈夫回家,看見桌上放著一個大蛋糕,便問妻子是何緣故。

妻子說:「哦~ 你忘了嗎? 今天是你的結婚紀念日,我特地為你買的」丈夫很感動,對妻子說:「謝謝,等妳的結婚紀念日到了,我也買個蛋糕,好好為你慶祝一番。」夫妻倆在同一天結婚,結婚紀念日只有一個,又怎麼會分「你的」、「我的」呢?

顯然,丈夫在這兒運用的是幽默手法,一來為自己的健忘進行掩飾,二來也是為逗妻子開心。

畫蛇添足幽默法是純綷的幽默行為,不帶任何攻擊性。

夫妻之間使用畫蛇添足幽默,可以變廢話為趣話,讓日常生活更富有情趣。

2011年1月7日 星期五

There is no talent

There is no talent
I’m good with computers. At least compared with others at my age. And believe me, I’ve heard it a lot: “Wow, you really have a talent there!” Well, apparently I do have a talent for computers. Or …?
Let’s try an experiment: Take all of my knowledge of computer related matters and divide it by the number of hours I’ve spent in front of my computer. That’s my “speed” of learning. Then let’s do the same with some of my friends, who are not so “technically inclined”. Whose score would be largest? If I have a talent for computers, it would make sense that I learn it faster than others, right?
Truth is, I believe I would have scored far lower than “regular” people. I’ve spent tons of hours in front of my computer and very often I don’t learn anything new or create something different. Heck, I’ve probably been “wasting” more hours than many non-technically inclined have spent in total. That doesn’t sound like a talent?
I believe that there is no such thing as talent.
There is only passion. I have a passion for computers, computer science, programming, creating things, sharing things, helping others and so on. That’s why I’m willing to spend tons of hours on it: Because it’s fun; because I like it; because it’s what I want to do. That’s why I decided to do it.
In fact, I remember my first encounter with programming quite well. My father has always been working with system management, and I never really realized what he actually did on a day-to-day basis. It was all very distant to me. However, one day he had to write a small application for a client, and he ended up doing at least some parts of it at home. I didn’t quite understand what the program was supposed to do, or how Dad managed to make it do so, but I would just sit right next to him and watch him work. Not asking questions or trying to understand anything (he was working after all), but simply watching was interesting enough for me.
And that’s what triggered my passion. Suddenly I started experimenting with FrontPage, HTML, JavaScript (mostly copy-pasting snippets from other places), PHP and MySQL. I was constantly looking for a better free hosting service, and looking all over the internet for PHP scripts I could install and enhance. How I loved HotScripts! Those were some years full of experimenting and fun, without a clear understanding about how the technologies worked (both together and apart).

The great thing about starting with this while you’re young is that nobody judges you. You are supposed to just having fun, and even if something is way out of your league they won’t burst your bubble, but rather let you continue experimenting.
As soon as you grow up, people will have expectations about you. “You can’t sing.” “You want to paint? Just give up already!” “Skating? Man, you’re wasting your time!” They might not say it like that, but if you’re doing something beyond people’s expectation, you will be met by skepticism. People say that it’s good to “try something new”, but the moment the “something” is considered difficult, you’re “wasting your time” instead.
You will look around and find other people at your age who are way better than you at playing guitar, skating or singing. How can you possibly be as good as them? They must have a talent for it! But in reality, all they did was starting earlier than you or have been spending more time doing it.
It’s so easy to give up; it might almost seem like the whole world is against you. Well, forget about the rest of the world. There is no such thing as talent, and in the end you will end up as skilled as your “talented” heros.
Simply by following your passion.