愛得太遲 vs. Shall We Talk
2006/09/17
林夕的功力無人置疑 (可能除了那一位黃生),而他的作品主題多變亦甚是難得。而近期為古巨基寫的 “愛得太遲” 由朋友、父子、寫到情人間的感情,每個遺憾都擊中不少人心中的刺。這首推出時都很快成為各電台的冠軍。而前幾年大熱的 “Shall We Talk” 亦環繞類似的主題,當年 “Shall We Talk” 獲得不少大奬,其中更包括港台的 “全球華人至尊金奬”,新城的 “勁爆年度歌曲大奬” 。
本港樂壇一直被情歌壟斷,珠玉在前,希望各填詞人可以向多個方面嘗試。
Book : Crime and Punishment
2006/09/16
Information Systems : is it art or science ?
2006/09/14
Today, I received a bundle of interesting CVs. I dun’t know why, but I am going to take interview with someone with more experience, and better salary than myself ?! But the most interesting is that I found someone who got a degree of “Master of Arts in Information Systems” ?!
It is the first time that I found IS is “Art” rather than “Science”. Any idea?
DataStage Blog and Wiki
2006/09/11
Vincent McBurney is busy with his “expert’s blog” for IBM ETL products. The blog was hosted by ITtoolbox. Severa wiki was created along the DataStage technologies, see (1), (2) ….
賭業、旅遊業
2006/09/10
澳門賭業蓬勃,多間外資賭場陸續開業,有報紙以 “XXX 一小時贏 200 萬” 為頭條,為新賭場打打氣。這邊廂在香港,議員擔心地說 “如香港不開設賭場,將會給比下去 . . .”;馬會又在新開鑼馬季增設回扣予大額投注的賭客… 那邊廂,有澳門的教師言重心長地勸戒辛辛學子將來不要投身賭業。面對拉斯維加斯的珠玉在前,緃使可能有很多的負面影響,似乎大家都不想放賭場帶的經濟效益。加上迪士尼的魔法失靈,香港政府是否真從 “善” 如流,重新考慮賭場於日後旅遊業的定位?
旅遊業對香港經濟舉足輕重,但硬抄他人的成功例子未必一定成功。迪士尼已是鐵證之一。而且漫無目標地投身紅海,倒不如開發另一個藍海。如何是好? 倒不如參考以下這一本書看看,從中找找真正的香港特色 . . . .
Over the Rainbow
2006/09/07
Over the Rainbow – 傳統傳媒人踩過界,是網上日誌,是新聞評論,是傳統媒體與網上虛擬世界的戰場。新聞工作者的自我剖白,不乏對工作的長嗟短嘆,亦有對各則熱門時事新聞的獨到觀點。這些網上個人發表,沒有政治正確的枷鎖,但真名真姓,不知道有否經過自我審查?
My Personal DNA
2006/09/07
In fact, I’m a generous artist. Read more here.
Software Evaluation
2006/09/07
It is advocated that “buy-in” may be better than “built-in”. There are many many reasons. One of them is the handy available choices in the market. But as far as there are choices, someone, you or your supervisor, has to make decision. This article from DMReview lead you through the evaluation process.
In summary, there are somethings you have to prepare by your own :
- Business Driver – e.g. saving in human resource in particlar areas, improved productivity …etc.
- Project Objective – e.g. target deliverable, target cost, and the priority of all these parameters …etc.
Something, you may obtain from the vendor :
- Architecutre – you need to know how the tool interactive with other tools ….
- Performance benchmark – please be aware that those information from vendor may not neccessarily reflect the truth, but better than nothing ….
- Funcationaliy – you have to sort out which is critical to you project ….
Sample table form you better to include in the evaluation report :
- Requirement Specification
- Evaluation Matrix
To complete the evaluation report, you also need the following :
- Executive Summary
- Background
- Business Drivers
- Project Objectives
- Approach
- Recommendation
- Implementation Timeline
- Multi-Year Acquisition Plan
- Vendor Evaluation Matrix
The original article talks about the evaluation for ETL tools, but the ideas do apply to many other areas.
生活迫人及延伸閱讀
2006/09/07
好多時都嘆說 “生活迫人” ,連喘氣的時間都沒有。blogger 們說連睇 blog 、寫 blog 的時間都欠奉。尤其生活在香港這個畸形都市中。試想一星期工作七天,每天十三、四小時。放工時已是十點幾鐘,根本沒有氣力再觸動鍵盤。每個星期的一、兩天的假期,欲是另一件沒有薪水的工作 . . . . 挨聲嘆氣,似乎得到了解脫 . . . .
實情是:能力有限。想抒情嗎,沒有吸引人的文筆,表達力疲弱。想高抒己見嗎,沒人家的時事觸角,沒有强勁的分析能力,又自持身價,不泄一再重播他人的觀點。這些才是 “慢工出細貨” 的實況。
為解決問題 (實質是預防失眠),最近入了一大手熱門讀物:
未知效果如何,但肯定不再失眠 . . . . .



