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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

In: Twitter Recap

7 Mar 2010

I've decided… some things are not for me to change. as an outsider, i should mind my own business and just be a business man. #
Giants News: there's a new safety in town! #
hoohoo… this year's free agency period has started for the NFL. let the signings begin! #
I'm having #Gmail issue. in my spam folder i can't "delete all." it'd say conversations deleted but not really. #
reading the SAI story on Facebook… interesting! #
a lot of democratic activists in China still don't know what democrazy really means. It's very very sad. 还活在封建思想的余毒中 #
I'm at PayPal China (618 Yan'an West Road, 上海市). http://4sq.com/a0a6kg #
testing hootsuite… #
请教，卖黄牛电影票犯法吗？我想去警察局要求他们取缔和平影都的黄牛。那里的黄牛实在太猖狂了！ #
being an entrepreneur i dress very casually everyday… i'm thinking if i should dress more formally from time to time? #
人不犯我，我不犯人。但最近几次跟人起争执都没有充分维护到自己的权益。原因是没有做好让事情继续上升的准备。我觉得在上海居住我需要一件”破坏力“比较小的防身工具以备不时之需！我说的一点都不夸张！ #
Discussed with @ganglu about starting a tech group & organizing industry events. Very excited about it! #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

In: Twitter Recap

28 Feb 2010

reading on @TechCrunch Can Entrepreneurs be Made? http://tcrn.ch/c4lIal #
all the quakes = 2012 coming? #
突然很有感触，做事情一定要有毅力、要坚持。成果不是一天两天就会有 #
请问：中文市场中有类似Alltop或Popurl的网站吗？ #
correction: you can sign up for TypePad for free but it's not a full service blog that you get anymore… I don't think… #
you can no longer sign up TypePad for free anymore??? geez… #
"In China anything is possible, but everything is difficult." #
wow, baseball season will start relatively soon!!! that's something to look forward to! #
that's fucked up… a entrepreneur competition changed the deadline and all the rules right before the original deadline is coming up #
i got my myspace.com e-mail address… but probably won't really use it. when will Facebook let me use allenhsieh@facebook.com? #
i'm entering an entrepreneur competition but don't like their forms. don't feel i can explain my product correctly with their questions #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

In: Twitter Recap

21 Feb 2010

Vaction over. Back in Shanghai. I guess this means I'm back to my old Twittering behaviors… =P #
feeling a little warm… hope i'm not getting sick again… #
回到了上海。杯具啊杯具啊。。。 #
I'm at Burger King (PVG T2) (Pudong International Airport, Terminal 2, Pudong). http://4sq.com/d4y7Ie #
flying back to Shanghai today… back to the Sin City of Hell #
Wang Chien Ming signed with the Nationals… the worst team in the league. Now I wonder if Taiwan's ESPN will still broadcast Yankees games #
在看龍應台的“大江大海1949”，裏面的故事一個個都是流離失所、妻離子散家破人亡的人間悲劇。雖然我不是龍應台的粉絲，但心裏感觸依然很多。現在的中國人滿腦子只知道賺錢。有多少人在乎歷史？多少人關心社會？多少人真的具有對其他人應具備的尊重、人文關懷和責任感？ #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

In: Twitter Recap

14 Feb 2010

新年快樂，祝大家虎年行大運、發大財！ #
You can send Tweets to Google Buzz… so in essence it can be used as a Twitter client and it's not blocked in China, yet!!! #
finally got Buzz in my Gmail… Set up to link to Twitter. let's see if it works right… #
I can use Google Buzz on my iPhone but it still hasn't shown up on my Gmail… #
在地下一樓吃小吃！！！ (@ 萬年大樓) http://4sq.com/9qJ4AE #
I just unlocked the "Newbie" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/akj4iP #
何出此言？ RT @webleon: 中国网游产业真是前途无量：产品越做越烂，用户越来越傻。 #
Waiting in the airport and def. appreciate the free WiFi! #
shutting off the computer now… getting ready to go to the Pudong airport… good to be getting out of Shanghai! #
in 8 hours I will board a plane to go back home! HAPPY!!! #
just watched Google Superbowl commercial. must say i'm amazed. it promoted its search engine that needs no advertising. still, nicely done #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07

In: Twitter Recap

7 Feb 2010

less than 24 hours til I board a plane to go back to Taipei for the holidays!!! Yay!!! #
话说出去就收不回来了，同理，在Twitter上打错字很丢脸且不好销毁证据。。。 #
真的很神气的，每次从纽约到加洲的时候，我也总认为加洲的空气真的和纽约不一样。。。每次从上海到北京的时候，也有这种感觉。you can breath in the difference!!! #
明天晚上就能享受上Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc不用先翻墙的自由。没经历过的人不知道，但让我跟你说，自由是在空气里就能呼吸的到的一种“东西” #
just found out that when people reply to you on Twitter, you can now find out exactly which message they are replying to. nice improvement #
a class in the US will get to see my presentation on social media marketing – http://hsiehreport.com/2010/02/the-power-for-us-to-connect/ #
http://twitpic.com/11p1vd – @Raecoo, the back of the Twitter notebook from @riku #
http://twitpic.com/11p1qm – @Raecoo, the front of the Twitter notebook from @riku #
参加推友聚会，拿到了@riku提供的Twitter笔记本。很可爱。谢谢了~~ #
Internet is powerful: a professor in US saw my PPT on social media marketing on SlideShare and asked me if he could use it in his class #
At a Shanghai Twitter user meet-up right now… #
下午到VeryCD办公室去参加上海推友的聚会，期待ing!!! #
more news on Google not selling many Nexus Ones. not hard to see why… basically targeting only techies and geeks is not the way to go #
watched Sherlock Holmes on DVD tonight. Awful awful adoption of the story. Holmes is not a gun slinger and Kung Fu master… WTF!? #
Very very cool!!! RT @ddsakura: RT @savesaturn: 我的哆啦A夢終於完成了！ http://twitpic.com/11ckn6 #
2月6号有上海推有的活动？我可以参加吗？？？ #
Not really all that much into the whole Superbowl mood with me being in Shanghai and all… But I'll still watch the game anyway! #
Check out my presentation : Social Media Marketing – An Introduction http://slidesha.re/cSA4BW #
Ordering Nexus Ones right now… #
I'll be in Taipei from 02/08 to 02/19 for the Chinese New Year holiday! #
Anyone (in China) wants to buy a Nexus One? Talk to me! #
RT @TechCrunch: In The Limelight: An American Entrepreneur In China Talks About Startup Culture http://su.pr/17zGhv by @calvinwuchin #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

In: Twitter Recap

31 Jan 2010

hahaha… good one… iPhone = iPad Nano #ipad #
there are times when you very much want to and need to type more than 140 characters on Twitter… that's when I get frustrated… #
I've set up a iPad fan page on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/iPad-Fans/320528166112 #
the cn gov has done a "good" job controlling the internet… it's one of the most sophisticated systems to censor online content… #
WTF! The iPad does not support traditional Chinese!!! #ipad #
I'll blog about my reaction to the iPad later after I get some sleep! #ipad #
Ship date and price, please! #ipad #
Why would you run apps on iPad when you have Safari at that size and can access web apps online? #ipad #
So far the iPad just seems like a big iPhone… Nothing really new… #ipad #
I'm following the Apple event on Engadget as it happens… Now I wanna know it's price! #ipad #
I like the short name. It's easy to roll off your tongue. #ipad #
After all that much fuss it's called the iPad after all!!! I want one!!! #
篱笆网的人脑残了吗?没有学乖吗?新用了libalife.com应急,但libalife.com依然是跟新网注册的,不是摆明了让他随时可以再把你封了吗? #
RT @TechCrunch: Baidu And Japan’s Rakuten To Invest $50 Million In Giant Online Shopping Mall http://bit.ly/9sPTSr #
waiting to find out about the Apple tablet computer, with the announcement coming in a few hours!!! #AppleTablet #
even Liba is taken down… it's just a BBS for women to share gossip, fashion tips and complaints about men. it can't possibly deserve this! #
The latest speculation has Apple's upcoming tablet called either Canvas or iCanvas. I sure like iCanvas! #
本来我不看第一财经周刊的，但是这期他们报导Google还有那些被“迫害”的网路创业家，还有一篇与韩寒的问答。突然我对这本杂志的好感多了很多。 #

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I still plan to buy the iPad but…

In: Uncategorized

28 Jan 2010

I was following Apple’s iPad announcement live online. I couldn’t help it but to feel overall it was quite a disappointment… even if I plan to buy it anyway.

Why do I feel disappointed? Simple. The iPad isn’t “magical” or “revolutionary” like Apple has claimed. It is, in fact, just a bigger iPod Touch for the most part. It runs on the existing iPhone OS and still has the same limitations. It does not suppot Flash. There’s no multi-tasking and no front camera to allow you conduct video-conferencing on Skype. And even with a better processor, it’s still meant to be a Netbook-like device and not a full computer. You use it to get online, play music or video and play some games. That’s about it.

“Revolutionary” would be if the iPad is more like the MacBook Pro than the iPhone…

But onto the good things about it… I do like the new iBook functionality. I plan to buy only e-books from now on. And to run iWorks on iPad is pretty amazing, considering they will sell the applications cheaply. But still…

When you get the iPhone, you think it’s amazing because all the things it can do. It goes far beyond your expectation for a phone. The iPad is considered a tablet computer but now we know it’s really not that much of a computer. And that’s why at least the current model of the iPad is a let-down. Maybe future models will become more and more powerful. Or at least I hope.

As I’ve said, I do still plan to buy it. In fact, I will get my mom one. She’s been waiting for a computer that’s light enough to easily carry around. She only needs it mostly for browsing websites, checking e-mails and maybe talking to me on Skype. I’ve resisted getting her a Netbook because I hate Netbooks in general. But the iPad will be perfect for my mom. I’ll get it for her with the keyboard dock!

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The Saints are going to the Superbowl

In: Uncategorized

26 Jan 2010

Good for the Saints! Good for the city of New Orlean!!!

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

In: Twitter Recap

24 Jan 2010

http://toki-woki.net/p/scroll-clock/ is very cool! #
It is just me not paying attention or Nokia hasn't rolled many new phones in China? Ditto for other brands… What's up with that? #
Facebook is evil for this – http://tinyurl.com/yamggwt – snatching a user's vanity URL only to sell it to a company #
Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) is really cool! #
Having choices are always better than no having them. Even if you can't obtain something, yet, you should at least know it's there… #
Calling uncensored Internet "information imperialism" is insulting people's intelligence to pick and choose on their own what to agree with #
I think when you have stress overload, you need to find a way to relax… I need to do that… #
现在的中国网路。。。你的博客如果没有被河蟹的话，你有点不算是号人物，呵。。。小小的觉得悲哀 #
Help! @ganglu @webleon @kaiserkuo Can you please share social media marketing case studies for China? Who here has done a good job? Tks! #
More #GoogleCN speculation… Google will shut down Google.cn but try to keep operation in China? I think that's a good way to end this… #
more and more I only check the headlines and don't read many articles on TechCrunch… it's just less interesting now #
I'm rooting for the Vikings to beat the Cowboys!!! #
男人的"三不一没有" – 不主动、不拒绝、不负责，没有钱。当今中国社会的"三不一没有" – 不民主、不自由、不文明，没良知。 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

In: Twitter Recap

17 Jan 2010

NYTimes.com will start a "pay for more access" model. Goodness… The day has come… I will have to see how much it is to decide if I'd pay #
On my new blog: Google vs. China and my thoughts on this matter… – http://tinyurl.com/yb55oez #
I've been in China since 2003… I can't believe I not only came earlier and also outlasted Google… #GoogleCN #
i'm still dying to find out about the Apple tablet and people started sharing rumors about 4th generation iPhone? i can't keep up! #
wow… saw it with my own eyes… google.cn is not uncensored! that's fast… #
I read TechCrunch & find it amusing that it was especially harsh on Yahoo during the MS buyout saga. Now it's especially negative on Google #
for some reasons, I still don't get to upload any kind of files to my Google Docs account, as can be done reportedly… grrrr…. #
Nexus One supposedly had poor results at the cash register but it came out after x'mas & people already used up their budget for the holiday #
Not everyone will feel it and not everyone is affected by it equally, but the our world has just changed a bit for the worse… #GoogleCN #
Is Google risking too much by pissing off the Chinese gov? (not that Google started this war…) #GoogleCN #
I can't tell you enough how concerned I am about Internet in China and the prospect of my own business venture… #
on that note, i gotta say, most magazines in china are poorly produced with little real content to read… sigh… #
China's edition of Maxim magazine is shut down due to poor revenue – the result of suddenly too many magazines for men in China #
Baidu must be really happy right now as eventually Google's search engine will be blocked due to "inappropriate" content… #GoogleCN #
i'm following closely the whole Google vs. China drama but i'd agree that reconciliation isn't likely… #GoogleCN #
earlier this morning I couldn't access Facebook or Twitter even with VPN… thought for a minute that #GFW got upgraded & blocked everything #
This is big news – http://tinyurl.com/yhfgo9k Google will stop self-censoring its search engine in China and may leave China completely! #
finally got my hands on the new "Century Weekly…" i had to check with many newsstand in shanghai before finding one that sold it… #
I'm gonna make full use of the domain 8gua.tv soon… I'm thinking of setting up a site that would aggregate clips of gossip content #
Reading on how Fenbei.com CEO started a adult video chat service, which clearly is illegal in PRC. Now he's in jail & Fenbei is dead. Sad… #
what happened to Fenbei.com? Does anyone know??? #