Entries from Kelake tagged with 'Work and Working'
Playing it safe
In Don Norman's words, "If someone doesn't hate your product, it's probably mediocre." If playing it safe today is considered a risk in business, what about in a job? If all managers like you, are you safer than if some...
Taiwanease Magazine Issue 5 Cover
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Design and Business Ethics
"AIGA has released a series of brochures outlining the critical ethical and professional issues encountered by designers and their clients. The series, entitled "Design Business and Ethics," examines the key concerns a designer faces in maintaining a successful practice and...
Help Wanted (PHP)
Well I thought I might give this a shot here on my web log. Taiwan is a Microsoft island and though I have met many talented engineers during my stay in Taiwan far too few are into open source software....
The Hard World of Quiet
I've got a meeting in 20 minutes and instead of working on deadline doom I am looking through my photos on flickr and posting entries from Youtube on my weblog. I should start a for credit class on procrastination....
Quiet Please！ 結合裝置藝術與互動程式的創新音樂展
I'm making a casual effort to gather at least some of the articles that are still available online pertaining to various projects I have worked on. I have incredibly poor "personal PR" which is either a symptom of being nonchalant...
Old Interview - 工研院研究員 Clark Macleod
I linked to this interview I did over a year ago and had completely forgotten about it. During that time the friends I had just happened to work in or have acquaintances in various news media companies so I tended...
Specialization
"Specialization is in fact only a fancy form of slavery wherein the 'expert' is fooled into accepting his slavery by making him feel that in return he is in a socially and culturally preferred, ergo, highly secure, lifelong position. But...
Overcoming workflow paralysis
"I’m a good, modern hipster. I’ve read GTD (twice). I’ve got my moleskines, my hipster-pda, my treo, my powerbook, my basement covered with notes. I know the difference between a next action and a to-do. Yet every once in...
Maintaining Motivation
Rather pertinent information for me now as I sit here in my home office unshaven and in a ripped pair of jeans trying to get serious about staying on task. "When I went solo, one of the first of many...
Site update
I updated my portfolio recently and though its far from finished have published it for all to see (yes I am looking for work). I want to write more about this experience later as it seems my best laid plans...
Good Bye Bldg. 51
Almost a couple months have passed since I wrote about hearing that my employer would be laying off a large number of staff. It was largely a thinning of the ranks through early retirement and generous severance packages for those...
The House of Wigs
Funny and true. I'm adding this site to my daily reads. "When the boss from the company that's taking over our company came in and gave the "Hello I Am Friendly!!"? speech which I've heard on several occasions before (seeing...
Digitimes Interview
My apologises if the text is garbled below. It's the opening paragraph for a recent interview I had with the Digitimes here in Hsinchu. I have been doing a number of interviews lately (not sure why since the days of...
What's in a title anyway?
These are a few short paragraphs I wrote awhile back in response to both my constant confusion about what to call my professional self. Today I find that my confusion is no less abated. Of course nothing compares to the...
Reading list 1
Reading List Code Absolute Beginner's Guide to Cby Greg Perry ActionScript : The Definitive Guideby Colin Moock ActionScripting in Flashby Phillip Kerman Cascading Style Sheets, Second Edition: Designing for the Webby Hakon Wium Lie Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guideby...
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