Archive for April, 2008

Just like cooking Italian for the locals

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Generating ideas for non-English speaking areas is a much simpler thing. One can almost copy what’s out there and as long as keep the idea straight it will work. But there is one catch, make sure it suits their tastes. Don’t make it authentic Italian food , make it “you-think-it’s-authentic-but-it’s-modified-to-suit-your-taste” authentic Italian food

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Bad Site Design: KFC Hong Kong

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Websites in Hong Kong are littered with Flash only. That, well, only flash enabled computers can read… Sadly my iPhone’s Safari is not one of them.
So the story was that I got this KFC craving today. When I go to this KFC (or, was) in Central, I was bumped to found out that it’s been […]

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Testing CSS accessiblity on a Mac

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Well Mac has been a great friend from a developer point of view. I don’t think there are too many objections to that. The problem a web designer face is the pain in butt issue in IE both 6 & 7 (probably 8 too, haven’t tried the beta yet tho). And yes I know this […]

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Code Versioning for startup

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Code management is probably the top priority of any software development startup. So this is going to be an ongoing post to keep track of what’s out there

SVN. Used to use it back at my old aero company. It’s great but the code pretty much sits in the companies’ server. That was the old day.. […]

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Money saving guide for startup

Monday, April 21st, 2008

More useful tips on startup from industry veterans. original post
Here’s a quick recap of THE list with a little Hong Kong/Chinese flair:

Buy Macs. Genius Bar & Applecare is your IT department
2nd monitor for everyone. Time-saver= money-saver. A $300 Dell monitor rotated vertical is a programmer’s best friend
Buy everyone lunch four days a week and have a […]

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Book Review - 25% Cash Machine by Bryan Perry

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Title: The 25% Cash Machine : Double Digit Income Investing
Author: Bryan Perry
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Just finished another book on investment. I picked this one from the book store because I am pretty much tired of all the rest out there. there are only 2 types, either Buy-and-Hold Mutual Fund or Day-trade stock picking. Not […]

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36 Startup Tips

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Such a great resource with tips for tech startup. Man, I need this badly!
Almost want to print it out and nail it on the wall
Link Here

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