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August 2006 - Posts

Shoot models all day for USD 3.65

Group tours and packaged activities are a way of life here in China. Why hike on your own in the mountains when you can sign up for a tour with a hundred other hikers and get a guide to give you commentary of the local scenery right? Why not a group photo Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:48 PM by msracid | 7 Comments

The State of Play Conference in Singapore

The growing news stories and revenue size of the online world seems to be in the public zeitgeist on a daily basis recently. Not only are we conducting more transactions and getting our news from online platforms and sources more and more, we ourselves Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 4:35 PM by msracid | 2 Comments

Your browser choice = you

A few days ago I linked to how your Outlook habit reflects your personality. Today's link can be classified as "for amusement only". It seems that your choice of browser is a lifestyle choice according to the article. I mean, all else being equal since Read More...
Posted Monday, August 21, 2006 3:52 PM by msracid | 1 Comments

Google Beijing has Mongolian milk - we usually get Beijing milk

What's the big deal about Mongolian Milk? Read this . Netease recently took pictures of the Google office in Beijing's Wudouko area, (across the street from my very local high rise Hutong). Looks a little like ourMSRA floors but definitely not our ATC Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:32 PM by msracid | 3 Comments

Your inbox reveals your soul

Great article on the psychological profile of Outlook user habits. Deep in the vaults of Micrsoft User Experience is probably a study that logs every action while slicing down in seconds exactly what users are doing in outlook. However, looking into the Read More...
Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 5:11 PM by msracid | 5 Comments

Anger Bar ! Get a drink and smash it on the bartender.

As part of my ongoing diatribe of how entertainment is slightly "different" in Asia (ie. Japan, China, and the Philippines), MS needs to look into studying the enthnography and social profile of Asian consumers more. I mean check this out. Although this Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 9:07 PM by msracid | 1 Comments

High Level Highlights of enduring the madness of ChinaJoy: the new E3

ChinaJoy is by far the largest and most attended videogame exposition that no one has ever heard of. The rise of China means that everything around is also rising: largest internet audience, largest wireless market, largest online gaming population...etc Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:30 PM by msracid | 1 Comments

Flattening Online Purchasing

Sure, you can buy any item and have it shipped anywhere, but you'll pay a handsome fee for shipping. And there are still barriers to many with regard to international payment options. Living in Beijing, there's a number of items that are tough to come Read More...
Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 2:00 PM by msracid | 4 Comments

Online Language Translation still not so good good.

I want an online language translation service that uses genetic search result queries to improve performance I have used several online translation sites from Google language tools to Babelfish. For western languages the results seem to be very good. Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:30 PM by msracid | 4 Comments

Web Games and flash are the scooters of videogames

In an age of rising development costs and the need for ever more detailed artwork in next generation games, flash and java games on the net represent an almost zen like return to simplicity. In countries like China and Indonesia, web games are very popular Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 11:11 AM by msracid | 0 Comments

ChinaJoy is the new E3 : Girls, Games and Garbage (pix)

Hot exhibit halls, garbage strewn about everywhere, maddening crowds, loud blaring music, terrible stench, mushy cold food, terrible stench (yes, it deserves a second mention), mediocre schwags and generic looking video games. Behold ChinaJoy2006 ! Just Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:50 PM by msracid | 1 Comments

Emerging Sophistication in Video-Sharing

YouTube , Google Video , and Grouper brought video-sharing to the 'masses'. They initially dealt with uploading videos and sending video URLs to friends. The next step was associating one video with another (usually via a 'similar videos' list). But now Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:58 PM by msracid | 2 Comments

From Zhejiang: Government-Sponsored, P2P, Mobile Craigslist for Farmers

Who're you calling Web 2.0? Zhejiang Nong Min Xin Xiang ("Zhejiang Province Farmer's Mailbox") is a new service promoted by the ever-progressive Zhejiang provincial government. Agriculture workers are all encouraged to register, creating a typically-Chinese Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:55 PM by msracid | 2 Comments

Pirated Xbox 360 games in China - we're watching and learning

One of our common tasks here in Beijing when we get visitors from Redmond is to bring them to all the places that pirated software can be found. We show them Windows, Office and now Xbox 360 pirated games in order to bring back and study. A colleague Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 4:47 PM by msracid | 5 Comments

Hey Frank and Neema, why did you change the name of this blog?

Beijing ACID Blog #49 is dead...Long live One Billion Users ! Lets face it. The old name gave us that not so fresh feeling. I wanted to call it ACID Factory #49 based on the fact that all factories here in China have that type of name...e.g. Shanghai Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:53 PM by msracid | 0 Comments
 
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