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Tim, pls find time to read Great ideas!

Sunday, December 31, 2006

27/31-12-2006 讀報

8:00 PM 6 comments

PCCW sucks!

海纜修復需時的原因 2006-12-29, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 解碼, 狄高
Web 2.0泡沫論 2006-12-29, 蘋果日報, B13, 財經要聞, 案內人隨筆, 尹思哲
潮爆醫生盼活到120歲 2006-12-28, 蘋果日報, A16, 專欄專論, 至Hit人物
男人香 2006-12-28, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 鄭天儀
網上貸款傳統銀行怎揀？ 2006-12-27, 信報財經新聞, P24, 理財投資, 時勢微觀, 畢老林
大學聯營卡有乜好？ 2006-12-29, 東方日報, B13, 產經

An idea a day:
39. Create a "43things like" social networking website for diseased people.
Everyone say that 一公斤眼淚 is v. inspirational, as it is the chicken soup for your soul, give meaning to countless people, of course, encouraging people who are having the same disease.
The main fear for patients to uncure-able diseases, like cancer/ AIDS/ Brain problems etc, are not death, but the time and life they need to face after they are notified about the disease.
Of course, professional advices from doctors can help, but there is only one thing on earth can calm the discomfort: LOVE.
If we could bulid a online community of patients having the same disease, the website let them cheer up others when they are down, tell other about their own meaningful/ successful combat-disease stories, just like 亞也 in the drama, let them to make friend with people from all races, then it can re-create value/ give meaning for life to fight the up-hill battle.
The website can be just like 43things, users can pre-set their disease, then people can search the user database to find people having the same disease.
Every user can be provided with a blog, in the blog they can write their own stories, professional medicial advice from their country, update their combat progress, tell other about the stress, let themselves to release hatred.
It is a social network, you can find other user and leave comment to cheerup countless others.

Comments:

Where have you been these day ar? Craving for your articles.

43things is funny, it has drawn 200,000 people in more than 82 countries and 22,000 unique goals — all without any marketing campaign, but it can't earn!

If the purpose is to contribute, then it is not a problem.

Actually, would your model be more like friendster/facebook? As they can let you explore others' network.

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:40:00 PM GMT+8

You know PCCW sucks! I can't connect to US sites, even using proxy like 80.227.0.156, from HK to US via United Arab Emirates!

Yes, the site would be something like that, but the purpose is to share disease problems, but not like making friends of pointless common interest.

Wether a website can earn or not it depends. May be the next M&A like youtube will be 43things!

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:45:00 PM GMT+8

What is 一公斤眼淚???

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:51:00 PM GMT+8

It is a japanese drama, about a girl with brain problems, and there is no remedy for the disease.

Life is struggle for her, but she fight a good battle and have a positive attitude towards life.

She write a dairy to keep track of her life, and people think the dairy is inspirational and it hips!

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:53:00 PM GMT+8

Hey, you are not from HK?

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:53:00 PM GMT+8

Yes, I am not.

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:55:00 PM GMT+8

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

26-12-2006 讀報

8:37 AM 9 comments

I have install a search engine for Orangedays, I am amazed how effective it is. I have try to write a engine by myself, but all fail finally, so v. excited to know how easy to the script can be.

「一旦當選，就要停止競選。」——企管學家彼得杜拉克對領導人的提醒 2006-12-26, 明報, A05, 港聞, 筆陣, 馬家輝
迪士尼大使「我唔係花瓶」 2006-12-26, 蘋果日報, A11, 專欄專論, 至Hit人物
歐洲杯葛美式聖誕老人 2006-12-26, 東方日報, A26, 國際, 世界視線, 李集慧
港大生薪酬懸殊12倍財務系僅$5500 醫科高逾7萬元 2006-12-26, 成報, A03, 要聞
巴士阿叔舞癡星之子十個小人物忽然上頭條 2006-12-26, 星島日報, A13, 每日雜誌
10大財經人物 2006-12-26, 蘋果日報, B01, 財經要聞, 財經頭條
Science and Technology: Time to cool it: Microrefrigeration The Economist. London: Dec 16, 2006. Vol. 381, Iss. 8508; p. 98
Best Business Books of 2006 BusinessWeek, 18 December 2006
IN PRAISE OF THIRD PLACE The New Yorker, THE FINANCIAL PAGE, Issue of 2006-12-04 ←by the author of Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki

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Little Known Ways to Brand on the Cheap: 99 Tips for Poor Web Startups - Really helpful hints
Homelessvancouver - Help to bring christmas presents for homeless! Numerous success case
Widgetbox.com - It SHOULD be the next hit things in blogsphere in 2007!
Spreadshirt - A custom/ tailor-made shirt, which can be designed by you

An idea a day:
38. Develop a wikipedia style database for solution to public exam questions
Not only students taking the exam can contribute, everyone who are interested in the field, like professionals, professors, lecturers, school teachers, ex-students can publish and post solution on this website.
Like wikipedia, it can provide the most up-to-date answers, for open end questions, it can provide mulitple answer to students for reference, as muliple users can post different answers to same question.
It can also provide reference website/ books for students as a related further study.
The number of public exam students may not be large enough to support this thing, especially in HK, as all are CD-ROMs. The idea can be applied in GCE (AS/A2) or SAT, as the exams are talking about a whole country.

Comments:

The wiki-thing for students is good, if really established, it can really help, but have you consider the privacy problems?

As the exam questions are the intellientual property of respective exam authorities, if not paid, they won't allow you to publish those material over the net.

Would your idea just similar to an "online version" of those paper-back solution to HKCEE??

Are there any revenue model? Can it earn?

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:25:00 AM GMT+8

Ka, thanks for your comments.

Yes, a devil advocate is necessary for wild ideas, please leave critical comments in doubt area!!

About the privacy problems, HKEA sell exam papers, that means, if you pay the price, you will have the right to use the copy.

If I paid a certain copyright fee, to buy, say 10 copy of "virtual papers", allowing 10 registered, unique users to use the material, will it be alright?

In addition, HKEA should not be a $$ making authority, everyone in HK has the right for being educated. If the exam papers are expensive, but it is a nesscessity to students, it will discourage poor to get good result in exams.

By this arguement, this website is a fair database to all, who has the passion to get good result from their sweat, no matter rich or poor.

By releasing the information at a low price to this website can easily achieve this purpose.

Refer to your second question, yes you may regard this as the "online version" of paperback, but the author is by anoymous, or by all people.

The revenue model can be in many ways, the wiki-solution can be published in paper-back, just like the ordinary one.

The site can earn by advertisments, as the site is v. targeted, teen-related fashion company may interested.

posted by Tim @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:48:00 AM GMT+8

If the website is similar to those "paper-back", it would be nice if you could partner with them.

If the idea exist, it will threaten the sale of "paper-back", if you could partner with them, let them provide the core of the solution, then let user to amend, correct or elaborate the answer, and the profit can be divided among you two, then a win-win situation.

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:42:00 PM GMT+8

Yes, you are right, partnership is the core of all business.

posted by Tim @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:49:00 PM GMT+8

Your site is so funny and responsive.

Hope my comments can help to consolidate the ideas!

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:52:00 PM GMT+8

我偶然search野發現呢個website，我覺得真係好正！

個個都話香港人無乜創意，你睇下Orangedays再講啦‧

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 3:25:00 PM GMT+8

Disney has improved by adopting more effective PR approaches. But it's the first time I've known they assigned a PR person to be the "Disney Ambassador". Anyway, to revamp its poor image, a lot of work is still ahead.

PS: I also read an article on the moguls of game manufacturers. Sony's PS3 received rather poor reviews and feedback, and the stocks failed to meet market supply. Even worse, PS3 can't accommodate games of PS and PS2. On the other hand, Wii has more upbeat future. I quite agree with the "entertainment-focus" strategy.

posted by cat_dog_and_chocolates @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 10:33:00 PM GMT+8

樓上o既Raymond, 版主o既創意真係多到,well,多到我大開眼界呀~!Tim兄有無諗住真係試下去創業呢?

well, Tim兄,sorry呀之前好忙無來留言,遲來的Happy Birthday!!!

p.s. lscpeterman都想俾女約呀,有無介紹呀?哈哈~~~~

posted by Anonymous @ Friday, December 29, 2006 at 7:50:00 AM GMT+8

哈哈，多謝大家讚賞！

I always have a thought to develop my own funny business, the reason is: I think I am a BAD employee!

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 31, 2006 at 9:49:00 PM GMT+8

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Monday, December 25, 2006

25-12-2006 讀報

11:17 AM 2 comments

1,800教你開寵物店 2006-12-25, 東方日報, E08, 副刊
The Economist四本經濟新書推介 2006-12-25, 蘋果日報, B02, 財經要聞
Entrepreneurship 釋義 2006-12-25, 明報, D05, 時代, 三言堂, 洪清田

Special:
tubetorial - Step by step veido tutorial for computer application teaching

An idea a day:
37. Making a site similiar to youtube/ tubetorial, for people to upload public exam material
In many famous tutorial school, they make use of recorded teaching video to maximize their profit. It is no point for students to go to the teaching centre to watch the video, just like no point in watching sitcom DVD outside your home.
People can record and upload tutorial from famous tutorial school (one season of teaching is enough, as those teachers keep repeating all those stuff),or produce their own teaching material by themselves. This site can provide a mean for student to study comfortably at home.
The site earn by ad fee, and uploader can earn by commission, based on click rate, view rate or ranking of importance.
The same idea can also apply to lectures from university, as almost every lecturer use the same pile of notes and teaching method, dated more than 20 years.

Comments:

You said revenue of the website is from Ads, then who will pay the fee?

You surely have a v. concentrate target group, but who will actually pay for you?

You allow users to upload private version of video from famous tutor schools/ university lectures, will it be a proper business?

If someone have the TIME to produce their own material, will there be any gauge for releveness? Will there any team to check if the material have no mistake? As your targets are students, who dont have v. professional knowledge of judgement, wrong material will develop the first wrong impression and have strong but negative impact to them!

A classroom should be registered if it excess 15 students, this website is exposed to millions, will it need any lience or something? Is there any regulations from HKG?

Finally, you have many spelling mistakes!

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 11:34:00 AM GMT+8

For this website, teen-related companies, like Nike, Reebok may be interested to sponsor.

For the censor part, I understand what is bad teacher teach bad, but think of part-time tutoring by senior students/ your classmate, most of them are not up to standard, they are not one of those 10A, even dont have 1A, they go to teach others, but no one censor, the website is just a online version of that kind of business.

The website will give out commision in many different ways, eg, rating by others(like ebay powerseller), ranking of click rate, etc...

For other questions, I dont know the answer.

posted by Tim @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:37:00 PM GMT+8

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Sunday, December 24, 2006

22 years to remember!

7:43 AM 9 comments

Today is my birthday.

矽谷手記：Wifi有大量發展空間 2006-12-24, 蘋果日報, B06, 金錢要理, 矽谷手記
暖手器疑短路　GP電池爆裂 2006-12-24, 東方日報, A15, 港聞
美日兩品牌借假blog自捧 2006-12-24, 東方日報, A21, 國際
世界視線：傳統電視廣告模式崩潰 2006-12-24, 東方日報, A21, 國際

An idea a day:
36. Create a "birthday badge" for people to wear on birth-day.
It can make a clear indication to others, let your friend knows that today is your birthday.
It also v. funny to find out who have the same birthday with you by looking around other badges.

Comments:

happy birthday~

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 12:54:00 PM GMT+8

Happy Birthday!

Kitty

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 9:43:00 PM GMT+8

Happy birthday!!!

posted by Anonymous @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 12:10:00 AM GMT+8

Happy b-days

Sam

posted by Anonymous @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 12:10:00 AM GMT+8

Happy Birthday! It's also a birthday of my younger sister...

All the best! ;p

posted by 學霖山莊 @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 1:03:00 AM GMT+8

Happy birthday~~~

I think your ideas are great!

posted by Anonymous @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 4:34:00 PM GMT+8

Really fun to know someone having the same birthday with you.

I know four friends who are born at 12.24, all from different walk and have different life.

The following from Apple daily:

12 月 24 日生日

幸運色：淺灰色
性格：你是個懂得打扮的人，從小開始已較同齡的人成熟。你為人理性，再麻煩的事情到你手中也能迎刃而解，在這方面極受老闆的賞識。

愛情：你外表成熟，個人魅力在 25 歲時開始達到巔。愛情對你而言，如空氣和水一樣重要，只可惜經常會遇到壞情人。

None of us have the above characteristics.

posted by Tim @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 4:44:00 PM GMT+8

i'm not one of the bad lovers!

posted by Anonymous @ Monday, December 25, 2006 at 11:36:00 PM GMT+8

k:

You are so funny!

posted by Tim @ Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 8:33:00 AM GMT+8

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Saturday, December 23, 2006

22/23-12-2006 讀報

9:53 AM 2 comments

槍桿子管不了經濟 2006-12-23, 蘋果日報, E14, 名采論壇, GG細語, 左丁山
為賺錢哪管風波 2006-12-23, 香港經濟日報, C11, 世事, 中環穿梭, 畢流香
地產大王炮製美姐醜聞？ 2006-12-23, 東方日報, A34, 國際, 世界視線, 李集慧
制衡的力量 2006-12-23 信報財經新聞, P26, 文化．書評, 中通外直, 詹德隆
建立國際觀擴闊世界視野 2006-12-22, 星島日報, J12, Job Market, 新鮮人的廿四件事‧Freshman Tips, 袁貺霖
《BusinessWeek》誰是最差老闆？ 2006-12-22, 香港經濟日報, A45, 行政人員, 最新雜誌速遞
中學生營商絕非小兒科 2006-12-23, 信報財經新聞, P22, 經濟．企管, 創作萬花筒, 嚴啟明
十大科學突破法數學家居首 / Offical link 2006-12-23, 星島日報, A21, 國際 ←英美發明「隱身術」

An idea a day:
35. For mini vans in HK, in stead of putting the speed panel within, put it outside.
In order to prevent speeding and avoid accendent, gov require nearly every mini van to acquire proper speed panel for travellers to watchout and a disturbing beep sound would be made when speeding.
This is surely not an effective way, why not make the panel outside, every drivers in the road would know their speed, of course the cops also know.

Comments:

聖誕快樂呀Tim兄~

呢幾日lscpeterman 將會忙到死, 唔會上網架啦~ 幾日之後再見啦~

posted by Anonymous @ Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 10:04:00 PM GMT+8

係唔係有太多女約玩呢？你就好啦！

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 7:22:00 AM GMT+8

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

18/21-12-2006 讀報

11:03 PM 2 comments

風流人物還看昨天 2006-12-19, 蘋果日報, E15, 名采論壇, GG細語, 左丁山
裏外求突破—鄭碧浩 2006-12-21, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 鄭天儀
香港雜誌的盲點 2006-12-20, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 林思華
網絡世界的當年今日 2006-12-18, 信報財經新聞, P32, 理財投資, 時勢微觀, 畢老林
程鼎一傳授3大上位絕技　國泰公關一哥 2006-12-21, 香港經濟日報, A37, 行政人員, 陳靜汶
勢要開發創新科技大學生矽谷取經創業衝出香港 2006-12-21, 頭條日報, P16, 港聞, 新聞故事
日式零食店控制流量最緊要 2006-12-20, 壹本便利, TE030, 創業板, 每週熱BLOG
網上侵權列刑事罪展諮詢　下載一張相可坐監 2006-12-20, 太陽報, A06, 港聞
06' 最佳發明公布 2006-12-19, 新報, C06, 放眼世界
湯禎兆傳媒難得有「腦」 2006-12-18, 文匯報, C02, 副刊讀書人, 黃載言

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An idea a day:
34. Create a unique webpage, recording details of every books from library (public/ university), in addition, provide a add comment features, for people to drop review, notes for the book.
The service can be something like amazon.com, people can find commenatary on every books. People can also browse what a particalar user have written before, rank of importance, popularity and number of comments written can be track back and recorded, for others reference.
Just like any social networking idea in the web2.0 world.

Comments:

裏外求突破—鄭碧浩 2006-12-21, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 鄭天儀

I read this news too~
Its good~!

posted by Anonymous @ Friday, December 22, 2006 at 11:55:00 PM GMT+8

Yaya, about a famous BRA producer story!

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 9:40:00 AM GMT+8

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Monday, December 18, 2006

18-12-2006 讀報

8:37 PM 3 comments

Special:
Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without
Tom Rath / Publisher: Gallup Press (August 1, 2006) - Althought there are tons of books on keeping successful friendship, but this concise guide is straight to the point without much bullshit, and it also remind you some aspect of friendship that you may neglect through the hustle and bustle of life.

Comments:

Really busy, resume on thursday

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 11:51:00 PM GMT+8

努力呀~~

posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 9:03:00 PM GMT+8

OK!

Really want the Christmas come sooner!

posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 11:58:00 PM GMT+8

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

17-12-2006 讀報

9:59 AM 0 comments

科技發展無地域 2006-12-17, 蘋果日報, E09, 名采論壇, GG細語, 左丁山
學生創意飾物膺最佳產品 2006-12-17, 星島日報, A10, 港聞
書要讀得好的日子 2006-12-17, 蘋果日報, E08, 名采論壇, 牛棚讀書記, 梁文道(牛棚書院院長)
林海峰棟篤笑開騷論盡娛圈 2006-12-17, 大公報, B01, 娛樂
美聯社選出　YouTube10大短片 2006-12-17, 蘋果日報, A28, 環球焦點
爬上了，又如何 2006-12-14, 壹週刊, A086, 時事, 非常人語
祖國AV 2006-12-14, 壹週刊, A202, 專欄, 潑墨, 李碧華

Special:
Submit idea - idea_a_day@pookmail.com
If you have any funny/ viable/ revolutionary/ missionary ideas that want to share with others, please feel free to send me the ideas. I will include your name, blog, country along with the idea in this site.
If your idea is selected and published, I will personally give a surprise to YOU!

An idea a day:
33. Setup a website for bands/ individual to view if there are free time slots in pragrammes from several radio stations to play their music at a price.
It is almost a must for radio station to play songs, but most of the songs are given by CDs of record companies. If there are some progrmmes from several stations allow band/ individual to submit a record and pay for a time slot for the air time, it would add another revenue for radio stations, other than the CMs.
The website could allow user to view which stations provide which progrmmes have this features, and which time slot within the programme have the free air time for songs.

Comments:

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

16-12-2006 讀報

9:10 AM 5 comments

電視訪問 2006-12-16, 蘋果日報, E19, 名采論壇, GG細語, 左丁山 ←
誰願當董事？ 2006-12-16, 香港經濟日報, C11, 世事, 中環穿梭, 畢流香 ←佢地好似講緊同一個人！
征服網絡2.0 2006-12-16, 東方日報, A40, 國際, 世界視線
電台主持人是也三頭更六臂聽聲又見人 2006-12-16, 文匯報, C08, 副刊專題
少年奇想創新天 2006-12-16, 明報, K09, 新界東專線, 文化銀幕, 何民傑
齋靠寫作難富裕 2006-12-16, 信報財經新聞, P09, 理財投資, 投資者日記, 曹仁超
港大生巴士上「露械」候判 2006-12-16, 明報, A16, 港聞
刊賣淫廣告「鳳姐」可入罪 2006-12-16, 星島日報, A14, 港聞, 話你知
刷牙抽煙講電話 - 《陽光小小姐》 2006-12-16, 明報, D11, 時代, 七齣好戲, 簡冬娜
喜劇的五種技巧 2006-12-01, 茶杯, 110-111

Special:
Snap.com - a funny rollover notice for links in website, an example: 網絡暴民
Asian game show funny games December 16, 2006, Jan's Tech Blog
Excitations.com - Without any idea on the gift for Christmas? Click in, there are a lot "experience-gifts" for you to choose, ranging from Hang Gliding, Hot Air Balloon Ride to suba diving, really interesting.

An idea a day:
32. Deveop an online/SMS service, to act as a reminder of important date.
Just like the birthday reminder service in ICQ, the reminder can be setted online, then when the date come, a SMS can be sent to your cellphone, to prompt for actions. The mechanism can be like MSN mobile.

Comments:

應該話左丁山同畢流香係同一個人.

posted by Anonymous @ Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 6:04:00 PM GMT+8

原來添哥係版主. 失覺晒. 請繼續努力啊. you really read widely.

posted by Anonymous @ Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:38:00 AM GMT+8

Yes, I like reading v. much, but after graduated and get work, have much less time and effort for that.

Other than news, I like to read books, and del.icio.us record down all my read-log.

We can share ideas if we have read same/similar books!

posted by Tim @ Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 10:52:00 AM GMT+8

clicked the link of above. there are two thousands something entries. what does it mean? meant that you've read more than two thousands entries? pls tell me how can I leave my e-mail to you in private. if feasible, it would be nice to chat via mails.

posted by Anonymous @ Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 12:51:00 PM GMT+8

Hello Exactly as you say.

posted by Anonymous @ Friday, August 5, 2011 at 8:18:00 AM GMT+8

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Friday, December 15, 2006

15-12-2006 讀報

11:15 PM 4 comments

YO Park創新派娛樂消費　唱K跳舞攀石夾Band任玩 2006-11-09, 香港經濟日報, A16, 商業, 黃靖玢、馮穎欣
科技投資 2006-12-15, 香港經濟日報, C13, 世事, 中環穿梭, 畢流香
用方程式玩金錢遊戲 2006-12-15, 信報財經新聞, P37, 副刊, 面對面, 林思華
七成銷售員感到被歧視 2006-12-15, 成報, A13, 港聞

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An idea a day:
31. Develop a website like youtube, for user to upload essential sound effect recording for personal use.
The sound effect recording can be like: cinema, musical, thurder, ferry, airport, car horn/ conjection etc. People can phone others, at the same time play the sound they like, to mimic and make other believe they are at a specific place, other than their home!
One example: When you oversleep in the morning, you can phone your boss and tell him that you will be late, as you are in a desperate car conjestion, while you are talking, play the car horn in your computer, this will make your boss to believe your case!

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1/12 那個post 無回你唔好意思

Lex Column依家我日日都有睇, 雖然唔係真係識佢講那些公司, 但係一路睇一路擴闊下我呢隻井底蛙o既井口,都唔錯

posted by Anonymous @ Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 12:24:00 AM GMT+8

thx for yr sharing

posted by Anonymous @ Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 9:49:00 AM GMT+8

It is also my pleasure to meet you guys!

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 10:13:00 AM GMT+8

To lsc:

Yeah, I agree, without the background, I find it quite difficult to understand and read between the lines in LEX.

But it certainly broaden horizon.

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 10:30:00 AM GMT+8

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

11/14-12-2006 讀報

8:56 PM 6 comments

經濟學家「學而優不仕」 2006-12-14, 信報財經新聞, P28, 理財投資, 時勢微觀, 畢老林
棟篤玩味人生 2006-12-14, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 鄭天儀
彩票富翁們的秘密人生 2006-12-13, 東方日報, A38, 國際, 世界視線, 李集慧
《華日》「瘦身」為讀者？ 2006-12-11, 信報財經新聞, P28, 理財投資, 時勢微觀
丹麥的示範 2006-12-11, 都市日報, P37, 副刊, 兵器譜, 梁文道、邵家臻
豐資深HR 剔出學生見工死穴 2006-12-14, 香港經濟日報, A45, 行政人員, 陳靜汶
blog種商機大趨勢　200萬網民的啟示 2006-12-11, 香港經濟日報, A52, 企業管理, 潮流大賣場, 陳淑儀
AIA聘3000人保險銀行爭挖角 2006-12-13, 香港經濟日報, A04, 要聞, 曾桂芬
GP 「綠色生活由我做起—環保機械人大賽」學生顯創意 2006-12-12, 明報, C03, 時尚名人
IT人林永君一個概念值千萬　專從垃圾掘金商家「打本」建網站 2006-12-11, 香港經濟日報, A30, 港聞
地鐵自助書機深雪：販賣噱頭 2006-12-11, 蘋果日報, E10, One fine day ←我真係out到云！
男人本色 2006-12-14, 明報, D07, 時代, 極度大男人, 阿寬 ←記得我在台灣買了這書
新井一二三生活在東京 2006-12-12, 明報, D02, 旅遊, 旅遊書話, 郭瑋瑋

An idea a day:
29. For the sit-type toilet, create a petal at the floor near the toilet, if we press on it, the seat of the toilet will be raise, just like the kind of rubbish bin, if we press the petal, the top cover will raise.
This help people to raise the seat without any direct touch with it. For those "shower-like" old old man, as they usually involuntarily can not aim perfectly at the target, this product can encourage them to keep the toilet clean, especially for the public one, like those in office/ school.

Comments:

The loading speed just like dying!

This is the longest time for reading newspapers, about 2hrs.

posted by Tim @ Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 10:06:00 PM GMT+8

Haha, just discovered that the idea today should be the 30th, as idea#8 has doubled.

posted by Tim @ Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 10:50:00 PM GMT+8

tim, do you regularly check who keeps a link to your blog? I am afraid I don't bring you much traffic. Really appreciate your news clippings. Keep it up.

posted by nemo @ Friday, December 15, 2006 at 8:58:00 AM GMT+8

Actually not so frequently, I just go to technorati, search for Orangedays, then the links will go up!

posted by Anonymous @ Friday, December 15, 2006 at 9:14:00 AM GMT+8

I got rejected by HSBC right after submission of the application form. Really can't figure out what kind of people they're looking for.
My semester break starts. I'm in mainland, but can see your updates, haha.

posted by cat_dog_and_chocolates @ Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 10:04:00 PM GMT+8

Yaya...HSBC's requirement sucks, some of my friends are the MT, but I cant see they are so complenent, just so-so.

Hope you have a nice journey!

posted by Anonymous @ Monday, December 18, 2006 at 11:40:00 AM GMT+8

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

12-12-2006

9:43 PM 2 comments

Gifts.com Shop by personality, you can choose the catagory that your friend may be in, then gift.com will suggest some funny things to you. Think of the business model, it brillants.

There is always a cliche for people who wish to develop their own company: They want to develop a gift shop that sell tailor-made/ funny/ interesting things from japan/ US/ UK for birthday/ seasonal festivals. They all fail as they need not only source the funny things, but they also need to act as a distributor. In gifts.com, the model is simple, no need to sell anything, just make people click in the discription, then the source company will compete the sale, and gifts.com will earn ad fee.

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Tim兄,今日唔知你倨log瀏覽人次會唔會直線上升呢?你老友Joyce在人在中環留言推介呢度wor!

點都好, 多d人留意你d得意ideas同正news, 係一件好事

posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 7:35:00 AM GMT+8

haha, thx

posted by Anonymous @ Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 9:15:00 AM GMT+8

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

10-12-2006 讀報

10:08 AM 1 comments

Second Life建立超現實世界 2006-12-10, 蘋果日報, B07, 金錢要理, 矽谷手記
青年紅 2006-12-10, 明報, P20, 讀書, 新潮流, 劉詠芝
他們為什麼教書？ 2006-12-10, 明報, P22, 讀書, 教育最前線 Education, 何玉芬
YouTube雙雄創新天地「第二生命」熱爆網絡 06政經回顧奇聞優劣見高低 2006-12-10, 文匯報, A12, 國際新聞
甜品特許店鬥煮意 2006-12-10, 東方日報, B04, 產經
旅遊網月搵過百萬 2006-12-10, 東方日報, B04, 產經
文字慾 2006-12-10, 蘋果日報, E10, 名采論壇, 字作廣告電影, 畢明(廣告腦作總監影評人)

An idea a day:
28. Create a website that is full of advertisement, may be like million dollar homepage/ pixellote, but all the ads fee will go to charity.
Charity always find it v. difficult for them to raise $$, may be they are confined in the traditional mind: No pain No gain, so they always raise fund by labour intensive, low efficiency way like flags/ tickets selling, especially recuiting the handicapped or v. old people to do this job, as a act to persuade people to donate. But I think this is a turture to them.
If the website exist and is popular, the ad fee will be hugh, since the setup fee is low, the administrative fee is virtually zero, no labour, no sweat and pain, and the most important is: surfer need not donate anything, the only thing needed is to click into it, then charity can gain!

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Business trip to mainland, resume update on Thrusday

posted by Tim @ Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 8:51:00 PM GMT+8

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Saturday, December 09, 2006

8/9-12-2006 讀報

9:15 AM 5 comments

深思熟慮惟行之不易的「報告」 2006-12-08, 信報財經新聞, P14, 時事評論, 林行止專欄, 林行止
M&A Failure　華資併購外資跨國路遙遙 2006-12-08, 香港經濟日報, A60, 行政人員, Global Watcher, 劉奇明
「大肚腩」食垃圾 / The BigBelly Cordless Compaction System 2006-12-08, 香港經濟日報, A60, 行政人員, 吳曉怡、陳靜汶
2006商界Best &Worst 2006-12-09, 東方日報, B12, 產經
《發明大Show-Off》大賣美國夢 2006-12-08, 香港經濟日報, C20, 影視樂, 電視, 鄺素媚
(Paris Je Tam'ime)《我愛巴黎》有喜有悲的巴黎情懷 2006-12-09, 星島日報, D15, 娛樂, 電光幻影, 徐其

Special:
FlexibleLove 台灣科技大學學生設計開發的環保紙椅，真的很神奇!

An idea a day:
27. Design an ad that will show up when you are right clicking in browsing website.
You must have experience that some websites will block the right click, may be with a popup notice that say "right click is prohibited".
The reason why people need to right click is that, they want to copy and paste something, either a link or a paragraph. If this program will redirect the popup to your client website, it will help earning ad fee by click rate.
If your website provide v. useful content, in addition to the inefficient google adsense, right click ads will have a much more click rate for sure.

Comments:

Hey, that's really nice blog. Great idea to gather the most interesting news clippings of the day and showcase your bright idea. I am about to see Paris Je t'aime. Wonderful to know the review.
http://catandchocolate.spaces.live.com/

posted by cat_dog_and_chocolates @ Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 9:07:00 PM GMT+8

Thx for your comment, if you have any opinions on the ideas, feel free to post comments.

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 9:36:00 PM GMT+8

Are you in the advertising field? I like reading Longyin review, they are really funny and interesting!

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 9:40:00 PM GMT+8

Haha, I'm still a student taking a master program in university.

posted by cat_dog_and_chocolates @ Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 12:31:00 AM GMT+8

I am also a graduate this year, but I am working now.

Haha, your grad photos are nice!

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 9:48:00 AM GMT+8

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Thursday, December 07, 2006

7-12-2006 讀報

8:48 PM 0 comments

人生快樂五大秘訣 2006-12-07, 東方日報, A40, 國際, 世界視線
刺繡牛王＠香港 2006-12-07, 信報財經新聞, P31, 副刊, 面對面, 鄭天儀
Jamie Hewlett 跨媒界大合奏 2006-12-07, 香港經濟日報, A45, 行政人員, 成功學堂, 郭立新
收費電視轉駁不犯法手帳3G電話隨時收看 2006-12-07, 明報, A10, 港聞
《Zag》教創品牌勁讚Mini仔　商業周刊選10大創意好書 2006-12-07, 香港經濟日報, A23, 國際動態, 吳穎文
一個人一個故事：華女英語短篇集奪獎 2006-12-07, 蘋果日報, A26, 世界風情
神奇小子新搞作　睇網隨時贏780萬 2006-12-07, 東方日報, A39, 國際

Special:
The next little thing FORTUNE Small Business, November 29 2006, Jeff Garigliano, Cynthia Barnett, Dan Drollette and Amy Stewart ←Pay special attention to "An ATM for books"!
OK GO! You Tube ←next hit things in Sweden, Offical site

An idea a day:
26. Suggest District councilors in HK to develop strategic partnership with commodity distributors, like supermarket/ convienent stores etc, to issue coupons/ discount on their promotional flyers.
Every morning, when I walk down the street to go to work, I see some district councilors giving out black and white, boring flyers, saying what they are fighting for us, what they want to express, etc.
Although the councilors are v. actively and eagerly giving out the flyers, not many people, include me, seems interested and receive one. This happens, as there are no incentive for passerby to do so, but what if the flyers can give benefits to us?
I am sure no many people interested in nickel and dime, but I think it may be a way for councilors to attract C9's attention.

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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

6-12-2006 讀報

8:35 PM 0 comments

輝瑞新藥滑鐵盧一夜蒸發180億 2006-12-06, 蘋果日報, B06, 財經要聞, 案內人隨筆, 尹思哲 ←Long time no trade this la!
活在當下計劃未來 2006-12-06, 信報財經新聞, P28, 理財投資, 時勢微觀, 畢老林
知死才知生 2006-12-06, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 面對面, 健吾
維珍過億翻身贏一籌　爭奪商務客戰況激 2006-12-06, 香港經濟日報, A42, 企業管理, 商贏智慧, 劉奇明
官僚打壓規條配合不了創新 2006-12-06, 香港經濟日報, A12, 專版
麥當勞開設rGYM　單車機電子籃球兒童邊吃邊運動 2006-12-06, 蘋果日報, A29, 環球焦點

An idea a day:
25. Design a software to spell check text message in SMS.
It can help ppl like me, who like to SMS in english, but always spell things wrong, to express and communicate more effective to others.

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

5-12-2006 讀報

8:05 AM 0 comments

來路無線平安鐘 2006-12-05, 信報財經新聞, P29, 副刊, 解碼, 狄高
石油政治抬頭油價跌而復升 2006-12-05, 信報財經新聞, P12, 時事評論, 林行止專欄, 林行止
Thomas Heatherwick 空間設計新晉 2006-12-05, 香港經濟日報, A41, 行政人員, 成功學堂, 郭立新
保加利亞廢王創業版 2006-12-05, am730, M10, 新聞, AVANT GARDE CAFE, 沈旭暉

Special:
Alzheimer's store: selling household applications that is specially designed for patients of Alzheimer store. The design of some is really creative.

An idea a day (medic week):
24. Develop a website for comparison of features and prices of pills.
In HK, after you consult a doctor, you will be given some medicine, for better clinic, they will explain which pill is responsible for which ailments, for the worse, they only give you a pack of pills and on the cover, you will find the name of the pills.
For patients who are consious about their health, they would like to know what they are taking, if taken, will there be any side/bad effects, and for patients who are $$ conscious, they want to know the margin/cost of pills, thus what the doctors are earning. By knowing the price, people can choose doctor by calculating in their interest.
This website can let people to check the function of different pills, give the retail price of the pill, compare price for similar pills of the same function from different pharmaceutical companies.

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Monday, December 04, 2006

4-12-2006 讀報

9:58 PM 1 comments

墨家思想營商創業易守業難 2006-12-04, 明報, B11, MONEY MONDAY, 財經書評, 陸振球
國家的品格 2006-12-04, 信報財經新聞, P16, 副刊, 面對面, 健吾
我問你答：我是成年人的天堂 2006-12-04, 蘋果日報, A18, 論壇, 我問你答
圖書館爆滿八大擬建聯校藏庫 2006-12-04, 明報, A14, 港聞, 特稿
無線射頻助找書提還書 2006-12-04, 明報, A14, 港聞

Special:
43次日落 Flickr - Photos that can enlighten your life!

An idea a day (medic week):
23. Develop a website controling phone/mobile phone, to remind people to take which pills at what time, in SMS / record voice format.
For chronic old patients, they may have several big packs of different pills, which is administored by doctor for a month or several, the pills may be of different effects and should be taken on time and at exact time. For old patients, they easily fall into one of the following: 1. Forget to take at all. 2. Eat the right pill at wrong time 3. Eat the wrong pill at wrong pill 4. Eat pills at wrong interval, eg. 3 dose within a hour for pills that should be eaten twice a day.
To prevent this from happening, doctors/ social worker/ patients' relative, can set the time and a discription of the color, size and shape of the pills on a website, then when time comes, recorded voice will play and notice the patients.
For v. busy and absent-minded patients, this can also be a useful application.

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Tomorrow is my graduation day~

posted by Tim @ Monday, December 4, 2006 at 10:58:00 PM GMT+8

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Sunday, December 03, 2006

3-12-2006 讀報

8:59 AM 0 comments

黑社會之紙上作業 2006-12-03, 明報, P22, 讀書, 風吹草動, 陸鈞
有預謀盜撮猖獗靚女小心！ 2006-12-03, 蘋果日報, G01, 夜生活, 風俗一番街 ←不喜勿入！
我的創業心得：咖啡店特許經營擴版圖 2006-12-03, 東方日報, B04, 產經
窮爸偷玩具痛哭求饒 2006-12-03, 東方日報, A20, 港聞
How to Succeed in 2007 Business 2.0. San Francisco: Dec 2006. Vol. 7, Iss. 11; p. 85, Carleen Hawn, Susanna Hamner, Erick Schonfeld. ←Selected articles from FRED WILSON, EDGAR BRONFMAN JR., KEVIN ROSE, TIM O'REILLY, MUHAMMAD YUNUS
New Year's Revolutions Business 2.0. San Francisco: Dec 2006. Vol. 7, Iss. 11; p. 109, Chris Taylor
First Book Fast Company. Boston: Dec 2006/Jan 2007. p. 80, Cheryl Dahle.

An idea a day (medi week):
22. Develop a website like Toeat.com, stating the exact the location of every clinics and hospitals, in addition, like Santa Monica Parking Lots, showing the waiting list number for patients.
When you are after school/ work/ fresh to your new house, touch wood, you sudden feel there is a need to consult doctor immediately, you do not care the doctor you see is fresh to you, but you really want to see doctor without any delay, then this website is perfect for you.
The website can also give additional information like fee, insurance policy, working hours, which doctor can you find in the clinics, etc.
This website can earn $$ by ad fee / doctor's listing fee, like prostitutes in sex141.com. The model of sex141.com is really interesting and can earn, set aside the moral things.

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Saturday, December 02, 2006

1/2-12-2006 讀報

5:42 PM 4 comments

USB rechargable cell Dec 1, 2006 07:04 PM, Make magazine, Phillip Torrone ←The most ingenious thing that I have seen in the year!
The Venture Capital Aptitude Test (VCAT) November 29, 2006, How to Change the World, Guy Kawasaki
U好鬼好賣 2006-12-01, 香港經濟日報, C13, 世事, 關人馬事, 活力先生
聽書癡一席話　為舊書平反 2006-12-01, 香港經濟日報, C05, 閱讀, 蕭曉華
快圖美藍海求生記　傳統沖曬利潤微 2006-12-01, 香港經濟日報, A60, 企業管理, 潮流大賣場, 李如虹
患者100萬！教你打通便秘 2006-12-01, 忽然一周, SW130, 開心家庭, 健康專線
PCCW 1 December 2006, Financial Times, London Ed1, Page 18, LEX COLUMN ←lscpeterman, dont know whether you have read this or not? I will try to read more FT and WSJ.

An idea a day:
21. To make a whirl mixers for medicines in hospitals/clinics, shred and mixed different medicines and make into one pills.
For old patients, they may be v. absent mind / with a little lack in hand control / have a tendancy to pick up and eat the wrong pills, may find it difficult to pick the correct pills from severals. If every time consult a doctor, patients will only get one type of pill, this will make patient more efficent and more easy to pick the correct one. Make a unique pills curing unqiue symtoms from patients.

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Dont know why I often tumble over recently, this is the third times! It hurts!

posted by Tim @ Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 9:05:00 PM GMT+8

經濟幾時學埋東方、蘋果咁hardsell自己產品呀。低檔左些。

posted by Anonymous @ Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 5:05:00 AM GMT+8

活力先生週不時都係咁！石sir都成日講經濟通la‧

不過UMag都幾好睇gei‧

posted by Tim @ Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 8:51:00 AM GMT+8

其實蘋果係唔會hardsell壹傳媒集團內的product, 姊妹magazine想在蘋果sell?得, 俾$買廣告啦(while, 其他magazine都可以在蘋果登)呢個係佢地culture

至於經濟就,唉, 唔駛我講啦, Tim兄都講左

posted by Anonymous @ Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 12:07:00 AM GMT+8

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