Month: November 2005

  • Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign

    Thus, the differences between Redesigners and Realigners might be summarized as follows: The desire to redesign is aesthetic-driven, while the desire to realign is purpose-driven. One approach seeks merely to refresh, the other aims to fully reposition and may or may not include a full refresh. (Note that by “reposition,” I mean strategy and not physical location or dimensions.)

    Don’t get me wrong—I too have played the role of typical Redesigner at times. We’re all entitled to throw caution to the wind and redesign as a means of staying on top of one’s game (e.g. redesign contests and portfolio sites). And besides, we can’t bear the full brunt of the blame—we’re creatives first, strategists (and info architects and project managers and coders and everything else under the sun) second. But I worry persistent redesigning with little cause often serves to promote only proprietary creativity, doing much to educate one in the hows of redesigning but little in the whys of realigning.

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  • Upgrade Touch n Go Card

    Have you upgrade your Touch n Go Card? I posted the card upgrade some time ago, and I went upgrade yesterday. Just took about … 30 sec @ KL Sentral.

    Better go upgrade earlier, else kena people honk like hell.. malu..

  • Community Messages

    Read some cool community messages!

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  • Windows XP Chinese Input

    Beside using Chinese Star type chinese character “吊你”, you also can use Windows XP Chinese Input, but the configuration required Windows XP installation CD.

    Follow the step below..

    Go to Control Panel, and select Regional and Languages Options.

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  • Chen Seong and Lee Mei Wedding

    Yesterday was my cousin wedding, time flies, very FAST!

    Last time I still remember my cousin korek me woke up watching World Cup in year 1994, I was still in primary school, dunno what is world cup, but he scare ghost, me and Ah Wei woke up in the mid night teman him.

    Then later he went to Ipoh further study… Finished study, back Penang work and until today.. Walau.. Fast leh! But he was a happy man yesterday, married a beautifull 表嫂 back home 🙂

    Woke up early morning “gel” hair and ready to 接新娘!

    Some nice photos in the bed room and living room

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