DAHON is one of the very few companies that I fall in love with after just one purchase. Check out their philosophies and history, support center and photo gallery. One of the best websites I have seen: score 10 out of 10 in almost every aspect!

So looking forward to riding my Mµ P8 this weekend! Badminton + table tennis + tennis + biking … very challenging day!

I thoroughly enjoyed tonight’s Web Wednesday Social Mixer as the guest speaker is Kenneth Kong, BD Director - Digital Media for IMG, the company that invented sports marketing. I’ve always loved sports, and combining sports with digital media sounds a perfect match for me. Any one needs a sport website done?

I did not know about WIF WebJam until last month from a very small article in newspaper. It sounded like a really cool idea so my colleagues and I signed up! Last night we started at 9 pm and just finished two hours ago. During the whole time I only took a 2-hour nap (but ate a LOT). Actually this is the first webdesign competition I’ve ever participated after working in this field for almost a decade, I do hope that we could win, but even if we can’t we are proud of ourselves. Check out our entry, the topic this year is “Water Is Life”.

Other entries from Hong Kong:

mmac | rgb | biztech_hk | PC Holic

過去的一個星期真係忙到癲！日日都要開會，最勁一日四個，個個都要準備同跟進，加埋電話、email、IM、自己公司開會，夜晚都做埋野都係做極都唔完！連續兩日瞓得三個鐘之後，我身體終於發警號：狂出暗瘡、喉嚨痛、失憶、腳痛 … 好彩大部分的工作死線都總算趕得上，呢個weekend應該可以抖一抖，即係野照做，但不用開夜。

經濟氣氛大好(甚至有點過熱)，間間公司都忙，我都唔例外。但係錢又點會賺得完？咁既環境，最難就係say no，資源同時間都有限，要決定做乜唔做乜絕對係大挑戰。好多時我只有好少時間去決定，錯係難免的，但我覺得有得面對呢種挑戰係非常幸福！正如人地話既 happy problem。其實我每日都想：好生意的日子還有多久呢？基本上由2003年開始自僱後我每日都想這個問題，可能正是這種「危機感」可以令我更珍惜現在，更享受工作上的點滴。

離溫哥華假期還有：10 天

眨下眼就十年！時間過得超快，我唔認老都唔得，幾個月前發現自己開始有白頭髮！天啊 ….

十年前呢個時候我做緊乜呢，我應該係灣仔返緊暑期工，等緊A-Level放榜。份工係舊生會的老校友介紹的，係一間叫O & T做玻璃工程的小公司裡做filing clerk，月薪五千，返五日半, 還記得老細話會展新翼Ｄ玻璃我地都有份做架,幾威呀！我永遠都會記得四月廿一日呢個日子，就係我考最後一科那日，我第二日就開始返工，想掙多Ｄ錢，第一個月一出糧就去298買了我第一部scanner, 夜晚就狂scan相，自己學HTML整網頁。Filing clerk 的工作都幾無聊，我懷疑佢地都無乜所謂我file得啱唔啱，成班同事都忙到死，我諗當年佢地要趕起會展新翼個project俾中英雙方搞香港主權移交儀式都幾大壓力，佢地好驚唔知邊個領導人行過會俾玻璃跌落黎整親,好彩無事！;-)

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上年十月我有幸認識到幾個香港 Web 2.0的中堅分子，想唔到短短大半年間香港的 Web 2.0 發展迅速，計計埋埋已有一打, 今晚更會聚首一堂 chit chat 一番, 多得Uta發起和籌備。

雖然我自己做website 搵食，但係一直都無搞任何 Web 2.0，原因好簡單：就係做公司的projects都忙死。做一個 product 同做 project 好唔同，唔係話跟 spec 做完就得，就算係熟手技工，好快做到出來又如何，而家講全球競爭，一定要日以繼夜咁不停改進，又要兼顧marketing同support, 少D心力同財力都無可能。所以見到這呢班咁有 heart 的年青人對Web的熱誠和成績，真係打從心底裡佩服（又羨慕）！

今日下午滂沱大雨，我係中環塞緊車時，竟然聽到收音機裡講起 EditGrid, aNobii 同Recruit.net！ 我拿拿臨「豎起」耳仔聽，原來係香港電台第二台的《 e 個 世 界 》講Webby Awards。連香港的大眾傳播媒體都提，我諗真係要多謝巴士阿叔同YouTube。

好多人都睇小香港的I.T., 我同意香港未必係做科研的理想地方，但我反而睇好做 Web 這方面的發展。原因有幾個：

• 做 Web 的成本同技術門檻都不高，容易開始，正一「小本經營」
• 香港人夠快、夠靈活又心急，做 Web 都幾適合
• 而家做 Web 要「面向世界」，香港人慣晒兩文三語，搞多語言(multi-lingual)有優勢
• 經過二千年的科網泡沬，大家都踏實了許多，去蕪存菁，有利長遠的健康發展

當然，我意思唔係話搞 Web 就會賺大錢（係我就發左啦！），「睇好」意思係如果意念好又實行到的話，應該係一門做得過的生意／工作。其實個市場越成熟，就越難賺大錢 (windfall), 真係好有熱誠的人先會鍥而不捨咁一路堅持做落去，而呢股熱誠，並不是靠一個虛無漂渺的「發達可能」撐落去的，最後如果真係賺大錢，也只是美妙的by-product。

For forward-thinking web design and development professionals, @media, one of the world’s foremost and well-received web design conferences, comes to the Asia for the first time on May 31st and June 1st.

The influential speakers include Dave Shea, Molly Holzschlag, Shawn Henry, Jeremy Keith, Patrick Griffiths, Andy Budd and Nate Koechley. All profits made from @media Asia will go to Oxfam Hong Kong and WWF China.

Early bird prices are available, a further price reduction has been added for bookings made before Tuesday 27th February (that’s Today!). Discounted tickets for students have also been added, as has a referral programme whereby a free ticket will be given away for every five successful registrations referred.

Very rarely I would skip my regular tennis session on Saturday, and today is such a special day.

There is a Web 2.0 workshop organized by Dr. Andy Chun at the City University of Hong Kong, featuring speakers from Hong Kong Web 2.0 startups like EditGrid, aNobii, Bullpoo and Wazhua. So how could I miss it?

It was great seeing David, Simon and Mingles again and get the chance to meet some new friends. The attendance and atmosphere were not bad at all, and I found that I shared a lot in common with the speakers’ views on starting/running a business. Actually a few days ago I gave a short talk on entrepreneurship for AIESEC at the University of Hong Kong. The main theme of my talk was “Passion”, and the same word was mentioned many times today again. This is hardly a coincidence and I’ll be talking about this more very soon.

Through the connections of Angus and Greg, I had the privilege to meet up with a group of talented folks tonight. They include David from EditGrid, Edwyn from BlogKu, Frank from She.com, Mingles from Entrepreneur.hk, and Simon, Kevin and Bernard from Bullpoo.

Before we had dinner, they visited BeansBox Studio in Stanley Street, and we had a great time chatting, drinking and eating the whole night.

Thanks to Ryan Carson’s article on Vitamin, I finally realize why I feel bad for spending so much time online. The recent bubbles of web2.0 have at least doubled the time I used to spend on “random surfing” - something which I deem necessary for keeping myself updated with the latest trends and technologies in the industry. I have not only had difficulty controlling myself jumping from one blog to another endlessly, I have also found myself lost in the sea of various social software because I signed up with almost anything I stumbled upon. Ryan is right:

One thing’s for sure, in my experience once you get to the “career stage” of your life everthing changes. You’re looking to simplify your life and solve your current problems. In a way, you have to become more selfish with your time. If something doesn’t directly help you, your family, or those you love, it’s probably going to fall to the bottom of your priorities.

Simplify your life, how powerful these three words are! This is exactly what I have in mind for years (without knowing it!). These are a few things on my to-do list to achieve this goal:

* Check email only once every 30 mins (as opposed to every 5 mins).
* Login to social software LinkedIn, Friendster, Flickr, aNobii and a bunch of others only once a week or when new message arrives.
* Disregard all “check out this funny website / photo / movie” emails during office hours.
* Limit the reading of blogs / forum / online magazines (whether work-related or not) to a maximum of 14 hours per week. If it’s a really good article, print it and read it on the bus or train.
* Outsource the ironing work to my part-time cleaning lady, no kidding, ironing takes me 5 hours per week!

Inevitably, I found some really good ones that fit into my “selfish timetable” so I probably won’t cut time from using them:

* Basecamp - project management tool at work.
* Gmail - necessity, but I don’t use any gmail notifier

Oh, almost forgot, Happy Birthday to my brother Henry!

To Henry: Hey dude, you’re extremely lucky that I didn’t sell my PowerBook. As soon as you find someone in Sydney to take back your soaked iBook to Hong Kong, I’d let you have my PowerBook. Good luck!