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Monthly Archive for May, 2006

AdAdvantage K2 scheme updated

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Ken
on 30 May, 2006
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adAdvantageThe AdAdvantage K2 scheme has been updated to sync with files from K2 beta revision 360.

A major change in this release is the addition of blocks.
All my google ad codes and replace them with empty block file. These files are collected in the blocks folder instead of scattering about the k2 main folder.

To add your own ad blocks or other content, simply edit the corresponding block file. And it will appear where you want it.

To change position of the blocks, edit header.php, footer.php or sidebar.php.

Enjoy!

I am a Weekend Blogger

Published
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Ken
on 29 May, 2006
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(Actually, he is the real weekendblogger, I just blog on weekend.)

One thing I had learnt from maintaining a few blogs is that time is never available when you need to write a post.

When you have not blogged for a few days and felt you need to put in an entry, you have no time.
When you have time and wanted to write a post, you think, “I just did this morning, save it for another day“.

9rules consider consistency as an important trait of a good blog. Some think that daily blogging is a bad idea. To me a regularly updated blog feels flesh and shows effort.

One method that I found effective is to just write when I have the time and save then as draft. So in the weekend when I have a little more time, I write as many entries as I can. Some complete, some partial. These serve as my ammo when I need to get a post out.

Is scheduled post a good idea? Should blog post be instantaneously published?

links for May 22 - 28

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Ken
on 29 May, 2006
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This week’s surfing. Plenty of surfing this week, mostly blog, server, opensource related.

Continue reading ‘links for May 22 - 28′

A day in the life of 59ideas

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Ken
on 27 May, 2006
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Following the refocus of this blog to present a more personal account, here is a glimpse of what keep me occupied.

  • 8am start of a new day
  • 9am - 6pm day job, in between managing staffs, client meeting and supplier negotiation - surf the net, finding new ideas, update blog
  • 8pm - 3am home, online time, work on blog and other online projects
  • 11pm - 12am family time

Can I have more hours?

Finally Yahoo Mail Beta

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Ken
on 26 May, 2006
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As I was going into my Yahoo Mail (a few times a week affair), lo and behold!

Yahoo Mail Beta

Finally, after months of waiting to try it after reading about it on Jeremy Zawodny’s blog. That was in September 2005. PCMag already did a review back then.
My first impression, impressive! The user interface sure beat Google’s GMail by miles.

The RSS reader as mentioned by TechCrunch is very useful. I do not read RSS much because of the hassle (yes I know, it’s only me). Integrating RSS with the email reader is a perfect solution.

One thing sorely lacking in GMail is a good usable address book. Google Calendar also has some catching up to do.

But for one thing and one thing only I sticking to GMail - GMail allows me to reply using different identity. I had all my mail consolidated in GMail and reply to them using identity. It’s a breeze.

Reintroduce and refocus

Published
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Ken
on 25 May, 2006
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Thank you for visiting!

Visitors has steadily increase since 59ideas started new year 2006. It is an opportune time to reintroduce this blog and at the same time refocus, both for the readers and myself.

A little background.

59ideas started as a companion to my 2006 project to achieve revenue online. First started on WordPress.com, it was move to it’s own domain because access to wordpress.com is blocked in China. (Yes I live in China.)

At the same time another blog was started to keep track of my project at From 0 to Independence. This too had move to it’s own domain and rename Seeking Revenue.

Since then I has started a few more sites (like Ken and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) and got in many things (way too many).

At the same time, my physical business (no, I’m not a full-time blogger) had improved (a good thing!) and little time is left for the online project.

As you can see many of the posts are now just my del.icio.us bookmarks.

So what is the focus of this blog? More importantly, what should be the focus?

Continue reading ‘Reintroduce and refocus’

links for May 15-21

Published
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Ken
on 22 May, 2006
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Only time for some surfing and no blogging lately.

Continue reading ‘links for May 15-21′

How to land a job at Google?

Published
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Ken
on 18 May, 2006
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Do you want to work at Google?

Nowaday the surest way to land a job at Google is to do something that catches their attention and have Google acquire you.

We had already seen it happened to Writely. The latest (which may not be by the time I write this) is Gtalkr (see also list of sites ending with “r”) according to news from the horses mouth. TechCrunch spoke to Gtalkr founder and gained some insights.

The Gtalkr team, Dudley Carr and Wes Carr, now pursue new projects as Google employees.

Meebo perhaps has lost a chance. Or will Google do a MeasureMap again?

We already know that Sean, the developer of Gaim, works for Google on Google Talk.

Start thinking. What else does Google still need?