Some said that this is a better Da Vinci's Code. I sort of based my purchase on that comment, but I would have to say that Da Vinci‘s Code makes a better reading than this. By itself, it's not a bad story, I at least had the patience to finish all 900 something pages. I just expected more, perhaps more backstories on the antagonist and his minions. Also with 900 odd pages, I didn't expected the ending to be so sudden. A lot of pent-up suspense in the first 2/3 of novel sort of went to waste, in my opinion. Overall, I still marginally recommend this book. Won't disappoint you but won't thrill you either.
2008-12-16
2008-12-12
New Game!
最近迷上的棒球遊戲...
プロ野球チームをつくろう！ONLINE 2
記得3年前來日本的時候
在arcade看到了這個遊戲：
Baseball Heroes
馬上就迷上了... 瘋狂的玩
去年在日本intern的時候也是一直玩
回去甚至有用這個idea做了一個feasibility study.
(結果是可以做， 可是我沒人沒錢...)
不過Baseball Heroes麻煩的是卡會一直累積，處理上很麻煩
而且只能上arcade玩， 今年有了家室之後就很難自己在arcade混個一天
這次發現了野球つく。 其實去年我就有看過了， 可是那時候只會日本版， 又是會員制
一時裝不起來就沒興趣再研究
這次在銀狐家發現野球つく已經變成freemium. 就決定抓下來玩玩
一玩不得了， 已經掉入錢坑了。。。
不過現在的工作多少也跟web services有關
就把他當作是research吧
野球つく的freemium model我覺得做的不錯
在某個地方看過， freemium 的priciple是 not pay for access, but for service.
Free user基本上可以access所有的球員，
而paid user可以購買一些特別的功能， 重要的是這些功能不會upset the game balance too much. 所以free user不會感到太挫折而不玩
Payment Methods 也很容易(以日本玩家而言), 金額也不高。
應該是可以吸引到很多Players
能不能賺錢的重點應該是"顧客群"
日本用PC上網的人跟其他先進國家比起來是(比率)低的, 那是因為日本手機上網太發達， 日本人反而沒有incentive待在家裡上網。 可是日本broadband的品質是一級的(BT隨便跑就是1.5MB/sec)
所以對野球つく來講，PC的顧客群到底夠嗎， 還是需要go mobile?
如果有mobile版的話， 我只能確定我會花更多錢 XD
プロ野球チームをつくろう！ONLINE 2
記得3年前來日本的時候
在arcade看到了這個遊戲：
Baseball Heroes
馬上就迷上了... 瘋狂的玩
去年在日本intern的時候也是一直玩
回去甚至有用這個idea做了一個feasibility study.
(結果是可以做， 可是我沒人沒錢...)
不過Baseball Heroes麻煩的是卡會一直累積，處理上很麻煩
而且只能上arcade玩， 今年有了家室之後就很難自己在arcade混個一天
這次發現了野球つく。 其實去年我就有看過了， 可是那時候只會日本版， 又是會員制
一時裝不起來就沒興趣再研究
這次在銀狐家發現野球つく已經變成freemium. 就決定抓下來玩玩
一玩不得了， 已經掉入錢坑了。。。
不過現在的工作多少也跟web services有關
就把他當作是research吧
野球つく的freemium model我覺得做的不錯
在某個地方看過， freemium 的priciple是 not pay for access, but for service.
Free user基本上可以access所有的球員，
而paid user可以購買一些特別的功能， 重要的是這些功能不會upset the game balance too much. 所以free user不會感到太挫折而不玩
Payment Methods 也很容易(以日本玩家而言), 金額也不高。
應該是可以吸引到很多Players
能不能賺錢的重點應該是"顧客群"
日本用PC上網的人跟其他先進國家比起來是(比率)低的, 那是因為日本手機上網太發達， 日本人反而沒有incentive待在家裡上網。 可是日本broadband的品質是一級的(BT隨便跑就是1.5MB/sec)
所以對野球つく來講，PC的顧客群到底夠嗎， 還是需要go mobile?
如果有mobile版的話， 我只能確定我會花更多錢 XD
2008-12-02
Christmas is almost here
Time for some reflections...
During the 2 months of inactivity, lots have happened around the world. Stock markets free-fall, companies bankrupt, my laptop broke 2 times, governments screw-up and many more. Good thing is that I am still fully employed.
Work keeps moving at its own pace. I am slowly discovering the bureaucracies of a multi-national corporations, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that in the time of change, how quick can it change?
Personal-wise, I am realizing my limitations as well. Everything boils down to communication: I need to improve my Japanese to a level that I feel comfortable enough to engage in internal discussions. Though English-speaking colleagues say whenever they speak in English, they win the argument, and whenever they speak in Japanese, they lose the argument, to me, I don't mind winning or losing, the important thing is that I can get some new perspectives, no matter how right or wrong they are. This will probably be my most important thing to work on in the coming year.
The apartment is filling up with craps nicely. Recently I have had the nagging feeling that our apartment is too big and rent is too high. but we are still hitting our monthly savings target (or maybe it's set too low?), and I keep rationalizing, telling myself that smaller living quarters = more stress = more arguments, but seriously, I need a second tv... there are too many funny shows on TV to catch, even with a TV recorder. The bottleneck then becomes the TV because it can only be on 24 hours a day, and 2 people need to compete for TV time. That leaves little time for my PS3 and Wii...
During the 2 months of inactivity, lots have happened around the world. Stock markets free-fall, companies bankrupt, my laptop broke 2 times, governments screw-up and many more. Good thing is that I am still fully employed.
Work keeps moving at its own pace. I am slowly discovering the bureaucracies of a multi-national corporations, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just that in the time of change, how quick can it change?
Personal-wise, I am realizing my limitations as well. Everything boils down to communication: I need to improve my Japanese to a level that I feel comfortable enough to engage in internal discussions. Though English-speaking colleagues say whenever they speak in English, they win the argument, and whenever they speak in Japanese, they lose the argument, to me, I don't mind winning or losing, the important thing is that I can get some new perspectives, no matter how right or wrong they are. This will probably be my most important thing to work on in the coming year.
The apartment is filling up with craps nicely. Recently I have had the nagging feeling that our apartment is too big and rent is too high. but we are still hitting our monthly savings target (or maybe it's set too low?), and I keep rationalizing, telling myself that smaller living quarters = more stress = more arguments, but seriously, I need a second tv... there are too many funny shows on TV to catch, even with a TV recorder. The bottleneck then becomes the TV because it can only be on 24 hours a day, and 2 people need to compete for TV time. That leaves little time for my PS3 and Wii...
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