写稿很要命

写文章写稿和写部落格不同
前者有截止日期, 有语法的考究, 有压力
后者乱写, 没内容也无所谓

写稿其实蛮要我的命的. 自认中文水平不是很好, 虽然常夸口我的AO Level Chinese拿A,
但其实在大学的时候, 中文文学史是交白卷的. 真的白卷.

前一次写正式的稿已是几年前 - 是写去早报骂Channel 8 的节目
上星期五为了做访问又重拾笔戈

这一次蛮有感觉和想法的. 所以写了三天就/才写完(不算长吧)


呈丑了
www.artsrepublic.sg/百花齐放/



谢谢PW和WH的相机
谢谢Yam的朋友帮忙拍照
谢谢LX给我意见, 句句真言, 我真的学到了

第一用相机录影, 控制的不是很好
相机不像录影机, 它没有auto detect & focus的功能
希望下一次更好

Share the joy~

from kindergarten to primary

Happy  6th  Anniversary

传媒的使命

身为一本中小学学生杂志, 你的使命是什么?
你竟然教小朋友怎么分辨"他真的喜欢我吗?"



虽然这不在我的范围之内..想了一想, 我决定拿出一点点的道德勇气, 希望他修改那篇文章

------------------------------

Thought the magazine is for young generation.. :)

Yes, including secondary school students.

This feature is specially for Valentine Day's in Feb.

------------------------------

Ya, primary 5, 6 students also reading the magazine isn't it..
Secondary 1 students shouldn't be celebrating Valentine's Day

传媒的使命...不是应该"教"育和"导"正吗? 特别是学生杂志


然后他今早回我:

Hmm.. you’ve got a point.

OK. The angle will be fine tuned to friendship instead.

I will update you the revised article ASAP!

------------------------------

虽然不知道他会把那篇文章改成什么样子, 但心里有种..快乐的感觉, 嘴角一直不自觉地上仰..


仲记得殷賞在[毕打自己人]第294集里说:
我地<潮>是一本正正经经的综合性杂志, 我地要入屋, 虽然我地未是别人的家长,
但亦都希望至少不要荼毒下一代
.............
我话你一点传媒的良知都没有......我不想在传媒界遗臭万年


要谢谢芋头昨天早上提起, 虽然我们只是负责排版但也不希望成为帮凶.

第六年

顾客再怎么难搞..我们都是在服务的行业
虽然有时还是会受不了顾客的要求, 但我希望再任何的情况之下, 都不要忘记这一点
不管怎么样都要好来好去

我们去餐厅用餐的时候, 如果服务生有稍微不对, 我们都会批评和给予很多的意见
因为我们是出钱买服务的一方, 所以我们有要求

我觉得做创意这行业的人..常常都会捍卫自己的作品
(前阵子朋友结婚时, 我和R去发廊的时候, 也遇上了这样的一个stylist. 他觉得他设计的发型很时尚, 可是那个发型却不是我想要的)

顾客会有自己的要求,自己的品位
或许我真的不认同你, 但还是得尽量满足你

遇到不好玩, 平淡重复的工作, 我们或许就会稍微敷衍了事
有时完成工作后回头看, 就可以看得出, 用心开心做的和在有抱怨的情况下完成的工作真的有差

现在我们是还没有到可以选择做和不做的阶段
所以每个工作其实都是磨练的机会


公司里只有我负责业务发展的工作
我自认我做得不好
我一直希望能突破现在的格局
今年前半年真的是水静鹅飞
最近情况开始改变后, 我希望能顺着着这势
改变一下公司的运作方式
公司也开始步入第六年的时间
是时候踏入另一个阶段了

很重

没有头绪.. 头很重.. 有点睏
怎么开始?

又惊又喜

B, 虽然不容易做但我不会让你丢脸的

Down and bounce again and again and again...

杀...很大!

克莱恩

昨天一早又被同样那两个人气到
星期五要launch, 现在才给我
还要怪广告公司没有寄给我
他们大概真的是以为website是copy&paste出来的
一天到完都忘记这个忘记那个
问同一个问题,同一个部门的两个人一定给不同的答案 (那个部门才两个人!)
自己的projects十问五不知

可是如果继续拿他们的无知来惩罚自己, 那我就是真的是白痴

赶完两个设计后, 去吃了一个满足的bento顺便去看了一场电影
今天又是美好的一天



那天在同行Forecepts的blog看的这两篇.. 这简直就是我们这一行的心声

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We’ve been in the web design & development industry for some time now and have had a fair share of clients with the wrong expectations of us. We’re not talking about you now darling, we’re talking about another client. Most of the examples here are actually over exaggerated and the prose a tad direct, be warned.

1. We are not your office tech support.

We are web designers. We can’t tell you why your SingNet connection is down or teach you how to configure your email account. Sorry, no. And even though you want to make changes to your website yourself, we are NOT your tech support and will not walk you through setting up your FTP in Dreamweaver or explain what is FTP.

2. We will take “ASAP” with a pinch of salt.

When we ask a client, when the deadline would be for their project. The most common replies are “ASAP” or “by end of the week”. Many times, after we’ve rushed out the design for them, they will take another month to come back to us on the website’s content. Worse still, after all the hard work afterhours and burnt weekend, and we send them the link to review the finished site, they email a week later to say they’ve lost the link and have yet to see the site

3. We are not copy writers.

Some clients just dump us their product brochures and expect that as we develop the website, we will also write their company profile and services for them. We are not your marketing communications department! We are web developers, we write code. Period. We do not know your business, your products and what text you want. Go figure the content up yourself or hire a copy writer!

4. We prefer not to do your website if you think you can do it on your own.

Sometimes, after we reveal our fees during a presentation, certain clients might argue, “What I need is easy, I’m sure you can do it effortlessly, why do you have to charge me so much?” or “I’ve done it before, it only takes a couple hours to do that, why does it have to cost this much?” Well since it’s that easy and fast to do, why don’t you do it yourself? Don’t bother us with your small talk so we can serve others who will need and appreciate our services.

5. We do not design ugly websites.

Your website will not play music, have a Flash intro, have blinking titles and animated logos, or news on a scrolling marquee. These things were cool before 1997? They mostly degrade the image of the website and the user experience. A web designer worth his salt will not recommend you to have any of these things on your corporate website. But if you insist, we will be glad to do it for you as long as you pay

6. We may not appreciate your sense of design.

You hired us to do your website because we are in the industry and know what works and what doesn’t.You don’t see a doctor to tell him what medicine to dispense to you to treat your illness, do you? So please have faith in our design, trust our advice and stop trying to alter our gorgeous layout to make your new website look like your old one! We may not know everything but we sure understand web designing better than you do. If you didn’t think so, why did you hire us in the first place?

7. We are not your business coach.

Many times, we have clients come calling on us and then throw us a brief idea they have up intheir heads and expect us to work magic, kazoo and a money churning website will appear. They don’t even have a firm business model or plan. We are your web consultant, not your business coach.We can give you advice on a system to suit your business objectives but please don’t expect us brainstorm with you on your business idea, we might as well run your business and you can work under us.

8. We are not xxx.org.

No, we are not a non-profit organisation or an initiative by the government to aid startups. Every so often we would have someone knock on our doors to propose a partnership of sorts where we will build their portal for free in exchange for a portion of their online sales. Sorry, we do not like your idea. It’s amazing how 5% of $2000 doesn’t even come close to paying our utilities.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the course of our work, we’ve come across many a bad client, here’s some interesting facts about them:

• “Get it up quick” attitude, wants to shortcut the project scoping and planning process, wants a website up for the sake of having a website.
• Has not given thought to the business objectives of the website, what the content should be and how it should be organised (e.g. no sitemap)
• Describes the web design objectives in a vague descriptive manner like “clean and fun, better than my competitors”, without knowing what the content should be.
• Small budget, big expectations, unrealistic timeline e.g. “I want a website that is an amalgamation of Ebay and Amazon, to launch by next month, and my budget is $3000″
• Indecisive, changes mind frequently, requires constant changes to design and content without end because the client has not done initial planning or not sticking to the plan.
• Unable to make decisions or give approval. Not responsive, does not email or return phone call timely.
• Expects swift delivery on all requests but does not do the same in delivering content, providing feedbacks, sign-off and approval to the project manager.
• Does not make payment on time.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


所以..
我通常都是在前线挡箭或被口水淹没
另外两个则是在基地赶到无天无日


不过今天我们终于都拿到SEC的project
Muahahahahaha!
一个足够顶几个
拭目以待!

守得云开唔见月明

经过20个月痴痴地等待, 我终于收到你的信...
当我打开你的信时, 你竟然还把我们的名字都写错了

为你做了那么多
追你追那么多月
你就是不理我...


不知道你有没有听过这首歌...
(过门音乐...)
我没忘记你忘记我
连名字你都说错
证明你一切都是在骗我
看今天你怎么说

死牛两只

讲你又唔听, 听你又唔明, 明你又唔信, 信你又唔做
同你讲是行唔通, 但是你死都要坚持你自己唧想法
真是死牛一片颈

-----------------

咁大间上市公司
大佬我地做唧都是心血都是汗
区区几百蚊
都要揾个小职员来讨价还价
真是好鬼死cheap