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A website's name and URL: two different things - 0 views

  • if you’re planning to set up a website to appeal to Chinese consumers, don’t assume that the URL and the “name” of the website are the same.  I’d suggest first focusing on the Chinese name of the website, and then picking a URL that is somehow related to the Chinese name, or failing that, a URL that is short and simple to remember.  Also, don’t be afraid to use URLs that are based on numbers.  This approach is quite popular.
  • Hi, Tom, that’s a great post on online branding of Chinese website. I still don’t like use URLs that are based on numbers. Smart people could find the idea for same URLs (by Pin Ying) and Chinese website Name. For example: 豆瓣douban.com is great name.
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Design Observer - 0 views

  • In its Standards of Professional Practice the AIGA makes this unequivocal statement regarding authorship, “When not the sole author of a design, it is incumbent upon a professional designer to clearly identify his or her specific responsibilities or involvement with the design. Examples of such work may not be used for publicity, display or portfolio samples without clear identification of precise areas of authorship.” Unfortunately, this dictum has not led to consistency in the way graphic design is credited in magazines, books, websites, or contests and doesn't address the problem of unattributed work.
  • The AIGA's stance speaks to what has traditionally been the major issue in graphic design attribution — in such collaborative work why does a single designer end up getting the credit?
  • What about young designers who put work done at a well-known studio on their personal portfolio site? What about big studios that use a monolithic studio credit for the work done by individual employees? And (as in the Sundance Channel example) what about work that goes completely uncredited?
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  • On the other hand designers now have seemingly limitless opportunities to promote themselves. On a portfolio site, a blog post or a Facebook page, designers are free to make their own assertions about their contribution to a given project. This was not the case when the only opportunities for recognition were only a handful of contests and publications each year. Now every designer has their own "catalog" site and design work circulates in a fairly unregulated way even within the design press.
  • In films, for example, credit is acknowledged once and for all and in detail at the end of a film. There is a great deal of horse-trading, arguing, and appeasement regarding the credits for any film project, but by opening night everything’s printed on film, the modern equivalent of being set in stone.
  • Film credits have been instrumental in codifying the labor hierarchy in the film industry, institutionalizing a shared vocabulary of job titles and responsibilities. No such standard has evolved in design — for example the term Art Director means something vastly different in an in-house design department than it does at an advertising agency.
  • Rather than wade into such ambiguous waters, it is easier to simply not credit anyone. Many large design studios have reached a similar conclusion and simply credit any work done at the studio to the studio entity. Frequently the mainstream press simply leaves works of design unattributed as if they were produced out of thin air.
  • Part of the problem is that attribution only becomes an issue after a work has become enduring or “important” and by that time it’s hard to recreate exactly how it came about.
  • In fact, the vast majority of graphic design is still done by unknown designers for unknown clients. It is a testament to the increasing influence of design that people care at all who animated a network interstitial or laid out a signage system. Perhaps this enhanced profile has made an unrealistic expectation that designers should get credit at all in a field with a blurry notion of authorship. Or perhaps the proliferation of design media channels simply offers more opportunities for half-truths and situational ethics when it comes to giving credit (and taking it).
  • Great post. It is a never ending battle to try to make sure that everyone who had some influence on a project be name-checked, and it is the right thing to do to give credit where credit is due, and we try very hard to do so. I recently scoured my records to try to credit a photographer for a project we worked on over 10 years ago. It was the one and only time our office ever worked with this person, and for the life of me I can not remember her name. I feel terrible about it, but there it is, I tried but came up short. If and when I come up with the photographers name I will certainly try to rectify the situation.As for work you're not especially proud of, I love the Alan Smithee idea. Posted by: Mark Kaufman on 05.20.08 at 01:20
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Online Ad: China Sichuan Earthquake - 0 views

  • SlideShareに四川大地震のスライドが上がっている。TVや新聞などでの速報、細切れ報道とは違い、各スライドが伝える悲惨さが波のように重なってくる。ただただ黙祷するのみだ。
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  • しかし、できることはいくらでもある。国際赤十字、Google Check、香港赤十字、日本赤十字、NHK、各TV局などが義援金を受け付けている。できることをしたい。
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Oliver Ding

从网络翻译团体兴起谈出版选题思路 - 出版发行 - 书呆子日记 - 0 views

  • 找翻译到网络上?看上去是个可笑的事情,不过对于我这样的新手编辑来说,寻找潜在的选题,译者,网络是个不容错过的工具。译言听说过吗?创始人之一张雷到草根接受了访谈,畅谈他对人生理想的实践,他也被问到了一个同样具有“公益”属性的译索网,据称相对更商业感吧,对于数不尽的翻译网站来说,这两个网站属于比较另类的,我今天看到草根推荐的一篇新文章,三联生活周刊:互联网翻译大军,一方面看到报道中的哈利波特迷组建的相当系统的网络翻译团队介绍,还有如此惊人的提示世人——目前,全球最大的在线翻译站WorldPoint,汇聚了大约6000名来自世界各地的网络自由翻译家,号称能提供75种不同语言之间的互译。”,我首先是赞叹,赞赏网络时代给人的极大启发与活力释放,然后是在思索着同样文章中的这句话“《维基经济学》的作者唐·塔普斯科特(Don Tapscott)对这个网站的评价是,“网络正在从一个社交网络平台转变成一个社会生产平台。这样一个自我组织和共同创造知识的模式用于翻译,再自然不过了””,网络的确不是简单的一个搜索工具,交流工具,视听工具,知识平台,它越来越发挥着教育,媒体的作用,对于文字翻译来说,网络的巨大价值更加显露无疑,如果我的出版界偶像,已故兰登书屋创始人贝内特·瑟夫知道这个情况,他极具幽默感的回应是什么呢?我不知道,不过我估计他一定是非常的慨叹,当年他不远万里去英国见萧伯纳等大文豪的劳顿要是有网络这个东东一定会免除不少了
Oliver Ding

YouTube - BerkmanCenter's Channel - 0 views

  • The Berkman Center for Internet & Society's Official channel on YouTube. You'll find a collection of some of our best work produced over ten years of cyber research. Name: Berkman The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School Hometown: Cambridge, MA Country: United States Website: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
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    The Berkman Center for Internet & Society Offical on Youtube.
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新"蜜蜂的寓言" -搜狐财经 - 0 views

  • “企业公民”(Corporate Citizenship)和“企业社会责任”(Corporate Social Responsibility)在中国商业世界正成为时尚话题。

    正如我们屡屡见到的,一种严肃的话题被通俗化,不是其幸运反而可能是其被庸俗化的开端。无论其本身的内涵如何丰富,一个话题一旦成为人们在不明所以中竞相谈论的话题,或者将与之无关的东西附会其上,那么它不仅不会变成一种普遍的共识,而且可能在被过度谈论中迅速变得空洞无趣,直至成为一个人所共知的笑柄。

      但真正的危险还不在这里。“企业公民”和“企业社会责任”不是(至少不仅仅是)企业有余钱余物时向公众示好买好的捐款捐物,不是以“转移支付”方式巧妙变相的“事件营销”,更不是问心有愧的企业和商人为洗白自己或包装自己而进行的“非常投资”。正如老子所言:“天下皆知善之为善者,斯恶也。”当“企业公民”和“企业社会责任”行为被作为一种善行来提倡时,诸多的恶行或与善恶无关的行为很可能“假汝之名而行”。这就是企业公民面临的真正的危险——成为“伪善”的代名词,最终让人们避而远之。

      作为一种商业伦理,企业公民要想成为商业世界普遍的共识,它一定不能作为一种外在的规范来提倡。道德说教只能导致对伪善和对道德的抵触。只有当企业家意识到企业公民行为与企业家自身的需求和企业日常的经营活动有一种内在的、隐秘的关联时,企业公民才可能成为企业家们内在的共识。

  • 蒙古草原上无数的敖包是如何建起来的呢?我们容易以为是某个权势巨大的统治者下令建起来的。在如此地广人稀的土地上,把一个个行踪不定的游牧部落组织起来进行这样一个浩大的工程是不可能的。事实上,所有的敖包都是千百年来,人们自发建成的。在蒙古民族中有一种民间信仰:如果你看到了石头(在草原上石头是很稀少的),就是看到了你的“福气”,如果你拿着石头绕着别的石头走一圈,然后把它与别的石头放在一起,你就是在为自己增添福气。人人都愿意自己的福气尽可能地多,所以当一个人看到一块石头时就会捡起来,等看到别的石头时就把它放在那儿。这种信仰代代相传,草原上的石头堆(即敖包)就越来越多,每个敖包也越垒越高。就在一代又一代人为各自“谋福利”的过程中,一个服务于所有人(包括后代子孙)的导航系统就在广亵的蒙古草原上建成了。
  • 在《国富论》中他这样写道:“每个个体既不打算促进公共利益,也不知道提升多少公共利益。他只在乎他自己的保障,自己的收益。个体被一只看不见的手所引导,最终达到的结果并非他自己的意图。个体通过追求自身的利益来促进社会收益,往往比他真正打算促进社会收益时更有效率。” “我们每天所需的食料和饮料,不是出自屠户、酿酒家或烙面师的恩惠,而是出于他们自利的打算。我们不说唤起他们利他心的话,而说唤起他们利己心的话。我们不说自己需要,而说对他们有利。”
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  • 亚当·斯密认为是后者。人类在道德问题上的传统焦虑被宣布为庸人自扰,人尽可以放心大胆地追求自己的利益,根本不用担心“自利”会有损公共利益,相反,只有当个体专注于自己的利益的追求,在追求自利上精益求精(即“分工”),让自己的利益最大化时,一只看不见的手就会神奇地将个人的追求转化为社会的利益。“总体收益的结果,有别于创造收益的个体意向”。
  • 1720年,曼德维尔出版了一本书,书名叫做《蜜蜂的寓言,或私人的恶行,公共的利益》。他把人类社会比喻为一个蜂巢:“这些昆虫生活于斯,宛如人类,微缩地表演人类的一切行为。”在“这个蜜蜂的国度”里,每只蜜蜂都在近乎疯狂地追求自己的利益,虚荣、伪善、欺诈、享乐、嫉妒、好色等恶德在每只蜜蜂身上表露无遗。令人惊异的是,当每只蜜蜂在疯狂追逐自己的利益时,整个蜂巢呈现出一派繁荣的景象。后来,邪恶的蜜蜂突然觉悟了,向天神要求让他们变得善良、正直、诚实起来。“主神终于愤怒地发出誓言:使那个抱怨的蜂巢全无欺诈。神实现了誓言……”接着,在整个蜜蜂的王国中,一磅贬值为一文,昔日繁忙的酒店渺无人迹,不再有人订货,全国一片萧条景象。   这就是说,私欲的“恶之花”结出的是公共利益的善果。这就是著名的“曼德维尔悖论”。从道德的角度看,以自利驱动的行为是应该受到谴责的,但如果想以“公共精神”的道德情怀来建立一种充满美德的繁荣社会,那只是一种“浪漫的奇想”,因为私欲和私欲支配的个人恶行恰恰是社会繁荣的能源,离开了这个能源,公共利益将是无源之水,无本之木。公益心和道德感这样的善之花,都将结出贫困和伪善的恶之果。   曼德维尔的“蜜蜂的寓言”是现代自由主义经济学和经济伦理的基本隐喻。其理论主旨是弘扬私欲,相信市场对私人恶行具有神奇的转化和净化力量,认定出于道德情怀的行为不仅不可行而且可能危及公共利益。
  • “公地的悲剧”包含的真实问题是:个体如何在利用产权不可能明晰的资源时避免资源的衰竭,从而导致公共利益的丧失?在人生活的世界上,有许多资源,而且是对人的生存最重要的资源(如阳光、空气等自然资源和良好的社会治安、社会道德氛围、文化资源)往往是难以确定产权的。在利用这些看似免费的资源时,我们如何才能避免“公地的悲剧”?
  • 林地不仅生产木材,它从事的“生产”包括吸收二氧化碳、释放清新的空气、保持水土、为各种动植物提供生存环境等等,这些都是公共利益的一部分。当你因为木材价格暴涨而把整个林地砍伐尽净,获得了巨量的个人财富时,公共利益却受到损害。你不能说你对个人利益的追求促进了公共利益。
  • 公共利益的总量并非私人在交易活动中获得利益的总和。我们得到的许许多多“好处”(比如呼吸清新的空气、感受到的良好的社会氛围)都不是从交易活动中来的,个体拥有产权的东西所带来的好处往往超出(有时是大大超出)我们从交易活动中得到的个人收益。
  • 一、人们在寻求自己私欲的时候,既有可能是个体间的相互利用、交易、竞争甚至相互欺诈、掠夺,也有可能是没有节制地利用无人所有的资源,人们出于私利为他人生产时,既包含自己承担的成本,也包含看似免费的社会成本。
  • 简言之,“公民”是一个既独立又不独立的概念,指的是一个有所属的个体而不是原子式的个体。所谓“企业公民”,就是自觉地把自己归属于社区共同体、社会共同体和人类共同体的企业,在核算成本时,将社会成本、环境成本考虑在内,在计算收益时将企业收益、社会收益和环境收益同时计算在内,在做投资决策时将市场、社会和环境的投资回报率计算在内。拥有“企业公民”身份和资格的企业,就是在“公地”上谋求生存和发展的同时守望、养护“公地”,力图避免“公地的悲剧”发生的企业。   英国学者约翰·埃尔金顿把这种企业描述为同时追求“三重盈余”——经济盈余、社会盈余和环境盈余的企业。企业公民意识的有无,首先表现在对企业的所有权的认知。没有企业公民意识的企业,认为企业的股东仅是为企业提供资金者,企业经营的目的,就是为股东的投资带来回报并且使回报最大化。但追求三重盈余的企业认为企业的股东至少有三个:自然环境、社会和投资人。企业经营者的真实身份是受托于这三个股东的“公民CEO”,他的经营行为是确保三个“出资人”同时受益,而不是为了一个股东利益的最大化而牺牲其他两个股东的利益。
  • 一、蜜蜂型企业:影响力高且对环境的回报率高。蜜蜂为了酿蜜,就必须从各种植物中采集花蜜——这可以看作是对环境资源的索取。而它在采蜜的同时,它翅膀上粘附的花粉就会给花授粉。如果没有蜜蜂来采蜜,花也就成了不结果实之花。(经济学家张五常在深入调查的基础上写出了一篇著名的经济学论文《蜜蜂的寓言》,涉及到了到底是果农该付给养蜂人钱还是该向养蜂人收钱的问题。)曼德维尔只注意到蜜蜂间的生存竞争,没有看到蜜蜂与环境之间的这种索取回报的关系——在从环境中索取资源的同时回报环境,使自己的“盈利”空间获得了可持续性和成长性。蜜蜂的这种获利模式是一种远比曼德维尔的寓言深刻的隐喻。   二、蝴蝶型企业:对环境有回报但自身的成长性和影响力小的企业;   三、毛毛虫企业:对环境有损害但自身的成长性和影响力小的企业;   四、蝗虫型企业:破坏环境且由于其成长性和影响力大而对社会和环境有巨大破坏性的企业。(见图一:企业的四种类型)
  • 企业的利益相关方,除了三重盈余对应的三个“股东”外,还有客户、员工和合作伙伴(包括供应商)。它寻求所有这六个利益相关方(“持股人”)的平衡。企业是股东的,也是员工的,是社会的也是自然环境的……公民行为体现为六个“善待”:一、善待股东;二、善待员工;三、善待客户;四、善待环境和资源;五、善待合作伙伴(供应商);六、善待整个社会。企业公民行为就呈现为一个六边形,这正好是一个蜂巢的形状。(见图二:企业公民行为的六个利益相关方)
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Grass-roots NGO in China: 1kg More 多背一公斤 - 0 views

  • Today, 1kg.org manages a database of over 200 elementary schools which includes information on: 1) how many students are in the school; 2) what is the kids’ primary need; 3) the school name and contact person; 4) detailed directions, including method of transportation, of how an independent traveler can reach the school. Last year, more than 130 independent travelers volunteered to carry one kilogram of stationery or books to the kids on the travelers’ trips.
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Flickr: The Help Forum: [Official Topic] Find Your Friends! - 0 views

  • I didn't find any of my friends using this, but I did find an old account of my own that I had completely forgotten about. For a split second I was like, "how did this person find all those photos of me???" Lol.
  • Any thoughts on the privacy issue I raised above? Revealing information about users shouldn't be something a user has to opt out of. For example some people may not want their co-workers or potential employers to know that they have a flickr account. They should have to opt in instead of opt out. I think this could get ugly for some people who don't want to be found. Also the setting for opting out should be changed. I may want to be found by my flickr buddy name, but just not by the new email address way. There should be a way to leave things the same way they were before. Now I can only opt out of everything or opt in for everything.
  • Proggie: Privacy is something we take very seriously at Flickr. People have actually always been searchable by email address on Flickr (via "People Search"), and we chose to respect our member's existing people search preference settings (as well as make that preference page easier to find). On the opt-out versus opt-in issue, this is something where we carefully weighed the options, and chose the default option based on what we feel would have the greatest benefit for the majority of our members. Just as we chose to make "public" the default for uploaded photos, we chose to preserve opt-out as the default for people search on Flickr.
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    This is case of you are one of your friends on web :)
Oliver Ding

Skype和SAS的正确读音 | 奇想录 - 0 views

  • Skype這個字後半的讀音與Type一樣,用KK音標表示的話就是[skaip],由讀音直翻則為”屎蓋埔”,屎這個字的雅稱是黃金,而埔就是土地的意思,所以”屎蓋埔”代表Skype造成“遍地有黃金”的效應,以往一字千金的長途電話費現在變成完全免費。Skype還真的是造福萬千對遠距戀愛的情侶,在商場上也是幫公司行號省下大把銀子,所以為了感激Skype的貢獻,麻煩大家以後發音務求正確,讓我們一起宣傳”屎蓋埔“的發音而讓遍地灑滿黃金吧!
Oliver Ding

企业是否需要自建社会化媒体平台? - 0 views

  • 我想,从媒体平台的归属角度,可以大概把企业实施社会化媒体营销划分为下面几个模式:完全自属:比如戴尔,自建企业博客、论坛、视频等。比较适合能长期投入,将SMM置之于战略层面的企业部分自属:建立自己的“social media hub”,比如企业博客,然后结合其他现存的媒体平台。我想,这可能会是将来大部分企业的模式(实际上严格来说戴尔也应划入此类)完全他属:没有自建媒体平台,完全依赖现有的社会化媒体平台由于借用现存社会化媒体平台会出现上述周期长的问题,我想,以后可能会出现第四种模式:完全他属II:由agency建立的媒体平台,根据需要,植入企业,与受众进行交流
  •  re: 企业是否需要自建社会化媒体平台? 4/19/2008 12:01 PM by Oliver Ding(小容) IV这种可能是以后垂直类社会化媒体网站的发展模式,前提是社区要做到足够好,企业才有可能参与进来。从这个角度来说,agency建立这样的平台,就相当于投资创建一个新的start up了。 或许,有agency背景的人结合适当技术能力的人,创办的垂直类社会化媒体网站,取得成功的可能性比较大。
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