Isaac Mao

与2003，2004不同的新年感受，2005新年到来，忙碌没有结束，岁末更有大惊。唯祝愿：

人们安康+世界和平

Public Domain bowed to Stickman

Just like zheng said, a “radiculous” judgement on the case Nike v.s. Zhu Zhiqiang.

We never know whether Nike’s agent copied ideas from Zhu’s works. However, we know “Stickman” has existed in public domain for decades and widely used in different artworks and even technical fields(e.g. UML). Zhu did make some changes based on his skillsets. But how can the court judge it’s from the guy’s original creation, just using “stickman” and “line man” to cook a emotional judgement? (“stikcman” in google, “xiaoxiao’s stickman” in Google)

I believe Nike’s lawyers are also not internet savvy that can’t provide enough materials as evidence to show how “stickman” can’t be seperated from public domain. In the single case, they didn’t work hard enough to defense themselves. And, I’m sure they are not law bloggers and never notice the gossips in blogosphere.

It’s a case of misapplying intellectual laws. Another Chinese blogger, Plod(net name), also blogged to say “sigh” to this case.

IM device could work on flight?

There was a popup idea in my brain last week. If the aireplain can provide a small wired gadget that supports IM functions, it could generate more funs on plane especially for those long distance trips. The device can link up with the armrest just as smaller as the headset provided, but with a foldable keyboard for fast typing. Since it’s a long distance trip, it can even show differnt time zones you are crosing to tell your friends where are you(some positioning technolgies could be employed).

The security, the usablity… should be well designed to let peopel really buy in this concept. But it’s fun to think of it. How many can be affordable to passengers? I guess US$10 is ok for me.

eweek: SMS is Passing:Get Ready for the MIM Revolutio

Crooked Timber’s blog inaccessible here. But accessible with a proxy server.

Mountain collected the actions and sympathy voices around Chinese blogosphere to S.E.Asia’s disaster.

Ed, 真的是不错的建议，我其实早已经在各个创业者中都在推动这个工作，所以深有认同。我的方法比较执拗，那就是先Email 告诉需要联系的人，我们安排下一次会议使用Skype，请下载并添加我（isaac.mao）….有人不适应这种“赤裸裸的要求”，但是用了之后才明白这种工具对他们多么重要。

今天的创业者需要的是耳听八方，并能够及时把各种想法和工作中需要的沟通传达给同事们。无论从企业运营成本的角度，还是从加速竞争优势方面，用“刀锋”技术事半功倍。不仅仅如此，哪怕是Skype本身的不断创新，也可以给CEO们一些刺激，我们如何不断推出对用户有价值的服务或功能让用户真正享受技术的优势呢？

我的耳麦再简单不过了，我还用他来采访不同的人，方便、易带正是我喜欢它的原因。

相比之下，DSP-400显得有点累赘吧。