My thought on Google Voice.

It is a great service. I now manage which device and when does it ring. I thought of how Google could make money out of it. My thought of that is Google’s ability to convert voice into text. (voice recognition)

Once Google understands the conversation, or when I (or you) to review the conversation in your talk history, it serves ads on the side. Pretty much the same way it does for your email.

For example:
A conversation goes like this.
Me: Where should we eat tonight?
You: Let’s go downtown SF.
Me: What type of food?
You: Let’s try Italian.

Google serve a list of ads related to Italian nears downtown SF.

Therefore, integrate Google Voice into Gmail is definitely a good start. IMHO.

Self portrait @ one of the HK MTR stations. How rare, there are no one around.

It basically comes down to one question to ask about yourself:
If the startup is not going to make a profit in 10 years, will you still be working on it?

Are you passionate about your startup enough that even if it cannot profit? The source of income will need to be found from somewhere else, but will you continue to work on your startup?

What are you passionate about?

The way I see how either team wins:

Lakers – Play Defense.
Celtics – Rajon Rondo.

If both of the above appear in game 7, I will say the Lakers take game 7.

The Spurs’ defense is not as good as before.

The Spurs used to play defense off Tim Duncan. When Duncan was healthy, the Spurs basically play off the Suns 3-pt shooting strength. The Spurs chased all the 3 point shooter and let Duncan to take care all the layups.

When Duncan was healthy, Spurs can do it, but not this year.

This is the main reason I think why the Suns beat the Spurs.

It uses Google Wave technology, but seriously, I am not sure when I will use this live blogging feature. Maybe at someone‘s wedding?

My own opinion, not trying to start any flame…

The Mavs once again exit the playoff in an early round despite how much move they made during the regular season. The following are my takes on why the Spurs beat the Mavs.

1. Mavs has a bunch of good players, but their stats are on paper. The Mavs added two new players, Bulter and Haywood, in the middle of the season. Bulter used to play as a starter and the go-to guy. Now he has to play as the supporting role and he has to learn a new teammate (not system, I will elaborate on my next point), the change was too much. Bulter went to the Mavs and got the starting position, it certainly hurts the chemistry and moral of the team.

2. The Mavs did not have a good system like the Spurs have. The Mavs rely on too much on athleticism and emotion. It works in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoff, it is difficult to carry to the next game to the same team to play against with. From what I have seen so far, the Mavs played too much 1-on-1 and guessing how their teammate move. On the other hand, the Spurs are playing with discipline. Some call it boring, but it wins game. Just look at the Bulls/Lakers, same system on every offense.

3. Spurs coach, Popovich, is really a good coach. He discipline the team. One mistake and he will yell at you. Even if the game is over before the buzzer sounds. (Just ask Bogan) Some say it is too much, but I said it is professional. He work for every player, not just the starters. Popovich certainly can just relax on the bench and wait for the buzzer sounds, but he did what a good coach would do: Treat every player the same and do not take any player on the court or bench for granted.

Well, the Mavs probably have better chance next year, given they do not change their roster again.

Open-sourcing Traditional Chinese IME on Android – Google Open Source Blog.

The additional Chinese input method is a welcome sign for Chinese users, but still the winner still goes to iPhone for their handwriting Chinese input method. It’s much more intuitive for non-computing user.

One word: Disappointment. Going to Android next.

I think the setup was good.

First of all, I do not have anything against nor I support this incident. I just want to analyze Mr. Woods’ announcement.

Mr. Wood only allow one camera in the room. The audience are strictly his family members and close friends.

This setup allows him to say, “I let my family/friends that care about him down.” in front of the camera. While I was listening to the announcement, it made me feel like Mr. Wood was talking to me as his family member and close friends.

Good setup.