My Netgains Internship Experience

I have written several blogs or articles about my Indian life, especially those days in Netgains as an SEO analyst, in English.

But I think it is also necessary to express something in English about this experience, to let my workmates and friends know How much did I Enjoy that period of Amazing Time.

Since I started to apply for the internship abroad through AIESEC, India, to be honest, was not my priority; It was Poland and Germany where I send a lot of CVs to, and fortunately, I got two offers finally. Meanwhile, that internship form about SEO jumped into my eyes when I was wandering in the myaiesec.com.

I was quite interested about that form, cause I have known something about SEO industry, and it is quite related to my major, so I read through the full job description, and log on the company's website to have a glimpse, impressive! I have to say, this looks like a red-blooded IT company, the projects the company has done seems awesome, and the corporate culture suits most of my favors.

The only problem is , India. Can I luckily survive after the three months' indian life? (the result was quite positive,as I can tell you, now). I suppose I can, so, that's the start of the journey.

I took a serious and quite technical interview by the CEO of Netgains, Mr. Malik Sumeet. I was quite impressed  when I first heard his voice, typical American accent (Later did I know Mr. Sumeet had studied and worked in USA for several years), I was really nervous, but still, enjoyed the whole talk.

You can not imagine how Happy I was when I got the confirmation of this internship, I refused the German and Polish job and booked the ticket to Delhi soon, not long after that, I was sitting in the office of Netgains , in sector 20A(I can never forget this number, guys, I had to repeat this days after days to the auto-rickshaw driver(a popular three-wheels-car in India) to tell him where I want to go with my waving arms sometimes when he cannot understand English, still funny), Chandigarh.

I met Deepika(we had so many argues about the political differences between China and India, it is a tie, btw ,lol), Sam(my later best bro in India) , Ashish(funniest guy in India); the enthusiastic and curious designers and programmers upstairs and of course , my boss, Mr.Sumeet.

He is so different from 'my picture of Indian man', handsome;tall;strong;nice-smile---this is the first impression , smart;well-organised;hard-working;strict;efficient---this is what I learned later. I can say, I learned second-most stuff from Mr.Sumeet during the whole period, just after the Indian travel experiences.

He gave me a short introduction of my responsibility and the papers and docs I had to grasp(which is still useful now in my life), to make sure I can be in the right path, and be efficient.

In the very beginning of my internship, the greatest challenge is to grasp the new knowledge in the shortest time, thanks to the help of Mr. Sumeet and Sam and others, although there's some problems during the internship, I conquered them all, and started to work on the real project after the first month.

I don't want to give too many details about the work content, those I really want to tell you is How I Feel About This Unforgettable Journey.

1.I was really impressive how hard-working the IT people in India can be, they actually don't need to take a rest and keep efficient all the time, it totally changed my thought to Indian people.
2. I was also impressive about how awesome the India High-tech industry are nowadays, we, China, are far behind them now, they have a large number of talented people, this is the most significant difference which we have to admit.
3. They need more entertainment, maybe, Lol.

This internship in India totally changed my view to this country and to this world, it also makes me a more well-organised and tough people. Most Importantly, I have decided to work in this related industry, and this experience in India and Netgains will benefit me forever!

Thank You! Netgains! Salute!

达芬奇的密码和外婆家的井

前些日子整理移动硬盘，发现有一部片子，达芬奇密码，卧在里面的某个角落叙旧都没有被关爱了，顿生怜悯之情，于是沉下心来，花了两个多小时安静的看完了它。我有看过原著，作为人类史上最卖座的书本之一（说是之一是因为它终究难敌中国义务教育阶段的教科书，甚至可能同辅导书都不是一个等量级的），这部电影，我说句实话，原谅我是一个不懂欣赏电影的粗人，实在是有点蹙眉头。

说它俩是有史以来差距最大的原著和翻拍之一也并不是十分过分，不是么？

我不喜欢看电影前看影评，因为剧透是可以想象的最最龌龊的行径，自己给自己找剧透，那就是缺心眼的行为了；看过好电影我也不看影评，我喜欢过一段时间再看一遍；而看过一部不满意的作品后，我通常喜欢去IMDB,Mtime,亦或者豆瓣上看些影评，因为自己文字功底有限，想找些人替我对这些不作为的movie makers 进行灵魂的鞭笞，狠狠的。所以你可以想象，我几乎看过所有观摩过的国产电影的影评，与电影工作者作灵魂深处的交流。

当然这些不是我现在想说的，真正拨弄我心弦的是电影的一个情节：教授同志年少时曾经掉入一口井中，蹬了一晚上的水才终得救，但从此换上了幽闭恐惧症。当然，我并没有这类不孕不育的疑难杂症，但是无数次，我确实有过丢入深井的意念想象：我的外婆家有一口自己打的井，留下过很多美好的回忆，但是每每与它对视（实际是俯视，因为它是一口地表井），那种如同仰视头顶的电扇并且幻想它砸将下来锋利的在头颈上留下一个碗口大的疤的恐惧就会袭上心头。

这是口好井，必须得这么说。

我的家乡现在是国家级的海洋新区，依靠其好到令人发指的区位以及无数个天然良港的资源，未来必定是同新加坡一个级别的海上要塞，国际物流中心，这和我说的没什么关系，我只是不自然的想吹一下牛逼；因为毕竟有很多人是这样的：生长的地方牛掰了，或者出了个牛掰的人物，便觉得自己也脸上贴金似的，唯恐天下不知，而事实上，自己似乎仍然只是个loser. 我也不吐不快，说回那口井。

我从2岁到12岁的光景是在农村度过的，更准确点，是在一个距离本岛一个半小时船程的岛屿度过的。但是似乎我很少感觉到自己生活在这么一个一般人觉得很神奇的岛屿上，因为人生似乎很早就是X点一线了，学校+学校与家中的马路+小霸王其乐无穷啊，作为一个曾经的宅男，便是生活的全部了，想必不同别人去水库游泳，不去海边捉螃蟹，不去烂水沟钓龙虾，不去‘追跑打闹’，不去地里偷未熟的西瓜，不去女同学家串门，不去做这些丰富多彩的课余活动，是我童年发胖的罪魁祸首了。每隔一个周末还进一次‘县城’（去一次本岛），所以就算没有搬到本岛之前，我的农民身份也是十分不完全的。

只有不去本岛的那些周末，我才会体验一下真正的农村生活。那些周末我会被发配到外婆家过火。外婆家在一个‘岙’里头，虽然都是在一个岛上，但是地域歧视还是随处可见的，譬如我爸就经常很有优越感，因为他的村不是‘岙’结尾的，这就显得高级一点，因为通常‘岙’之所以为‘岙’，是因为它背靠大山，面也朝山，交通就显得不便一些，口音也会有点点奇怪。所以有个很有趣的海岛现象是：OK，我们是一个市的，但是每个岛的口音还是差别很大，大到你张嘴说声‘好臭’，同伴便会说‘侬是Lo Woa拧啊？哈哈哈哈哈，侬头回子‘好臭’是咋刚啊？哈哈哈哈，哈哈哈哈’，这些人就是这么讨厌的。但是更加令人想不明白的是，一个到里面的人，竟然开口几句话就可以分辨出你事某某岙的，它是某某岙的，都是语言学家。其实这便是我上篇博文说的事，方言是文明倒退的产物，地理或者政治的隔阂才产生了语音的不同。所以，那些天天‘撑住广州话’，‘阿拉上海拧就是要港上海闲话’得人，真是很讨厌，因为他们似乎重来不思考。语言隔阂带来的对发展的限制的危害性远比所谓的文化‘多样性’的权重大。

所以说到那口井，那口井实在是很美好。

尤其是夏天，那口井就是所有生活精华的集粹。烈日炎炎，三四点钟，外公或者舅舅舅妈会去小卖部买几瓶啤酒，几瓶雪碧（雪碧这玩意似乎是古来就有的物什），放入打水的桶中（一头是桶，一头是青色的麻绳），缓缓的放入井中，桶会沉到水底，我想那些在湿热的空气中贮藏了许久的饮品，便是有感觉，定会觉得这滋味无比曼妙吧。到了吃饭的点，将大圆桌子搬到屋落外的堂下，将饭菜一一从厨房间搬出摆满桌上，将沉入井底的饮品缓缓地提起，取出，起子，打开啤酒；拧开雪碧盖子；呲~~~同样的声响，倒入碗中，就着蒸鳗鲞，富贵虾，自家养的白切鸡肉，下肚。写到这里，便要埋怨自己实在不会讲故事，如此动人的场景，要我形容，我便只会说‘太爽了！’，实在要请诸位自己想象了。

这口井还可以做好些事。同堂地从外面疯回来，拖个精光，自己从井中打水：打水实在是个技术活，我的常备都是个中好手，手腕一抖，上来就是满满一桶，除了我父亲，他明显也是个没有‘岙’农村生活经验的人。我一次大概只有半桶的量，苦恼了很久。接着说，打水上来，狠狠的讲桶高高举起，从头淋到脚，冰凉到肚下三寸便会短时的失去知觉，‘爽的厉害’。

最常做的便是，趴在井边，对着自己做鬼脸，‘真好看’。

突然便想到这些，觉得有必要记下。不日即将前往上海，暗下决心，一定要回去‘岙’里，看看那口井。

我很狐疑啊，Google统治了你的大脑？为什么Anti-Progress那么有市场？用同一种语言的世界会更美好？

今天Derya Unutmaz在G+上分享了一篇The New York Review of Books中的书评，'How Google Dominates Us',by James Gleick. 链接在此，http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/aug/18/how-google-dominates-us/?pagination=false 我并不认识这个人，而且通篇文章也只不过是在阐述他对于Goolge在个人生活中的影响路径的理解，读下来非常的流畅，并无生涩的感觉。


但是其中的一个调论着实让我不解，至少得说点不同的看法。


在文中，他提出一个现象，‘Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing. Nowadays you can’t have a long dinner-table argument about who won the Oscar for that Neil Simon movie where she plays an actress who doesn’t win an Oscar; at any moment someone will pull out a pocket device and Google it.’ 


虽然他并无明指，但从上下文的理解，以及字里行间的小情绪来看，他无非是想表达：Google剥夺了人的大脑中认识、获取、理解信息时的自主性，甚至更通俗一点，它甚至剥夺了人们讨论‘舒淇到底拍过几部成人电影’的乐趣，因为你只要拿出手机查看一下她的履历便可得到这些信息，这使人类的市井性大减。


每次耳闻目睹这些观点，总会让我大起无名之火。归其原因，我胡诌了一个词，Anti-Progress, 反对进步的，而且这些人的理由总是非常的牵强。


举个再熟悉不过的例子：纸媒介和电子媒介。人们在感慨纸媒即将不存的时候，总会说出些类似于‘电子产品终究没有纸质的质感’，‘纸媒介能让人更加感觉到是在读书’，‘饭后一杯下午茶，一本书总是显得异常的惬意，电子书能比么？’....真的，说实话，狗屎！


也许前人也说过类似的蠢话，在甲骨媒介向竹媒介，竹媒介向纸媒介转换的时候，他们也许会说，‘嗟呼！这些浆糊做的玩意儿真心没有竹子的厚重感和竹香呢！’。也许直到有一天，如厕的时候，发现‘咦！这物什还能排污纳垢，着实不错！’，又或许觉得‘砍竹子真心累啊’的时候，才会觉得所谓的厚重感，还真是狗屎呢。


这世界前进的车轮，终究将碾碎一切。电子媒介终将去除现有的‘伤眼’，‘缺电’等缺点。也许捧着Ipad不如捧着本书文艺，拍不出‘好看’的照片，但是你终究只是向从书中获取信息，有种‘更快’，‘更省力’的方法让你选，为什么不？


再举个不是很恰当的例子：在广州读书，身边总有很多这样的人，一口一个‘誓死保卫广州话’，‘一起撑住广州话’，再举个‘某某年国语选举，广州一票之差败给北京话’这类湖南话，四川话公用的万能梗云云，还有很多口号，反正大抵就是这个意思吧。我觉得如果是这样的话，那你就誓死吧，不送。


人类为什么会有语言？从生理上来讲，是因为我们学会了用火，直到吃熟食，所以不需要过于犀利的牙口，导致下颚收缩，犬齿钝化，有利于舌头的多种变化，从而口腔灵活，更有利于发出不同的声音。 从社会学上讲，是为了更好的交流。


我父亲年轻时候做海洋食品批发贸易，所以在哈尔滨、沈阳等地生活了许久，最令他头疼的便是语言问题，一口浙东风味的彩色普通话让他语速下降，语义不清，虽然学习了很久，味儿还是怪怪的，这是我们那个地方的中老年人共存的问题，所以有时候异地生意会很难做，即使在浙江本省，不同的语言也到来了很大的交流隔阂，实在是很不应该。这，一点都不有趣，不知为何有人以此为乐。


有些人会很自豪地方的方言，因为他是身份的象征，是联系同乡的纽带，是家乡的味道，是前人留下来的文化。


但是，究其根本，语言的目的是什么呢？更好地交流。为什么要更好地交流呢？为了更好地发展，更好的个人生活。有一个好玩的现象是，美国人很喜欢嘲笑加拿大人的口音，比如‘about’,加拿大人会说‘abot’，紧接着便是无情的奚落。这时候国人便会很有自豪,'这算什么，我们的语言才是丰富呢，xxxoooo'。但是，这真的是骄傲的资本么？我很狐疑，语言的差别是地理隔阂、战争时期的政治隔阂等多方面因素造成的，如果硬要说，这是文明不交流产生的落后，有什么值得骄傲的？君不见，地域歧视贴在我国总是异常的火爆？


有趣的方言，奇妙的方言，故而有种神秘、神奇的作用，对研究历史，研究文学，有一定的作用。但是从根本上来讲，如果全世界的人都是用相同的语言，这个世界会更美好么？会，也许会有点单调，但比起更顺畅的贸易，更透明的交流，对对方文化更好地理解，从而更带来更少的战争相比，这算得了什么？而且如果生来这世界就只有一种语言，就如同只有一种水，你还会觉得奇怪么？


千百年来，这个国家之所以还有那么个框架，还真是应该感谢统一的语言。所以你可以讲方言，寻找你的归属感，但着是没有必要在电视里多了一个统一语言频道后，就神经兮兮的拿出个牌子，挂着‘保卫XXX’。自豪，并不会让你的生活更美好，况且，这是什么自豪感？


拥抱世界的进步吧，试想，全世界都说英语了，你就再也不用考雅思、托福、GRE、GMAT了，这个世界不也挺美好么？

4 Reasons Google+ Brand Pages Will Be Better Than Facebook’s, from Mashable

Converting Facebook’s 750 million active users to Google+ will be a long, difficult battle for the search giant. But converting brands to Google+ will be much easier if Google+ is able to solve advertisers’ biggest problems with Facebook — such as post-click engagement tracking, paid search inefficiencies and limited customization.
Advertisers drive paid media to their Facebook Pages because they want to be where their audience is, but there’s a major flaw in this strategy. Advertisers can’t track post-click engagement of non-Facebook ads driving to Facebook, and that’s a huge disadvantage in qualifying traffic and uncovering valuable user insights. Without such information, we can only guess whether media dollars are being well spent.
In a month or two, Google+ will launch its highly anticipated brand pages. Here are four reasons why marketers are right to be excited and why Google+ brand pages will provide a better branded experience than Facebook.

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1. Better Search Opportunites

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A major challenge with driving paid search ads to a Facebook page is that the Facebook.com domain generates a lower click-through rate (CTR), most likely due to people finding the domain irrelevant to their query. The low CTR makes for a low quality score in Google’s auction-model, which typically increases cost per click for paid search ads driving to Facebook versus a unique brand domain. The loss in cost efficiency of driving to a Facebook page has been an ongoing struggle for advertisers, particularly on Google, which has over 60% of the search market.
It would be crazy for search giant Google not to have search benefits for Google+ brand pages, whether it is a “certified check mark” callout (like on Twitter), a colored box around the listing, or possibly page-rank priority. Search benefits would likely be the strongest reason for brands to adopt a Google+ brand page. The only flaw in this theory is that giving brand pages’ extra benefits in search could raise the specter of anti-trust action and legal challenges.

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2. More Customization

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Facebook ad types are limited to just ads, sometimes with a video or poll, allowing for few branding or creative opportunities. Looking at the design of Google+ personal pages, I predict the two skyscraper-sized white spaces on each side of the profile will be opportunities for custom skinning of your brand page and for display or rich media ads.
Google+ users are probably cursing me for suggesting the placement of ads on the currently clean design of Google+, but I am speaking specifically about allowing brands to advertise and skin their own pages as seen on branded YouTube channels such as Old Spice and Miracle Whip. These are great examples of how Google+ brand pages can deliver stronger brand experiences and help brands raise awareness of special promotions, as well as letting them drive qualified traffic to pages outside of Google+.
I would not be surprised if advertising opportunities were immediately available after the launch of Google+ brand pages, since Google is fully prepared to support it with its Google Display Network, AdWords and DoubleClick advertising products.

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3. Better Analytics

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People who have used Google Analytics know how detailed the data is, including metrics like time spent on page, top content, referring sites and geographic information. It seems inevitable for Google to integrate Google Analytics into Google+ brand pages, so that brands can gain valuable insights into who their fans are, what content their fans are consuming, and where they are coming from.
All this data will guide brands in the prioritization, organization and creation of content for their page, which will lead to an improved experience that better suits fans’ interests and needs. More importantly, Google Analytics and DoubleClick reporting products will let advertisers tie paid media placements to page interaction, and help to optimize and maximize the value of media spend.

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4. Google Can Learn from Facebook

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Facebook pioneered one-on-one connections between a brand and its fans through social networking, and will continue to be valuable for inherently social brands like musicians and celebrities. But for less social industries such as insurance, health and, say, paper towels, Google+ provides a platform that is open to conversation and focuses on providing branded content and valuable information in one place.
Facebook’s successes and missteps offer invaluable lessons, giving Google second-mover advantage in creating a brand page based on brands’ need for more customization, a hub to aggregate content across the web, strong search presence and user-engagement data. However, if Google+ brand pages turn out to be a replica of Facebook’s, the battle could be over before it’s begun.

虽然没有人关心我，还是决定更新一下近况！

这个标题简直就是血中带泪！！
正在为AIESEC撰写技术类的实习报告，有非常多的感触，这个博客的本意就是记录实习时的点点滴滴，所以觉得有必要更新一下此博客，狗尾续貂。
介绍一下近况：
回到学校一个月有余，主要忙于：1.交流感情；2.申请深造；3.找工作备胎。

我显然也没有那么脱俗，在申请深造的过程中，不自信的开始找工作，但是我始终觉得这是个明智的决定，毕竟无论如何，一年之后，历史的轨迹又会重复同样的故事，所以提前准备一下未尝不可。找的工种很杂，但是方向也很明确，外企，因为我可以想象到进入国企之后自己的怂样。唯一申请的国企，广东电信的互联网增值中心，不幸的被录取了，工作内容是我喜欢的，待遇随时间的推移也会水涨船高，仅此而已。其余的几个比较喜欢的，宝洁，应该会在15号发offer,联合利华、安利、安联、各外资银行的管理培训生都在进行面试，联合利华应该会安排近期上海的面试，包行程，也算不错。但是应该仅此而已了，不想再申了，如果可能的话，希望能够找到在新加坡或者香港实习的机会。当然也希望国外的OGX朋友能介绍一下靠谱的MT实习做。

Master的申请一直有条不紊，因为毕竟时间太宽裕了，两封reference letter已然搞定，PS的书写应该也是时间的问题了。

休闲的时光比较有趣，同室友开车夜游广州塔，同朋友去了一个音乐会，看到了顺子<伟大的祖国超有钱:)>的现场版,还算是个不错的经历。两张图片：

我煮碗面给你吃，好不好 via张佳玮

说饮食，塞北江南各有看家绝技百宝囊。宁夏不会去抢苏州的虾爆鳝，山东不会去和四川斗火锅。但说面，那真是华夏大一统，比汉语拼音还要深入人心，直抵肠胃。五湖四海、天南地北、碧落黄泉、大学宿舍，火车卧铺、随便一扯，各家都有镇山之宝的一碗面。西红柿葱花蛋，白水煮滴香油，拌油加醋，炸酱打卤，过桥浇头，宽汤免青，下虾丸，和鸡蛋，油炒后煮，生冷银丝，一碗中国面的花样，可以写一百本百科全书去。


面条初称汤饼。五石散的始祖爷美少年何晏皮肤雪白，曹丕以为他敷了粉，大热天请他吃热汤饼，指望他出汗把妆划花了——这一招如今也可以推广，比如你想看某姑娘妆下真面目又没机会和她百年修得共枕眠一起床头吃早饭，那就只好夏天约游泳或者吃热汤面。南北朝时已经有“搓”和“揪”的面了。《水浒》里山东好汉吃酒和肉，偶尔让店家打饼，或直接下面来吃了。《金瓶梅》里有猪肉做卤来下水煮面。说明格局大体已定：磨粉，和面，煮熟，是为面。面一团和气好对付，绵里藏针有筋骨。和米饭一样淡，但又比米饭好收拾，好入味，居朝堂之高则成为鳝爆面，处江湖之远则是阳春面，平淡白净，好收拾。


江淮这里，在面身上做花样的不太多，泰半取个汤清味浓，浇头华丽。朱自清写扬州面用鸡汤，但要处置得干净，不能油星闪烁。苏州人则是讲究吃“头汤面”的。老些的面馆，汤要大锅熬，出其雄浑的鲜味。但面下得多了，汤就浑，所以老苏州人要早起吃头汤面。江南人吃面有术语，宽汤紧汤，免青加青，过桥压底，一碗面能变的花样直接能列出一道排列组合数学题。传说苏州以前面馆皆用银丝面，取其细，20世纪50年代前后改了一段儿小宽面，大受欢迎，后来又变回银丝面了。我们无锡这里，乡下吃青菜肉丝面时喜欢下宽面，经常下得汤稠浓，不清澈，但有面粉本身的香味。
说及对汤头的讲究，我们这里有种奥灶面。按苏州无锡的吴语里，奥灶者，不干不净是也。奥灶面，红汤面居多。以鸭（从南京到苏州，惯吃鸭子）和鱼（水乡之地）熬汤，我瞎猜奥灶就是指汤头浓厚，历时极久，熬得汤浓——吴地人习惯把熬得久的东西称烂糊、奥灶——最后出锅，面倒罢了，汤和鸭、鱼肯定是味极鲜浓的了。


说江南面的浇头，有些是直接闷在面里的，如苏州、杭州都有的焖肉面。懂火候的吃客能掐会算，要带点肥肉的焖肉面，被面汤和面盖得半融化，你中有我我中有你郎情妾意，才翻一翻面，让焖肉见了生天。那时面肉皆膏腴，鲜甜可口入味。有些浇头别放一盘上，表示划清界限，就是所谓“过桥”，比如带皮烧鸭肉，就是怕和面抢了味道。我问过老辈儿何谓“过桥”，答说浇头和面各占两岸，借一双筷子才汇到一起，要“过个桥”是也——此说颇为浪漫主义，面和浇头忽然间就牛郎织女化了。这么一想，云南过桥米线，浇头也的确是另成一盘而上，倒进米线里硬生生烫熟之后吃的——《鹿鼎记》里明言，过桥米线油至厚，所以虽烫而不冒热气。我觉得这原理稍微有点像正宗广东生滚鱼片粥。


我们这里，有些浇头被上一辈人说起，就眼放亮光垂涎三尺。一是镇江的脆鳝，我小时候吃东西，卖脆鳝的都自称是镇江手艺。苏锡这里，爱把鳝鱼红烧成鳝筒，取其香脆。唐鲁孙写民国时吃鳝鱼面，都是堂倌把鳝鱼擦碎了直接浇面上吃。我们吃时没那么夸张，只是吃着被汤泡软、香中带甜的脆鳝，委实口感多姿。现在似乎少了。二是浙江奎元馆的虾爆鳝，简直是老一代人的浇头圣经，魂牵梦萦：据说最正宗的是鳝用油爆、虾仁使猪油炒、面上桌前要来点小麻油，鲜香得体，鲜花着锦。所以无论杭州朋友怎么劝“奎元馆不复当年矣”，每次去杭州，走完西湖，必得去奎元馆吃碗面。另要一份过桥浇头外带，回住处用来下黄酒。我爸以前坐绿皮火车去南京出差，带我去看长江大桥。我在小店里听说有所谓长鱼面，要吃，上桌一看：就是野鳝鱼炖的鲜白厚润汤面。
雪菜肉丝笋片面是无锡人的家常配置，雪菜和笋片一取其鲜浓一取其清脆，是很书生气的搭配。节令不对无鲜笋时，就以腌笋代替，别一番滋味深长。我从小吃惯，长大后到杭州才发现这就是传说中的片儿川——好比娶个媳妇使唤二十年，某天出门被人指着喊“啊看那就是费雯丽！”
余华浙江背景的《兄弟》和汪曾祺扬州背景的《八千岁》里，都特意提过“三鲜面”这物儿。我国地方忒大，各地都能列出些“三宝”“四大怪”，三鲜于是也具体而微。公路旁的过路面馆，肉丝、笋、蘑菇也敢理直气壮称三鲜；高尚住宅旁的养生面馆，虾仁、海参、墨鱼做三鲜也是有的。但奇怪的是，四鲜、五鲜、六七八九鲜面似乎较少，大概三位一体，不繁不简，比较容易化学反应酝酿出滋味吧。


黄河以北之面，不比江南小桥流水的书生气，有农业社会黄河滔滔气息。接地气，味浓厚，气势雄浑，再没什么比一碗厚重的面更能让人感觉到北方苍莽之气的了。论历史，古已有之，《金瓶梅》里说有打卤面，是三碟儿蒜汁、一大碗猪肉卤，吃得应伯爵们大汗脱衣服，末了要喝茶去蒜味。《儿女英雄传》里吃了碗“羊肉打卤过水面”，就是缘分了；再吃了“现拉的过水面，现蒸的大包子”，就是生死之交，壮哉。北京人吃打卤面和炸酱面，都讲究得细密周至。《我爱我家》里和平的老妈所谓“打卤面不费事，弄点肉末打俩鸡蛋，搁点黄花木耳、香菇青蒜，使油这么一过，使芡这么一勾，出锅的时候放上点葱姜，再撒上点香油，齐活了！”王敦煌老师说，北京打卤面，得是白煮猪肉的肉汤加水淀粉勾芡打出的才叫打卤面。要有口蘑、海米、黄花、木耳、五花肉片，才叫好打卤面。老北京人对面码儿和卤的琢磨，有点走火入魔。已有的法子固然精益求精，而且致力开拓。比如说，梁实秋和言菊朋，都有过类似段子：吃着某样烩菜、卤羊肉，忽然福至心灵，要份外卖，回家打卤，自豪如航海家又发现一新岛屿：“又有新卤了！”炸酱面，唐鲁孙提过一个“新法”，是所谓“不用肉丁肉末，而用虾米和鸡蛋”——您瞧，簪缨世家，书香门第，还是琢磨一筷子面怎么吃才妥帖安稳舒适利口呢。我在北京吃打卤面不多，但每次都会被人指导：如何吃才不泻卤，能一口把面融融洽洽吃通透完满了。如果吃得面酱两分、卤泻面散，是要挨嘲笑的。


面到了山陕西北，就算是进了艺术门槛。西北的面基本色即是空，皮囊如何汤煮如何浇头当然也讲究，但重要的是目无全牛深入拷问面的灵魂和存在形式。山陕西北之外的面大体可以说是“面是可以这么煮的”，而山陕西北内部的焦点基本是“面也可以做成这种形态？！”兰州拉面已成海内传奇，许多饭店以拉面神技作为演出项目，兰州牛肉面最本色也最浑厚，最正牌兰州拉面汤清味醇质朴天成，味道雍容沉厚大气磅礴。但山陕西北又远不只拉面。刀削、扯、揪、猫耳朵、拨鱼，手法就能看晕人；皮带面蘸水面棍棍面摆汤面面皮，粗细、宽窄、厚薄，孙悟空七十二变似的。
山西刀削面、扯面、揪面样样好，一半是师傅们刀功神奇手法潇洒，个个都有血刀老祖的精准、黄蓉的巧手，一半是面本身质地独步海内。山陕居民不拘泥小麦面粉，呼朋唤友海纳百川，荞麦、莜麦、高粱们配方勾搭，加上水面相和的份额搭配，面于是能升能隐大则喷云吐雾小则隐介藏形，吹口气就能飞天化龙。所以不管是削得飞薄、捺成猫耳朵、揪、扯、拨、擦、剪、捻、剔，都好吃筋道，而且质感百样。比如我初吃羊肉汤配莜面鱼鱼、莜面窝窝之类，口感神异，一时间都不敢信这是面食。


有段时间过冬，我常吃西安的麻什，也就是猫耳朵。家常做猫耳朵靠手指捺，可炒可烩，极为百搭。北京的炒疙瘩，我没吃过太正宗的，大体吃下来和麻什相仿，猜是进了京城改了名。只是吃了几次炒疙瘩，主人家都是和青菜同炒，吃来有些像吴方言区的“瘪子团炒青菜”再加韧版。山西人出了名的能吃酸，陕西亦然，所以虽然大半面里都有牛羊肉块垒健猛伏兵招摇，但有酸汤就和着，便不腻，比如我吃过牛肉豆芽酸汤烩麻什。西安面皮如果也归类于面，那就是我所见最犀利的面之一：面皮清滑，加黄瓜丝，料酸辣，味道凌厉，得配温黑米粥和腊汁肉夹馍才镇得住味。
岐山臊子面吃过几次，在同一个馆子吃没比较过不知是否正宗，也没问起这面是否和周文王有关。大体上面码儿连肉臊子带木耳、胡萝卜等是一份，汤一份，面一份，吃时三者合一。我叮嘱别放太辣，所以其味酸香。陕西的肉臊子连皮带肉，腴瘦相间，煞是肥美——想来陕西人民对肉臊子有研究也理所当然：早千多年鲁提辖就逼着镇关西肥瘦臊子寸金软骨的奔忙啦。
当年去乌鲁木齐和石河子，几天没见到绿叶蔬菜，满眼肉林，间杂些水果、土豆和胡萝卜。后来吃得两眼喷火，每次吃大盘鸡看见鸡肉就有些阿弥陀佛罪过罪过，反而是看见末尾拉条子配已成沼泽状的鸡块土豆泥时，觉得猛男肉堆里看到一片冰肌玉肤，像贾宝玉见了女子倍感清爽。回上海和新疆店的人聊，说做拉条子必得面里擦点儿油才能白韧筋道。
《三枪拍案传奇》让油泼面大大的露了脸，然而油泼面实在是挺异类的存在：不比江南有汤，不比北京有卤和酱，就是一味油泼辣子面，好像赤膊汉子没有宝马银枪，只靠内练一口气外练筋骨皮。内气是西北传统的面和得好，煮得地道，捞得是火候；筋骨皮是油泼辣子、葱花儿、辣椒面们，再当头一勺油下去，嘶拉拉一声立地成佛，羽化登仙，味道浩浩漫漫张扬跋扈的溢出来。我私以为油泼面有一点像干炒河粉：不仗他物，单靠本身面香、油香这些本分的东西。但炒河粉不及油泼面筋韧火爆泼辣宽厚，缺这么股子匪气霸道的香味。大致炒河粉是武当太极柔能克刚，油泼面就是朴实无华降龙十八掌了。


民国时诸位名家都提过北京某烟馆改的河南馆名菜，是所谓黄河瓦块鱼浇焙面，大概是浇头为主面为次了。黄河鲤鱼肉厚，《书剑恩仇录》里就说过黄河鲤鱼羹极香浓。我在上海的河南馆子吃到过这菜，未必是黄河瓦块鱼，只说是鲤鱼，但还是有分量，够敦厚，不失中土帝王气。据说最正宗吃法是鲤鱼去筋，摔死（比被哪吒弄死的龙王三太子还惨），我们没见到这程序，只吃到了成品：鱼经油炸，醋溜；面焙过，成脆龙须面，然后鱼面齐上，吃来酸甜。另可以把鱼汤勾兑卤汁再浇——比大盘鸡末尾用鸡+土豆卤汁拌面，又要华丽些了。河南馆还常推荐给我们荞麦饸饹面。其面吃起来稀溜溜的滑，冷热均可，甚好调理，配重味的汤汁也能出厚味而不妖，很是端庄。我家附近的河南风味馆，冬天另卖一种羊肉烩面，不同于江浙的羊肉面。其面极宽，像皮带面和刀削面；羊肉带骨熬，汤浓。如果说江浙羊肉汤面可以用喝的，河南馆羊肉烩面大可以连汤带面提起来甩个呼呼风生，然后吞下肚去。


西南川黔，仅论调味之华丽繁复，天下无双。所以西南的面也喧宾夺主，下料比面本身繁复得多，好比刘姥姥感叹“一味茄子倒要十几只鸡来配”。四川担担面，据说是以前伺候太太们吃宵夜用的。看黑白照片历史纪录，传统的担担面扁担和馄饨挑子相去不远：一头儿煤球炉子、铜锅，肉臊子、面和汤分门别类摆着，一头儿碗筷和水桶。太太姨娘们打麻将饿了倦了，又不十分大胃口，就叫碗面吃吃。于是煮汤下面，上好肉臊子如胭脂抹上递去。说担担面的汤，最正宗的得是鱼、鸡等多种骨头相熬，但不能动牛骨，取其清鲜；台湾60年代一度流行过外带担担面肉臊子，可见上好肉臊子，家制不易。我在川中、上海、北京几次吃担担面，都是小钵小碗，不是正餐，更像点心。然而唯其小盏小碗，才见其臊子、汤都做得用心。


重庆火锅全国到处被转帖挂名，但重庆真正不可复制的乃是麻辣小面。麻辣小面，通常是面、汤和调料分开雕琢。汤是骨头汤，浓香醇厚不必细表；面也是用骨汤另熬；最恐怖的是调料：我所知道的是花椒粉、辣椒粉、味精、盐、碎花生末、猪油、酱油、葱花、榨菜末，以上还只是必需的，赶上艺术家细胞的小面摊儿，调味料还能多出几倍，当真是天罡地煞、魔星一百零八，无法一一算计。面煮罢，于是调料搁碗里，先下鲜汤冲调一下，面和青菜舀进，再来一勺鲜汤。剩下的就是拌，等面、汤和五光十色的调料们飞短流长、捉对厮杀已毕了。


昨天去重庆临江古镇磁器口，见识了铺盖面。阿姨们大力鹰爪功，从面团上拽下面片，一拉一扯下锅煮，泼辣凶猛。配磁器口满街叫卖的鸡杂及其鲜汤，自然厚味，只是夏天吃不免大汗淋漓。我们江苏有个锅盖面，和铺盖面一字之差，但格局不同。我们这里做法，大体是酱油、猪油为主另加佐料配红汤，面和得极软极活，用吴语是“面得活”，下锅煮毕，再下绿叶子卤——苏州所谓“重青”是也。浓香软厚，不失清冽，吃急了能觉得人都融化进去。


我小时候，一直以为油炸伊面是广东特产——油炸过再煮出来，格外香韧，是为许多方便面的首选格式。后来才听说伊面其实是山东货，大惊之余，又觉以山东面之强，也是合情合理。广东大多数伊面都强调和面时加鸡蛋，以求口感——四川人做抄手、广东人做云吞，和面时都不免此程序。跑句题：我吃过最好的一碗鸡蛋和面是在大连，一碗葱油海米鸡蛋拌面，面虽不粗，但有种饱满雄浑的面蛋合一之香，填嘴塞胃，气势汹汹。
在广东、海南吃云吞面，阿妈们都大声强调自家的面是“全蛋面”，不掺一丝儿水。其情汲汲，不下于卖金戒指的店员面红耳赤强调“十足真金”。全蛋面爽脆自不待提，广东人又格外重视汤头，鱼干虾壳猪骨，各家自有祖传法宝，总之清鲜不带油花是各家阿妈们吹擂的标志。牛腩云吞等的质地则是广东各店安身立命之物，不必多猜。


全国各地都有捞面。我没吃过山西河捞，闻其名，初以为是捞面，后来听说是“饸饹”的谐音，存疑。各地捞面程序倒差得不远，都逃不过面煮后捞起沥干，然后另配汤送上，倒是捞面酱料、浇头各有讲究。苏州无锡这里夏天吃捞面或曰拌面，家常点就是酱油、麻油加一点葱叶一拌也就算了；奢侈一点的，也有把虾仁鸡蛋嫩炒后加猪油去映衬的。当然论复杂，还是得回到四川重庆的凉面：花生黄豆菜油豆芽菜蒜姜葱香油花椒油辣椒酱油醋糖，光一味拌料就得练一气儿绕口令。我一位法语老师在上海的住处，周围净是朝鲜冷面馆子，她就把冷面也划为拌面。大概冷面也脱不了煮熟沥干，另加冷汤这道工序吧？
说到沥干，武汉热干面是种神妙的存在。我当年首次在户部巷吃到，一饭难忘，后来凡见武汉风味馆总要连豆皮叫一份。有店主对热干面艺术研究得形而上学，说最好的热干面得先煮过，再冷，再煮，沥干，冰火九重天，湿了又干，令其坚韧不拔——有点像广东人对付白云猪手。热干面其实也是大巧不工：香油、芝麻酱，稠浓香厚，好像一个浓妆美人，配什么小白脸菜都显得太轻佻，我习惯最多加一点儿豆角或肉丁，就直接下筷。热干面最能体现“难得糊涂”四字——香浓黏糊，一派糊涂。说到热干面离不开芝麻酱，另有一例：现在疑似开成全国连锁店的沙县小吃，离不了一碗飘香拌面，其香脆好吃点石成金，尽靠搂头盖脸那一下花生酱。倒是有许多人说宜宾燃面也是油重而香，我没吃过。但料来川中调味之杂，味道该不会是热干面那流的。


和人民大众休戚相关的，还得是泡面。我小时候还没有如今便利店的凉面便当，无非统一康师傅之类油炸面。我小时候一度热爱泡面：懒人干嚼泡面冲汤喝，常人泡面算时间，勤快点儿的亲自动手煮还顺手加个蛋，我当年却是打鸡蛋、剥豆子、偷火腿肠、摸香菇、洗菜叶，一碗泡面也要堂堂皇皇，终于被我妈赐名“张师傅”。长大后有段时间厌倦了泡面，尤其是赶路时坐长途火车，满车厢都是康师傅和统一的红烧牛肉味让人颤抖。但偶尔冬夜里和人长谈饿久了嘴里淡出个鸟来，又懒得穿衣服杀出门去，惶然相顾的二人中忽然有一人拍大腿：“有泡面！”没等吃，温暖感已经来了。


本段子最初只想自己吃过的面。写到一半时，征集了一下提醒，然后让我深感挂一漏万的回帖出现了：


越南凉面北京蒸面宜宾燃面河南烩面油泼辣子面裤带面岐山臊子面兰州拉面羊肉臊子面羊肉小揪面野生蘑菇面搓面炒疙瘩生汆面热干面葱油拌面碱水面焖面饸饹三鲜皮肚面羊肉面太和板面新疆拌面山西河捞抿曲刀削面鱼香拌面麻酱拌面东台鱼汤面朝鲜冷面海鲜面沙县拌面闽南面线糊四川凉面东北手擀面和龙面浆水面biangbiang面福建棵条面面片炮仗阳春面肠旺面莜面蘸水面长鱼面丁丁炒面鲜虾云吞面面线糊蚵仔面线扁豆焖面削筋面厦门沙茶面酸汤面砂锅面浆面条台州姜汁面太和羊肉拌面大连蚬子面云南卤面而且这还只是九牛一毛如果我是郭德纲能够未卜先知就早那么几年让李菁和何云伟二位慢慢背着当基本功训练而且不给他们午饭吃。


都不必提日本乌冬面意大利通心粉之类，仅以华夏之大，面产品就是个无底洞了。变着法子吃一生一世的面，估计能捋到九牛一毛。要了解华夏，最简洁的方式便是去看其面：江南虾鳝，西南调味，沙县的花生酱，武汉的芝麻酱，北京的黄花木耳香菇青蒜，陕西的牛肉酸汤臊子萝卜。海北天南，色彩斑斓。但其根和梢，是些白的、温和的、能方能圆、能柔能刚、能宽能窄、能细能粗、能豪迈能细密、能煮能炒能炝，宽厚大度平淡温和，承当一切的面。


刘嘉玲在《大内密探零零发》里有句美妙绝伦的台词。无论周星驰多么落拓、不得志、遭误解、找外遇，她都是一句“你肚子饿不饿？我煮碗面给你吃，好不好？”中国式的家庭、土地、生活观念和夫妻恩爱，五湖四海，千秋万载，到最后，也就是归到这么一句平淡温暖的话去：
“我煮碗面给你吃，好不好？”

Baidu Launched Beta Testing Personalized Homepage

Google released new product Google+ in its late effort to rival Facebook and Twitter in social networking area even after several unsuccessful attempts including controversial Google Buzz, Google Wave and so on. Its Chinese counterpart Baidu also had a tough trip ramping up its own social network services, with the latest release of brand-new Baidu personalized homepage (pictured below), it seems Baidu has made up its mind to keep trying.

Today is the first day of Baidu Technology Innovation Conference 2011 in Beijing, a very important event for Baidu where several new products will be announced. Baidu launched their new homepage for login users with newly added modules as shown above last night around 8pm.

The new homepage scraps the “empty page with a search box,” the minimalism first pioneered by Google and adopted by search engines everywhere, including Baidu. The change took effect last night for users who are registered with a Baidu account.

It seems the giant Chinese search engine is beta testing the new feature, only a small proportion of its users are directed to the newly-revamped personalized homepage, on which lots of Baidu services are integrated there, including updates from Baidu Tieba(BBS), Baidu Zone(SNS), Baidu Zhidao (social Q&A) and other apps from Baidu Open Platform.

Baidu’s new homepage adds four new sections below the search box:

1.       Favorite sites: Users are encouraged to add their favorite sites to this space. Baidu has announced ‘Connect’ functionality with a number of third-party sites that require log-in, such as Sina Weibo and Renren. If a user is logged-in to their Baidu account, he or she won’t have to log-in again for the other site.

2.       Hot topics: Trending topics based on searches on Baidu and the user’s interests.

3.       Applications: Recommended web applications (games, life, productivity, e-commerce) for the user. CEO Robin Li announced that application downloads on Baidu’s open platform have reached 1.64 billion. This section is an extension of Baidu’s ‘box computing’ strategy, which displays applications directly in search results.

4.       Social Feed: The latest news from social sites, including both Baidu’s properties and other third-party sites.Baidu has failed to build a winning social media product itself, but seems cognizant of this growing user need.

According to some observers, the beta-testing product looks like the profile page on SNS websites, users can personalized it based on one’s needs. And in the future it could integrate with Baidu’s social networking platform. Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li said in this June that ”Baidu is building a common social networking platform as infrastructure, when user comes to Baidu, he may switch seamlessly and intuitively among different Baidu products and apps. He may spend more time on Baidu, and he can also have instant access to desirable information.” One may wonder, could this be the common platform Robin talked about.

In general, Chinese sites tend to be far ‘busier’, more crowded with content than their foreign counterparts. But Baidu had always resisted, maintaining a homepage nearly as sparse as Google’s.

Baidu’s new homepage reflects the firm’s aim to become a destination site for far more than just search.

References:

http://news.ichinastock.com/2011/09/baidu-launches-new-richer-homepage-with-apps-social-feed-and-hot-topics/

http://technode.com/2011/07/02/baidu-beta-testing-personalized-homepage/

http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/1245/baidu-launched-new-homepage-with-modules/

http://looooker.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=42969&extra=

8 Ways PPC and SEO Are Better When Used Together

Pay per click (PPC) is an Internet advertising model used to direct traffic to websites, where advertisers pay the hosting service when the ad is clicked. With search engines, advertisers typically bid on keyword phrases relevant to their target market. Content sites commonly charge a fixed price per click rather than use a bidding system.

Many people approach SEO and PPC as completely separate strategies. And while they are different in many ways, it can be helpful to think of SEO and PPC as being two sides of the same coin: search. There are many ways in which SEO and PPC efforts complement each other, and lead to a more successful search strategy. Consider these eight ways that make a coordinated SEO and PPC strategy greater than the sum of its parts.

1.        Visibility

The most obvious benefit of combining SEO and PPC efforts is added exposure on the search engine results pages (SERPs). Clients are often tempted to reduce PPC efforts once a search term ranks number one. However, it's important to remember that the top two or three results on most SERPs are PPC ads. Dominating the organic and paid search results will greatly increase traffic, and give the impression that you're an established presence in a particular market.
 

2.        Share Keyword Data

Simultaneously running organic and PPC campaigns gives you double the data to analyze. Determine which organic and PPC keywords have the highest conversion rate, and use that information to optimize your overall strategy.
 

3.        Use Best Performing PPC Ad Copy to Inform Your Organic Content Strategy

What works for PPC often works for SEO. By determining which PPC ads result in the most conversions, you'll have a good idea how to create title tags, meta descriptions and page content for the pages that you want to rank organically. The benefit of using PPC ads to test page attributes is the immediacy of the results. You'll know pretty quickly what works and what doesn't, while organically testing titles and metas can take a long time.
 

4.        Integrate E-Commerce Feeds into AdWords Results

Google is doing some pretty cool things when it comes to e-commerce. You can now link specific product pages to PPC ads. The ad will feature the product, often with reviews, and will take the user directly to the product page, where a purchase can be made. This is a great way to give your existing e-commerce efforts a boost.

5.        Use Site Search Data to Inform PPC Keywords

The main goal of PPC advertising is to figure out which keywords your customers use to find your product or service. Enabling site search on your website, and analyzing the terms that are frequently used, can give valuable insight into your customers' needs and search habits.
 

6.        Combat Negative PR

Occasionally, someone will say something negative about your company. It happens, and when it does, combined PPC and SEO efforts can be great damage control. The principle is similar to the first point in this list: visibility. You can guide the conversation more effectively if you control the SEO and PPC results for a certain term. A great example was seen during the Gulf oil spill. For some time afterward, BP paid for PPC ads linked to the keyword 'oil spill.' The PPC ad led to a page on BP's site about the cleanup effort. They wanted to make sure that whenever someone searched 'oil spill,' BP's PPC ad was at the top of the list. Use this technique to help tell your side of the story.
 

7.        Social Media Visibility

The social media landscape is changing dramatically, and part of that change has been the emergence of highly targeted advertising opportunities. Sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube (owned by Google) can serve up ads targeted to incredibly specific groups of people. Using Facebook user profile information, it's possible to show an ad only to 22 year olds living in Kansas City who are interested in motorcycles and horticulture. It may be a small group, but it's precise. The data that you collect from these campaigns may uncover granular details about your target audience, and help refine your overall SEO strategy.
 

8.        Test Strategic Organic Keywords with PPC

PPC ads are a great way to refine your organic keyword strategy. As your long term organic keyword strategy evolves, test the conversion rate of the words you want to rank for with PPC ads. You'll get immediate feedback on the effectiveness of the organic keywords you're after, and can fine tune your strategy accordingly.

References:

http://www.seomoz.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_per_click

Coming back from Manali, get a new project about the on-page SEO for a poker book company

have no time to tell the details. maybe tonite!

时光飞逝，我想寻求改变，吐槽和跳槽

转眼已在公司履职一个月了，新鲜感完全荡然无存，可怜的上班族成了真正的IT民工，我想寻求改变。
三个AIESEC的朋友成立了自己的互联网市场和电子商务公司，到访参观充满了活力，http://www.cueblocks.com/aiesec/videos.php， 可以看看这个链接。邀请我一起，于是陷入了纠结，我终究是需要改变的，或许就是现在！

快乐的屎--记蓝精灵 The Smurfs

声明：这是一个带有工作审查性质的博客，杂文以中文记；并且‘屎’这类的词我的英语老师没有教过我，很多情况下表意不清。
刚从影院看完蓝精灵（The Smurfs）回来坐定，桌上有半瓶昨晚喝剩的罗姆，所以顺便码点字也不费脑。
今晚原先不打算出门的，因为说实话到这儿近一个月，早九晚7的上班轧脑汁，除周末在外旅游，每周要看一次电影，去一次酒吧，剩下的时间天天都有大大小小的派对，难得有机会坐下来看看肥皂剧挺好（Stanley师兄推荐的Coupling,棒极了！），本来态度坚决地拒绝了Max，但后来43区的埃及法国乌克兰女生过来了，穿的跟去走红毯似的.....我可耻的屈服了。一行人11人出发，由上图可以看出，我们确实占据了一般的上座率。

期初打算看的是Delhi Belly，但是没有英文字幕，于是转而看蓝精灵（The Smurfs）.
我觉得这是个相当明智的选择，相对于前两部--变形金刚3同哈利波特X，至少观看全程中我没有睡着...当然这样比较没有意义，因为前两部实在是太烂了，变3没有故事主线，打斗毫无诚意，一如既往的把黄种人角色设定为变态神经质，浑浑噩噩的填塞了2个钟的时间，虽然女主的臀部真的很美，但是我还是比较喜欢梅根福克斯。而哈X，我几乎昏睡了1个小时，而且这个‘一晃10年过去了的’结尾...真的，不要这样好么？


看完蓝精灵之后，大家的评语基本是‘屎’，‘有趣’.这两者并不冲突。作为一部暑期喜剧动画片，里面的包袱抖得还是差强人意的（我的标准就是会不会睡着）。说它‘屎’，也不无道理，故事情节太单薄，整个叙事量同一集动画片无异，当然最失望的还是我们亲爱的‘巴尼.斯蒂僧’的表现了，凭借‘老爸老妈恋爱史’的历练，他不但吸引了大量忠实影迷，还在第三季开始拍摄之际成功出柜...整部戏巴尼同志实在是没什么出彩的机会，除了展示了一下衬衫+无袖马甲+米黄色外套的经典‘suit up’造型外，可谓乏善可陈，唯一可以提供点亮点的一场戏--2分钟同蓝精灵玩吉他英雄飙歌，完全没有过去两届主持托尼奖时候的即兴RAP的惊艳感。

有一个有趣的现象也揭示了‘屎’与‘有趣’的组合，我们看一下两大影评网站的评分：

IMDB的评分比较符合MAX的想法：‘什么破电影，屎屎屎’，4.2分不是友好的数字，要知道，建党伟业都高达2.1分呢；而时光网的评分就很乡土，‘就图个乐嘛，给个吉利的数字’。


其实大家今晚普遍还是比较开心的，看看karina同志随后在脸书上的感叹：

蓝精灵动画片确实是风靡全球的很火。大家在一起回忆起过往看动画片的日子，分明有几分陶醉。写到这儿我不想写了，明天要早起锻炼。明晚收拾行李，周末去泰姬陵 ：）。分享一张我很喜欢的海报：

这张《蓝精灵》新款海报是在致敬《老友记》的一张经典“集体亮相”

二者的源头都出自这张拍摄于1932年的著名照片《Lunch Atop a Skyscraper》 

The Secret to Making Connections that Work ---staying in touch after getting in touch

You see, I have been in Chandigarh and worked for Netgains for almost one month, the number of friends I’ve met here is approximately equal to that of my 3-year-university life. One of the numerous of similar situations here: last night, there was a farewell party for one of my best friend- Chris,an awesome mother-fucker guy from Ningbo Nottingham University, there are around 30 people sitting in a gorgeous Chinese restaurant from different countries with all strange-pronounced names, after dinner, we chatted with each other and took pictures together, exchange the facebook accounts, we became friends.

But, do I really know these people a lot? Of course not, I know more about the sanitation worker who collects the rubbish accumulated in my house garden than these people. Nevertheless, these are really nice people that I do want to know more and establish further friendships. How? Social Networks, of course!

Meeting and friending people has become fairly easy with social networks, live events, and a gazillion ways to locate, like, and follow peers.

Before we start the discussion focused on this topic, think this over ’what do you value?’ When you start making more decisions based upon what's really important and figure out a way to measure that, the return is easier to spot.

Being connected helps us put what we learn to good use. This is true for businesses as it is for individuals. Connections are also situational, just like influence can be. There is tons of great information out there for becoming technically savvy.

The challenge is that there are no best practices in being human. And ‘making the connection’ is not the hardest part. ‘Keeping it ‘is. So how do you go about finding ways for it to be mutually beneficial and memorable? Here is some tips I wanna share with you from Valeria Maltoni :

• make some notes in the back of the card about where you met that person and what you talked about, then enter them in your electronic database with their contact information
• it's a good idea to follow up with people right after an event, while the energy from the experience is still high, and it's likely they'd remember it if not you
• if you have resources like articles, posts, links, or connections to people, you can share and make in your follow up, that gets you started on a good and memorable footing
• after the initial contact, that's when things tend to drop off, especially as time goes by
• so it's a good idea to develop a system to keep track of when you contact people similar to the one you may have learned about when you were looking for your first job or the next gig
• that was you can revisit it periodically to touch base with people you may not have heard from or talked to in a while
• make it a habit to share with that person special content, leads, helpful things as you come across them
• this means you will need to navigate the fine line between inundating people with stuff and being useful
• being useful could even be sending short messages on Twitter when appropriate -- it's scalable on social networks, and you can make it meaningful by personalizing the comment

Connections are a gift. When you put a little bit of effort in maintaining them, you'll be surprised at the developments and possibilities they bring into your work, and life. Often it's the connections of the people you meet that end up making a difference.

So, this can be the initial move of strengthen your social network, but then, comes the bigger puzzle: ’How to be a highly connective person?’ Here is some tips given by Anil Dash:

 (1.) Believe you can make a difference

In case you were wondering if this is only touchy-feely, look at how Dana White built a UFC empire out of his desire to connect with fans.

(2.) Think knowledge as a service

It's an overused expression, it really does apply. We live in a remix culture, where individuals, industries, and media will thrive by allowing the exchange of ideas. That's where new connections are made.

(3.) Take risks

They can be small ones. This was one of my points when I talked about passion as well. Creating new habits involves exploring new territory.

(4.) Have a point with your view

In other words, put substance behind the approach. Do your homework, be prepared to defend and discuss a topic intelligently and willingly.

(5.) Keep your promises

This is valid at individual and organizational level. Coming through, following up helps you maintain integrity of purpose and build credibility..

Whether you use social networks, email, even snail, staying in touch after getting in touch is the secret to making connections that work.

OK, that’s all I can figure out now, if you have any creative thought or ideas wanted to be shared and discussed, leave a comment below. ;0

References:

http://mashable.com/2010/06/08/dana-white-ufc-social-media/

http://www.conversationagent.com/2009/11/my-take-on-passion.html

http://www.conversationagent.com/2011/07/12-habits-of-highly-connective-people.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ConversationAgent+%28Conversation+Agent%29