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Collaboration is the key

While I am a freelancer with my wife, I found that collaboration with someone who you trusted is always the key to be successful in the field. It is however, not easy to find a trustworthy partner too.

People
I myself, has bee naive before. I’ve experiences a few driveway alarm before I get to where I am today. Pure partnership without a goal always resulting a break out.

While I was in college, I tried to work out something for betterment of my future as well as some pocket money with my friend. However, we ended up stopping the project as we did not come to a similar goal. I did it, twice!

However, this time round, the friend who partner with me for the first time, came back to me and asked if I’m interested in another project with him. I rejected without second thought. As I don’t want to waste time on the project that we cannot agree on the goal. We are both not a college student anymore, and have a limited time in making ourselves a living. I would prefer to look for someone who is not so keen on making big buck from one small project.

That remind me of another entry about project-excitement :)

Getting healthy

Cancer like Mesothelioma or spine problem has been quite common nowadays. Working in front the computer for hours is potentially ruin the spine, so I made some decision to stay healthy.

eChiro

Weeks back, when I first encounter eChiro, I did not really believe it’s going to help much, until I see some reason. A hard fact always make things more believable :P

First it was my neck. Due to the sitting posture (I’m working with a laptop) I have some pain on my back neck for years. After the first few session with eChiro, it gets more painful. My mother, who brought me to there insist me to continue it for another few more days to check the result. Well, it works well, my neck is now more relieve.

Second was my shoulder. I have a high and low shoulder. I almost can’t believe my eyes when I check my shoulder after 3 session, they get more balance each time I went for the therapy :)

Seriously, if you see one, go ahead and give it a trial. It has 4 months free trial, which I am on it now.

P/S: eChiro website runs on WordPress too ;)

What is your printer’s email address?

That is one of the question that no one had ever thought about.

Like how we work nowadays, we do things almost manually, even though paying system has a great software to run it, but you can’t deny that a Symbol LS2208 barcode scanner still need to be manually scanned and collect.

HP printer

HP launched a line of new web connected printers, printers that has its own email addresses.

Interestingly, it helps a lot in drivers and plugging. Nowadays, we have too much plugs to use, and too less plugs to be share. Laptop has replaced desktop, with a maximum of 4 USD port (let’s now putting Apple computer in, they speak wireless by the way), you may still running out of it.

But one thing has HP pointed to, wireless! That is the World after this century maybe. Like the IT manager told me before “I wonder when will everything be wireless, so I don’t need to speed this f*cking time plugging you a computer in office“, it was 2006, way before iMac has bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I’m sure he is happy right now :)

This is the thing

I believe a lot of Internet users notice that there are lots of websites has a good looking slideshow on their front page. By Flash or by Javascript.

Almost all the clients I worked with required one for them, for their news and update or press release. But does it work well with it? Not exactly.

For my point of view, a business, depending on the services, a slideshow is a showcase, in a way.

Slideshow

It should emphasize the business itself. Attractiveness is not a priority, but the effect of the slideshow counts. Delaying too long is not good; invisible button is not good; button not clearly shown is not good and so on.

It is always good to use JQuery for the slide instead of Flash, because Flash already breaking the first rules of the slide – Delay. It needs to load and depend on how fast/slow the Internet connection a visitor has. However, overusing slideshows may make it all little boring too…

Working on the codes

It’s like a allergy relief, I have been working on some big big codes this few days, like a big database coding. The design was alright, but the coding part is what awakening me :)

Design

There are more than 4 stylesheets and more than 800 lines of CSS, in one liner style.

Question: How do you save space and loading time with CSS?. Put in 1 line on each value? Don’t use space? Don’t place comment? Heh… Cache :)

CSS

What I like was the time spending on adjusting all the design to pixel perfection. Heh, another personal project on hand going to do next few months, that is more than this one I guess… It’s going to be fun :) No time for some shitty machines and softwares now…

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