"Man can be everything"

Three IT Giants' Cash Status in 3Q 2009

(ingray) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:18:25 +0900

Motivated by 'CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Soaring Pile Of Cash', I made a brief chart of three company. Every data collected with Google Finance.

(Thanks to iDreamer buzzing that article via his Twitter)

Though Apple shows amazing success with iPod and iPhone these days, Microsoft is still strong.
Recent dramatic cash piling of Apple may effected by the fact that Apple is a 'hardware manufacture'. Hardware companies usually shows bigger cash flow rise than software companies in good business circumstances.

p.s. Actually speaking, I like Microsoft. I'm a fan of Microsoft who use Apple's MacBook. :)

The 1st Ignite Seoul Presentation Video

(ingray) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:37:47 +0900

1. Full presentation video

2. Screen Cast

3. Keynote Presentation material
(Sadly, the slide share does not support Keynote's animation effect fully.)

4. Bonus - Climax Photo

Related Post:Preparing Ignite Seoul 2009

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

(ingray) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:29:55 +0900

...

Cause I'm Mr.Brightside
Cause I'm Mr.Brightside
Cause I'm Mr.Brightside
...
Hey, Mr.Brightside, never ever give up.

iTunes Visualization.

(ingray) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:22:44 +0900

I accidentally typed ‘cmd + T’ in iTunes on my new mac book. (Actually I intended to open a new tap for Safari.)

That miss control made me to find this wonderful visualization effect in iTunes!

I used for iTunes for several years but hardly ever tried to use this feature. Most player’s visualization effect is just a ‘mess’ - they are not beautiful.

Beautiful visualization effect - the another reason why I love iTunes. ;)

Preparing Ignite Seoul 2009

(ingray) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:36:07 +0900

Collected Web Clips

http://delicious.com/ingray/IgniteSeoul

Related Books

Purple Cow (보라빛 소가 온다)
The Art of Seduction (유혹의 기술)
The Evolution of Desire (욕망의 진화)
Vom Kriege (전쟁론)

(in progress...)

vs. 東京大古賀啓二(Koga Keiji)

(ingray) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:34:17 +0900

'Kaeshi-do'
I practiced two years for this moment.
How can I ever forget this new chapter of my kendo life?

Dragon Ash - Under Age's Song

(ingray) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:06:37 +0900

太陽よりすこし早く目ざめこいめのコ-ヒ-口にふくみ
夜空を色どる星の數かぞえ

...

Be stronger, Fly higher, Don't be afraid.
Be stronger, Fly higher, Don't be afraid.

常に强く居續けることより高く飛び續けること
重荷になるならば Break 一息ついてからまたラストスパ-ト

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'I’m afraid that I die before hear all that great music.'

Analyze three web services with similar traffic trend.

(ingray) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:38:51 +0900

Finally I found three well-known web services with similar traffic trend – Mint, Zoho and Basecamp. These web services have launched almost same time (2007, peak season of new web2.0 services) with different target market and grown steadily in each market.

- Graph from Compete.com

From now on, I’m going to analyze some features. That is……

- How much money do they make monthly?
- When is the expected B.E.P of each service?
- When they can make ‘positive net income’ if they consider their early investment?
- What affects their graphs trend? And etc.

I’m really happy to find these three services combination because I can make real discussion about above feature with my friends.

(to be continued)

Execution, Execution, Execution – The Primary Virtue of Startups

(ingray) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:38:09 +0900

There is old saying between venture business fields.

‘1000 people think ‘something nice idea’ at the same time, but only 10 people make execution.’

Long time ago good ideas based on knowledge and insight was the only gift for nobles. Many people have to work for living daily and don’t have much time to think and make good ‘ideas’. But Industrial Revolution made people ‘live well’ than before and people could have enough time, knowledge to make a good idea.

Actually this kind of concepts can be more powerful to make certain IT products – software and web applications. They can be modified and redistributed easily than traditional industry products. Compare them with a car manufacturing company to modify specification of their newly launched model after showcase.

Fast modification with user’s feedback can be great strength to them. (Of course manufacturing Companies can apply Rapid prototyping to make this kind of strategic concept. See ‘The Art of Innovation’, story of Ideo.)

Execution is the most important thing to Startups including new business Task Force Team who belongs to big, fat size traditional company.

Ideas are worth nothing unless executed.

P.S.)
This article inspired with books below

- The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley and more.

- Getting Real by 37signals

- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck

Until no longer know which is better

(ingray) — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:34:00 +0900

Complete Name: Pavel Nedved
Nationality: Czech
Place of Birth: Cheb, Czech Republic
Date of Birth: 30/08/1972
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 70 kg
National Team: Czech Republic
Current Club: Juventus Turin
Position: Midfielder

"I went to a football school 60 miles away from where I lived. I practiced 12 hours a day, training both feet so thoroughly, that I no longer know which is better. At Sparta Prague, I would retake the field after a match and train until the floodlights were extinguished."

I WILL practice, until no longer know which role is mine - programmer or planner.