Saturday, October 2, 2010

From Picassos to Sarcophagi, Guided by Phone Apps


Lately, there is an article on the New York Times writing to tell about an App on iPhone that works as an audio tour guide in each particular museum such as the
MoMA app from London. I went to MoMA quite often since the first year I arrived until the present. I observed that on 3rd floor gallery, visitors are not allowed to talk on the phone. With this App, it would make rules even more sensitive. Normally, if I take my cellphone out from a pocket, expectedly I would be approached by a MoMA staff. They are not going to kick me out. They just want to warn me that "No Cellphone, please." What will happen if I own an iPhone and show them that I am using this App?

It seems to be a double standard among iPhone and other phones these days.

Where Are Facebook’s Employees? At the Movies, of Course


"THE SOCIAL NETWORK", a movie in theatre at the moment, can save a lot of money in promoting itself, since most Facebook, one of the world's big social networks, 's users are already excited to see how the movie would reflect their living. On the other hand,
Facebook's workers cannot stay in the office working either. They all want to be out for this movie in order to see if there are any scenes they would like to edit or not!

This movie seems to have a win-win situation!!

China’s Mandatory Vacation, With a Catch


With normal lump of people in public transportation everyday and every time in Beijing, I unnecessarily have to talk about how it would turn out during these crazy and complicated long holidays set up by the official. From
the interviews, most Chinese people prefer staying home or being at work to domestically traveling around, since taking a vacation on these day-offs would turn a person to be exhausted stuck in the transportation rather than getting relaxed.