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One day I saw somebody asking for money before he told the passerby who asked
him for direction. Was that not supposed to be free? Anyway the passerby paid
him, for a piece of info that was not guaranteed to work. Quite similarly some
software companies ask for money if you want an answer from them on the
illogical problem that users are facing with their software users have bought.
The worst is that the answer they sell may not work. Also more and more people
are
selling in the Internet what they write but what they write may not be of
high quality. The material is either written in a way that is not easy to
understand or simply has various publication mistakes like grammatical or
typographical error.
Meanwhile unluckily the school does not teach practical things in life. The
school teaches what I call passive knowledge. Passive knowledge does not really
help us survive in dealing with daily life.
Fortunately quite a number of good folks have decided to go against the tide and
I want to join them. For me I want to share practical tips that are not taught
in school. And I want to share them WITHOUT any compulsory prerequisite, not
even indirect viral marketing (indirect viral marketing wants visitors to
introduce someone to the site before users can have full access). People who
will not ever share their tips for free even to close friends think that we are
pathetic. We are also perceived as spoiling the market.
Actually sometimes we do not need a lengthy coaching to improve on something but
just a short article to kick-start the spark for the engine to move on. Clever
points on a particular matter is able to triggers inspiration that unblocks our
mind on that matter. Many big things can be accomplished if we know the small
tricks (or knacks) here and there. You can choose to obtain the tricks by doing
the action again and again to realize them yourself or you get them from other
people.
For some matters that have varying situation, they can be solved by related
mindset without having to memorize every exact solution for each situation. We
are human-being, not robot. Flexibility should be exercised when solving problem
and that can be achieved by having the mindset related to the problem.
I also think that if we can avoid doing bad things, we are already nice enough
even we do not purposely go out to scout for good things to do. Likewise if we
avoid doing the wrong thing, our life is already less difficult even we do not
deal with things that are known to be beneficial to us. For example if we can
avoid doing things that harm our health, we do not have to purposely find
something to maintain health.
I ain't no expert in something and most people are not too. And we do not
have to be a car mechanic to drive a car. How do I know what is practical? I am
a down-to-earth person like you too. I have gone thru the same thing in life as
most people have. And sometimes the process to the realization is rather costly.
I hope I can help others by showing the shortcut. And I want to write something
you can do, not something that merely stirs up your emotion but you cannot help
it. The mindset of ISO 9000 system: we document what we do then we do what we
have documented.
The things here are not limited to any specific area. If you find the article
useful, it may mean you and I have some similarity in the things we do. You and
I click, hehe. Anyway I want the article content to be as specific as possible.
I do not want a general topic like "Basic Computer Security". I prefer "Security
For Online Payment". I also will not write things that people gain nothing
after reading such as comments on current affairs. Other topics that I will
avoid are like "Achieve Something In One Month" and "Ten Tips To Do Something".
Today is a world of fast pace. Time is always very important but today time is
really more important than last time. Thus I like to cut away the abracadabra
and go straight to the point. No myth, no tale and no flowery words. I also will
not comment about something that we cannot change. I do not want to waste your
time and mine. I want my article to be short so that it is reader-friendlier and
you can glance thru one or two during busy hours. Also, quick tip or short
article can retain in memory longer, and its page loads more quickly in the
Internet. Even if it is too short, I will not purposely lengthen it for
appearance sake by writing something empty. To make pages load even more
quickly, I prune the coding to be as clean as possible.
I started out writing practical notes about my observation in life for my own
reference as I tend to be forgetful like normal people. Just because you have
created a checklist, it does not mean you remember everything in it. A checklist
is an aide-memoire after all. Since I want it to be useful for myself too I have
high expectation on what I write. When I go back to my articles for reference I
proofread them at the same time. And I may add new notes. This is like my
personal study notes that everyone and I can refer to, anywhere. You can well
expect some change in the stuff posted here when you see them next time. Nothing
is perfect but as long as we are willing to change, things can get closer to be
perfect.
I want the web design here to be as proper as possible.
1) No hyperlink that links to itself. For example this page is the homepage so
it does not have a 'Home' hyperlink.
2) Clicking a hyperlink will not open a new browser window.
3) Hyperlinks are underlined in blue (and only hyperlinks are underlined). After
clicking on it, it turns purple.
4) No unexpected sound. Such sound file slows up page loading and causes
distraction.
5) No picture that is merely for decoration. This is not a magazine. A picture
is to reinforce something unfamiliar. For example when I talk about morning
wakeup, I do not put a picture of a pretty girl sitting on the bed stretching
herself.
6) The font size of major content is according to your browser setting.
7) In points or small paragraphs.
8) No 'Bookmark This Page' button, which is redundant.
9) No horizontal scrolling in 1024X724 standard size window.
10) URLs are not in meaningless combination of characters and numbers. And they
are not longer than address bar in full browser window.
11) No frame. Frame is a web design that for example cannot be bookmarked
easily.
12) Every page can be reached by maximum two clicks.
13) Not disabling right-click mouse button.
14) No popup. No graphical ad.
15) Browser 'Back' button is not disabled.
16) It is a real me.
What about copyrights? Yes. Normal procedure. I am counting on you. Anyway, it
will be great if someone wants to compete with me on sharing practical things
that only he or she knows. This will benefit the mankind. Let us unlock
practicality.
In short, this website serves as a key to unlock practical tips the school
does not teach for the things I have done or seen in life. I sincerely wish
the articles here will come in handy for you whenever needed. o(∩_∩)o (♥_♥)
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