這陣子開工了,所以我又再次經歷在車裏聽廣播的生活了。昨天在轉臺中聽到的話題,是關於健康意識之類的。剛開始聽得有點煩厭,大概是因爲主持人剛好接到的叩應一直在迂迴地宣傳自己吃的保健品多棒什麼的。所以聽沒兩分鐘我又轉走了。後來兜兜轉轉之後,我又轉回這個頻道。間接直銷的內容沒了(其實剛才說的聽衆也在主持人的把關下沒辦法說出品牌名字就是),換成了個罕媽打電話進去。
Few days ago, I posted up my response on the e-learning issue as requested by my lecturer. I was quite shocked after found out that not more than 5 people posted their response. Is this a sign showing that even though we are studying computer science, but we still do not appreciate and utilize the internet connection wisely? Or this shows that our e-learning system has some problem because it doesn’t help attracting students to login (in other word, it sucks)?
But then, I am quite impressed that there are people who rely on the internet resources in studying in my course. This is because in my college, we are rely on the lecturer for notes. If a lecturer does not provide notes for photocopying, then he/she will be in trouble when students evaluate him/her during the end of semester. Not many who are really interested finding out more on the subject somewhere else and this is probably why not many logged into the BlackBoard and post their response.
In my response, I pointed out that constant electrical supply is a main factor in order to make e-learning a success. It is quite insulting when we are already used to electricity black-outs even in this so-called “Advanced State”. Besides that, decent broadband coverage is also another important factor because not many residents in Malaysia are able to surf online with the help of broadband. Even one can surf using broadband, if he/she is using Streamyx’s service, then he/she will probably suffer from the constantly service down. Even though there are other ISPs providing broadband connection but they cant provide low cost connection. This is because wired connection that is generally cheaper is already monopolized by Telekom. In order to use other ISPs’ services, we will need to pay more for the hardware because they use wireless technology to deliver broadband connection.
If these problems are left unbothered, then I do not expect E-learning will become a trend in Malaysia.
『如果他還記得你是誰,你就已經比我幸福了。』
有多久沒有看過這樣的晚霞了?從頭頂上的暗藍望向眼前的夕陽,只見天色慢慢漫轉成紅橙色煞是漂亮。傍晚的海風吹得人格外涼爽,或許就是因為這樣,沿岸不時還看到溼透了身子的慢跑客。此處聞名的不止是這片夕陽景色,一眼望去還有無邊無際的海洋,難怪也吸引了不少人前來觀光。年輕人也是其中一個慕名而來,想說最近反正很煩躁就過來走走拍拍散散心。
今天WTJ心血来潮说了一些有关送礼物的事情。其实送礼物的scenario也可以有很多,最common的应该是当某人生日,或者是你出游回来带手信回来给你的朋友们。无独有偶,前几个月在车上也听过988的节目谈论这个话题,该DJ也整理出了一个list说那些礼物其实很多人会送却不见得有用的。其中有几项恰好跟无聊人的list相互overlap。送礼物,可以说是一门很大的学问,而且我真的对这门学问还不是很懂,所以如果可以的话,我都不会去买礼物送人,除非是人家在我生日先送我礼物,我才会回礼的。
电邮到了这个时代已经不是单纯的一个取代书信的工具,很多时候我们已经习惯了用email来schedule一些活动,来召集一群人做一些事情等等。很大的原因应该归功于电邮的即时性,可是问题也出在电邮很即时上面。可是要知道的是,因为电邮扮演的角色日趋多元化,所以处理方式也因此因人而异。有一票人主张inbox zero,另一票人按照事情的急促程度分类,也有人是完全不管自己的mail client是不是有archiving的功能把一大票email全部遗弃inbox里面。