I'm not too sure how to respond to a person who acted with a particularly negative sentiment towards me acquiring a new technological device that I really particularly needed quite badly. Mind you, I did not flaunt this in front of their faces at all but rather hinted but did not say anything until they asked for further details, quite vehemently at that too. Well either way, I'm not too sure that such a profane word can be used so casually to reflect their dislike towards my newly acquired item or rather directed towards me. Yes, "holding a grudge" towards me for having a new item is alright but I'm not too sure it warrants them to call me a 'bitch' just because of this. I hate this person right now- wait let me rephrase that, this latest outburst just completely heighten my dislike towards this person. From today onwards I am just going to try to lessen the amount of communication between this person and me as well as meeting arrangements.
I'm not a very direct person I know but I hate confrontations and/or conflicts. Personally, I do not like it because it will just make relations between people that little bit harder to make and truthfully I don't particularly want to be bad-mouthed by others either. Unless of course I can afford to be completely ruthless, which I have never had to do before (thank goodness). But either way, I still do not like the sudden outburst using such a language to my (not per se) face for something that seems so trivial. I may have been thinking in such an old-fashioned way for my age and generation but I think it is also partly because I normally befriend people I 'thought' was within the same wavelength as me. Perhaps I need to review my friendship-o-meter better next time 'round.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
New User Interface? Why not, I say!
I do not understand why people despise technological changes so much. I mean, I do understand that changes are perhaps inconvenient because sometimes you would need to relearn certain things in order to get back into the rhythm. But I adore and embrace technological changes. They are exciting and provide absolutely new possibilities and potentials.
Well I suppose before I delve more into the argument I should state that what I refer to are mainly new operating systems, navigational systems and basically all aspects of interactivity between user and the system. Unfortunately, I do not have the cerebral capacity to store the technical aspects of machines or codings so I can't exactly comment on that. But for the most part companies, inventors, designers, developers and engineers would create something that users would be able to interact with ease albeit with a little bit of learning. What I do not get is that after all the time and effort they have put into it some users are reluctant to relearn something that was modified for faster operational system and efficiency.
Take for example the Deviant Art V.7, the newest (and according to the developers, faster) system that Deviant Art has to offer its community members. I browsed a couple of deviants' pages and read journals that seemed to express utter hatred towards the newest version but personally, I quite enjoy knowing that everything has been modified to promote the artwork and reduce clutter. With the newest version it means enlarged versions of the images are viewed individually without flash ads on either side for greater appreciation of the artwork. And to be honest, I am more than happy having individual buttons for favouriting artworks or to download rather than having a dropdown menu that you would need to wait for it to appear before you can favourite or download.
I do not get the negative sentiments of the people who rather stick to older user interfaces. I suppose it's the sentimental nature of people who would rather stick to something they are already familiar and comfortable with especially when dealing with the ever changing aspects of technology. But I say, embrace it! Adore it! Love it! For technology will never cease to continue to advance into the ever distant future.
One thing I can never understand perhaps are remote controls. Again, that's a whole new argument worthy of its own post. Perhaps next time.
Well I suppose before I delve more into the argument I should state that what I refer to are mainly new operating systems, navigational systems and basically all aspects of interactivity between user and the system. Unfortunately, I do not have the cerebral capacity to store the technical aspects of machines or codings so I can't exactly comment on that. But for the most part companies, inventors, designers, developers and engineers would create something that users would be able to interact with ease albeit with a little bit of learning. What I do not get is that after all the time and effort they have put into it some users are reluctant to relearn something that was modified for faster operational system and efficiency.
Take for example the Deviant Art V.7, the newest (and according to the developers, faster) system that Deviant Art has to offer its community members. I browsed a couple of deviants' pages and read journals that seemed to express utter hatred towards the newest version but personally, I quite enjoy knowing that everything has been modified to promote the artwork and reduce clutter. With the newest version it means enlarged versions of the images are viewed individually without flash ads on either side for greater appreciation of the artwork. And to be honest, I am more than happy having individual buttons for favouriting artworks or to download rather than having a dropdown menu that you would need to wait for it to appear before you can favourite or download.
I do not get the negative sentiments of the people who rather stick to older user interfaces. I suppose it's the sentimental nature of people who would rather stick to something they are already familiar and comfortable with especially when dealing with the ever changing aspects of technology. But I say, embrace it! Adore it! Love it! For technology will never cease to continue to advance into the ever distant future.
One thing I can never understand perhaps are remote controls. Again, that's a whole new argument worthy of its own post. Perhaps next time.
Monday, June 7, 2010
New Book(s) to Read
After a very long 2 months trying to read The Corrections and finally got the end of it I can rejoice and once again delve myself into the realm of fiction. To be quite honest The Corrections is perhaps not the kind of book that I usually read though it is an interesting insight into human nature. What I particularly like about the book is perhaps how the end doesn't necessarily tied up the loose ends of the characters' humanity but rather ends it with a satisfying sigh.
It wasn't the plot that makes the read interesting and engaging (though they usually do towards the end of each 'chapter') but rather how the author delved so much into each character and their histories. I have to say though the author did a far better job towards retelling the male characters' stories compared to their female counterparts. But either way there was almost a sense of redemption from each character as the family members come together for one last Christmas dinner.
Anyway, besides that very amateurish review the next book on the list to tackle is The City & The City by China Miéville, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I'm rereading The Great Gatsby that I last read during highschool and I have to say at the moment I probably appreciate it a lot more compared to then when I hardly understood the words yet alone the meaningful content. As well I have read the Life of Pi previously and have enjoyed it thoroughly and decided to make that as our newest book to read before our next book club meeting (the selection was done not out of my own preference but through unanimous approval because most who haven't read it wanted to read it). Life of Pi is perhaps another book that I would not mind rereading and am looking forward to rereading it.
So. Juggling three books and no life shouldn't be too hard. Meanwhile, if they all get to be too demanding I always have the complete Sherlock Holmes collection to keep me entertained.
It wasn't the plot that makes the read interesting and engaging (though they usually do towards the end of each 'chapter') but rather how the author delved so much into each character and their histories. I have to say though the author did a far better job towards retelling the male characters' stories compared to their female counterparts. But either way there was almost a sense of redemption from each character as the family members come together for one last Christmas dinner.
Anyway, besides that very amateurish review the next book on the list to tackle is The City & The City by China Miéville, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I'm rereading The Great Gatsby that I last read during highschool and I have to say at the moment I probably appreciate it a lot more compared to then when I hardly understood the words yet alone the meaningful content. As well I have read the Life of Pi previously and have enjoyed it thoroughly and decided to make that as our newest book to read before our next book club meeting (the selection was done not out of my own preference but through unanimous approval because most who haven't read it wanted to read it). Life of Pi is perhaps another book that I would not mind rereading and am looking forward to rereading it.
So. Juggling three books and no life shouldn't be too hard. Meanwhile, if they all get to be too demanding I always have the complete Sherlock Holmes collection to keep me entertained.
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