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最近常看到一些有意思的blog，并不是国外那些大名鼎鼎的designer/developer，而是身边经常遇到，看到的普通同事，朋友，或者在同行业中从事和自己差不多工作的人，看看他们的blog，会发现这些人身上都有独特的一面，平时生活中所不知道的个性，值得学习的地方，等等。

王建硕，kijiji的同事，常见到他跑进跑出的，也一起开过一两次会，尤其喜欢他的blog里的几篇文章，像宏观的思考问题，世界不是天才创造的，世界是由不同的规则构成的，都是很有意思和启发性的文章。

淘宝UI Team 年轻有活力的团队，喜欢他们尝试，探索的精神，也很赞赏他们作为设计师的雄心，可惜这次UPA 2006上没有机会遇到好好聊聊，尤其是回来之后才看了陈琪在大会上的workshop的slides，觉得至少在前端应用架构这一块，人家想得比我成熟，全面。

Alien 是这次UPA新认识的朋友，微软上海的设计师，很有自己的风格，不知道的是除了工作以外，他还在做这么有趣的project，自己动手能力不行，打小就羡慕这种自产自销的家伙！

Dooky 好像是Yahoo China滴干活，东逛西逛逛来的，虽然不认识，但也能看出来有自己的主张，兴趣爱好广泛，喜欢钻研问题，是我喜欢的设计师类型。

Semon 是我的好朋友，术业有专攻的人，不过小胡子长得猥亵了点，哈。人说有手艺的走遍天下都不怕，其实看看他的blog就知道，要保持一付好身手，也是不容易的事情。

加一个，艺林，百度的，也是这次UPA认识的，照片好啊。

说实话，看看别人，老觉得自己偷懒已成习惯，难免有些愧疚。

没注意之间，Microsoft 一股劲儿的推出了一堆 ideas 等着你去测试， live mail还是那么的慢，不过 Live Custom Domains 倒是蛮好的主意，配合 hotmail 可以为你的域名提供40个2GB的邮箱，省掉了那些小型 hosting 公司服务不稳定的麻烦，又能为 passport 增加一堆用户群。另外关注一下Live Expo，毕竟和自己的工作多少有点关系。至于 Live.com 本身，那样的 ajax 应用和信息聚合显然已经不新鲜了。

Sometimes you just need a quick look at a file, but if your layered file is 200 MB, 300 MB, etc. in total size, it’s not going to be a quick look. That is, unless you know this little trick that lets you open a flattened version of that very same file, which will be dramatically smaller in file size (which means it will open much faster). Just hold Shift-Option (PC: Shift-Alt) before you open the file and it will bring up a dialog asking you if you want to open just “the composite data.” Click OK and a flattened version will open instead (leaving your layered version untouched).

When using this feature, be careful to start with a 300 dpi scan or higher. If you start with a 72 dpi scan, and choose 133 line with Best quality, it’ll jump you up to 266 ppi; but it doesn’t warn you that your image will look so pixelated when printed that it will trash your whole project, because you can’t add resolution that’s not really there to begin with.

“There’s no superise that google superise us again!”

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What is always bothering me since I switched to Firefox is that many web pages are still ie compatible only. Thanks PCMan from taiwan who developed ietab, which allow users open ie-only pages inside firefox.