Understand the philosophy behind the language

When I was first learning the earliest versions of Java, the language seemed verbose and unnecessarily complex. I was an inexperienced programmer at the time and was used to a procedural world coded in C. Java was the furthest thing from procedural but I could not appreciate its genius– or even it’s utility– because I didn’t understand the Object Oriented Philosophy behind it.Then came Dr. Weng Kai. In Dr. Kai's class at the University of Zhejiang in China, I first started to understand the Object Oriented Approach to solving computer science programs.Learning the Object Oriented Philosophy really helped me appreciate and understand Java at its core as an Object Oriented Approach. There is a reason we have a plethora of programming languages. Different languages are optimized to solve different types of problems or designed to work at different levels of abstraction within a computer system.  Understanding what the language you are learning is used for– and at what level of the “food chain” it works best at– is critical to understanding how to apply that language to solving actual problems.

Is your life meaningful?

Take a second to do a little “meditation” with me. I want you to take your hands off the mouse and just spend two minutes imagining your death. Imagine you are laying on your bed with your family around you. Imagine you have only five or six breaths left before you depart to the next world. How do you feel? Do you have regrets? Are you afraid?
Some people get really angry when I talk about death. They send me emails asking me to stop talking about this terribly taboo subject. I find this attitude really sad because death is the one thing we can be sure of in this world. Nothing else is certain, but our death is. No one in the history of the planet has ever avoided death. Everyone has to go through it. So why, then, is everyone afraid of preparing for it?
Don’t be someone who is afraid of death. Do the meditation and really try to imagine what it is going to be like. How do you feel? If you find you are afraid, anxious or regretful then I can guarantee you aren’t living your life the way you intended. You aren’t making every minute meaningful. By looking at death we can get a great insight into our life.

Cheap Edition of Iphone?

It is said that the Apple Corporation is going to introduce new cheap edition of iphone in the late of the year. There have been already several new products come out after Cook superseded the CEO position, however, none of them have bright spots. From ihpone 5 to ipad mini, the Apple has been introducing their new product in a rapid speed in order to swallow every inch of market share. Nevertheless, more and more customers are disappointed with those products for the simple reason that there is rarely any bright upgrade， resulting in the stock of the Apple Corporation crashed recently. May be Cook is only a business man, rather than a talent.

Maximization

The economists consider that all individuals are motivated by greed. That's the principle of maximization and also the foundation of economy. It is said that every one is willing to maximize his or her own profit who is motivated by greed no matter what he or she does. Apparently, a business man who always wants to enlarge his or her business to maximize his or her profits. However, someone may argue about that principle, for the simple reason whether it is also valid if someone is going to help others. Sure it is. Even though it is a bit cruel to admit that, it is the nature of the human being. The profit may not that clear to be seen, but it surely exists. The reason for someone to help others might be the fame or comfort his or her conscious.

Thought on teamwork

Teamwork means that everyone should make his/her best effort to help the whole team succeed. However, it doesn't mean someone could put aside his work and count on others completely. That was irresponsible to others. Everyone in the group should always communicate with others about the process of the project and should be feel guilty if his/her act of omission results in bringing bad consequences to the team.

Chinese New Year

It's Chinese New Year today and due to some reason, I couldn't go back to China to celebrate it with my families. It has been three years I couldn't make that with them and sometimes I really wish I could be back to the past and review the past time. Anyway, life goes on and Happy Chinese New Year.