Siu Lun

I made a post the other day about Opera on Google Finance.

These few days however, Google Finance refuse to render properly at all.

I wonder wtf Google has done to their codes. I put it on a validator test and it fails miserably.

Is Google deliberately trying to push Opera browser to the edge? Well, they have every reason to…

But what happened to the ‘don’t be evil’ motto?

While they’re trying to compete in the areas of processor speed, cameras, location-awareness etc…

One thing Android based phones have already won over the iPhone equivalent is background notifications.

Apps on Android can run in the background. This feature is so crucial and often understated or under-valued…

Imagine:
You’re on your phone, you don’t have the time or patience to check your twitter updates. Or your constantly evolving calendar schedule that is not compatible with the in-built one from Apple that is being maintained by your PA.

On Android, all you have to do is leave your phone on. Your app will notify you of any new changes. Great.

On iPhone, you have to open your tweetdeck, your ical app/lotus notes app in order to check. Not a big problem… just that today is like any other day. You just came out of a client meeting that has overruned and you’re in a hurry going to your next one. You’re revising your notes, repeating the lines in your head. You arrive at your destination. The meeting changed. Bugger.

If Apple don’t put their gear up soon. Android will be slicing away at their market.

A repeat of the ancient Macintosh vs PC era?

Having been here for a year, I can summarise the web development scene of Hong Kong as: fragmented and struggling to survive.

There are a huge amount of ‘developers’ and ‘designers’ who’ve set up their own company in Hong Kong.

This to me is really curious because most of those who have done that do not have the quality, money, education/knowledge to ever expand.

When I first arrived, one of my priorities was to try and find partners to start my company, and believe me I’ve asked a few, and none of those who’ve setup shop already like the idea of working with others. I guess that’s a reason why they run their own shop.

Maybe it’s just a difference in personality.

But you’d think the fact that Hong Kong is only a ‘city’ is enough reason to band together to make something big rather than fragment yourself and limit yourself forever to local unrewarding work.