20111102 absolute symmetry day!
And something good happened.
Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life
(Source: youtube.com)
I’ve found her. It’s Adele.
from GANTZ 304
This manga is always cynical. But how ironic that this dialogue is like talking about the LINE fuss we have been seeing lately:
“They’re no different from cattle. Every last one of them, just empty shells, toys of the mass media and the brands. They’ve given up thinking for themselves.”
And this line reminds me of the 2 year old getting run over by 2 cars in Fushan, and no one really cares:
“Deep down you wouldn’t give a flying crap if the lot of them dropped dead right now.”
And that plot in GANTZ is talking about the ending of the world. Can we say we are kinda experiencing the same too? (At the least the fall of humanity)
Call me a nerd or something…
Ocean Park Halloween Bash 2011
My first time going to these Halloween Bash thing. The attractions were actually nice, except that there were way too many people queuing. We have spent like 2 hours(!) to queue for one attraction at last and it totally ruined the experience.
Anyway the sensation was good. Staff in costume were all friendly and acted their role well (the ones with chainsaw usually got big arms <3). The attractions were kinda well made if not that it’s too crowded that they had to let as many people got in as possible. At a point it’s like we were actually queuing in the haunted house… lol
So Be It…
If I’m meant to be alone, then so be it.
- The Delivered Thought
The Delivered Thought
by Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.
為何看著他的背影時 我會感到悲傷
Yesterday we turned the page on a new chapter for Gowalla. For our fans keeping score out there, the reaction has ranged from “The new Gowalla is the best thing ever!” to “I absolutely and utterly hate the new Gowalla with a passion reserved for spammers and ambulance chasers!” I’m happy to…
Never know Gowalla can turn out so poorly. A year ago I picked it up, picked it over Foursquare, and have been loving it. I love Gowalla for its “journal” style, how it keeps my check-in record as a virtual passport, and at the same time letting users collect items and leave footprints everywhere.
And that’s why the new update, so called 4.0, has ruined everything:
1) Items are removed without a real good reason. They just claimed that only 2% of users are actually using it. So they have to remove it. How do they come up with this “2%” thing? No one knows. And do they count inactive users as the whole population too? [GAMING factor removed]
2) Challenge pins silently gone as well. There is even no explanation or mention of this removal. Those pins you collected by satisfying certain conditions, vanished like the thin air. [GAMING factor removed]
3) Your stamp archive (check-in history) gone as well. It might be stupid but I did sometimes look into my stamp archive, checking out when I have been over the last year, the special spots and memories. Not to mention they are now gone without any mention either. [CHECK-IN HISTORY hidden from users]
4) The new app itself is VERY unfriendly on checking in. It has basically turned to be a “travel guide” app, that lets you check in to enrich their database. Even when you go through so many clicks to load up the “spots list”, it actually shows you the “recommended spots”, which are usually the tourist hotspots that you don’t need to see every time you wanna check in. [CHECK-IN unfriendly, or discouraged actually]
5) Well the Gowalla Team themselves have even been ignoring feedback of the new 4.0 too. When their blogs are swarmed with negative comments, and the Android Market / iTunes Store flooded with 1 star review, they still claimed that “happy to see that positive refrain has far outweighed the negative”, and people who are hating the update “hate with a passion reserved for spammers”. I can accept that they made a wrong turn on the update. But I couldn’t stand how they ignored users’ comments like we are the stupid ones. [If you don’t wanna play a game that will drastically change the rules suddenly, then don’t play it. The developers DON’T CARE.]
Well I still remember how much time I have spent to create as many meaningful spots as I can, and sorting out the wrong ones too. Foursquare has been improving over the years (especially the Explore feature). But I still stayed exclusively at Gowalla, and just to find out they make use of the data we came up and turned it into something we don’t want, and yet they can care less.
It’s a pity for the time and passion I have put on Gowalla. But I would really like to see how it will turn out. Will they thrive to the next level or fall even more behind? Nonetheless my effort on the pins, items and check-in history are all ruined. I got nothing to lose anymore. :)
(via Cosmos: Semantics)
When the rich rob the poor, it’s called Business.
When the poor fight back, it’s called Violence.
