TED-Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School

Offer the concept of attractive schooling for teenage, the Studio School, where students learn by doing, working in teams, turning texts into practical matters. And they are FUN.

Business ThinkTank No.29 -LittleMoneyToDonation

I came across the idea of brilliant donation. The MetroChange proposes the simple and effective method of supporting charity funds by little amount of money left in the card.

We frequently own cards containable monetary credits like Metro cards, ATM cards, and the like. On one day, we would most probably like to abandon these cards while few balance still remaining by doing nothing.

Better, if we have a machine which you can wipe out all the money credits from the cards, then transfer the benefits to the charitable organizations and finally throw your cards away in the proper bins, it must be a smart possibility. It has so far existed. Wait to spread the idea to wider continents.

I adopt. Please come in.

Business ThinkTank No.27 - Tablets on Shoppoing

Tablets can apply to various platforms to help customers access the information easily and purposefully. For examples, a shop may attach a tablet to the cart and allow customers to view a promotion and product sheet through the tablet screen. To extend such an idea, the membership relationship management may incorporate into this turnkey solution. It means general customers receive the announcement and the members obtain the privileges.

Business ThinkTank No.28 -Colorize the Objects

Even though the products are so common utility but if insert color wheel into some products, those may become awful items as http://mysuitestuff.com/about.html did!

Abode-Icon Colorful Pillows.

Business ThinkTank No.26 -Sleep possible anywehre

Like the capsule hotels in Japan, this sleepbox generated by http://sleepbox.com/ is spreading the facilities around the Europe airports.

Nice design and very private place to spend a night in here are decent characteristics of this product. Unfortunately, one person a box is allowable.

Business ThinkTank No.25 -If wait, invite Cafe!

http://wash-coffee.com/ is the business that provide laundry service together with Cafe. The business has an insight of wasteful time when people come to wash their clothes and have to wait by doing boring activities. The company tears down the old tradition of this business and entertains customers with kitchen rooms, relaxed space and coffee smell.

Consequently, customers love to come the laundry happily because of this value addition.

Business ThinkTank No.24 -Scanned Document Service

At the present, everything is turning into digital medium. e-Books are very popular and are adopted by readers increasingly. Some offices are changing themselves to paperless enterprise.

The opportunity is there.

People need to keep document information in forms of electronic files. By this point, to offer the service like scanning documents into e-format seems to be a good idea. The example of this business arena is http://1dollarscan.com/. Visit and learn from it. :)

Business ThinkTank No.23 -Deal a Day

The mother concept about very exotic deals may arise from Ensogo or Groupon. Then, many business are borrowing this idea to their shops like https://www.aisle50.com/signup coupled with location-based offer function.

Customer members will get the deal a day through Email or SMS. The price of the deal must be remarkable as compared to the same product category.

I may extend this method to my business somehow, for instance, I may offer the great package of product with the super special price!

Business ThinkTank No.22 -Magnets

I saw the example of application of Magnets and perceive its vast utilization.

Even though we see usage of magnets very frequently in our lives, there is hiding approach left always to apply it in other possibilities.

Like using the magnets to produce the expandable tree pots. The tree pot is designed to hang on the wall. But when we want to attach more pots, we need to put the nails into the wall more. In the other word, more destruction incurs.

To overcome this inconvenience, we can employ the power of magnets by embedding into each pot. Therefore, whenever we want to expand our pot gardens, just stick more pots to the primary one.

Creative.

Business ThinkTank No.21- Story Objects

One thing is not precious for someone but invaluable to another. Why? Behind the reason, such object has a story to the owner.

For instance, if I say when I wore the red ring I would pursue my objective till achieved. Then say, if I send the same ring to those who are willing to accept this obligation like me. This ring increases its meaning.

So, just create the story or reasons of having a particular item, the price could be incalculable.
Who knows, my pencil may be sold at the price of 1,000 baht. ;)

Mobile Web Creating Optimization

Technique1:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="site.css" media="screen" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mobile.css" media="handheld" />

Technique2:
"stylesheet" href="mobile.css" media="only screen and (max-device width:480px)"/>

Technique3:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css" media="screen"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="handheld.css" media="handheld, only screen and (max-device-width:480px)"/>

Technique4:
img.as-text { content: attr(alt); }

Technique5: Clickable Mobile Phone
<a href="tel:15032084566" class="phone-link">(503) 208-4566a>

Technique6: Special input type
<input type="tel" />
<input type="email" />

Technique7:
@import url("portrait.css") all and (orientation:portrait);
@import url("landscape.css") all and (orientation:landscape);

Technique8: Font


@font-face

{   

font-family: 'Comfortaa Regular';   

src: url('Comfortaa.eot');  

src: local('Comfortaa Regular'),

local('Comfortaa'), url('Comfortaa.ttf') format('truetype'), url('Comfortaa.svg#font') format('svg');

}



SVG file: iPhone’s Mobile Safari supporting Chrome, Opera and iPhone

.otf or .ttf for Firefox and Safari

.eot for IE









e-Commerce Tools

Having taken lots of time, I myself started the e-commerce website from the ground. To share my practical experience may allow others to keep their time to other subjects.

The tools to complete the e-commerce mission lie on webApp, software and social site. I will provide the explanation thereafter.

Tools
Filezilla: Upload and Download files to/from the server
Dreamweaver: Build the website
Adobe Creative Suite: retouch and decorate product images, make pictographic components

Website
http://www.maps.google.com: Indicate and identify your business
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com: Create the sitemap
Google webmasters tools: add the business url and submit the sitemap

For Establishing CMS E-commerce site, I recommend OpenCart. This tool comes with the essential modules to manage full functions of an online shop. And the interface is rather nice.

Sharp Idea

There is no low job, if we do it with great heart. (V.Wachiramethee)
Change the life pace every 2 hours. (Dr.Sato Shigeta)
Time treats us equally. (Dr.Sato Shigeta)
Happy life driven by curiosity and endurance. (Dr.Sato Shigeta)
Apply the today's experience for tomorrow. (Dr.Sato Shigeta)
Success is 99% Failure. (Soichiro Honda)
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. (Seneca, Roman philosopher)
like attracts like.
The day you decide to do is your lucky day. (Japanese proverb)
As a man thinks, he is. (Bandit Auengrangsi)
People will do business with someone they know, like and trust. (Bandit Auengrangsi)
Diligence is the mother of luck. (Benjamin Franklin)
I am the great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
You can have anything you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. (Zig Ziglar)
The more you appreciate what you already have, the more you will have. (Bandit Auengrangsi)
Today reader, tomorrow leader! (Anonymous)

A Must Appli

I would like to make recommendation of the valuable win application that will make our life better.

1. Direct Folder: Teleport you to the preset directory in few clicks
2. FreeMake: Extract the media from the web in various formats (audio, video, etc.)
3. Picasa: Make and view album in cool styles
4. Foxit PDF Reader: Open pdf files most quickly
5. Phoscrape: Retouch and produce exotic artworks

Flash API

The parade of Flash API is presented here.

Papervision 3D
Papervision is most popular open source realtime 3D engine for Flash.
Download
http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/

Sandy3D
Sandy3D is another open source 3D API for flash AS2,AS3.
Download
http://flashsandy.org/download

Away3D
Away3D is next generation realtime 3D engine for Flash. Away3D is very advanced and uses GPU rendering,
Download
http://away3d.com/downloads

Facebook API
Facebook API for Flash, Flex and AIR.
Download
http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
More Resource
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook.html


Tweener API
Tweener class is useful for creating code based dynamic animations and transitions.
Download
http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
Documentation
http://hosted.zeh.com.br/tweener/docs/en-us/

Greensock Tweening Platform
Amazing code based tweening platform for all. This is having various options like TweenNano, TweenLite,
Document, Downloads and Resources
http://www.greensock.com/v11/

Box2D API
Box2D is very popular physics engine for flash game developers.
Download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/box2dflash/
Documentation
http://www.box2dflash.org/docs/

Stardust Particle Engine
Stardust is wonderful particle engine for flash. It is useful for creating 2D and 3D particle effects. Some of my personal favorites are waypoints, exploding image and star fireworks.
Download and Documentation
http://code.google.com/p/stardust-particle-engine/

amMAP
AmMap is a tool that lets you have good-looking and functional maps on your website. The tool use AdobeFlash technology for a compelling online experience. You can display maps in any HTML page (web page), or inside another Flash movie. You can also use the maps in PowerPoint presentations.
Download
http://www.ammap.com/download
Documentation
http://www.ammap.com/docs/

Giggya API
Giggya is a perfect tool for sharing your flash content on social network like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo!,
Google Buzz, Windows Live, opened etc.
Documentation
http://developers.gigya.com/

WiiFlash API
Ever think of playing flash games with Wiimote? If yes, than this is the API for that. This consist of two parts WiiFlash Server (for getting input from Wiimote and send it to Flash and vice versa) and WiiFlash ActionScript API (for using Wiimote events in Flash)
Download
http://code.google.com/p/wiiflash/

FLARToolKit
FLARToolKit is a AS3 version of ARToolKit, which is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. FLARToolKit recognize the marker from input image and calculate its orientation and position in 3D world.
Download, Resource, Examples
http://www.libspark.org/wiki/saqoosha/FLARToolKit/en

Player.IO
Player.IO is a support tool service for multiplayer game, database service, connectivity for Facebook, solution for in-game payment. It supports AS3, .NET and Unity3D. It’s one stop solution for those who are looking for affordable multiplayer game serving.
Download
http://playerio.com/download/
Documentation
http://playerio.com/documentation/

Come2Play
Come2Play platform is for single player as well as multiplayer. It’s having features like leader board, viral messaging, in-game money, banner ads, and lobby for multiplayer games.
Download and Resources
http://www.come2play.com/developer.asp

Source: Flash And Flex Developers' Magazine, May 2011.

Life in Lille-Part 12

The nice time passed quickly. The party time with my friends also flew off rapidly.

When I studied here, I was assumed myself as le chef. I was very happy to introduce Thai recipe to foreigners, especially my friends.

We ate, had fun, talked, exchanged ideas, and laughed. Very hard to erase that moments. Packed up in the heart of my permanent memory. Of course, most of my friends said Thai cuisines are rather spicy but delicious! I was great or they just pretended that? lol Anyway, toast for such compliment even though it's just a good manner, our friendliness is true!

Business ThinkTank No.20- Energy Opendoor Recreation

Exercisers are those who would like to give off their physical energy to surrounding in purposes of health and relaxation. Why not turn their wasteful energy to beneficial power to drive apparatus.

Inventing some machines to collect the energy from those people is one solution to keep green in our world's trendy business mindsets. In addition, place the machine outdoor to ensure that when people evaporate their sweat, it should be exhausted through natural air.

In Argentina, one organization designs the recreation based on outdoor setup. Very creative and justifiable. People see and engage. No need for advertisement and promotion.

Good but can make it more better by applying my idea, build up the energy-collective machines. Future but making!

Business ThinkTank No.19-Flash Animation Museum

I am fad at Flash when it animates objects! It might be great if I could collect a great deal of flash animation show around world and put them in the frame for viewing in touchable range.

To establish the flash museum is quite challenging but worthy due to just love.

My flash museum will show up the history of flash, the anatomy of movement, tutorials, revealable secrets and techniques and more.

Draw the dream and paint for real.

My investment style

I am so far in the stock investment arena for 5 years and right now I know my type.

To invest in certain projects, we should define ourselves first that who we are. At the beginning of stock investment, I acknowledged myself as a speculator. This type of investors resulted in failure to me.

Anyway, I still resisted my true face and continued to obey the capital gain on daily basis. Repeatedly. I lost. I paid to this foolish lesson approximately 100,000 baht.

To be an speculator, we must be adept in fast-changing economy and follow up the trends with no breath. I could do that but in long term I missed the point and broke the self-regulated disciplines.

Time makes people change. I replaced my previous investor type with value investor philosophy. Seek out the silent stocks but highly perform. No skyrocketing capital gain but greatly yield on dividends. No shorted-sighted decision but strong patience to buy in good price stocks.

The past fierce lessons taught me effectively and let me know true self-Who am I?- in terms of investment.

Life in Lille-Part 11

There is one person I will remember him forever. Unfortunately, I couldn't recall his name and I also lost his namecard.

I still recognized that day clearly. The day that I had to go to Netherlands to meet my Mom. I thought I already planed journey rather well but things are always not easy. The unpredictable hinder was interrupted me to reach up Lille Gare de Frandres. From my dorm, in general, I would take a subway to the station, nonetheless, that day- May 1st, the Labour Day, all subway services had been suspended unconventionally according to my past experience.

I felt very nervous and frighted to not able to meet the departure time. One solution was to call a cab. Haha, but here is Europe, we had to get on at Taxi station, not from anywhere. The last choice I opted for was Hitchhike. So shy but no alternative. I lifted up my hands and signaled to stop the car and ask them to pick me up. One passed, two passed, five passed, nobody was unwilling to stop his/her car to listen my trouble.

I walked along the street without aimlessness. And thanks Gods, I found the silver light after the rain! I saw someone was parking the car. I rushed up to that car and told my situation to the car owner. Of course, I spoke in French! whether he could understand, I believed my face and body language could help me to express my distress.

Finally, he accepted to send me to the station. Thank you, my god.

In the car, we talked about the red shirts demonstrating in Thailand at that time. I was very proud that I could explain such delicate incident to the foreigner and he got it. Coincidentally, he has been dealing business with Thai people. His business is involved to the decorative household products, i.e. lamps, handcraft decorative objects. Before getting off his car, he handed over his namecard to me, and hoped me to contact him somehow. I said, yes I will.

I could caught up my train and met my mom as desired. But I missed one tremendous thing. I forgot my grateful man's name who helped me by no want of return.

This was my unforgettable mistake. Anyway, his generous kindness is still in my heart always! Wish to see him again. Thank you, Monsieur. ^^

TED Favourite

Under collecting them

Topic: The father of Multi Touchscreen
By:Jeff Han
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html


Topic: Washing Machine saves time
By: Hans Rosling:
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.html



Topic: Contents graspable
By:Fabian Hemmert
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/fabian_hemmert_the_shape_shifting_future_of_the_mobile_phone.html


Topic: Arts change the world
By: JR
Link: http://www.tedprize.org/video/embed/jr_wish.html


Topic: John Underkoffler points to the future of UI
By: John Underkoffler
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/john_underkoffler_drive_3d_data_with_a_gesture.html

Javascript-setFocus

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 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
 <title>search </title>

 <script type="text/javascript">

function init() {
  setFocus();
}

function setFocus(){
 document.getElementById('search').focus();
 document.getElementById('search').select();
}


 </script>

 </head>

 <body onload="init()">

 <input type="text" id="search" name="search" size=25 onfocus="setFocus()">


 </body>
 </html>

Business ThinkTank No.18-Where is a toilet!

What is the most emergency time for us? One, which may be underlooked, is the time to toilet when we stay outside!

If there is an application to fulfill this fogged void, perhaps it can take a throne as the best necessary app anyway.

:)

Life in Lille-Part11

There are many festival held in Lille, fortunately, I joined them!

The first festival I participated was New Year. I arrived at Paris on 28 Dec 2009. I spent the joyful time with my senior, hanged out and got shivered together but delightful ^^ Like it. And that was the first time I touched, hugged, kissed snow, especially in Paris!

Then, moved to Lille for study and began attending French Cheese Party organized by Student Association of EDHEC. As an Asian boy, I'm rather not familiar with Cheese but for this meal I had to nod that this new gastronomy experience was very fabulous! Tasty! Delicieux!

Next I joined the Ch'ti festival that happens once a year. Ch'ti is people who were born in North part of France. The region I stayed is Nord-Pas-de-Calais. I was very proud of being a Ch'ti. I took some free food from the booth and enjoyed with them. Afterwards, the open concert forged the crowd together and played the French melody, even though I didn't understand words, the meaning unveiled through rhythm of the music. Music is international language! Yah! C'est ca?

And before nearly return to Thailand, the amusement parks were prevail across Europe, including Lille. I just toured around the fun zone, looked people laughing, breathing the cold fresh, and smiling to myself.

Ah, nice festivals. reminiscent, that's the gift for happy valentine, today.

^______^

Business ThinkTank No.17 Voice Image

The art never stops in the point. Going beyond imagination, human creativity is moving forward to initiate the unexpected value to others. Here is a hidden but simple idea which I love it very much.

www.voiceprintsart.com

This business, refering to the website above, is selling unique artworks. They are the voice wave reflecting personal identity, sure we have different tone voice and dedicated words. Speak the most-favourite words and choose the style of materials. You'll receive your masterpiece few days later.

Wow, cool idea.

Business ThinkTank No.16- Social Business Advertisement

In Africa, the advistising company offers the benefits to the local poor children by letting them be an mobile advertiser as well as a trasporter.

So, this model of business could apply among the developing countries where transportation infrastruction and advertisement gadgets still exist unfully.

For Thailand, we may employ the junction children to serve this opportunity for the specific company.

More interestingly, I may call this business as BiAds, the advertisement service by using bicycles to pose no impact on environment and energy consumption.