星期三, 8月 19, 2009

15MALAYSIA

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

Please enter and make yourself comfortable.

Watch our films. Look at our photographs. Drop us rude comments. Display your own films. Grab cool goodies. Join competitions. Meet our people. Help us spread the word. Download anything you want…

我們這一代,就像那個兒子,被父母灌輸「這裡不是我們的地方,我們在這裡沒有機會的」,政府大學輪不到我們。阿,講到這裡,就想起我自己是獨中生,高三畢業我只能念很貴很貴的學院不然就去台灣或中國念書,家境好一點的可以去美國英國澳洲,差一點的可以去新加坡,但是去新加坡成績又要很好,像我這樣beh tak ce的,form都沒有機會填。就這樣我去了台灣讀書。

我沒有怪父母跟我說大馬就是這樣的地方,我知道他要說的是「這就是現實,我也沒辦法」。但是,我出生在這個地方,我就是Malaysia人,我的故鄉。「那邊也可以交朋友啊」,對,我在台灣朋友也很多,有一半是跟我一樣去台灣念書的朋友,不是說台灣朋友不好,我也有很好的台灣朋友,但是人在異鄉為異客,始終覺得家最好。

之前來了一個台灣朋友,我招待他,去吉隆坡的景點逛逛。跟他談到馬來西亞的政治和環境,他說「這樣的地方,怎麼可以住下去,感覺寄人籬下」,但是我跟他說,我喜歡這裡,我這裡長大。

為甚麼巧克力要放回櫃台呢?巧克力代表著美好的東西,美好的關係,放在那裡,是覺得可惜,可惜的是「我」又被舊有的思想框架著,沒有辦法讓「我」最求那美好的關係。
15MALAYSIA

星期五, 8月 07, 2009

The Psychology of Menu Selection

The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface
by Kent L. Norman
published by Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1991, 368 pages (ISBN: 0-89391-553-X).
About the Book
Menu selection is emerging as an important mode of human/computer interaction. This book, the first entirely devoted to this important form of human/computer interaction, provides detailed theoretical and empirical information of interest to software designers and human/computer interaction specialists and researchers. A new theoretical approach to menu selection is taken by developing a psychological theory of cognitive control by the user. A comprehensive review of empirical research on menu selection is presented in an organized fashion to aid in the design and evaluation of systems. Finally, information is given on how to protype and evaluate menu selection systems using both performance data and user ratings.
The volume has three parts. Part One is conceptual and theoretical in nature. The first chapter introduces the issues of design and flow of control at the human/computer interface. In the next three chapters taxonomic frameworks are proposed concerning the type of menu selection system being used, the nature of the task being performed by the user, and the cognitive elements involved in performing the task. In Part Two, experimental research on menu selection stemming from paradigms developed in experimental psychology and more recently human factors and cognitive psychology is discussed. The last part of the book deals with the topic of implementation and evaluation. Chapters discuss principles of when and how to use menus, cover topics of prototyping and evaluation, and attempt to plot some of the future directions of menu selection. Throughout, graphs and illustrations are included. Examples of good and bad designs are shown in a number of illustrations while empirical data from experiments are desplayed in graphs.
The reader will benefit from the discussion of the many issues, design possibilities and insights regarding menu slection. The empirical research at times supports and at other times refutes existing guidelines. The reader will want to know what the current state of knowledge is about how to design menuy selections and why the design choices are important.

The On-Line Copy
The complete table of contents is listed below. You may have a peek at the book by clicking on the chapter titles. You may use this resource freely; however, I would prefer that you actually buy a copy to help defray publishing costs. Also, I should point out that the on-line copy is from a pre-publication draft and has not been carefully proof read for errors.
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星期四, 8月 06, 2009

A Survey of Worker's Complaint

I recently launch a survey at Facebook. This is a major interest in my study which is less discuss by fellow psychologist yet a common enough phenomenon in work environment. Please take 3 minutes to complete the survey for me. I appreciate your participation. Please pass the survey around to your working friends and colleague. Thank you.
Never ending complaints about your job? I am doing a personal study on workers complaint and I need your help to complete this survey. This survey is not funded by any organization, your complaints and data won't goes to any third-party(s). Thank you for taking part.

Click here to complete the survey

星期三, 8月 05, 2009

The Way to Success

Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"
 



Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success


從小你被父母望子成龍,望女成鳳,長大了,你問自己甚麼時候會有成功的事業,成功的人生。或許這三個短短的演講能夠讓你有些啟發。

星期二, 8月 04, 2009

H1N1 & psychology


旅行回來了。這次從台北到吉隆坡,再從吉隆坡到新加坡,再有新加坡回到吉隆坡,我總共經過了6次的出入境,測了很多次體溫,但是比沒有耽誤上下飛機的時間。他們用的是紅外線體溫測量機,也就是一台可以看得見鏡頭前物體的體溫的攝影機,效率提高很多。只要遊客經過這台攝影機,就能感應到體溫,如果體溫偏高,才會叫你到一旁去再用體溫槍測一次。

他們的作法都是在入境處建立動線引導,把所有的人引導到一個走道,通往海關,就這樣順著遊客原本的動線去加設一個體溫區,不會帶來甚麼麻煩。通過體溫區的時候,他們也會另外發給你一張有關H1N1的小紙提醒你一下。作業上,我都很滿意這樣的做法,沒有好挑剔的,只是這些小紙有些會被旅客亂丟,有點浪費資源,有礙機場整潔。

另外,入境馬來西亞和新加坡的時候,遊客也必須填寫一份聲明,說明自己是否在一個星期內有到過疫區國家。國海關的時候,需要檢查,算是另一道防護網。

回到旅行之前的焦慮問題,我覺得可以加強的地方可能是在機場登機前,可以做廣播或有告示,請大眾不需要感到太焦慮,不然機場內都是戴口罩的人,會有一種恐怖的感覺。說到戴口罩,我的確是有看到有人戴,但是不多,應該是害怕受感染而戴的,反而有咳嗽的卻沒戴!就這樣,我的觀察報告寫到這裡,很無聊吧。

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