School of Business Addition

The School of Business homepage gets a new slideshow. I cropped up 100 photos to start out with.

Van Quynh’s New Cans?

Damn, did Van Quynh upgraded her twins? They are quite gigantic.

It’s a Beautiful Day

And I have nothing to write.

The Sopranos, Uncensored

Every curse word from every episode of The Sopranos stitched together.

No Dough on Blogging

Daniel Lyons “learned the hard way: while blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn’t one of them.”

From the Onion

Vietnamese Jazzy Collection

I just uploaded my Vietnamese jazzy collection on my Multiply for a request from a reader. I haven’t used Multiply for ages. Notice the word “jazzy” being used because these 25 tunes aren’t really jazz. They just have a jazzy feel to them. Enjoy!

On Blogging and Social Network

Today I received an email announcement from a friend who closed her Facebook account and pointed Steve Tuttle’s “You Can’t Friend Me, I Quit” as a reference to her decision. I respect that and I will miss seeing her on Facebook.

Last week, I had a little conversation about social network with some faculty and staffs while waiting to be seated at a restaurant. From what I heard, time is the major reason for not doing it. A staff also made a point that he doesn’t blog because people don’t care what he has to say or that he doesn’t care what people say on their blog. I also respect that.

As for me, I use Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and blogging. I don’t use Facebook too much. My posts in Facebook are usually updates from my Twitter. I use LinkedIn just pretty much for my resume. The blog is where I use the most. Unlike the staff who thinks people don’t care what he writes, I blog what I care about first. I am sure many people don’t give a damn about my house-improvement posts, but I do. I have a small number of readers, but I am sure most of you have been through what I am going through. I was able to get feedback and recommendation from those who had experienced in those areas.

Blogging isn’t just about your audience. You have to care about what you write first, before the readers do. If you don’t care about what you write, why should they care? If I worry about what people care, I would have quit blogging a long time ago. I no longer feel obligated to blog or connect on these social sites. If I don’t have anything to say anymore, I just don’t. I still want all these tools to be available to me when I do want to put down my thoughts.

LinkedIn Update

Just brushed up my LinkedIn profile. Didn’t know that I had two duplicated accounts. It was very confusing.

Grammy Results

Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III
Best Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King’s One Kind Favor
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones’s Jingle All The Way
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: T.I.’s “Swagga Like Us
Best Album Notes: Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

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