QQZone

well... long time no visit here!

I've given some of my attention to check out QQzone. It is like a personal online space, similar to MSN Space where you can share your photos, blogs(diaries), shoutouts, friends, music with your QQ friends and other friends.

It's been a while since I started using. I found it very social. Sometimes time more socia than facebook! The center of QQ is the desktop application - chat!

it is great! however, i still love Facebook and Xiaonei where it is a different crowd and people use it differently!

You cannot center yourself around just one application to connect with your friends nowadays. I signed up as a QQ member (10RMB per month) to check all the features they offer to members, or so called VIP. Facebook is my international face and xiaonei & QQ can be my domestic face.

Thanks to the great inventions by technology and innovation!
I did a video to talk about Collective Intelligence! will redo it to make it better!
then I'll post the video here!

would love to share with you really soon!

Childhood Dreams & Career Direction

A friend of mine runs a weekly forum for students and young people at wudaokou.
This week the topic for this forum is Childhood Dreams & Career Direction.
I found myself reading that writing very enjoyably! so I'd like to share with you what is in the message!

Please do enjoy!
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Topic: childhood dreams ﹠career directionDid you have a dream of your ideal job when you were little boy or little girl?Do you persist to it? And why?Are you doing the things in line with your dreams?Do you have a clear career direction? How do you find it?We expect you to share your answers and stories with us, hope the following article can give you some inspirations.Finding career directionWHEN: every Saturday 3 p.m.-5 p.m .WHERE: Rm A-208, the Main Building , Graduate School of People's Bank of China (its big and red) The guard know the Saturday's forum, so just walk in and find the room (based on class sched, the room may change)It's a 1-minute walk from "Wudaokou " subway station (next to KFC).From the Wudaokou subway Station, it is on the side of the track where KFC/Pizza Hut stands. From the street, it's on the same side of the street as KFC/Pizza Hut as well. Look for the reddish building.It 's also a 5-minute bike ride from Peking University &Tsinghua University. if you get lost or stopped just sms Frank at 135******00 What do you want to do as a career? It may surprise you to know people who have been working for decades cannot answer this question. But sometimes we’ve known all along what we want, it’s just that ambitions we had from an early age have become clouded over and forgotten.I was leaving work one evening a few years ago, and was chatting with another colleague, who was likewise going home.“Another day, another dollar?” I joked. He shook his head in despair, and wryly said that while he didn’t mind working for just a dollar, he would much rather have spent the day doing something more fulfilling.“Oh? You don’t like being a sales analyst?” I enquired. He shook his head. “No, and nor the other dozen or so things I’ve done before this either.” He summed up his working life to date by saying, “I’ve done this, and I’ve done that, but I still don’t know what I really want to do!”Although I could partially relate to his situation, his admission did surprise me. He would have been in his late forties, and while some people can take time to work out “what they want to do”, I’d have thought by his stage in his life he would have found a career that satisfied him.I remember in my final years at high school being asked to give thought to what I’d like to do for a living when I left school. I could think of nothing. Even for my first few years in the working world, I was just “taking” jobs, thinking that I’d have a career epiphany sooner or later. And preferably sooner, if possible.Whatever the case though, I thought I would find my desired career within “five or so years”, but certainly never be in the position of my former colleague, who was still trying to find his niche, almost 30 years after leaving school!So how do we find that desired career? While some people seemingly know their career ambitions from the time they are “knee high to a grasshopper”, why are others struggling to find the merest hint of career direction decades later?Ironically part of the answer could lie in those childhood dreams. When we are younger, we tend to be bolder in our thinking, and believe all manner of things are possible. It’s as we become older, and more cautious, that we start to discount our options and possibilities. We also tend to be more receptive to the comments, particularly the negative opinions, of those close to us.How many times would you have someone say, “What? You want to be a… photographer? Well that’s a very hard field to get into, you’d be better off choosing something else!”And so it goes. We hear disparaging thoughts like that, and begin to believe that we are wasting our time pursuing such “lofty” ambitions. Pretty soon we have narrowed the field down to a few “safe” career choices, and think we have made the “right” decision.But what happened to those people, who as children, wanted to be entrepreneurs, photographers, film producers, journalists, or whatever it was they set their hearts on? And by the way, I’m not talking about the people who had the movie, and rock star ambitions, although one or two would have succeeded I’m sure!I talking about the people who, at a young age, had a very clear, and shall we say, “down to earth”, career goal in their mind. Chances are they went on to do what they dreamed of. Why? Because they believed in their dream, and themselves, and were able to see passed the detracting comments of others. If they even listened to those comments in the first place!So what was your dream growing up, and why are you not doing that now, today? For my part I knew I wanted to be a free agent of some sort, working in a field that was somehow creative. I used to read the Tintin books (don’t laugh, now!) as a boy, and thought Tintin, as a freelance reporter, had a pretty cool job, and lifestyle.While Tintin embarked on all sorts of weird and wonderful adventures along the way, I realised early on, that aspect of his “career” may have been slightly far fetched, but being a freelance journalist, or writer, or content producer, wasn’t exactly that unrealistic an expectation.That dream however just seemed to get lost somewhere for many years. Perhaps when I was younger, and spoke of this future possible career, I didn’t word myself carefully enough, and took too seriously the jibes that I was setting myself up for failure by trying to be the next Tintin! It was a comic book, not real life after all, how you base any career dreams on something like that?!I wonder what my former colleague had dreamed of doing when he was a child? Despite declaring that he had “no idea” what he wanted to do, I’ll bet he did once. It’s just that he’s forgotten it, or let himself dismiss the thought long ago, after hearing a few ill-conceived and negative thoughts.Of course not all childhood career dreams are achievable. And this can sometimes be due to reasons beyond an individual’s control. An old school friend for years had wanted to be a commercial pilot. Again, not an especially unrealistic ambition, but eye tests revealed he was colour blind, which at the time, was enough to rule that out as a career option.And assuming a situation like that doesn’t apply to you, as a first step in finding yourself a new career direction, think back, and recall your childhood dreams and thoughts. And remember not all of these ambitions are necessarily naive or far fetched, and even at a young age, you may have known more about yourself than you thought!

Visited Shanghai Again

Met Brendan and Megan yesterday in Shanghai.

It was great meeting them and catching up!
X-media Lab is doing great things right now for the Chinese Animation Industry...

creating a China Animation World link China with the West... Cool!

Gotta find some projects to collaborate or help!

There is one in Beijing next month and I hope i can attend it and contribute!

visiting shanghai

wooo...
I felt very cold after I got off the train that i thought there was one more stop to go...
the temperature in wenzhou yetserday was almost as high as 28 celcius, i guess... it was hot!

now... it's around 15 here... in shanghai... and it's drizzling...

gotta get some brunch now!

talk to you later!

Heroes and the Supernatural Skills

Do you believe in it???

I remember that there goes a belief... it goes like, if you believe it, things happen. 

we are gifted in one way or another...

it might not be extraordinary... but it is definitely a gift from God...

go and discover it, then do good!

Monetizing Video Sharing Websites

Hi Youtube, how are you doing?

long time no see!

ever after I came back to China, my frequency of visiting Youtube dropped drastically, I am serious about that...

maybe in the English video sharing sites, I just don't know or have not been exposed to more than just the few popular ones that i know. 

here in China... Youku, tudou, 56, etc... all have good content in the relatively speaking less protected video content territory... well except politics related ones... sometimes, the politicians can just open one eye and close the other one to let things go. However, when serious stuff (negative to them) happens, they became intolerant to anything that has anything to do with that matter. 

there is a saying goes like this, "it is harmonious when nothing happens; if little things (in fact, not that little in term of social impact) happen, it's disastrous hurricane. "

what does all this to do with monetizing the video sharing websites? simply a reminder or warning to friends who are in that area of business. 

been catching up on  prison break and heroes via Youku.com. it's really cool.  because my frequent visit to youku.com, i started to realize that maybe the Chinese can monetize video sharing sites better than the western world. there are ads everywhere now...

when the video is buffering, this is ad; when you are browsing, the screen size downsizes a littel and makes some bottom space for ads display; if you pause the video, there is also something showing up on the little screen space... 

it seems all the pixeled space is become more and more valueable... actually the pixeled space is never a static one... it countes by both area as well as time, and position, of course!

good luck to Youtube... hope you can make some money for Google... a company that I defintiely support!

by the way, just signed the startup i am working in up for Google Apps - the enterprise application. Now the Chinse firm finally got its own email services with its own domain name after that @... 

Simply Love it... the totally familiar interface and features I've been using every since 2004 or 2005... Long Live Google!

Go Larry and  Surgey!

Did something quite stupid

I paid my credit card twice... 

technically, i only paid once myself... the other one was done automatically online via online banking... gosh!!!

now... I became tight on Cash!!! but with more credits at the bank side...

MSN Groups will be GONE!

this is what i received from MSN groups! wonder how successful Yahoo groups or Google groups are doing!

Dear MSN Groups Customer,

As a valued MSN Groups or MSN Communities Web Folders customer, we want to notify you that the MSN Groups service will close on February 21, 2009 and you will have the opportunity to move your group to our new partner service, Multiply. We understand the importance of keeping your group together, so we partnered with Multiply to create a migration process that moves your group to their service to preserve your online community and its history. Read on to find out about how to kick off the automatic migration of your group to Multiply.

We realise this may be unexpected, so before presenting your options we want to briefly share why we've made this decision.

Why? 
Because we are dedicated to providing our customers with the most current and user friendly technology available today we made the difficult decision to close the MSN Groups service. This decision is part of an overall investment to update and re-align our online services with Windows Live. In the long term we believe that closing the service is the best way to continue to offer innovative and effective services that help you stay in touch with the people you care about. We plan to launch a new Groups service in the coming weeks, but unlike MSN Groups, Windows Live Groups will focus on offering a place for small groups to collaborate. Multiply is available now, making it your best option today for continuing to share and communicate together online.

Options for moving your group to a new service
We've listed some options and resources below to help you decide what to do with your group.

• Option 1: Automatically move your group and its data. We have established a partnership with Multiply, an online group and media sharing service so our users can choose to migrate their group to Multiply's service. Choosing this option is free and easy to use: Multiply will move the Group's content on your behalf and invite members to re-join your group in its new location. To begin the migration click here.
• Option 2: Start again on another service. You can start from scratch and create your group on a different service but we recommend having your Group moved automatically by Multiply. This will enable your Group to transition easily and continue to enjoy the community you have created.
• Option 3: Start again on Windows Live Groups. To further expand our mix of communications and sharing services, Windows Live will launch a new service this autumn, Windows Live Groups. We plan to launch Windows Live Groups to the public in the coming weeks as a service that helps small groups or clubs collaborate online.

Options for MSN Communities Web Folders users
If you use save files to the MSN Communities web folders (also known as "My Web Sites on MSN" or the web folder "My Groups"), these services are part of MSN Groups and will therefore will also be closed on February 21, 2009. We recommend that if you store files online using MSN Communities web folders that you back up these files locally, then upload them to another online storage service such as Windows Live SkyDrive. For more details on how to find and move files saved to your web folders, visit the MSN Groups Resource Center.

Your Next Steps 
We have sent this letter to each MSN Groups user, whether member or manager. If you are:

• A member or user of MSN Groups: Check with your group manager to determine whether they plan to migrate the group.
• A manager: Visit the MSN Groups Resource Center to learn more about your options and consider soliciting feedback from your group members about what they would prefer to do, when and how. The Resource Center also provides a sample splash page you can use to notify your members that the group will move. If you're ready to move the group now, click here.

What to Expect between now and the closing date
Between today and February 21, 2009 the MSN Groups service will remain the same as it is now. We will remove the option to add more storage to your group but other features will remain until the service is shut down and you can use it the same way you do today until the date of closure.

Where can I learn more?
You probably have more questions, and that's why we created a website to address them. Please visit theMSN Groups Resource Center at any time for the most up to date answers to common questions, information about migrating your group to Multiply, contact information for our support staff, and important dates.

Our support staff are equipped to answer your questions and guide you through issues that may arise as you decide what to do with your group. They are ready to help so don't hesitate to contact them at MSN Groups Customer Support with your questions.

We thank you for using our services and regret any inconvenience this may cause.

MSN Groups, Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our online Privacy Statement.

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052

Incentives to Go Mobile with Xiaonei.com

Not sure if this is healthy to do this!

unless they've got a deal with China Mobile for Data transaction usage revenue sharing!

http://xnimg.cn/actimg/wap/index.html

if you refer a friend to register via mobile you can get 5 points.

if you refer a friend to log in via mobile, you can get 1 point.

if you are top on the list for cumulated points, you can win a cell phone or cell phone top-up cards worth 200 or 100 RMB. 

What's going on there? what's behind the true "Going Mobile" promotion?

Facebook has never done that... especially with iPhone, people do what they want to do, via mobile internet access. However, wireless access is not very pervasive yet in China. WTH, is xiaonei trying to do with the students who are yet to gain their financial stability?

Information is overloaded over there and I don't enjoy visit xiaonei as much as facebook.  I have to say... the activity feed on xiaonei to me, 80% are spams. they just keep on feeding and feeding... you know... no container in this world has an indefinite capacity.  if this continues to grow, it will scare people away... it is just too much!

Very Interesting Q&A about China

Q: Do Chinese eat dogs?
A: Yes. And cats. Especially on our "Thanks receiving" day. Besides, turkeys are our favorite pets. In China only the most uneducated eat turkeys. 

Q: China is becoming strong. Does your government want to take over the world?
A: Yes, absolutely. As soon as we become powerful, we will invade Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Q: Why doesn't your government give Tibet back to its monks?
A: Because the monks want to help the Seminoles take back Florida.  

Q: Are the products made in China very cheap?
A: Yes. Were we using slaves, the price would be even cheaper. 

Q: You have 1.4 billion people. Now what do you want to do with it?
A: Find a new planet. Kill the native people there, and move in. 

(forwarded from a post on xiaonei.com)

while facebook is hyped, google continues its hype outside US

is this statement true?
I guess so!
Google continues to expand it's operation overseas and over 50% of the revenue generated by Google are from overseas.

I spotted an MSN status as "Dreaming for Googleplex... Mountain View,CA"

I mentioned to some of my friends to try apply jobs at Google but they gave a "virtual face" - "duh". Don't talk about it... it's impossible for me (them) to get in, seemingly!

It is definitely not the case. I still remember when Youtube recruiter knocked on my door one day via email and I seriously thought that might be a spam. Then I asked my friends who are in Google to check if that person exists and she does.  Much later, I realised it was my good friend their who brought us to see Chad referred me and got me the chance to get my door knocked on. 

So my friends, as one Chinese brand (361), used "nothing is impossible" as their slogan. and adidas started "impossible is nothing" as their slogan. 

the fact is that "impossible is meaningless" now. 

so... go for it!   dream and fly higher! 

wish all the best to my dear friends in different countries, doing great stuff! 

You guys all rock!

the new macbooks

the new macbook and macbook pro are out!
check it out!
www.apple.com =)

new facebook homepage - nice

wow... I just loaded www.facebook.com earlier on.
I found that there is an updated home page. I was so surprised and delighted. =)

wanted to upload a captured picture but I could not.
do check it out at www.facebook.com

Shenzhou VII

The Shenzhou VII launched on Sept 25th at 21:30 China Standard Time.
Here is a review video on Youtube:



Here is a video of Mr Zhai out of the space craft, taking the space walk...




I feel very proud of my country and being a Chinese. =)

Oracle Open World 2008

another great conference in SF...
my friends and ex-coworkers did a great job and demonstrated their work in the annual party for Oracle employees and its partners.
over 30 years, the corporation has come a long way...
till today, the enterprise applications continue to evolve and get influenced by the consumer markets.
communications have always been one of the most voiced problems and issues in a large organization, especially distributed organizations.

enterprise blogging can definitely help employees in a large enterprise to empower the employees to communicate with each other and spark, especially in technology industries where ideas are key. (people are the biggest asset of a technology company and the ideas from people matter. )

check out the blogs.oracle.com for the blog facing the public by their over 80,000 employees across the world.

here is an example of the social graph that takes place in an event of such a large organization. it's really complicated, I have to say.
http://blogs.oracle.com/videoblog/2008/09/oracle_openworld_2008_untitled_631.html

if you are from a large organization and deals with massive amount of communications and collaboration, you might want to try out enterprise blogging... it can definitely help you.

Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai

Lately I visited Xiaoneil.com more than Facebook, primarily because it is so slow to load here in China... once in a while, it could be magically fast to browse through the facebook site. I love the new UI and I found it very easy and makes a lot of sense.

I heard many people still prefers the older version... well... maybe because I like to change and prefers new stuff... nevertheless, the new facebook UI is just so nice and simple... yes... come to think of the new UI, xiaonei also imitated the new facebooke experience and lauched the new xiaonei.com, claiming that the new change is because of "YOU" - the xiaonei users...

I wonder what it really means... the change... even facebook did not claim that... did it?

well... there is an exhibition tour starting this week on the Wenzhou University Campus. we will participate in the exhibition and we've prepared lots of goodies to give out to engage the students..

good luck!

why the title is shanghai? well... one of our staff is named shanghai. i was in shanghai on tuesday.
a friend of mine started her short stay in shanghai and another friend is not based in shanghai due to his work. lots of people are moving around...=) after all, in this big world, we just know so many people... and our world is just that big... it's undefined but just that big..=p

Teaching English here

Finally the first session of English learning kicked off last night. There were about 10 students showed up for the session. I was really glad that they came and talked to me about their interests in learning English. 8 out of 10 are girls and the other two guys are people that I've met before.
All of them are young, born in 87-90.

Some of them seemed very confident in speaking English, which was great!
we had three parts in the first session.
1. Self-introduction
2. Pronunciation
3. Greetings

It was a good start and we will have another session this coming Monday. I might go to Shanghai again to talk to our partners on our project. Hopefully i will not have to change the textbook session to another slot.

most of them want to learn speaking and reading. three of them expressed their interests in writing. i'll help them as much as I can while I am here in Wenzhou. I am not paid for all these hope they can truly take advantage of this opportunities. For me, I just want to make a few more friends and get to know they the students here are doing in their university years.

Good luck to their learning and my sharing.

teaching & learning

A very good friend of mine who I got to know two months ago is working and learning with me right now.

I guess i've given him some hard time when it comes to fix certain problems. I hope that we can both learn together... i am learning how to better teach or rather coach.

Listening is so important and speech is, on the other hand, the most important. I need to express myself clearly and there are so many ways to convey the same message to achieve better results. Teaching is an art and learning is an art, too. I guess I've picked up little on the latter and there are still lots to be picked up.

My aunt-in-law phoned my yesterday and talked to me about not going back to school this semester... my cousin fell ill badly a few years ago and he had to take leave of absence from school for almost two years and he just started his high school in IM. If not, he should have gone to university already, which I have not completed yet. =p

I know what I am doing here in wenzhou and things are different every single day. it might appear boring... i don't find it boring at all lately... the students are coming back to school and it's getting crowded here in no time. over 65,000 students in this university town are crowding around like ants soon! fight for food, fight for boys/girls, compete with appearance and coolness.
oh man, lots to update later.

have fun!

Beijing Olympics is Over

Great 16 days!
I wish i could be in the stadium to watch the Olympic athletes to compete and pursue their dreams in Beijing.
I love two songs from the Beijing Olympics.
The theme song You and Me,
and Beijing Welcomes You!
I love the melody and rhythms of the song and find the lyrics of both songs are very simple and very meaningful. Many many great celebrity singers sang in the beijing welcomes you song.

beiijing hua ying ni
xiang yi yue gang dong ni
rang wo men dou jia you to chao yue zi ji

beijing huan ying ni
you meng xiang shui dou liao bu qi
you yong qi jiu hui you qi ji
*(Chinese Pinyin)

Somehow I find the closing ceremony not as great as the opening... though it was fantastic... perhaps I watched the one without narration online... seems it was so quiet and did not know what was going on. Maybe the narration was too boring to catch my attention.

Now looking forward to 2012. I've talked to some friends about going to visit London in 2012 and enjoy the Olympics again there!

I was born in the Olympic year... I fell in love with the Olympics almost at the first sight... I remember very clearly that I have watched all the games in 1988 (if i could still remember), 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and now 2008. 2008 is also a very special year to me...

you and me
from one world
we are family

travel dream
a thousand miles
meeting in beijing

come together
put your hands in mine
you and me
from one world
we are family

Go Beijing Olympics!

finally I got to watch the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony at my friends place last night...
There weren't many songs... somehow, I expected to listen to more singing than just instrumental and dances...
The theme was great... very Chinese... but Dir. Zhang has done a good job in squeezing the 5000 year history in the 2-3 hour programs at the opening ceremony... the great four inventions....
the Chinese volume (roll) has planted seeds deeply in the heart of the audience in China and from the rest of the world... fantastic! really awesome!

Ning LI has done such a fabulous job 'flying and walking' around the bird nest stadium and finally lit up the Olympic Fire... We watched a special program introducing the story about Li's though training and exercise behind the few minute world-wide attention.

I thnk what really impressed me was the painting... very focused... it was so nicely done in every single chapter of the programs. the most impressive program, i think, was "movable type“ performance... nice! pretty!

FunInputToy

I am a little frustrated using FunInputToy these few days, because the version I am using (1.93 for Leopard) does not memorize the phrases that I frequently use. 

I don't know why it does not memorize.  According to the website, it is still part of the promised feature set. I tried importing the customized list on my own but it just did not import... maybe it is the encoding issue. if I save Chinese, it has to be unicode. but it seems that FIT only recognizes Windows (Roman)... I cannot even add one by one using the customer dictionary. 

The ITABC provided by Mac system itself works better when it comes to memorizing my frequently used phrases. I had to switch between the two very often nowadays... 

another annoying issue is that very often, the Pinyin input does not work on an application... meaning if I type pinyin, FIT does not pick up my command of inputing, i.e. FIT is not launched properly on that application. What I did was to always open the Texteditor and whenever it failed, i just typed out a few random phrases to make sure FIT works again. Then i can go back to the application and type Chinese again. 

well... i've been typing a lot these few days because of all the Chinese conversations going on. i still like FIT a lot but hope it will become a great efficient tool. 

FIT is great! and there are areas of improvement... Has FIT gotten any funding yet? maybe it can become one of the pre-installed input method for Mac!

a translator in the middle of nowhere

I have been an translator for the past month...  I was not paid for it. (haiz...)

sometimes I need to be an interpreter to translate instantly to facilitate the communication. sometimes I just summarize what other guys have talked about. I don't really know whether they fully understood what I have translated. 

Translator is not an easy job.. you have to be three people, in fact. You might feel frustrated when the conversation gets a little bit exciting. Yup! You have to split yourself into three persons. One is yourself... keep it as low profile as possible. the best way is that yourself does not exist in the conversation. (of course not physically). Then you have to be both parties involved in the conversation. word for word translation cannot really help with the conversation because the meaning might not be brought across. It's very very important for the two guys understand each other and know what they actually meant. 

That means I have to put across the subtle meanings, hints etc. That's the tough part! Is that a good way to translate? because i am not doing the pure translation. My role was to help them understand each other better. If you translate, you might figure that there actually are cultural differences that make the translation really tough. It's very simple to understand that. when you talk about apple! it's easy to translate.. it's just an apple...  but other people might think apple is macintosh, as a brand. or some other people will see Apple as an apparel brand in China.  The background difference really matters! 

If you are working in an international team, make sure you have very transparent communication! it helps the team to glue and understand one another much better.  We have a team from China, USA and Singapore. We all have different backgrounds and we grew up in different environment... totally different! In the past few days, I have been the facilitator to the communication! I found people understand each other much better now.  Krudos to all! ^^

the new facebook

Facebook has officially moved to the new facebook.
I do like the new interface a lot...
compared to the one that I have been with for two years, I can only say that I am used to it... I would not say I liked it a lot. The old design was very good compared to other social networking sites.
I think i like the new design... it makes more sense to have the navigation on the right...
the drop-down lists are just easy to use. (is that a new feature there?)

seems there is also more advertising space for them.
it is important... we want facebook to survive! =) 37.5 million users for facebook now.
wow... almost doubled the number of residents in Beijing.
How's 51.com?
or xiaonei?

my friend asked a question:
"when is xiaonei going to release their (copied) new UI?"
let us see how fast xiaonei can back-engineer the few facebook.

Days in Wenzhou

I have been in Wenzhou for the past one month, during which I spent 6 days back in Singapore to work on the startup!
Yes... we were seeking funding in Singapore.
I thought it might be easier to get some funding in Singapore, especially seed funding. However, we went to the wrong group of people. We thought that we should just talk to VCs directly and would see if we can get them excited and make an offer to us.

It's not that easy! we did not actually meet VCs in Singapore. We talked to our dear school. We talked to many people who are active in the entrepreneurs community and understand the funding scene. The lessons we learned is that it's easy to get micro-funding in Singapore to jump start the company and the development of prototypes.

I have not met any VC in Singapore yet. I don't want set my perception toward that industry yet. I know that Asian are generally more conservative. We are less risky than the Westerners. Perhaps, that's why the top VCs are from the US then followed by Europe. Anyway, that's a side note for the 6 days in Singapore.

On the other hand, things are different here in Wenzhou. I came back on July 14th to meet an investor introduced by our CEO's buddie. If you want to classify these group of investors we have met, they more belong to the angel investor group. They invest in people and followed by the project. The people have to be very trusted and capable. The project ought to be exciting and rewarding. Bai talked to the first investor I met, Li, the last three days of my stay in Singapore. We met him on July 14th evening. Frank flew in from Beijing. We signed the contract on July 15th. There came the seed fund investment in the game company. In the following days, we met two other individual investors as well. They were all new to the game industry but through connections. We've built the trusted relationship with them. Even though they don't really know much about the online game industry, they know from the KLSi experience that things will likely work out.

Wenzhou is a very wealthy place. There are lots of business people who have made there millions and billions and even trillions of money in the past years. They have been investing in the real estate market as a group. They made lots from there. IT industry is more marginal than real estate. More importantly, it's quick investment and quick return compared to real estate.

To be honest, there is really no technology company in Wenzhou. most companies are still in the manufacturing business. over 1000 small factories have closed down in 2007 because of the low currency exchange rate with US dolloars. Most contracts were signed before 2007 when the exchange rate was high. Due to the decreasing rate, factories are losing money very single day. The costs have gone up by a lot in the past years. The losses are in magnitude of a very 100k per day sometimes.

US economy is not doing well. It has directly affected the manufacturing business in China. hard-core manufacturers can no longer make much money nowadays. it's time to make a change, transition to a different model. The model should center around IP and technology. There is no technology park in wenzhou yet, which means the technology the manufacutures in touch with are not very localized and can no longer fit them. The world is driven by technology. How can such a wealthy place have no technology?

They might have the most advanced production line... they might have the most advanced technology to back-engineer a pair of shoes or a set of clothes. These are important. Nevertheless, technology do not just exist in the key manufacturing process but the entire value chain, including business process and the basic knowledge about technology. If you come to wenzhou and get a name card from someone. basically, they put phone number and QQ number on it. there is no email and no sign of "www". For the rare ones who do use email, it's either @qq.com or @163.com or @***.com/com.cn/cn. Here I am talking about business owners and top executives of local companies. They can be understood because lots of them had very little education when they were young.

How about the students in Wenzhou then? do they use email?
I've met quite a number of students. QQ is the key communication tool for them. i have to praise QQ for its success. QQ is part of the gen Y's life. Whenever they are online, QQ is always the first application to be launched, followed by a browser or a game client. The features of QQ are so powerful that it is just a one-stop center for all - IM, Files, space, albums, music, movies, games... whatever...
Thus many business are conducted via QQ, such as client services, customer servcies and online assistance. Oh... not to forget the mobile technology... every single student has a mobile phone.
QQ and mobile phone means all technolgoy to them? i don't know whether it's their view or not.
To me, these two are parts of my life with technology...

So there are lots of opportunities in Wenzhou, a place would definitley leapfrog to get ahead of other less wealthy cities in China. Our mission is to expose and offer them the access to understand about the IT industry!

xiaonei releases its platform strategy

On July 8, Xiaonei will have a Strategy Press Conference at Kanpu (Wokers' Stadium South Gate).

Here is the link http://2008.xiaonei.com/xnApi.do (in Chinese)

The executives of Pacific Oak, CSDN and 3rd-party companies (partners, I assume) and application developers. Of course, media will be welcomed.

Xiaonei will talk about its platform development and strategy.

Stay tuned for more Chinese SNS platform. How much would  it be different from Facebook or Google connect.

I guess most of us have anticipated the event on July 8th, but what we were not sure was the timing.

Hope to hear from them on how the platform should be different in China.

looking forward to it. 

Chinese Angel Investors

I was searching for Chinese Angel Investors.
Then I cam cross the following names.

Min Zhu has won an award of "The most active Chinese Angel Investor".

Feng DENG
Jun LEI
Xiaosong LIU
Yongqiang QIAN
Ning YANG
Nanpeng SHEN
Xingsheng ZHANG
Hongyi ZHOU
Min ZHU

My Last Organizing BASE before heading for Singapore in July

Last night we had our 6th event of BASE networking session! It went great!

We did not have speakers nor presenters last night but we were not too concerned about it. It would be fantastic if we were to have some great people talking to us. However, once in a while, we might just want to sit and talk to each other instead of listening to others talking to a group of people. (do you agree?)

We went back to the format of the very first time when we started BASE in March. Everyone introduced themselves one by one... (to break the ice) we had a small rounds of "shout-outs". Frank introduced Adam Smith from Xobni.com. He was here for holidays and he should be on the plane to Japan right now. Wish a safe and pleasant journey to Adam. Wish I knew he was in town earlier.. I got a bit of time to bring him around I guess. He told us he had hard time getting round speaking no Chinese. Glad that he made it! Next time, drop us an email. We have tons of friends who can help you in many ways!

Jennifer sent her colleagues to BASE last time to talk about their business plan competition. It's a pretty good way for a Chinese startup to get some initial funding without going through the tough Angel and VC funding hunt. Well, it takes a lot of luck to meet the right angel or VC. For you information about the business plan competition, you can visit the website here.

Erik was here and he's working on his gaming startup right now and he got accepted into Tsinghua MBA program. Congratulations to him! He's looking for a CTO right now to work with him on his startup!

Abe has finally secured his researcher position in Tsinghua Medical School! that's great! Congratulations to you!

Gina, Long time no see! Glad that you are a journalists now at Beijing Today. It is an English newspaper! maybe you can find her news articles there!

Ralf's girl friend has left her IT company and she's having her first day at a marketing consulting firm. wow, it's so exciting for her. All the best!

Ralf would take over me to run the BASE event and please give him support! He wants to do something but he needs lots of guidance. Frank, Darius, Resh, David De, please give your support to him! thanks!

My business partner, Lao Bai joined us at the networking session there too! Unfortunately, he speaks no English and I was helping him translate a little bit. Glad that he could come and see how things are like in Beijing! There is absolutely no such networking in Wenzhou.

I was really busy running around and talking to people. The very first time at BASE, I forgot to take pictures there! What a pity! it would be a group of great pictures! maybe I should organize a farewell party session at the beginning of July (not the second Thursday of the month) but rather any day then!

cool! i'll do that!

Is Facebook down?

I was trying to access Facebook just now and came across this common error page.
I tried on both Safari 3 & Firefox 2, either worked.
wonder what's wrong with it?
is it my account or what?

Gmail Labs

check this out!
Gmail Labs

Lots of new features.
Seems it's really time to get an iPhone to get the complete Apple + Google experience!

the LinkedIn Presbyter (mascot?)

was trying to check out the linkedin invitation a friend sent to me.
but it shows the page below (they are upgrading the system right now.


at the first sight, it was just a notification. Then the linkedin man caught my attention.
it looks like someone. what do you think? any idea on your side?

I call it the Linkedin Presbyter, so much like Reid Hoffman, the founding CEO of linkedin.

Disagree with me? well, take a closer look. ^^

The Presbyter looks so approachable and caring.

BASE May 22nd Event Registration

Nation-wide Mourning for May 12 China Earthquake Including the monochromic Internet

May 19-21 are the three days of the national mourning for the victims who died on May 12 Wenchuan, Sichuan Earthquake. By now, the death toll has reached 34,073, reported by CCTV.

Besides, the people in China are mourning for the victims by not involving in any entertainment activities of any sort, wearing dark color dresses etc.. The Chinese internet seems synchronously followed the same monochromic look on their sites.

I've checked most of the frequently visited Chinese websites of mine. They all presented the similar monochrome color- the black & white theme to show their condolences and sympathy to the victims in the catastrophic earthquake took place on May 12 2:28pm (GMT +8) with its epicenter at Wenchuan, Eastern Sichuan, China.

Here are some examples.

Fake McDonald's Career page?

I was browsing my friends blog just now and saw there was an ad for McDonald's part time jobs.

It looks like this

[ad image]


I clicked on it... to see what it is about? I never worked in McD. don't think i am gonna work there. just out of curiosity, i clicked on it.

the following page showed up. It looks like it's from McD but... I just feel that it's might be a mock to collect info of thousands... who knows...

[page image]


I typed www.mcdonalds.com.sg ... that one works... i visited before, so there is no problem there.
checked the www.mcdonalds.com.sg/recruitment it showed something sensible...

then i clicked on "apply now"...
what is it about?

the same URL that the ad linked to http://mcdsg.workstarglobal.com/

Thus, the ad should be REAL then. Thank Goodness!

Gosh! Why cannot McD Sg just set up something on their site instead of rerouting to other URL that appears so not trusting.

well... maybe I am to suspicious about the real identity of a site an Google ad links to.

Can all Google Ads be trusted?

Churchill Club: Top 10 Tech trends debate

I think you might be wondering once in a while...

"What's new?"
"How the market is like in 1 year, 2 years, 5 years or even 10, 20, 30 years?"
"What's gonna make it big in the near future?"
"What are the hot spots in tech?"
...
etc.

Here is a list that you can think about and see whether they click with your thoughts.

my thoughts are:
1. mobile devices gonna be hot in the techie community
a. iPhone - applications, distribution channels, 3G and its related peripheral markets
b. phone OS - designed for techies and tech-savvy users to play around and customize their own phones... so which phone manufacturer will produce mobile phones that allows the geeks to crash their phone. Nokia?
c. mobile services... data plans (teleco), mobile widgets, mobile shopping... text messages in US

2. Clean Tech... alternative energy... this hype will never die off. I guess you will see some applicable alternative energy technology in the market in 2009 and 2010. lots of initiatives started in around 2006 and hope to see some results soon. at least pioneering initiatives.
Who's gonna lead? Technology will be the US but the practitioners will be China and European countries because of their strong government support and subsidies.

3. I feel strongly that there is gonna be some breakthrough in bio-tech in curing and treatment in 2009. maybe something for Aids will be in the market that cheap enough (relatively) for people to purchase.

4. enterprise 2.0 starting end of 2008 - 2010... it's gonna be huge... many enterprises are waking up from their hibernation after their first four season in the 1.0 world. Yes.. the spring is coming and it's time to wake up and get some fresh food.

Baidu cutomized its logo for China Earthquake

My coworker loaded Baidu.com page as his home page on his Firefox browser (Chinese Simplified). I saw the logo appeared weird and it was black and white and i thought it was for something.

Yes... then I tried on my browser...

typed: baidu.com

(loading page)

(paged loaded)

then, this logo came out!



it is to announce or call for help or memorize for the Sichuan earthquake took place on May 12 at 2:28pm.

Why does not Google do something about its logo?

Facebook "network" concept vanishes?

I think it was one month ago. Facebook removed its "network" tab on it's home page for users.
I do like the network page and it shows interesting stuff within the network.
I could still access it if I go to my Profile and click on the networks to view the page.
Yesterday (May 14, 2008) I discovered that there are no long hyperlinks for the networks on my profile.
I tried typing "http://www.facebook.com/networks.php" it rerouted to "http://www.facebook.com/networks/networks.php" where you are still able to find a way to access to the network page (of your networks). However, you need to search your networks.
Once you are on the page (like the Silicon Valley, CA one), you would see such notification box, announcing "Network Page will be discontinued soon"


Remember I met Ben, from Mobile Monday. We were talking about some "Dark Ages" of Internet due to privacy issues. Does this mean that Facebook has notified the advent of "dark ages" and trying to prevent it from happening? well... if it is really coming, it can only be delayed but not avoided.

Have not found anything announced over the online media about discontinuing the network page from Facebook. Hope they can announce their intention and reasons why they are doing this.

Thanks to Piet, we had an awesome leisure gathering at Centro at Kerry Center, Beijing, China.
Have a safe trip back to Netherlands and catch up with you soon!

China earthquake on twitter May 13

Here are some more tweets tracking on China earthquake.

download the pdf file here.

over 10,000 injuries and deaths have been reported.

after over 40 hours, finally the rescue team managed to reach the epicenter of this earthquake...
feel so sorry and sad for the people.

I saw a beggar walking by after my lunch and he looked like a real homeless person. After the Tsinghua South gate (the road leads to the gate actually) there is a gabbage can next to the steps of the cross-over bridge. He stopped and started digging (some food, I guess). I have a bag of packed (left-over) food. Well, they are still fresh as we just finished eating at Quanjude.
He seemed disappointed as he could not find anything eatable. Then, I passed one package of the food to him. Then he went to the roadside and started eating, bending his body and standing. Looks so pathetic.

Helping the people suffering from the earthquake damages is far and mos of the time we feel so powerless in such situation. As a person, there is so little we can do. At this moment, it is the team work, leaving no-one behind spirit will motivate more and more people to stay strong and get ready to rebuild their life. I know it's tough. The world is trying to help. It will take a couple of years to get recovered from such large-scaled disaster. Hope for the best!

China earthquak on twitter

I followed last night from 8pm till now
tracked 'earthquake' and 'chengdu'

gosh... over 1600 lines.

here is the archive of the tracking...

CCTV Special Broadcasting on Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake

I turned on the TV while taking a break from work. I found that CCTV 1 was having this special broadcasting program for the earthquake. it's showing the latest info and news from Sichuan province. due to the serious high magnitude of 7.8 earthquake, there are disastrous damages to the epicenter. By now they still don't have picture nor videos from there due to ruined road access to wenchuan county.

cctv has reported that the number of deaths has reached 8533 with time stamped at 11:40pm.
The department of transportation and police is trying to keep the major road access smooth to allow first aids and goods to be transported to Sichuan province. The entire country is trying to help the people in the disaster area.

my condolences to all the people who died in this unexpected disaster and their family members.

so the info of the earthquake is May 12 14:28pm (GMT+8) of magnitude 7.8.
USGS' first hand info was very accurate back then!

updated: the tremor depth was only about 29 km below surface. compared to the 1976 tangshan disastrous earthquake of a similar magnitude, that depth was 11 km and over 242,000 of people died in the tangshan earthquake.

Premier Wen has already arrived at Sichuan to work on relief work with officials. He reached Sichuan about 7:18pm in the evening May 12.

(12:07am May 13)

earthquake in CHina on twitter

I had notification turned on via Gtalk and I started tracking "earthquake" and "chengdu"
this is what I received updates in the one hour interval of tracking.
16:28- 17:28 ( I stopped because my Mac hang in the end... too many updates?)

Updated: some collapse scene at Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China (picture via Sina.com)
21:21 May 12 2008



4:21:14 PM David: (L) CHina: track earthquake
4:21:15 PM twitter@twitter.com: You'll now receive updates matching 'earthquake'. To stop, send 'untrack earthquake'.

4:21:22 PM David: (L) CHina: on
4:21:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: Updates are on. Turn them off by sending 'off'.

4:21:26 PM twitter@twitter.com: (newsnet): From The BBC Powerful earthquake shakes China: An earthquake measuring 7.5 has hit south-west.. http://tinyurl.com/6gygxy

4:21:34 PM twitter@twitter.com: (newsnet): From Fox News Powerful Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Rocks Western China: A 7.5-magnitude quake s.. http://tinyurl.com/5hpa4b

4:21:46 PM twitter@twitter.com: (interweber): inwalkebud went from 2 to 49 followers in 30 min b/c he is in Chengdu Province twittering about earthquake

4:21:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: marcothesis: @davidatsg Yeah we need the real thing here soon! The iPod touch is kind of lame to me when I see people using it.
4:22:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): @mmsullivan Good catch Mike. http://is.gd/fen A BBC Blogger gives Twitter and @Scobleizer some kudos for China Earthquake coverage.

4:22:44 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jondillon): (AFP) - China has sent military troops to help with disaster relief work following 7.5 magnitude earthquake that rocked SW China, Xinhua

4:22:52 PM twitter@twitter.com: (dsin): Earthquake in BKK Huh ?? I don't feel anything.

4:22:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (blognl): Hoop dat Carolien van http://tinyurl.com/5oj62g ok is na die earthquake in China

4:23:11 PM twitter@twitter.com: (scoblecalacanis): Lots of people saying Summize is best Twitter search for Quake info: http://summize.com/search?q=earthquake

4:23:13 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tweetmeme): @tweetipFH http://tinyurl.com/6gpp4s BBC NEWS | dot.life | A blog about technology from BBC News | Twitter and the China earthquake

4:23:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (newsalert): No Major Damage: RTE News article says China earthquake does not appear to have caused any major damage in Chengdu http://twurl.nl/4mplq5

4:24:04 PM twitter@twitter.com: (xmpp): earthquake, SMS contacted with a friend in Chengdu, he replied "震感强烈，正在空旷的地方"

4:24:05 PM twitter@twitter.com: (houyr): the earthquake hit china 88 days before the opening of the Olympics, which will be held on 8/8/2008 at 8:00 wow is that a coincidence??

4:24:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: (michellem): Finally see the value of @Scobleizer following the whole Twitter crowd - big earthquake new hit Twitter before anywhere else, Scoble saw it

4:25:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (revtriste): No Major Damage: RTE News article says China earthquake does not appear to have caused any major damage in Chengdu http://twurl.nl/4mplq5

4:25:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jennwong): Just landed in Hongqiao, apparently there was an earthquake while we were in the air?

4:25:25 PM twitter@twitter.com: (wufflebunny): 5 fox news channels and not one me them covering earthquake

4:26:09 PM David: (L) CHina: track chengdu
4:26:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: You'll now receive updates matching 'chengdu'. To stop, send 'untrack chengdu'.

4:26:20 PM twitter@twitter.com: (expatacular): Michael added the blog post 'Earthquake in Sichuan' http://snipr.com/28fxr

4:26:21 PM David: (L) CHina: untrack ski
4:26:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: You'll no longer receive updates that match 'ski'.

4:26:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ATorris): Just got home to a report of an earthquake in China! 7.5 near Chengdu.

4:26:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rakeman): Epizentrum 50km nördlich von Chengdu http://snurl.com/28fxp in 10km Tiefe - Noch keine Berichte von dort

4:27:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gabyu): I havent seen one person in chengdu online

4:28:07 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ctq1123): 【cnBeta.COM】 插播:四川东部发生7.8级以上地震 汶川县震级已达8.0级 接大量网友报告,称自己所在城市发生地震,根据USGS Earthquake Hazards Program(美国国家地质局地震灾害研究项目)报告显示,本次地震发生于四川东部,接近成都与绵 ...

4:28:29 PM twitter@twitter.com: (xizor2000): 7.5 scale earthquake in Chengdu, China.

4:28:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rakeman): Chengdu scheint OK http://snurl.com/28fxy#earthquake

4:28:49 PM twitter@twitter.com: (dsin): Noticed that earthquake always happened at high building in Silom, and after that an employer go home.

4:28:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (califmom): @wufflebunny fox not covering earthquake is surprising how? bbc just picked it up a little bit ago. and cnn international. does fox do int'l

4:28:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): Twitter and the Chinese Earthquake: http://twurl.nl/orsllk

4:29:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pcguo): 来自pcguo.com消息： 插播:四川东部发生7.8级以上地震 汶川县震级已达8.0级 接大量网友报告,称自己所在城市发生地震,根据USGS Earthquake Hazards Program(美国国家地质局地震灾害研究项目)报告显示,本次地震发生于四川东部,接近成都 ...

4:29:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (spinncafe): I have to say it again, Lhasa wasn't affected by the Sichuan earthquake.

4:29:29 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gersham): "No major damage" and "nobody appears to have been hurt in Chengdu": http://tinyurl.com/4dsmne

4:29:44 PM twitter@twitter.com: (nickhalstead): @scobleizer tweetmeme shows 3 different bits of coverage of the earthquake

4:29:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (CultureS): waking up to an earthquake in China

4:29:53 PM twitter@twitter.com: (dailytelegraph): Huge earthquake hits China http://tinyurl.com/6oq682

4:30:08 PM twitter@twitter.com: (virtualreview): Earthquake in China http://tinyurl.com/5y852j

4:30:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (speer360): @Scobleizer Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008ryan/index.html

4:30:38 PM twitter@twitter.com: (febake): Twitter and the Chinese Earthquake http://is.gd/feF

4:30:41 PM twitter@twitter.com: (califmom): finding it hard to believe there's not major damage reported in chengdu post quake. anything over 7, i'd expect damage.

4:30:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rje7): Can't get over feeling Earthquake while sitting in Beijing from 3 hrs away in Chengdu.

4:31:06 PM twitter@twitter.com: (virtualreview): Strong earthquake hits southwest China http://tinyurl.com/43ogoy

4:31:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (alexmu): 在Flickr 搜索“地震”“earthquake”可看到最新地震图片。U will find some pictures on flickr by search "earthquake".

4:31:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (clarocada): Has anyone seen anything on Google Earth yet about today's Chinese earthquake?

4:31:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (damndirtypandas): @melissagira outside of the epicenter seems to be ok but closer in.... As long as she is not in chengdu should be safe

4:31:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: Chengdu twitterers @casperodj @inwalkbud now giving updates
4:31:48 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): Twitter and the China earthquake: http://tinyurl.com/5sduj9

4:31:53 PM twitter@twitter.com: (virtualreview): Earthquake hits western China http://tinyurl.com/3v74o3

4:32:05 PM twitter@twitter.com: (RTEnews): No major damage after China earthquake: A powerful earthquake that shook southwestern China today does no.. http://tinyurl.com/6j8r84

4:32:08 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): Twitter and the China earthquake (2): http://summize.com/search?q=earthquake

4:32:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (JackBury): RTÉ News reports no casualties or structural damage in Chengdu. earthquake was massive but gentle.

4:32:15 PM twitter@twitter.com: dtan: @Scobleizer yup... in Beijing alright, my head still feels kinda dizzy. Never felt such strong moves even after 10years in Bayarea.
4:32:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (RTEnewsWorld): No major damage after China earthquake: A powerful earthquake that shook southwestern China today do.. http://tinyurl.com/6j8r84

4:32:32 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): Chinese news say the epicentre was in 汶川 (Wenchuan). They still don't know how the situation is in Chengdu

4:32:37 PM twitter@twitter.com: (webleon): Just landed in Hongqiao, apparently there was an earthquake while we were in the air? (via @jennwong)

4:32:59 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @niubi there was a quake in Haidian las week? I'm in Haidian..oh wait, i was in Europe then
4:34:04 PM twitter@twitter.com: (asteris): @internetakias @drandakis http://urlb.org/lhsi "Twitter & the China earthquake", from a BBC blog. The word spreads, about the word spreading

4:34:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Retweeting @frankyu: Chengdu twitterers @casperodj @inwalkbud now giving updates

4:34:40 PM twitter@twitter.com: (alanataylor): Drinking a cappuccino, studying for my final in 4 hours, and scanning through @scobleizer's tweets for news on the earthquake in China.

4:35:09 PM twitter@twitter.com: (thelondonpaper): NEWS: China rocked by earthquake: Quake measuring 7.8 on richter scale hits south west China http://tinyurl.com/6a4fgl

4:35:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (JohnGuise): Most of the news has switched to how Twitter was key to earthquake information.

4:35:39 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mitchelltsai): @dtan Thanks for your quick info about the earthquake.

4:35:42 PM twitter@twitter.com: (califmom): in addition to @scobelizer's 'earthquake' search on summize also search for 'quake' http://tinyurl.com/45kgrw

4:36:37 PM twitter@twitter.com: (samflemming): Mom, if you read this, dong worry. The earthquake did not hit shanghai. I am safe. :)

4:36:52 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): retweet (samflemming): Mom, if you read this, dong worry. The earthquake did not hit shanghai. I am safe. :)

4:37:26 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): retweet (speer360): @Scobleizer Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2 ...

4:37:51 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gervis): Transferring twitter earthquake reports to smartmobs http://tinyurl.com/5hefqr

4:38:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): Via @ChinaRed Google Map of Earthquake epicenter. http://twurl.nl/fbrh2b

4:38:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jondillon): (AFP) - China has warned that an earthquake measuring between 2 & 6 on Richter scale could hit Beijing late Monday, state media reported.

4:39:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (lyrrael): I'm an American volunteer living in Chengdu, China. I teach at Southwest University for Nationalities, in downtown Chengdu.

4:39:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Scobleizer): Population map of earthquake zone: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/events/us/2008ryan/index.html

4:40:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (wennberg): The information provided about the Chineese earthquake in Twitter is amazing...

4:40:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (latimesworld): Earthquake rocks central China - http://tinyurl.com/6pekbs

4:40:31 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ggladman): BBC on Twitter and the Chinese earthquake: http://snurl.com/28fze

4:40:39 PM twitter@twitter.com: (montemagno): Young Dutch Twitterer CasperOdJ reporting live from Chengdu China on todays earthquake. http://tinyurl.com/5hefqr

4:40:41 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Scobleizer): @leonwestbrook unfollow me. I don't need the abuse. There was a major earthquake, deal with it.

4:41:03 PM twitter@twitter.com: (casperodj): i've seen some chalk chucked of buildings by the earthquake. for the rest i haven't seen any more damage

4:41:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): New blog post: BREAKING - China Earthquake - 7.8 Magnitude http://tinyurl.com/6fgbvp

4:41:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Guerel): @lyrrael Where has it been the more hit by earthquake in Chengdu?

4:41:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): retweet @casperodj: i've seen some chalk chucked of buildings by the earthquake. for the rest i haven't seen any more damage

4:41:30 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): For China earthquake accounts, follow Twitterers @casperodj @lyrrael @inwalkedbud

4:41:56 PM twitter@twitter.com: (galovesongs): Earthquake in Chengdu. If this happened last year, I would get affected.

4:42:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fred2baro): scanning the news, @scobleizer and tv to see if there's any casuaties after 7.5+ earthquake in china

4:42:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (twilightfairy): Now some of the ones who experienced the earthquake are notifying their wellbeing thru twitter. cool thing this..

4:42:18 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mrpower): Oooh! Ain't Twitter wonderful. Scoble Twittered the China earthquake first!! Erm, and predicted "this will have a major death toll." WRONG!

4:42:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: (lyrrael): the teachers I was with this afternoon when it first happened told me that it was the first earthquake in thirty years.

4:42:34 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @zjjtrans my apologies for typo this is the name @inwalkedbud for the other chengdu tweeter
4:42:49 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): No one appears to have been hurt in Chengdu

4:43:07 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Retweeting @lyrrael: I'm an American volunteer living in Chengdu, China. teach at Southwest University for Nationalities, downtown Chengdu.

4:43:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): No major damage after China earthquake

4:43:21 PM twitter@twitter.com: (bahadir): Breaking News: China earthquake was a making of @scobleizer for his twitter experiment :)

4:43:42 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pdkurt): anyone'd like to have a 'thank god we survived (may be) the strongest earthquake in china since we entered the 21st century' dinner?

4:43:44 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): lijkt mee te vallen met schade en gewonden in Chengdu: http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0512/china.html

4:43:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Scobleizer): @marketingfacts says no one appears to be hurt in Chengdu. Are you on the ground?

4:44:13 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mrpower): It really helps me to find out that a sparsely populated region of China has had an earthquake a few minutes before it gets onto Reuters!!

4:44:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (twilightfairy): summize.com showing live tweets abt earthquakes. The trend history in the sidebar, slowly turning from Mom & youtube to china & chengdu

4:44:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @zjjtrans yes @casperodj was just visiting chengdu when quake hit. normally in Shanghai
4:44:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fred2baro): a good inside sum-up about the china earthquake http://twurl.nl/mr37dr

4:44:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (CurranC): China hit by 7.8 earthquake 90km WNW of Chengdu. Chinese news say the epicentre was in 汶川 (Wenchuan). US Geol Survey: http://is.gd/feP

4:45:05 PM twitter@twitter.com: (shizhao): from @fuzheado: Retweeting @lyrrael: I'm an American volunteer living in Chengdu, China. teach at Southwest University for Nationalities ...

4:45:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tweetipFH): No serious quake damage in Chengdu - China state TV —AFP... http://tweetip.us/lkrni

4:45:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tweetip): No serious quake damage in Chengdu - China state TV —AFP... http://tweetip.us/lkrni

4:45:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tingtigre): Daniel said big earthquake in china.slight in taiwan.

4:45:18 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pdenlinger): Has anybody checked Tianya and the other BBSes for earthquake coverage?

4:45:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: (guardiannews): Earthquake hits western China: Tremors from quake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale felt as far awa.. http://tinyurl.com/5cnm64

4:45:25 PM twitter@twitter.com: (chinaherald): China A-shares close higher; off highs after earthquake - Forbes http://tinyurl.com/5pqp2l

4:45:47 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Guerel): @lyrrael CNN claims the epicenter was 10 kms below Chengdu area but also said there are casualties No figures provided so far!

4:45:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (FonsTuinstra): Fascinating all those twitter reports on the earthquake; can almost not wait for the next thing to happen :-)

4:45:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rakeman): Gutes factual http://tinyurl.com/5st2rd #earthquake

4:46:07 PM twitter@twitter.com: (flypig): Re @pdkurt: anyone'd like to have a 'thank god we survived the strongest earthquake in china since we entered the 21st century' dinner?

4:46:15 PM twitter@twitter.com: (macgillavry): Back at the hotel. Checking my emails and searching for some news about the earthquake.

4:46:24 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greenbang): reading @lyrrael's tweets from Chengdu about the earthquake

4:46:56 PM twitter@twitter.com: (niubi): phoenix 凤凰卫视 is on earthquake only coverage

4:47:03 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): It appears the Earthquake was centered in a mountainous perhaps minimally populated area. - photo at http://twitxr.com/greggscott/update ...

4:47:25 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Chengdu Twitterer @lyrrael went from 24 to 36 followers in a matter of minutes

4:47:26 PM twitter@twitter.com: (NiuB): 7.8 10km deep quake near chengdu, 6.0, 5.4, 5.2 aftershocks

4:47:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: retweeting @fuzheado For China earthquake accounts, follow Twitterers @casperodj @lyrrael @inwalkedbud
4:48:35 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): Twitter and the Chinese earthquake - post updated: http://twurl.nl/co5r8n

4:48:38 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Same period, Chengdu Twitterer @casperodj went from 94 to 113 followers

4:48:46 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jjprojects): @Scobleizer You can bet communications would be down/jammed for a while if there was a big earthquake in SF.

4:48:49 PM twitter@twitter.com: (nezzle): Gee, the things I miss at while at work. Earthquake news, non-baby making declarations, bad car slogan sightings. Yeesh

4:49:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (wtanaka): Earthquake http://tinyurl.com/6bo7vp could be felt in Vietnam, and Thailand, but I didn't feel it here, even though I'm in between.

4:49:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (johntai): Earthquake was not felt in Shanghai Pudong, but friends felt it in Puxi.

4:50:09 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Guerel): @niubi Beijing is not too far from Tangshan where in 1976 took place the biggest earthquake in human history when 200,000 died.

4:50:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: (niubi): per usgs 70 km NNW of Chengdu
95 km WSW of Mianyang
325 km NW of Chongqing,
1485 km SW of BEIJING

4:50:40 PM twitter@twitter.com: (TwitLinksRSS): BBC NEWS | dot.life | A blog about technology from BBC News | Twitter and the China earthquake: I wa.. http://tinyurl.com/5sduj9

4:50:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: twitter almost seems like the Ham Radio Network of the 21st century.
4:51:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): @Scobleizer also following @casperodj, dutch guy in Chengdu

4:51:08 PM twitter@twitter.com: (MelissaHourigan): Fascinating Twitter dialogue on Earthquake in China. Twitter discussions happening several minutes before the news reports started.

4:51:25 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Philou): Oh my god, big earthquake in Sichuan, near Chengdu.... 7.8!

4:51:31 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): http://www.twitxr.com/image/43608/ Earthquake epicenter appears to be centered in a mountain range. My guess is it's not heavily populated.

4:52:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (unopan): Earthquake, scale is 7.8, depth 10 km, occur in Sichuan, China. Hope everybody is fine.

4:52:58 PM twitter@twitter.com: (SimoneBiz): summize is awesome. did a search for earthquake, seconds later, got "2 more results since you started searching. Refresh to see them."

4:53:01 PM twitter@twitter.com: (lyrrael): @chinkerfly I'm the one that gave you the real deal on the problems in Chengdu a couple of months ago.

4:53:02 PM twitter@twitter.com: (NiuB): 7.8 10km deep quake near chengdu, 6.0, 5.4, 5.2, 4.9 aftershocks

4:53:29 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): anyone in Yunnan reporting re: china earthquake?

4:53:31 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jberends): Earthquake in Chengdu (CN) http://twurl.nl/z1keie apperantly not too many people injured.

4:53:32 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Philou): the earthquake was not far from wolong (panda reserve) and dujiangyan (UNESCO world heritage historic dam): http://tinyurl.com/6co26m

4:53:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (NadineTouzet): I wonder. Do we have any earthquake reports from Chinese Twitterers? Like... first-hand info.

4:53:39 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pdenlinger): "And now to bring you a special report on the China earthquake, we switch you to Twitter" Ha!

4:53:59 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): Good night. Thanks to @Scobleizer, @Karoli, @mmsullivan, and @inwalkedbud, @ChinaRed for their reporting on the major earthquake in China.

4:54:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (cowboycaleb): HOLY SHIT. EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA IN SICHUAN CAPITAL OF CHENGDU. 7.8 MAGNITUDE. CAN BE FELT ALL TEH WAY IN BANGKOK. I IS SCARED.

4:54:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (califmom): @scobleizer looks like the aftershocks keep coming after the initial earthquake: http://snurl.com/28g0t

4:55:03 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): still waiting on the first video registration of earthquake in China; anyone?

4:55:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (FonsTuinstra): retweeting @frankyu retweeting @fuzheado For China earthquake accounts, follow Twitterers @casperodj @lyrrael @inwalkedbud

4:55:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (dpcafe): Stop following Summarize.com for earthquake. Still following Twits in Chengdu.

4:55:21 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @iheartbeijing why am i not surprised you know Ham speak? u know morse too?
4:55:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rachky): @lishevita I was in downtown Santa Cruz during the 89 CA earthquake,major damage all around. Chinese quake much stronger- 6.0 aftershock!

4:55:57 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): retweet @Karoli http://worldwidehelp.blogspot.com/ Live blogging on the China Earthquake.

4:55:58 PM twitter@twitter.com: (TechmemeFH): Twitter and the China earthquake (Rory Cellan-Jones/BBC NEWS) http://tinyurl.com/6d3nn4

4:56:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @JohnGuise same nerds...new technology !
4:56:07 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Ankur): @casperodj @lyrrael @inwalkedbud follow them for china earthquake info

4:56:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ebizindia): Following Chinese earthquaker reports on Summize: http://summize.com/search?q=earthquake

4:56:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mysharepoint): earthquake in china and twitterworld is very busy reporting http://twurl.nl/jzxc33

4:56:59 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fluffyboots): What earthquake? I read the news 5 times a day and I some how missed this...

4:57:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jemimah_knight): Looking to talk to people in Chengdu, anyone out there give me a nudge or tweet.

4:57:18 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Chinkerfly): Is running out of a building really the best anti-earthquake strategy? How come in the US they taught us to get under desks and in doorways

4:57:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (sconsult): Sky News is reporting fatalities in China school collapse after earthquake http://tinyurl.com/5sagol

4:57:39 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): retweet (sconsult): Sky News is reporting fatalities in China school collapse after earthquake http://tinyurl.com/5sagol

4:57:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (sajal): Massive earthquake in China sends people rushing out - http://tinyurl.com/5qas8r

4:58:13 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): Now they show live reports from all over Chengdu on Chengdu TV 2

4:58:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: (egrommet): twitter shows the absurdity of what is happening, China earthquake next to Iron Man box office smash

4:58:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gersham): I was at the epicenter of this earthquake on Saturday, climbing up Mt QingCheng. Glad to have not been there today!

4:58:38 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fred2baro): live bloggig on earthquake in China http://twurl.nl/rwkuxf

4:58:44 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gwbstr): friend concerned that earthquake scheduled for tonight... Sina had misreported, takes it back friend concerned that earthquake scheduled ...

4:58:56 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ColinWalker): retweet: from @sconsult: Sky News is reporting fatalities in China school collapse after earthquake http://tinyurl.com/5sagol - not good :(

4:59:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): No major damage after China earthquake http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0512/china.html

4:59:58 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Guerel): Is the Dalai Lama responsible of the Chengdu earthquake? You never know, maybe with the help of the US gov...

5:00:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): @sconsult "Sky News is reporting fatalities in China school collapse after earthquake http://tinyurl.com/5sagol "

5:00:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gwbstr): friend concerned earthquake scheduled for tonight... sina misreported, takes it back http://tinyurl.com/6xzort

5:00:37 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): The don't seam to be casualties in Chengdu, as far as I know the news don't reported any yet

5:01:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pcguo): 来自pcguo.com消息： 插播:四川发生7.8级以上地震 接大量网友报告,称自己所在城市发生地震,根据USGS Earthquake Hazards Program(美国国家地质局地震灾害研究项目)报告显示,本次地震发生于四川东部,接近成都与绵阳,震级高达7.8(后修 ...

5:01:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): sky news headline Four children have been killed and more than 100 injured by an earthquake which toppled schools in China. http://tinyu ...

5:01:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jbmorley): Wondering what the predicted 2-6 magnitude earthquake will be like.

5:01:31 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pdenlinger): @Scobleizer Hey man, how come it took a 7.8 earthquake to get u to follow China news! There's some other interesting stuff going on too...

5:02:08 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): @pdenlinger I track the term earthquake, which has sent me all over the place, but a 7.8 earthquake anywhere=MAJOR

5:02:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (califmom): Earthquake magnitudes so far: 7.8, 6.0, 5.4, 5.2, 5.2, 4.9 according to usgs:http://snurl.com/28g1s

5:02:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (RTEnews): Powerful earthquake hits China: A powerful earthquake that shook southwestern China today does not appear.. http://tinyurl.com/3jclmr

5:02:40 PM twitter@twitter.com: (MMartin): Just chatted with someone from Chengdu, China, 100 km / 60 miles from the earthquake. A Big fear. No major damages apparently.

5:03:03 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): Epicentre was in Wenchuan 汶川, according to Chengdu TV this city has 110'000 people

5:03:41 PM twitter@twitter.com: (blognl): Earthquake china video prank http://tinyurl.com/62eovr

5:03:42 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @iheartbeijing you mean you were good at scouting boys (in a non offensive gender neutral way of course)
5:03:47 PM twitter@twitter.com: (niubi): wonder if the quake took out any IDCs in Chengdu area? Lotso f online games have servers there

5:03:57 PM twitter@twitter.com: (peanutbrittle25): seems like landlines can dial out from chengdu

5:04:07 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jedwhite): @Scobleizer Strange disconnect between sitting in Sydney at #ISII and the twitter stream about the earthquake.

5:04:09 PM twitter@twitter.com: (eot): Big earth quake in China, near Chengdu, some 3h ago, http://tinyurl.com/4frlkh

5:04:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (CoachDeb): retweeting @GreggScott Via @ChinaRed Google Map of Earthquake epicenter. http://twurl.nl/fbrh2b

5:04:11 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Scabr): Twitter and the China earthquake http://tinyurl.com/5sduj9

5:04:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): Earthquake in China, nearby Chengdu: http://twurl.nl/z1keie (via @jberends)

5:04:37 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ebizindia): A big earthquake in China triggers flood - of Twitter messages.

5:04:53 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: @fuzheado or people bored at looking at scantily clad high poly count 3D female avatars at work
5:04:58 PM twitter@twitter.com: (lyrrael): I just learned the words for 'earthquake' and 'aftershock.' And got to teach them, too!

5:05:39 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tweetipFH): Earthquake ~ Buildings collapse in the southwest province of Yunnan, official Xinhua news agency —News.com.au ... http://tweetip.us/lkern

5:05:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ElizabethBennet): It is a rumor that Beijing will have earthquake tonight.

5:06:11 PM twitter@twitter.com: (2ndmoon): @Scobleizer so we really had that earthquake here? but I didn't noticed:-??

5:06:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (henrygu): I just set my twitter as 'beautiful weather in SHANGHAI', earthquake happened...

5:06:32 PM twitter@twitter.com: (MMartin): Forget my last tweet about "no major damage" in Chengdu -- http://twurl.nl/vg21zw (retweeting @Scobleizer link)

5:06:48 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Shanghaiist: Flickr photos tagged "earthquake". Unfortunately the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer has a game last night.

5:06:56 PM twitter@twitter.com: (domanda): huge earthquake in china...timely...

5:07:04 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mhalligan): reading about the 7.8 earthquake in China that was felt in Bangkok and Hanoi... Remember the last 7.8 earthquake?

5:07:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (peanutbrittle25): news conference w/ Chengdu official revealed nothing new on CCTV

5:07:42 PM twitter@twitter.com: (audaciousgloop): @benkepes big earthquake in Chengdu @scobleizer is providing blow-by-blow updates.

5:07:50 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rakeman): größere Schäden näher am epizentrum http://snurl.com/28g2c #earthquake

5:07:53 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mrpower): No major damage after China earthquake http://is.gd/ff1 (via @paulbradshaw) Looks like I might win that @scobleizer bet:)

5:08:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): I'm not an expert earthquake safety, but the building in Chengdu are all concrete, even the new ones...doesn't seam earthquake prove to me

5:08:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Areck): Earthquake, while on 27th floor

5:08:23 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): @marcvanderchijs die had ik inderdaad ook al gevonden; wachten is op eerste straatbeelden uit Chengdu en omgeving

5:08:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: i just got sent a blast on MSN Messenger on the Beijing Earthquake that will occur at 2200 tonite.weird its like viral rumors are flying now
5:09:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (johnyang123): Strong earthquake shakes china

5:09:52 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jondillon): (AFP) - Five people have been confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state press reported.

5:10:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (pdenlinger): @Guerel Looking at the construction of some buildings, they don't need an earthquake. They'll fall down all by themselves...

5:10:33 PM twitter@twitter.com: (buzztter_en): http://buzztter.com/en EARTHQUAKE, Try, Chengdu, sichuan, the earthquake, china earthquake, to get, an earthquake, beijing, the quake, O ...

5:10:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mitchelltsai): @Scobleizer Thanks Robert & everyone for all the China earthquake updates.

5:11:01 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Chinkerfly): @shanghaiist quick change your flickr photo tags to china-earthquake or something

5:11:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (reddit): Huge Earthquake hits China:
[link]
[comments] http://tinyurl.com/5dn54m

5:11:25 PM twitter@twitter.com: (globeandmail): Strong earthquake jolts southwest China: Tremor felt across much of China and as far southwest as Ba.. http://tinyurl.com/5egjoq

5:12:11 PM twitter@twitter.com: (parislemon): i just couldn't resist [POST]: twitter is first on the scene for a major earthquake... http://tinyurl.com/4r87qx

5:12:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (twittes): twitter and the china earthquake - bbc article: Sin Descripción http://tinyurl.com/4sjx3z

5:12:32 PM twitter@twitter.com: (twitgeistr): Top 10 words right now: china, earthquake, chengdu, morning, vandaag, google, work, open, juni, noch. See http://tinyurl.com/2jzqq2

5:12:42 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rkellett): huge earthquake hits sichuan province (west china) and is felt throughout the country. i'm fine but we'll see the damage soon. stay tuned.

5:13:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (isaac): (AFP) - Five people have been confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state press reported

5:13:16 PM twitter@twitter.com: (earthquakewordl): EarthQuake M 2.8, Central Alaska: May 12, 2008 07:54:54 GMT http://tinyurl.com/6967ue

5:13:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (earthquakewordl): EarthQuake M 5.2, eastern Sichuan, China: May 12, 2008 08:10:59 GMT http://tinyurl.com/47wn24

5:13:21 PM twitter@twitter.com: (earthquakewordl): EarthQuake M 5.2, eastern Sichuan, China: May 12, 2008 08:21:40 GMT http://tinyurl.com/3fbhz8

5:13:22 PM twitter@twitter.com: (earthquakewordl): EarthQuake M 4.9, eastern Sichuan, China: May 12, 2008 08:26:12 GMT http://tinyurl.com/5bodor

5:13:26 PM twitter@twitter.com: (lyrrael): @chinkerfly running out of a building is certainly an effective anti-earthquake strategy in a city made of concrete, methinks.

5:13:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Shanghaiist: China Eastern has cancelled all flights bound for Chengdu.

5:13:34 PM twitter@twitter.com: (TDJ): @NadineTouzet So far, I have just seen some ordinary news that tells about the seismic intensity of this earthquake, a magnitude of 7.5

5:13:35 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): New blog post: BREAKING - China Earthquake - 7.8 Magnitude http://tinyurl.com/6ompde

5:13:38 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): video's of earthquake in China at Shanghaiist: http://tinyurl.com/5kasw9

5:13:46 PM twitter@twitter.com: (WKRG): national: Earthquake Rocks China:


Thousands flee office buildings as far away as Vietnam and .. http://tinyurl.com/4k9f3l

5:13:52 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ojblog): Twitter and the Chinese earthquake - crowdsourcing without managers: So there’s been an earthquake i.. http://tinyurl.com/693glh

5:14:01 PM twitter@twitter.com: (cnafrontpage): China warns earthquake could occur in Beijing later Monday: BEIJING - China has warned that an earth.. http://tinyurl.com/6y4to8

5:14:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (heymilly): Am trying to keep up with a range of tweets about the earthquake in China... amazing stuff! So connected...

5:14:32 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): Twitter and the Chinese earthquake - updated again http://twurl.nl/vz440n

5:14:47 PM twitter@twitter.com: (bexxi): @hlao_roe Hope the earthquake hasn't affected your hubby or anyone else yo know!

5:14:49 PM twitter@twitter.com: (justingsouter): Like @billt and @ruskin147, quick look via #tweetscan & #tweetmeme at China earthquake. Poor Burmese, this will knock cyclone from headlines

5:14:51 PM twitter@twitter.com: (smartmobs): China earthquake: A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in China.. http://tinyurl.com/5gtuj5

5:15:00 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): China Eastern cancels all flights bound for Chengdu http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/7229124.html

5:15:57 PM twitter@twitter.com: (awfulady): There are some minor damage in SAP Chengdu office, now the office have been closed safely...成都的同事可以work from home了！

5:16:06 PM twitter@twitter.com: (paulbradshaw): Sorry, correct link for Twitter and the Chinese earthquake: http://twurl.nl/orsllk

5:16:13 PM twitter@twitter.com: (casperodj): these Danish guys came driving into Chengdu when the earthquake hit. they just told that the Chinese were driving even crazier than normally

5:16:19 PM twitter@twitter.com: (virtualreview): Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 strikes western China http://tinyurl.com/3sa5py

5:16:29 PM twitter@twitter.com: web2asia: from @tangos on China quake: 2 schools damaged, 4 students dead in Chongqing http://tinyurl.com/6g5ump
5:16:29 PM twitter@twitter.com: (amberinblack): was just out of the building in breeze cafe...when people were talking about EARTHQUAKE rushing into the street.

5:16:47 PM twitter@twitter.com: (chinaherald): China A-shares close higher; off highs after earthquake - UPDATE - Forbes http://tinyurl.com/47oy6u

5:16:49 PM twitter@twitter.com: (chinaherald): China Is Hit by 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Near Chengdu (Update3) - Bloomberg http://tinyurl.com/55m8ww

5:16:57 PM twitter@twitter.com: (marketingfacts): photo's at flickr about earthquake in china: http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j

5:17:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): retweet (jondillon): (AFP) - Five people have been confirmed dead after a powerful earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state ...

5:17:12 PM twitter@twitter.com: (kahong): earthquake measuring 7.8 that has hit SiChuan, tremors were felt as far afield as Beijing, the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi in Vietnam.

5:17:59 PM twitter@twitter.com: (wennberg): From Twitterfeed: Twitter and the China earthquake: "I was beginning to think Twitter -.. http://tinyurl.com/5sduj9

5:18:03 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Chinkerfly): @isaac Just had a weird moment reading that and thinking "there was an earthquake on Monday too?" (need more sleep)

5:18:57 PM twitter@twitter.com: (rakeman): Flickr-Stream http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j #earthquake

5:19:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): (rakeman): Flickr-Stream http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j #earthquake

5:19:37 PM twitter@twitter.com: (isaac): Flickr: tag:Earthquake+china http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j

5:20:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jansn): Nice article on the earthquake and Twitter. Also they mentioned @tweetburner http://twurl.nl/fqb2kq

5:20:35 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): Flickr-Stream http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j #earthquake

5:20:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: bjornlee: snowstorms, torch relayprotests, now earthquake... 8 dun seem luck this year for China?
5:20:48 PM twitter@twitter.com: (gwbstr): Retweeting @isaac: Flickr: tag:Earthquake+china http://tinyurl.com/58pd2j

5:21:05 PM twitter@twitter.com: (TwitLinksRSS): China Earthquake: Large Tremor Shakes Sichuan Province |Sky News|World News: Four children have been.. http://tinyurl.com/5sagol

5:21:55 PM twitter@twitter.com: (danwashburn): 27 China earthquake updates so far on Shanghaiist: http://is.gd/feq

5:22:11 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Karoli): (danwashburn): 27 China earthquake updates so far on Shanghaiist: http://is.gd/feq

5:23:17 PM twitter@twitter.com: marcothesis: @davidatsg Who actually uses an iPod Touch as a PDA? I think they would much rather stick to their blackberries.
5:23:36 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fengyiyan): earthquake here in China.

5:23:43 PM twitter@twitter.com: frankyu: retweeting @casperodj thank the lord Skype is still working
5:23:54 PM twitter@twitter.com: (fuzheado): Echo @danwashburn: Be sure to monitor running log of China earthquake updates on Shanghaiist: http://is.gd/feq

5:24:10 PM twitter@twitter.com: (inrsoul): i seriously hope that no one i know in china is seriously hurt at the moment. big arse earthquake that was.

5:24:20 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Ignatia): major earthquake about 4 hours ago in Chengdu, china. Got new through twitterer @casperodj global news travels very fast with twitter!

5:24:45 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ChinaMatt): @imagethief: Felt nothing here in Shenzhen. I'd be shocked if my building could withstand an earthquake

5:24:51 PM twitter@twitter.com: (trusip): traffic jams all over Chengdu...I see people coming home, one by one. Still waiting for my girlfriend to come home...

5:24:53 PM twitter@twitter.com: (tweetipFH): Earthquake China ~ Video of buildings being evacuated... http://tweetip.us/lk2wf

5:25:06 PM twitter@twitter.com: (mikedunn): @paparatti Gotta love that spicy hotpot. Sounds like most people/ buildings are unharmed, even in Chengdu.

5:25:14 PM twitter@twitter.com: (intelligent113): big earthquake, now waiting for aftershocks....felt death

5:25:20 PM twitter@twitter.com: (xarj): @JackChang Twitter is absolutly amazing! Being able to warn about the earthquake before any other media is simply incredible! I'm impressed!

5:25:44 PM twitter@twitter.com: (latesttechstory): Twitter is first on the scene for a major earthquake — but who cares about that, is it mainstream yet? - Tonigh... -> http://g8l.us/8wi

5:25:48 PM twitter@twitter.com: (ElizabethBennet): Dinner time. Starving. Running out of energy, patience and interests in earthquake.

5:28:21 PM twitter@twitter.com: (expatacular): Daniel joined the group Chengdu Expats http://snipr.com/28g4c

5:28:26 PM twitter@twitter.com: (siumuimui): Kylie who strongly disagrees building tall skyscrapers in Shanghai, once said IF there's an earthquake, we'll be like swaying on the boat.

5:28:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (Loknath_Rath): Earthquake in shanghai. Sichuan worst affected

5:28:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (greggscott): Via @Karoli @danwashburn "27 China earthquake updates so far on Shanghaiist: http://is.gd/feq"

5:28:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (turbotodd): Sitting in lobby of beijing Hilton trying to get news on earthquake here in china

5:28:27 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jumphong): @Titter023 not sure about the quake center. i'm in beijing now. the earthquake happened in Sichuan, a southern province.

5:28:28 PM twitter@twitter.com: (jwijgerd): damn I have friends who have a company in chengdu... supposed to have a meeting with them right now