tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617042205102333362011-07-28T09:46:24.777-04:00Yinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838332268352681916noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561704220510233336.post-80601705790931751362009-05-17T13:40:00.000-04:002009-05-17T19:58:17.701-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I was not a journal keeper when I was a kid. Not sure if I am now, but I am going to give it a try with new interesting topics other than just what happened during a day, which I was trying to write in my journal when I was eight. I will use this opportunity to practice the mainly two aspects of my professional development:<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Practicing </span><a href="http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">heuristic evaluation</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> of daily products I use, including software, websites, and other physical. English writing (For those who don't know me, English is my second language. I have been living in an English speaking environment for almost three years. Even though I am a technical writer, there's a lot for me to improve. Critics are welcome.)<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">I have been thinking about blogging since the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://conference.stc.org/">ST</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://conference.stc.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">C Summit 2009</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">. It was inspiring how Web 2.0 can impact a person's professional and social life. Before that, I visited my </span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/yinali"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Linked In</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> and Facebook profiles about twice a year. Now I have added all the friends I met at the conference this year and LAST year to my Linked In account. I started </span><a href="http://twitter.com/yina_li"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">twittering</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">, even though I don't have many followers at<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;"> the moment. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">The STC Summit 2009 has been over for almost two weeks and here comes the first blog posting. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Topic coming soon</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">: A comparison heuristic review of two similar flash games on </span><a href="http://xiaonei.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">www.xiaonei.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">: Happy Farm and Happy Farmer (Xiaonei is the Chinese version of the Facebook)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I1mcEXe0cMM/ShCGyXCBIhI/AAAAAAAAACc/HlpoSiFEbYA/s400/HappyFarm_Main.gif" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336913758168097298" />Happy Farm <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I1mcEXe0cMM/ShCHjlbKdWI/AAAAAAAAAC0/uX4kVr2Ysf0/s400/HappyFarmer_Main.gif" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336914603845252450" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"> Happy Farmer</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1561704220510233336-8060170579093175136?l=yinali.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Yinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838332268352681916noreply@blogger.com3