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    12 ottobre

    Talking about Windows Live Events & new Spaces updates

     

    This entry is quoted from one of my colleagues. Thanks Jay for writing it up. I'd like to share it with my other friends.

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    Windows Live Events & new Spaces updates

    Check out the Space Craft for more information about the team's release tonight of a free social event planning service and some useful new Spaces features.  Here's the Events excerpt:

    Easily create a great-looking website for your next event
    To offer you more ways to connect and share memories with the people you care about most, the team that brought you Spaces would love to hear your feedback on Windows Live Events, our new, free social event planning service.  With Events you can easily:

    • Plan that next baby shower, birthday party, or family reunion
    • Create a great-looking event invitation and website using one of over 100 fantastic templates
    • Invite anyone with an e-mail address and track who’s coming
    • Make your event unique with familiar customization features - choosing a friendly web address (like http://kates1stbirthday.events.live.com), using custom colors, fonts, and background images, or adding modules and Windows Live web gadgets
    • Let guests and organizers share photos and stories before and after the event

    Click on Events from the new navigation and then click Create event to get started!

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    Share photos and stories after the party’s over
    Ever notice that your guests take more and better pictures at your parties than you do because you’re focused on everyone having a good time?   And, if you remember to even ask, there is a mad scramble afterwards to try to collect everyone’s photos over e-mail.  Well, we want to make that A LOT easier with features like:

    • Photo album creation by the event organizer AND any of the guests
    • Stunning full-screen photo slideshows
    • Ordering prints through our partner, HP Snapfish
    • One-click download of a photo album into Windows Live Photo Gallery

    After the event, return to the event website and click Add album in the Photos module to share those photos!

    In addition to making it easy for everyone to share photos after the party, Windows Live Events allows guests to share memories in other ways, including a discussion board, guestbook, and sharing videos you upload to Soapbox on MSN Video or other popular video sharing sites.

     

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    Works great with other Windows Live services

    Like Spaces, Events works really well with Windows Live services you’re already familiar with. For example, while an invitation can be sent to any e-mail address, click Invite guests from the event website and quickly invite individuals and groups from your same contact list that’s available in Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Spaces.

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    Here's what some others are saying about the release:

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    13 luglio

    Wanna try Alerts--it's COOL :)

    I have known about alerts for a long time but it's the first time to take a closer look at it.
     
    Don't you see the button below? Click it and continue. You can get alerts when I update my Space via Messenger or email. haha...
     
    Windows Live Alerts 
     
    Note: It's just part of Alerts' feature. Wanna try yourself? Go to http://signup.alerts.live.com/brochure/index.jsp and have fun.
     
    Microsoft is cool--it is the only company - not AOL, not Yahoo, not Google - to bring this capability to market. Everyone can play with it and put it anywhere he wants!!!
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    23 aprile

    赞叹space

    虽然很伤感地，我已不再spaces team，却依然留意着每一次的更新。比如这一次，前两天刚刚发布的版本，让我欣喜地发现那么多好东东。应该跟大家分享一下的。
     

    Your new Spaces home page
    Now when you log in, you’ll see a new page dedicated to keeping you up-to-date on changes to your space and what’s new with your Windows Live Messenger contacts.  In one glance you’ll see who has updated their space and who has added comments to your space.  Roll over their picture to see who’s updated their photos, who’s posted a blog entry, and who’s added new lists.

    Messaging
    Keep in touch with your Spaces friends and meet other people on Spaces by sending them messages. Just put your cursor over their profile picture and you’ll see a “Send a message” link.   You can also use the link in the Visitor tools module on a person’s space.

    Guestbook
    Add the guestbook module and people visiting your space can leave comments with rich formatting, including images and video. Add the guestbook to your space by clicking here.


    Customization
    There are many new customization options for Spaces, so you can better control how your space looks.

    Custom background image
    Now you can upload whatever picture you want from your computer and use it as the background of your space. Upload your image in the Customize menu under the Advanced tab.

    Additional colors and themes
    There are now more themes to choose from and an easy-to-use color picker. You can also change the fonts!

     Gadgets and Modules
    With the changes we’ve made to gadgets and modules, now you can customize them to create the layout and design you want for your space.

    Size and style
    Most gadgets and modules can span the full width of a column, and you can now remove their borders or change their titles to whatever you want.

    Other cool stuff
    You can have multiple modules at the top or bottom of your space that span all of the columns – perfect for your space title and tagline. You can also have more than one version of the same gadget on your space. And if you’re on someone else’s space and see a module you like, you can add it to your space by clicking the “+” sign in the upper-right corner of the module.

    Check out and install some spaces gadgets today from the Windows Live Gallery.

    Photos
    With over 18 million photos uploaded by Spaces users every day, we know that improving the experience of managing photos was important to you, so we added a few new features. 

    Managing your photos
    There’s a brand new page for viewing and editing albums on your space.

    Viewing photos
    There’s a new layout for the individual photo pages so it’s faster and easier to view your photos and see all of your comments at a glance.

    Mobile
    There’s been a dramatic increase in Spaces mobile usage over the past few months, and we wanted to provide great mobile interaction with Spaces. Here’s what’s new:

    ·         See at a glance the recent updates and comments on your space

    ·         Add, delete, view, and browse your friends

    ·         View profile information

    Interested in learning more about mobile features for Spaces? Read this Space Craft blog entry

    Lists
    Lists are now easier to use – and they look even better.

    Music lists
    Now you can show specific music lists on your spaces home page as well as see multiple results when searching for music on Amazon to create your list.

    Book lists
    Same as with music! Search for the book and add the information and picture from Amazon.com to your list.

    Looks better in narrow view
    We’ve make some improvements to make your lists look better when in narrow columns on your space.

    APIs and Feeds
    We wanted to give you the ability to access your Spaces information from a variety of locations and services, so we added new RSS feeds and opened up our APIs to allow you more freedom. Go crazy with your Spaces data!   Visit: http://dev.live.com/spaces over the next few days for more information. Note: Only spaces with permissions set to “public” can use RSS feeds and APIs.

    Profile Updates
    There are some new, cool additions to profiles.

    Enhanced contact updates preview
    When you see a profile picture on Spaces, just put your cursor over the picture and you can see a lot more information about the person than ever before.

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    16 febbraio

    征集愿意被调查的用户

    最近公司（微软）征集愿意被调查的用户，关于手机使用的。
    步骤是这样的：
    1. 填一张用户访谈甄别问卷。
    2. 公司的研究人员会邀请所有填写问卷的人当中的一部分到公司，做一次面对面的访谈（公司在上海徐家汇港汇大厦）。时间大概在3月的第一或者第二个周末，大概需要2-3个小时。（当然做到访问的话，是有回报的~~~~~）
    谢谢大家合作，有什么问题可以直接留言问我。

    点击这里下载问卷，做完问卷以后，请email到azurenvelop@hotmail.com (注：in case you are wondering, 这个信箱并不是我的，是公司里一个跟我一样偏爱蓝色的极具艺术天赋的朋友的。)

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    27 agosto

    不一样的blog entry

     

    习惯了打开一个网页，写些什么东西，在发布的过程。有没有想过装一个客户端工具方便来完成这些步骤啊？

    现在好了，虽然只是一个Beta版，但拿来玩玩试试看也挺不错的。简介以及下载


    Redmond

    有一些额外的功能，比如可以插入一张地图，并且可以选择是鸟瞰图。虽然地图对中国地区的支持不太好，但是好奇的我们也总可以去看一下远在彼岸的美国--多数人心中向往已久却又或挂在嘴上或避而不谈的地方。喜欢美国的理由是多种多样的，也许是因为NBA赛事，也许是因为美国学府的号召力，也许是因为这个国度的民主和自由，也许是因为那边丰厚的收入和健全的社会保障制度。如果问我，对于美国会最先感兴趣哪里，我会告诉你是Redmond--微软的总部，那个擦肩而过的地方。所以就拿来做例子了。

    一个功能，让我偏离了主题，不过没关系，这是我的地盘，没人有权利说我偏题。就地方而言，相比较美国，我还是最向往欧洲，尤其是北欧，喜欢空气是如此清新，喜欢周遭是如此宁谧宜人，喜欢民风是如此淳朴，喜欢节奏是如此不急不缓。去芬兰看极光，去丹麦体验童话，去巴黎感受时尚，去米兰看场球赛。欧洲是个好地方，生活的一切，你都可以触及，体会。总计划着要重新踏上这块土地，哪怕是一次短暂的旅行，兴许巴黎会是首选，因为太多好友聚在那边，希腊这个选项也不错，爱琴海，光是名字，就令人可以憧憬的窒息。

    愿明年，计划可以如愿实现。。。

    啊呀，忘记主题了，你也下载一个工具，玩一下吧。

    P.S: 如果你也想把上面的小游戏加到你的space，点击模块右上角的加号试试看。Gadgets里面有更多好玩可爱的应用哦。

     

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    02 agosto

    WL Spaces 10.8 改版

    说来还真是惭愧，我的space居然已经有大半年没有动过了。用一个很狡辩的理由，就是对于自己太熟悉，太了解的东西，都会有一点意兴阑珊，不能怪我，这是人的本性嘛。不过，事实上，是我太懒了，很无愧于家里的称号：懒人特级号，有时真得很想写些什么，可是一想到自己拙劣的笔墨要在这样一个public的地方展现，不由得退步，望而生畏地退步，要挖空心思，费尽心机写点什么，真得挺辛苦的。  

    好了，这一次是懒无可懒，躲无可躲了，今天，Windows Live Spaces，如此令我振奋的一个brand，让我念念叨叨了数个月，终于粉墨登场了，以致我这个懒人特级号无法在坐视不理， 犹如将一个绝世机密一吐而快。我无法预期亲爱的用户们对此会有何反应，或褒或贬，或强烈或平平，无法要求众口一致，在一个大同社会，必须得要接纳形形色色的意见，想法。但是，我总是可以坚持我的信念，我觉得这个版本是很nice的，无论是界面，功能，还是操作的易用性，只是在刚开始，需要你多一些的耐心，兴许打开一个页面会多用去一些时间。   强烈推荐：加上Friends这个模块吧，然后加我为你得friend。另外的话，若是en-us的账号，试试看Gadgets，你肯定会觉得很有趣的。嘻嘻。。。  

    话说回来，还是好奇地想知道朋友们到底如何看待，留comment给我吧，如果有任何的想法。    

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    07 febbraio

    随便

    好久没有在这里涂鸦了，过了年，又长了一岁，Spaces 又恰好在此时release 10.5， 忍不住地想留下些什么，兴许是想感叹岁月的流逝，兴许是想展望看不见的未来。

     

    有太多东西再blog这段空白的日子中可以记录，但是真得太多了，我如何一件一件想起来呢。现在，我的思路到处在飘荡，请允许它的无序和凌乱。

     

    说得通俗一点，我就是随便地写写，让我的一些跳跃的idea从敲着键盘的手指尖肆意的传递到电脑的屏幕上，如同接上电源的电路导电一般，虽然远不如那般严谨而有规律；这样的心态是最轻松最惬意的，反正我不是故意留些什么给别人看，反正我的文笔向来都不能让自己满意，我只是突然想好好用用我亲爱的母语了，就这样随便写写吧。

     

    随便—好可爱的词语。小时候，第一次留意到它，是因为一个小故事，妻子问丈夫想吃什么菜，丈夫说随便，于是妻子认真的去菜场为夫君购置随便，问遍了每一家铺子，傍晚了，委屈的妻子空手而归，哭着告诉丈夫，因为没有一家铺子是卖随便的。

     

    如今，这种情况应该不复存在吧。大学的时候，除了一种冷饮，叫随便，于是，当有人问我想吃什么冷饮，不爱零食的我犹豫着说随便时，阿姨就会毫不犹豫地拿出“随便”来给我。同理，一群人上馆子时，总是躲不掉的要点菜，我很无奈的说出随便时，服务生竟然也可以奋笔疾书，原来有道菜叫随便炒随便。

     

    于是，我就在想，如果世界上有一种产品叫随便，当被毫无诚意的好事者追问着，你到底要什么礼物时，就可以很容易的脱身了。哈哈，岂不快哉。

     

    另外，随机数应该广泛的被应用，当我懒得想，买哪个牌子的牙膏，到哪里去旅游，什么时候去穿耳洞时，只要我大叫一声，随便，随机数就会如同上天旨意一般为我挑选。

     

    说了那么久，我其实无非就是想告诉/安慰自己，不是我懒，不愿意更新blog，只是我实在怕像本篇一样，耽误了那么多关爱我的人们的时间，污染着阳春白雪的视线，来阅读我随便写写的东西。长叹一声，我的生活范围有限，我没有灵动的文笔，于是，我只能对不起大家了。

     

    新年了，第二次离开自己的亲朋好友过年，甚至都没有提前好好通知他们一声，末了，让我随便的致歉，并真诚的补上一句：新年快乐！

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    Spaces Lite 10.5 Release :)

    Spaces 发布了新版本了，。总是有些新功能等着大家去发掘，去评价吧。粘了一部分在这里，有空看看哦。
      

    Profile:

    • Existing MSN Member Directory replaced by Spaces Profile tab, rich with profile picture, social interests and Live Contact info.
    • Live Contacts allows you to stay automatically updated with your friends' latest information.
    • reduced the length of the URL by removing the “members” but. Now it’s just http://spaces.msn.com/spacename

    More with Photos:

    • Now with 500MB storage limit, and up to 500 photos uploaded per month.
    • Commenting on photos.

    Make Money:

    • Sign up as Amazon Affiliate and make money on books purchased from links on your Space.
    • Sign up as Kanoodle BrightAds Affiliate and make money whenever viewers click on Sponsored Links on your Space. This will be replaced with MSN service when available.

    Powered by MSN Search:

    • Interests Search, Spaces Search and Advanced People Search all powered by MSN Search.
    • Interests automatically become searchable tags and appear on "Interests" start page for ease.
    • Results displayed with rich profile pictures and Contact Control for interactivity.
    • Search has also been enabled on the mobile browse experience.

    APIs /Aggregation Platform:

    • MetaWeblog API allows third parties to retrieve, edit and publish to blogs.
    • Includes Web Parts from Xbox Live, and soon Live Favorites, Expo and CQ&A
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    18 settembre

    忠诚度

     相信绝大多数爱看球的人士都会提及忠诚度这个词语，钟爱ac的绝对不会同时看好国米，喜欢皇马的亦不会为巴萨祝福。这个世界上根本就没有平和的铁杆球迷，更没有没有门户之争的平衡。

     

    我不敢轻言，我是一个球迷，因为可能曾经不过是因为菲戈而fan皇马这支银河舰队，如今由于舍甫、卡卡而偏爱ac，也许你跟我谈及战术，阵型，我会略有些迷茫地看着你，但是，我知道这一次进攻很精彩，这一脚射门很凌厉，自己以为就可以很好的欣赏一场比赛了。更何况，我深深遵守着一个原则，至少在一个联赛中，只是忠诚地喜欢一支球队。

     

    貌似外行的我并非刻意地想评论些什么，但是最近看到巴乔要复出，并且国米已经向他掷出了橄榄枝，我不仅开始有些困惑。周围，很太多人迷恋巴乔，男生是出于他出众的脚法和不凡的天赋，女生是缘于他意大利男人性感的身材，总而言之，大家都喜欢他，甚至他曾经的一脚点球失射都视为英雄之举一般予以包容。但是，他一直在意甲联赛间漂泊，在尤文图斯呆过，辗转着到了ac，最后又去了国米，他兴许钟爱的失足球这项运动，却不曾想过，足球也是裹着联赛的硝烟，他怎么可以居无定所地游走在各支球队，甚至是互有敌意的球队。

     

    我一直明白，ac的球迷有一句至理名言，米兰有两支球队，一支是ac米兰，一支是ac米兰青年队。自立行间，对于国米的蔑视言于意表。我很赞这句话，它清晰得道出了个人立场，它代表了一个球迷最基本的忠诚度。

     

    一个业余的球迷尚可如此，一个收万人追捧的球星为什么却有权利丝毫不考虑这些，而任意选择球队，选择栖息之地？我也是很尊重巴乔的，但是我也想知道为什么对于球队可以那么泾渭分明的球迷，却可以不顾一切地去喜欢一个球星。难道忠诚度在某些天才面前就顿时黯然失色了吗？

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    06 settembre

    猫猫狗狗的故事

    我家的猫猫长得非常非常可爱，8月1日的时候，她三月怀胎，生了两只小猫猫，小猫猫秉承了狮子座的威武，却又不失猫科天性的温顺，看着他们在地上窜来窜去，真是一件很快了满足的事情。

     

    可是，如同女大不中留，我家注定不会使他们最终的归宿，于是疼爱则他们的我便早早开始为他们寻觅新主。闲暇时，来看看我的Space的朋友们，有没有喜欢猫猫狗狗的，并且愿意认养一只啊？

     

    不要对我说，哦，我真是很喜欢猫猫，可惜家里没地方养。会让我想起一个“叶公“，号称自己有多么喜欢猫猫，却无比腼腆的说，等到我结婚了，一定会养一只猫。（当场厥倒）

     

    顺便的，又想起来，一个朋友，人长得高高大大，却天生怕狗。最难忘的一次，好端端的走在路上说着聊着，转瞬间，一声招呼没打地在对面的马路跟我招手。纳闷其速度之敏捷，突然发觉我旁边有只毛茸茸的狗狗，恍然大悟，当街大笑。至今把柄在手，可以肆意嘲笑，哈哈。

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    04 settembre

    关于Azure

    Azure, 音标['æζэ]，大家千万不要望文生般念成['æzuri]。原本它只是英语中一个表示颜色的生僻词，被偏爱蔚蓝色系的我看到后，便毫不犹豫地拿来作为我的英语名字。至于，它的拼法与我中文名字的拼音极为相似，纯属偶然。所以，在这里，拜托大家，以后念得好听一些，不然，我总是要别扭着起一身鸡皮疙瘩。:P

     

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    我的开篇语

    我的Space空空荡荡了很久很久了，终于，很多事情的参杂，还是决定要在上面留些什么了。

     

    对于语言，我一直有着自己的执拗，比如，我就反感Space被翻译成中文，成了一个很冷漠的词语——空间，因为，这样一来，它顿时黯然失色，不再保留原有的隐隐于市的洒脱和飘逸。所以，我钟爱着它的原创，定要唤它为Space，如若可以，我也希望Space是可以设置语言的，当整个Space的架构是英文的，也就返还了原本就属于它留给我的想象空间。

     

    现实生活中的繁忙和喧闹，让人有时候害怕地想逃跑，于是，凭借着现代科技，挤到网络中来，寻寻觅觅自己的一方净土，来营造可以完全personalize的地方。现实是残酷的，现代人是现实的，注定了不能像陶渊明那般采菊东篱下，却又不甘于如此，于是，只可退而求其次，转而成了空中梦想家。

     

    我就是这样的，可能再也没有机会重新踏上常常重现在记忆中的树林深处的那片草地，与淙淙的溪水和油油的青草为伴，晴天时，枕在地上，看着以湛蓝的天空作背景的演出，那是大自然的杰作，一块块的云朵是主角，掠过天空的小鸟是友情出演，习习的风儿忙碌地帮着换场景，雨天时，撑着伞儿，可以凝望着雨水顺着伞儿的一根根支架往下淌，或者跑到小溪边，看着小鱼儿都争着游到水面上来吐泡泡，同时呼吸着雨天时特有的芬芳的土地和青草的味道，夜晚时，满天的星星当然不在话下，北斗七星是最容易找到的，有人关注的猎户座应该也可以找得到吧，最满足的就莫过于看到有闪闪的萤火虫从身边徐徐飞过，在空中留下一道美丽的弧线。此情此景并不是我的幻想，当我住在芬兰那个静谧美丽的小镇上时，烦恼时，无聊时，只要踏着树林的小径，来到了这里，所有的不快乐都统统蒸发了。如果可以，我愿意此生驻留它身边，可惜，终究还是要回到上海，但是甚至不用照片、文字作记录，我都会永远记着它的美丽——Mao 3, Mikkeli, Finland.

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