http://blog.mikezhang.com thoughts of michael xiaoquan zhang professor at hkust Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These pictures are based on words I used in an abstract of a paper. Bigger words have a larger voice. Indeed, the paper is about pricing. http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/25/abstract-cloud 2008-June 17 (Tuesday) http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/17/firefox-download-day-world-record A pleasant surprise: Past winners: 2007 Award for Best Paper in 2006 Bundling, Unbundling and Pricing of Multiform Products: The Case of Magazine Content by R. Venkatesh and Rabikar Chatterjee (20/2) Runners-up A Field Experiment to Assess the Interruption Effect of Pop-Up Promotions by Wendy Moe (20/1) Designing Marketplaces of the Artificial with Consumers in ... http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/17/jim-best-paper-award http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/14/pic-a-day-interesting-building Found from here. A couple of abbreviations: 'TST'=Tsim Sha Tsui, and 'CWB'=Causeway Bay. District Type Restaurant Address Phone Admiralty Beijing Peking Garden Pacific Place shopping mall Admiralty Shanghai Shanghai Garden Hutchison House Admiralty Sichuan Sichuan Garden Pacific Place shopping mall Central Cantonese Lei Garden Shop No. 3007-3011, 3/F., International Finance Centre Central Cantonese Tai Woo 92 & 100 Caine Road, Central Central Chiu Chow Garden Chiu Chow Garden Jardine House Central Hunan Hunan Garden The Forum tower, Exchange Square CWB Beijing Peking Garden Lee Theatre ... http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/05/a-note-on-good-chinese-restaurants-in-hk This is the obelisk at the Place de la Concord.  It was a gift from Egypt to France in 1831. Concord Obelisk http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/03/pic-a-day Among the 3150 signed, over 1500 are professors. I guess they don't mind to have one more professor signing up. http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/06/02/3150 Which segment are you in? Looks like we should go to the creative class that represent less than 1/3 work force, but gets 1/2 the total money. http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/05/31/some-interesting-trends Interestingly, I don't need to stand there to take one picture per hour to create this. http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/05/31/pic-a-day-library-day-and-night The house itself is an elegant one, the way I took this picture gives it a sense of creepiness. http://blog.mikezhang.com/2008/05/30/pic-a-day-wicked-house