Friday, December 04, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Long Distance Relationships
Today I presented a paper in our weekly journal club. My topic is about the Hi-C technique used to mapping the long-range interactions between genomic loci. I adapted a short love poem to describe the long distance relationships between chromatic elements.
Original Version
Though miles lie between us,
We're never far apart,
For friendship doesn't count the miles,
It's measured by the heart
My version
Though millions of basepairs may lie between us,
We're never far apart,
For chromatic interaction doesn't count the basepairs,
It's measured the 3D structure
It may requires some biological knowledge to tell the meaning, here are the slides of my presentation. [slides]
Original Version
Though miles lie between us,
We're never far apart,
For friendship doesn't count the miles,
It's measured by the heart
My version
We're never far apart,
For chromatic interaction doesn't count the basepairs,
It's measured the 3D structure
It may requires some biological knowledge to tell the meaning, here are the slides of my presentation. [slides]
Saturday, October 10, 2009
GIMP Expo
I am practising GIMP. Here are some of my work.
Used in an academic presentation about personal genomics and smithlab at USC http://smithlab.cmb.usc.edu/
(These works are based on material from the internet and for personal use only)
Used in an academic presentation about personal genomics and smithlab at USC http://smithlab.cmb.usc.edu/
(These works are based on material from the internet and for personal use only)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Will Apple be a Great Company
The title seems bombastic and I don't have a plan write a complete paper with this title. It came into my mind when I read the book From Good to Great.
There are plenty of evidence supporting that Apple is great companies. It looks like a superstar among technology companies. Macintosh transformed the way we use computers; iPod changed the way we enjoy music; iPhone redefined what a cellphone should be. With all these innovations, Apple brings continuous revenues for investors. It is a great success in terms both of technology and profitability. No one company has ever attracted so much attention since 1970s.
It seems no doubt that Apple was and is a legendary company, however our question now is "will Apple be a great company"? The past success of Apple should give substantial credit to its founder Steve Jobs. His pesonal vision dominated the development of Apple. His influence was so profound that Apple suffered ten years loss during Jobs was out. Luckily, Steves returned and Apple re-emerged.
However, there is a mounting danger that Apple has to face. Steve suffers from health problems and eventually Apple has to evolve without Steve someday. Jim Collins reported in his research of so-called "good to great" companies that great companies usually benefited from so-called "level 5 leaders", who "build enduring greatness through a blend of personal huminity and professional skills" and "set up their successsor for even greater success in the next generation".
While Steve Jobs himself is a superstar leader, he seems to fail to set up a sustainable development framework for his successors. When Jobs announced in Janary he would leave for a period, the stock price of Apple plumpted several points. Investors and analysists shared the concern the Apple without Jobs will not be as successful as it is now. Apple's situation looks like that of Kingdom of Shu of the Three Kingdoms period in the history China. When the founder of Shu, Liu Bei, was alive, Shu was able to recruit great people and eventually held the
Xichuan district. But once Liu Lei was dead, the Kingdom of Shu collapsed within a generation.
What will be the fate of Apple in the future? Apple still have time to find an answer but the time seems very limited.
There are plenty of evidence supporting that Apple is great companies. It looks like a superstar among technology companies. Macintosh transformed the way we use computers; iPod changed the way we enjoy music; iPhone redefined what a cellphone should be. With all these innovations, Apple brings continuous revenues for investors. It is a great success in terms both of technology and profitability. No one company has ever attracted so much attention since 1970s.
It seems no doubt that Apple was and is a legendary company, however our question now is "will Apple be a great company"? The past success of Apple should give substantial credit to its founder Steve Jobs. His pesonal vision dominated the development of Apple. His influence was so profound that Apple suffered ten years loss during Jobs was out. Luckily, Steves returned and Apple re-emerged.
However, there is a mounting danger that Apple has to face. Steve suffers from health problems and eventually Apple has to evolve without Steve someday. Jim Collins reported in his research of so-called "good to great" companies that great companies usually benefited from so-called "level 5 leaders", who "build enduring greatness through a blend of personal huminity and professional skills" and "set up their successsor for even greater success in the next generation".
While Steve Jobs himself is a superstar leader, he seems to fail to set up a sustainable development framework for his successors. When Jobs announced in Janary he would leave for a period, the stock price of Apple plumpted several points. Investors and analysists shared the concern the Apple without Jobs will not be as successful as it is now. Apple's situation looks like that of Kingdom of Shu of the Three Kingdoms period in the history China. When the founder of Shu, Liu Bei, was alive, Shu was able to recruit great people and eventually held the
Xichuan district. But once Liu Lei was dead, the Kingdom of Shu collapsed within a generation.
What will be the fate of Apple in the future? Apple still have time to find an answer but the time seems very limited.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yosemite Trip Schedule
I just came back from Yosemite National Park and my heart is still lingering in the scenery of Yosemite. Here is our schedule. I hope it is helpful when you are also planning a trip to Yosemoite during spring break.
The trip lasts two nights and three days, from Saturday to Monday (March 14th - March 16th). The following schedule is very relaxed and we may add more activities when we have the energy.
Saturday:
7:00AM Go to LAX to pick up the car.
Link http://www.thrifty.com/
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT, CA, USA (LAX)
5440 W. CENTURY BLVD
LOS ANGELES, CA UNITED STATES 90045
(877) 283-0898
8:30AM Leave LA
12:00PM Fresno County Blossom Trail
Website: http://www.goblossomtrail.com/
Fresno County Office of Tourism
2220 Tulare Street, 8th Floor
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 262-4271
This part is not worth an intentioned stop. Actually you can see many trees in blossom along highway #99.
1:00PM Continue to Yosemite Southern Entrance
The scenery along highway #41 is fantastic. You will see ranches, flowers and tree decorated hills.
2:30PM Mariposa Grove
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://picasaweb.google.com/
In Mariposa Grove, we will see one of the tallest trees in the world: the giant sequoia. The road to Mariposa Grove is closed, so be ready for a hiking about 6miles.
6:30PM Go to our lodge
link: http://www.yosemitelodging.
http://www.yosemitelodging.
7519 Henness Circle
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
209 372-9000 / 800 669-9300
6:00PM check in & dinner & night life
We played a new board game, Bang!, this time. It is very interesting.
Sunday
8:00AM Get ready to today's activities
8:30AM Tunnel View
9:00AM - 5:00PM Yosemite Valley
The exact places and time depends on our interest. Here are some interesting places:
Bridalveil Fall
Merced River
Yosemite Village
Anwahneechee Hotel
El Captain (Hiking)
Yosemite Fall (Hiking)
Mirror Lake (Hiking)
5:30PM Go back to the four seaons lodge
6:30PM Dinner & night life
Monday
8:00AM Get ready to today's activities
10:30AM - 3:30PM Hetch Hetchy
Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://picasaweb.google.com/
Hetchy Hetchy is sometimes called small Yosemite Valley. It is very sceneric. We will have a hiking there.
4:00PM Going back for LA
We can directly do back to LA along route 99 or if time avaiable, we may go to Highway #1
and finish our trip with the scenery of pacific coast.
11:00PM Home! Sweet home LA!
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