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Infographics: A Peek Inside Online Retailers’ Warehouses

Dedy Sofyan — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:10:09 +0000

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Infographics: Patent Wars – A New Age of Competition

Dedy Sofyan — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:06:28 +0000

Read the news about the recent Google’s move buying Motorola Mobility? What was that all about? Some analysts said that it was all about strengthening patent portfolio. There’s the Apple and Samsung’s quarrel over the iPad and Galaxy Tab? Well, same-o same-o, patents…

Please take a glimpse of what this war is all about… why it’s worth spending and burning money into the effort.

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Infographics: Sitting is Killing You

Dedy Sofyan — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:05:47 +0000

Excerpts:
As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, there is one thing nearly all modern Americans have in common: we sit all the time. Though our great shift towards computer-based work has done great things for productivity, it has, unfortunately, done terrible things for our health.

From increased risk of heart disease and obesity in the long term, to sharply hampered cholesterol maintenance in the short term, the negative health effects of sitting are starting to weigh heavily against the benefits.

Even the medical field – the greatest advocates and reducing sitting time – is plagued by this new health issue. Though doctors and nurses get plenty of walking time, it usually falls to the secretaries, billers, and coders to do all the sitting. And, as we can see, something has to change.

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

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To make the Dream a Reality: the Disney Brothers’ Way

Dedy Sofyan — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:01:25 +0000

This is part two of the Walt Disney’s blog post I wrote… in memory of Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966).
To read the first part: http://sys-talk.com/inspiration/to-make-the-dream-a-reality-the-walt-disneys-way/

Soon after the completion of The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World,
someone said, “Isn’t it too bad Walt Disney didn’t live to see this?”
Mike Vance, Creative Director at Disney, replied, “He did see it. That’s why it’s here.”

You can even follow @Disney on Twitter and see the sketches made for EPCOT, Tomorrowland at WDW, pictures of Walt showing the concept arts, and read his famous words of wisdom. He did see it in his vision: EPCOT, Tomorrowland, and many more.

Even at the time before he passed away. Hours before, he still spoke to a reporter and let the reporter write his imaginary vision of DisneyWorld and EPCOT on his hospital ceiling while lying in bed. Barely able to speak clearly, he asked the reporter to came closer so that he could whisper it. Such passion, determined to fulfill that dream, and Walt’s belief that one day it will be there even if he couldn’t really see it being built with his own eyes. But in reality, it was already built in his mind on that hospital ceiling wall, and people believed in it also, especially his older brother, Roy (who postponed his retirement and determined to continue Walt’s unfulfilled dreams). That’s why it’s there and still there, even continue growing and expanding, even now. Walt’s death actually pushed his employees more determined toward completing those dreams in honor of Walt.

“I know of no other man whose personality has continued to inspire so many for so many years.”
Charlie Ridgway, Disney Press and Publicity Director

But vision, hope and dreams, also enthusiasm alone won’t make all that appear out of nowhere. Even a dreamer, innovator, inventor, artistic genius like Walt Disney himself was aware of this.

“I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life… it’s money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. “
Walt Disney

Thankfully, Walt was so fortunate to have the support of his beloved older brother, Roy O. Disney. Since he moved to California, his older brother Roy supported him, and helped him most from the financial side. When Walt came up with an idea, he went to his brother and asked him to prepare some capital to finance his ideas and dreams. At the end of the day, “Just get the money for me,” Walt said to his brother.

Roy was a miracle worker himself, much like his younger brother Walt, he almost always came up with the capital Walt required for his dream projects. Some said Walt couldn’t achieve so much without Roy, and vice versa. Walt was the CEO and Roy was the CFO. Walt the dreamer and Roy the financier.

“My business is making people, especially children, happy.”
Walt Disney

Yes, Walt let Roy took care of the funds and capital, so that Walt could focus on his business: making people, especially children happy. His brother, Roy must have loved Walt so much that he understood and also let Walt focus on his dreams, pour all his heart and mind on his ideas. The ability to focus and excel in the things you like doing, and the support of the people you cared most are God-send.

“I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.”
Walt Disney

And yes, Roy took care of that part for Walt, too. To invest on something, you must calculate the risks and the return of investment if you want to invest smart. Rarely would-be-investors put their money on something that came out of a dream, especially when someone stated that he wanted to make something completely new like no other in the world. In their point of view the risk is really high. Especially in the theme park business when most theme parks of the time was unclean, not well-maintained and degrade with time. Disney envisioned a theme park that both children and even parents can enjoy, that is clean, entertaining and imbued with Disney’s magic. When you enter the gate, they’ll be transported to a magical land, leaving their daily problems at the gate. Most people predicted that it would become a failure, the dream was too grand to be realized, even if it were to be build, it would required a great amount of money to maintain such large facility.

“People look at me in many ways. They’ve said, ‘The guy has no regard for money.’ That is not true. I have had regard for money. It depends on who’s saying that. Some people worship money as something you’ve got to have piled up in a big pile somewhere. I’ve only thought about money in one way, and that is to do something with it. I don’t think there’s a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it.”
Walt Disney

“I knew if this business was ever to get anywhere, if this business was ever to grow, it could never do it by having to answer to someone unsympathetic to its possibilities, by having to answer to someone with only one thought or interest, namely profits. For my idea of how to make profits has differed greatly from those who generally control businesses such as ours. I have blind faith in the policy that quality, tempered with good judgment and showmanship, will win against all odds.”
Walt Disney

That quality that sprung out Walt Disney’s passion for his work made all this possible and success was ensured. While others were skeptical, Roy stood by his younger brother, believed in his dreams, supported and financed Walt’s dreams.

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“Walt Disney World is a tribute to then philosophy and life of Walter Elias Disney and to the talents, the dedication and loyalty of the entire Disney Organization … may Walt Disney World bring joy and inspiration and new knowledge to all who come to this happy place.”
Roy Disney, October 1971, formal opening and dedication of “Walt Disney World”

Two months after the opening, in December 20, 1971, Roy Disney passed away because of stroke. Merely two months after he saw his brother’s dream came true.

Roy Oliver Disney was lesser known to most people as his name was eclipsed by the enormous shadow of his younger brother Walt. But his dedication, support and hard work, keeping the company financially stable, providing the means for Walt’s dream projects were equally important to Disney’s success.

Honoring both Walt and Roy Disney, for both their passion and dedication to make millions of children and parents happy.

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Disappointing! Public Safety in Indonesia.

Dedy Sofyan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:39:14 +0000

Very disappointing! Look at this commentary a local newspaper in Indonesia just printed.

“I urge the people not to misuse the fire-dispatcher phone number for pranks. It is very time consuming. Once arrived at the fire location, the fire had already gone wild and big, and would took longer time to handle it,” Vice Mayor of the City of Bandung, Ayi Vivananda.

Too many government officials can only “URGE” the people to do something. You can find the official news HERE (in Bahasa Indonesia). The printed version of the paper got more details on why those prank phone calls can disturb the performance of the fire-fighter in reaching the “real” or “correct” fire location. These pranks elevate the response time of the fire fighter and minimize the chance of the officials in saving other people’s lives.

Normally as government officials “with the power” to do some real good, they don’t need to URGE people to stop these prank calls, especially when it comes down in saving other people’s lives. They should’ve made the right and much-needed REGULATIONS and even clear-cut LAW to govern this and punish all those irresponsible people, risking and endangering other people’s lives.

They should’ve seen our neighbouring countries, when it comes to saving lives and all, give a STERN WARNING in advanced, even punishable by LAW.

“DO NOT PRESS THE BUTTON, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MISUSE: FINE $5000.” Very effective, no?

So, please, the government don’t just sit there and “sip” on the people’s money and keep on going mending and stretching regulations for solely for increasing more income to the treasury (of which aren’t clear to where those funds are spent), e.g.: all tax, but no real public service improvement. This is more important as lives are at stakes, dear Sir and Ma’am!

Related to my teammate’s article HERE (in Bahasa Indonesia).

The government has the “power”, the right, and even the OBLIGATION to build the infrastructure to support and help these “life-saving” efforts (in this case, fire disaster).

Should they wait for foreign aids? Oh, come on, IMHO they shouldn’t, they should’ve been self-sufficient. Especially when it comes to their own people’s lives and well-being. They should’ve given more priority on these areas.

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How much does it worth?

Dedy Sofyan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:22:18 +0000

Good question.

How much does it “really” worth to you?

A glass of water in your everyday life? Cheap, right?
How about: a glass of water when you are lost in the desert? Priceless…

Today, my friend has shown me a website that “calculate” how much your domain worth. Okay, the site shown that some of the sites are worth thousands of dollars. Hmmm, sounds lucrative, right? But… will someone actually buy it?

It might bring tremendous joy to you when you see that your site you’ve been building for months has been valued by this “domain-valuation” site to a staggering amount of thousands of dollars. But still, will anyone buy your site at that value?

Several days ago, I read an editorial by Stanley Bing on BNET that discuss a somewhat similar question and I found it interesting… Here’s an excerpt of what Stanley Bing has said:

You’re worth what they want to pay you. A few years ago, I “invested” in an old copy of Iron Man comics, one from the ’60s. It was in Very Good condition, and had a story line I liked. It was listed in the Comic Bible for about $40, but I got it for $25. I showed it to my then-wife, who looked at it with great dubiosity. “How much did you pay for that?” she asked me. “About 20 bucks!” I said proudly. “And it’s worth $40!”
“It’s only worth $40 if there’s somebody who wants to pay $40 for it,” she said. “Right now, I’d say it’s worth about $20, if that.”

So… whether or not it is priceless or not, depends…

The equation:
How much does it “really” worth to you = how much money you are willing to pay for it…

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Time Management

Dedy Sofyan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:23:57 +0000

The most common excuse that you probably hear or even say a lot is “I haven’t got time…” Isn’t it?
“I haven’t got time for… this… and that…”
“I wished that I had more time…”

Time is your most valuable resource that you cannot buy back. We should manage our time even better than we manage our finances.

Randy Pausch’s Time Management presentation

Click here to view the embedded video.

76min video (at video.google.com) [Note: total filesize 177MB]

[click here for the HTML version]

Please go to the late Prof. Pausch’s homepage and watch his other presentations.
For those of you, whom haven’t heard about Prof. Randy Pausch… he was made famous for his “Last Lecture”: “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”

Hmmm, I must go do something else… I’ll get back to this subject later… enjoy the lecture in the mean time.

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Call your relatives in China this CNY and ask for a “Red Pouch”

Dedy Sofyan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:05:33 +0000

What do you think about this “Three” advertisement (shown on the right): appropriate or not?

Calling your relatives in China to demand “Spring Festival Money Gift” (压岁钱) (also known as 红包 “Angpao” among Chinese living in Indonesia)…

IMHO, it is inappropriate for you to phone a relative to demand it.

“Yashuiqian”, the real Angpao
The so-called “Angpao”, according to our tradition, is given from a married couple to a child, whom is usually of younger age. The original name for “angpao” in traditional Chinese is “Yashuiqian”, which literally translated as “Money to keep you stay young”. Usually given from older generation to the younger generation, to keep them stay young and have a long life.

So… is it polite for a younger person to call and ask for “angpao” to his/her elder? Of course NOT.

So… marketer, designer, or advertiser, or whomever, please do some research first before printing those BIG BANNER and place them on the streets. =) It will save you from the embarrassment.

“Happy Chinese New Year!”
“Gong Xi Fa Cai!” 恭喜发财!

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S.Y.S talk » management

Infographics: A Peek Inside Online Retailers’ Warehouses

Infographics: Patent Wars – A New Age of Competition

Infographics: Sitting is Killing You

To make the Dream a Reality: the Disney Brothers’ Way

Disappointing! Public Safety in Indonesia.

How much does it worth?

Good question.

How much does it “really” worth to you?

A glass of water in your everyday life? Cheap, right?

How about: a glass of water when you are lost in the desert? Priceless…

Time Management

Randy Pausch’s Time Management presentation

76min video (at video.google.com) [Note: total filesize 177MB]

Call your relatives in China this CNY and ask for a “Red Pouch”

“Yashuiqian”, the real Angpao

“Happy Chinese New Year!” “Gong Xi Fa Cai!” 恭喜发财!

“Happy Chinese New Year!”
“Gong Xi Fa Cai!” 恭喜发财!