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SML Chess / 2008-03-06 / SML

2008-03-05T21:54:00.001-08:00

SML Chess / 2008-03-06 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Still life in anticipation for greatness.

Chess = Game of life.

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Google Web History: See-ming Lee: Web Activity: 2005-2007 / 2007-12-04 / SML Data

2007-12-04T17:11:00.000-08:00

Screenshot / visualization of my web activity on Google from 2005 to 2007:

My hypothesis is that my Google search activity is:

1. inversely proportional to the number of production-heavy projects
2. proportional to the number of research-oriented projects

In fact, I think that it's likely that my projects would follow a heavy-search (research) start and then progressively go down the slope because I'd have to produce a lot of stuff so no time / no reason to search.

I shall find out when I map my time-sheets to this visualization :)

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+ SML Data
+ SML Google
+ SML Philosophy
+ SML Research
+ SML Viz

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Don't Give Up / 2007 / SML

2007-11-26T20:51:00.000-08:00

Don't Give Up: Rev 1. Created in response to http://www.pokenewyork.com.

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+ SML Fine Art
+ SML Notebook

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iPhone / 2007 / SML

2007-10-30T22:25:00.001-07:00

iPhone / 2007 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

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SML Wiki: iPhone

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Helvetica A / 2005-04-29 / SML

2007-10-29T09:19:00.001-07:00

Helvetica A / 2005-04-29 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Patterns created using the letters from Helvetica:
+ Helvetica in A
+ Helvetica in B
+ Helvetica in C

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Sweat of the River, Sweat of the Ocean, a musical by Quiara Alegria

2007-10-28T18:40:00.001-07:00

Sweat of the River, Sweat of the Ocean, a musical by Quiara Alegria Hudes: Poster / 1998-04-09 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Poster photographed next to my Junior year dorm room at Ezra Stiles College, Yale University.

Sweat of the River, Sweat of the Ocean
a musical by Quiara Alegria Hudes

SML Graphic Design, 1998
+ Poster
+ Audition Poster
+ CD Cover: Front
+ CD Cover: Back

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+ SML Graphic Design

© 1998 See-ming Lee

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Yahoo Pipes: Meta Search Alerts: RSS feed from search engines / 2007-10-27 / SML

2007-10-27T14:07:00.001-07:00

View source | Run Pipe...

Yahoo Pipes: Meta Search Alerts: RSS feed from (Del.icio.us + Findory + Flickr + Google Blog Search + Google News + Google Search + Icerocket + Live Search + Technorati + Yahoo News + Yahoo Search) / 2007-10-27 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Change Log: 2007-10-27
Added Del.icio.us and Flickr as search engines.

About Meta Search Alerts
SML Wiki: Meta Search Alerts

1. Aggregates these search results simultaneously:
+ Del.icio.us
+ Findory
+ Flickr
+ Google Blog Search
+ Google News
+ Google Search
+ Icerocket
+ Live News Search
+ Live Search
+ Technorati
+ Yahoo News
+ Yahoo Search

2. Filters the results and ensures that the links are unique.

3. Sorts the results by date such that the latest addition onto the pool will appear at the top of the list.

In other words, it acts as an RSS feed alerts for all these search engines.

© 2007 See-ming Lee / SML Universe

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Google search results comparison: Logged in vs Logged out

2007-10-25T18:29:00.001-07:00

It always fascinates me how search results should differ depending on whether I'm signed into Google or not. Take a look at the following screenshots of Google Search: See-ming Lee

See-ming Lee - Google Search - Logged in

(1) SML = See-ming Lee = Design + Technology + Marketing Strategy = 李 ...
(2) SML Pro Blog
(7) digg / seeminglee
( ) digg / seeminglee / friends history
(3) SML Gay Blog
(4) Member: seeminglee | LibraryThing
(5) seeminglee - SWiK
(6) Pipes from See-ming Lee
( ) LinkedIn: See-ming Lee 李思明SML
(8) SML Notebook

See-ming Lee - Google Search - Logged out

(1) SML = See-ming Lee = Design + Technology + Marketing Strategy = 李 ...
(2) SML Pro Blog
(5) SML Gay Blog
(6) Member: seeminglee | LibraryThing
(7) seeminglee - SWiK
(8) Pipes from See-ming Lee
(3) digg / seeminglee
(10) SML Notebook
( ) SML Thank You
( ) SML Ideas

Google's algorithm appears to be saying

When I'm logged in, since i am so active on social networks, my friends' activities matter, and as such the friends history on digg and my LinkedIn profile matters
When I'm logged out, people generally search for me when they are looking for information about me, and so the blogs matter more

I'm not quite sure which is which, but I am going to continue to look around. The Google SERP fluctuates so much that it is hard to keep track. Does anyone know if there is a service that do data-mining everyday so I can compare stats?

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Test Card: 42: Design: The Basic Copy Process / 1998 / SML Graphic

2007-10-22T06:10:00.001-07:00

Yale Art 366a: Visual Studies: Test Card: 42: Design: The Basic Copy Process / 1998 / SML Graphic Design, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

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Library Public Notice: 8: Design Iteration 4: Combining photography and Illustration / 1998 / SML

2007-10-21T18:08:00.001-07:00

Library Public Notice: 8: : Design Iteration 4: Combining photography and illustration / 1998 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Yale Art 366a / 1998
Visual Studies / Paul Elliman
Notice above copy machine to get people to handle books with care when photocopying.

+ It's fairly amazing what can happen when you combine the language of the real (photographic) and illustration / iconic.
+ It's also interesting to me now looking back that I appear to be fascinated with patterns and magenta since at least 10 years ago!

Process (8 pages)
+ 1: Design Iteration: Patterns / Odd-man out
+ 2: Design Iteration: Patterns / Odd-man out (Detail)
+ 3: Sketches
+ 4: Design Iteration 2: Missing pages as illustrated: 1
+ 5: Design Iteration 2: Missing pages as illustrated: 2
+ 6: Design Iteration 2: Missing pages as illustrated: 3
+ 7: Design Iteration 3: Missing pages using a real book
+ 8: Design Iteration 4: Combining photography and illustration

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SML Ideas
SML Notebook
SML Projects

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Copyright 1998, 2007 See-ming Lee. All rights reserved.

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Adsense as Blog Analytics Tool / 2007 / SML Ideas

2007-10-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

Aside from generating petty change every month, Google Adsense can also serve as an ambient device for you to figure out how well your blog posts are without jumping into Google Analytics.

I use the 728x90 Adsense units on my professional blog, and I noted that:

When I first installed it, it had four random text ads on it.
Then I wrote a good blog post, and the four ad units turned into three text units
Then the spot hosts two ads
Until finally it turns into one giant ad.

When it turns into a single ad, I noted that:

The first time it turned into a single 728x90 banner, it's usually an Ameriprise ad
Then I'd start getting Circuit City ads
And then I'd get Yahoo ads (as seen above)
Until finally I get Google ads!

And when my blog posts aren't that great, it will start to dwindle back to 2-4 ads... when eventually it might even get to public service ads, which, thankfully never happens anymore. :)

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tinymap.net

2007-10-09T19:38:00.001-07:00

tinymap.net, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

TinyMap.net = Google Maps + Tiny URL!

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Creative Strategic Technology / 2007 / SML

2007-10-05T21:47:00.000-07:00

Creative Strategic Technology / 2007 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

SML Synergy = Creative Strategic Technology

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SML Domains: CCSTO = CCO + CSO + CTO
SML Domains: CreativeStrategicTechnology.com
SML Flickr Tags: Synergy
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SML Search: Synergy
SML Synergy
Synergy of Business = Design + Technology + Marketing Strategy

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Is more better?

2007-10-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

Things should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
— Albert Einstein

Is more better? Depends.

More data is better, when you have the means to adequately mine the data in usable terms. If you don’t have the means to mine the data, they possibly will end up being unusable.

But life, experience, and data-mining tools are all iterative. In other words, they will get better

There will be a time where you have discovered a way to get to those data efficiently.

When that day comes, you will want data. There’s no reason not to collect data now.

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Chess: Fischer Design / 20071003.SD850IS.0774 / SML

2007-10-03T19:56:00.001-07:00

Chess: Fischer Design / 20071003.SD850IS.0774 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

When I got my first job out of college in 1999, the first thing I bought was a chess set from Chess Forum. Last year, seven years being at the same job, I bought my second chess set, and this is it: the Fischer set.

At first I am not too crazy about the tops on the bishops. I thought that it might actually make more sense to have the dot be white for the bishops on the white square and a black dot for the bishops on the black square.

However, when I took this photo today from a top-down angle, I suddenly noted the genius design in this set, you can easily tell the bishops from the pawns in this view!

Related Chess Forum
Chess Forum: 4" Ebony British Chess Company
Chess Forum: 4" Ebony Fischer Design

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SML Del.icio.us: chess
SML Search: chess
SML Shopping

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Yahoo Pipes: Search Engine Masturbation: Source / 2007.09.13 / SML

2007-09-29T16:57:00.001-07:00

Yahoo Pipes: Search Engine Masturbation: Source / 2007.09.13 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Search Engine Masturbation = Google Search + Live Search + Yahoo Search + RSS

Concept
Instead of daily vanity/ego search, create a Yahoo Pipe to search simultaneously using Google, Live and Yahoo and turn them into an RSS feed. In other words, instead of turning yourself into a bot to monitor the bots' activities, spend your time to create relevant content be indexed instead!

1. SML Flickr: SEM: Source
2. SML Flickr: SEM: Run Pipe
3. SML Flickr: SEM: Run Pipe: See-ming Lee

SML Pro Blog: Yahoo Pipes: Search Engine Masturbation

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SML Ask
SML Clusty
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SML GYM = SML + Google + Yahoo + MSN
SML LinkedIn
SML Live
SML Pipes
SML Pro Blog: Domain names = My one-line poetry
SML Pro Blog: SML SEO = See-ming Lee + Search Engine Optimization
SML RSS
SML Search
SML SEM
SML SEO

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This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Focus vs Unfocus

2007-09-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

Some people say that my professional blog is very focus. Actually, it's not. It's very unfocus. It focuses on being unfocus.

When you create synergetic energy, everything comes together. That's what liberal arts education is about, right?

Related SML
SML Del.icio.us: Synergist
SML Del.icio.us: Synergy
SML Synergy

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SML Google: Web History: Interesting Items / 2007-09-26T21:41-04:00 / SML

2007-09-27T09:52:00.000-07:00

SML Google: Web History: Interesting Items / 2007-09-26T21:41-04:00 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

SML.Screenshot: SML.Google.Web-History.Interesting-Items.20070926T2141-0400.png

SML.to.Google.2007-09-26T20:09-04:00

1. It appears that your algorithm on machine-learning is doing quite well. These items are indeed interesting!

2. I recommend that your tweak your modifiers. For example, in Top-Queries.5, Propellerhead.Reason.4 is obviously related to my audio software searches, but you should be smart enough to know that I don't torrent.

Torrent, like data, information, website, etc. is a modifier and as such should probably not be used. Focus on the subject, which, in this case, should be Reason 4. In other words, make sets out of your queries for (reason 4)* instead.

3. SML.initHHI(Google.Algorithm.Machine-Learning.Author);

Cheers,
See-ming

Searches
Recent top queries related to your searches
1. columbia university
2. david deutsch
3. demonoid
4. leah culver
5. reason 4 torrent
6. revolution money
7. sonnox
8. feedhub
9. attendi

Pages
Web pages related to your searches
1. NeHe Productions: Main Page
2. FT.com / World - Chinese military hacked into Pentagon
3. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS : Home
4. Become an SEO Professional & Dominate Google's Search Results ...
5. kirupa.com - Shocked Resource for Making Designers better Developers!
6. Schema Tutorial
7. A Picture is Worth... Being Nice to Cyclists in Toronto (TreeHugger)
8. MTA Metro-North
9. Lamictal (lamotrigine) - The Good, The Bad and The Funny. From ...
10. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg

Videos
+ Using Data to "Brute Force" Hard Problems in Vision and Graphics
+ Canon Shutter sounds ranging from Canon 1DS MARK II to the 350D (Rebel XT)
+ skydive life

Google Gadgets
+ Rob Galbraith DPI: Digital photography news, reviews, tutorials and discussion forums for professional photographers

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Duplexlab.com / Duplexlab / 2004 / Interaction Design / SML

2007-09-27T05:21:00.003-07:00

Duplexlab.com / Duplexlab / 2004 / Interaction Design / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

See it in action (Flash 7 / AS2)

Awards
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005

Team
Claudia Chow / Katherine Nguyen / See-ming Lee / Sharon Chang

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Copyright 2004-2005 Duplexlab. All rights reserved.

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Jen+Peter Wedding 360: Identity: Logo as Chinese Seal / 2005 / SML

2007-09-27T05:21:00.001-07:00

Jen+Peter Wedding 360: Identity: Logo as Chinese Seal / 2005 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Wedding 360 / SML Projects (Set)
Wedding Invitations for the wedding of Jen Chen + Peter Evans.

Concept
The Jen + Peter logo reversed out and created as a traditional Chinese seal (stamp / chop). The seal is used to add a personal touch to all the thank you notes.

To save cost, we utilized commercial rubber stamp companies. The stamps are not perfect, but the imperfection actually adds value to the individually written stationary. Guests felt extra special when things are not prepackaged. Total cost for production: 34 dollars including shipping.

Wedding Identity / Logo
Double Happiness reinterpreted using lines and geometric shapes. Graphically, the traditional symbol for wedding literally unite the first names of the woman and the man.

The logo also draws inpsiration from the icons for the male and female symbols. This influence is much more apparent when you flip the logo.

SML Reference
Double Happiness - Google Image Search

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Jen+Peter Wedding 360: Save the Date: Wedding: Calendar Sticker / 2004 / SML

2007-09-27T05:20:00.001-07:00

Jen+Peter Wedding 360: Save the Date: Wedding: Calendar Sticker / 2004 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Wedding 360 / SML Projects (Set)
Wedding Invitations for the wedding of Jen Chen + Peter Evans.

Concept
Save-the-Date as a literal act of making a mark on a calendar. To save cost, designs were printed on Avery circular labels using on a Fiery printer (color laser jet).

Typography
Helvetica (Masculine / Modern / Yin) combined with BickhamScriptPro (Feminine / Traditional / Yang) to create a united synergy of harmony.

For the engagement party sticker, the type flows spirally from outside to the center, suggesting two person coming together and join on one day. For the wedding save-the-date sticker, the type spirals out from the center to suggest the date where they start to expand the lives together for eternity.

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eBank.com / eBank / Site Map / 1999.11 / IA / SML

2007-09-27T05:19:00.001-07:00

eBank.com / eBank / Site Map / 1999.11 / IA / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

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Regus.com / Regus Group / Screen 4 of 4 / Search Results - Location Detail / 2005 / SML Graphic Design

2007-09-27T05:18:00.001-07:00

Regus.com / Regus Group / Screen 4 of 4 / Search Results - Location Detail / 2005 / SML Graphic Design, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Live Site
www.regus.com
meetingrooms.regus.com/locations/US/NY/NewYorkCity/NewYor...

Awards
WMA 2005 Standard of Excellence

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson.com)
Angela Fung / Chris Brugh / Claudia Chow / Jeni Oye / Larry Burks / Mike Pick / Robert Fisher / See-ming Lee

Copyright Notice
Copyright 2005 The Regus Group plc. All rights reserved.

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iClassics.com / iClassics / Universal Music Classics Group / Graphic Design / 2002 / SML

2007-09-27T05:17:00.003-07:00

iClassics.com / iClassics / Universal Music Classics Group / Graphic Design / 2002 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

Design Concept for iClassics, Universal Music Classics Group.

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson.com)
Chris Brugh / Claudia Chow / Jeff Salem / Matt Berninger / See-ming Lee

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Copyright 2002 iClassics. All rights reserved.