Some outcomes here: often random, sometimes chaotic, rarely ready.https://theneverless.com/enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/cedar-point/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/cedar-point/?lang=enA day of binging twelve roller coasters. Some good, some bad. Steel Vengeance left a silly smile on my face; Raptor tried to shake my brain out of my skull.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/300sl-and-two-934s/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/300sl-and-two-934s/?lang=enA CMC 300SL Roadster and two Exoto Porsche 934s.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-seat-by-lake-tahoe/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-seat-by-lake-tahoe/?lang=enA window seat, a beach umbrella, and chairs beneath the pinesFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/south-dakota/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/south-dakota/?lang=enLet the hills step back and leave room for the flowers.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/sunny-day-at-home/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/sunny-day-at-home/?lang=enOn a day this beautiful, it feels good to be home.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/olympic-national-park/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/olympic-national-park/?lang=enFog on the ridge, breakfast by the lake, and room to walk in a summer forestThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-hyatt-tier-wall/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-hyatt-tier-wall/?lang=enMy personal Hyatt hotel tier listFri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/meet-me-downstairs/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/meet-me-downstairs/?lang=enWhy not?Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/highway-1-all-the-way-home/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/highway-1-all-the-way-home/?lang=enFor once the whole road was open, so we hurried outMon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/two-days-in-the-redwoods/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/two-days-in-the-redwoods/?lang=enWe came to have a look at the coast redwoods: giant trees, ferns, and the fog on the coast highwaySun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lassen-july-4th/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lassen-july-4th/?lang=enThe little-Yellowstone billing doesn't quite hold up, but the lakes are all-you-can-eatSat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/room-with-a-view/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/room-with-a-view/?lang=enA Dutch town hidden in Belgium, and one gorgeous river.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/amsterdam-windows/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/amsterdam-windows/?lang=enI still say Amsterdam is best seen from a boatMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/yosemite-falls/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/yosemite-falls/?lang=enA name too pretty, and a park too fullSun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/two-days-in-venice/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/two-days-in-venice/?lang=enWhatever else you say about it, Venice really is that romantic.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/florence/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/florence/?lang=enA Medici family theme park, and a sunset that would not endSat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/nine-hours-slow/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/nine-hours-slow/?lang=enWere we walking the Roman Empire, or the capital of Italy?Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/marin-county-civic-center/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/marin-county-civic-center/?lang=enA visit to Frank Lloyd Wright's last commissionSun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/tucson-again/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/tucson-again/?lang=enBack after three years. The company that brought me here is gone; the saguaros aren'tSat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/springtime-in-patagonia/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/springtime-in-patagonia/?lang=enWhoever said no mountain is worth looking at after Patagonia: I couldn't agree moreTue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/oak-alley-plantation/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/oak-alley-plantation/?lang=enNew Orleans is delicious!Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/they-never-see-the-sunrise/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/they-never-see-the-sunrise/?lang=enNine hundred statues, the South Pacific wind, and a civilization that stopped mid-carveTue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/red-rocks-and-blueprints/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/red-rocks-and-blueprints/?lang=enA meteor crater, a town that runs on vortex energy, and the story of a campMon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/magic-mountain/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/magic-mountain/?lang=enSome rides left me looking at the sky. Others left me wondering what the seat designers had against thighs.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lands-end/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lands-end/?lang=enBack at the edge of San Francisco, againSun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/this-is-home/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/this-is-home/?lang=enHome for two yearsTue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/dont-make-me-think-about-my-job/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/dont-make-me-think-about-my-job/?lang=enIn B2B, "don't make me think" means doing the hard thinking for the buyer.Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/summer-in-chicago/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/summer-in-chicago/?lang=enCity on foot!Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-long-light-at-big-sur/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-long-light-at-big-sur/?lang=enDucking into the mountains just off Highway 1Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-to-napa/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-to-napa/?lang=enWe went winery-hopping, and we don't even drink!Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/north-to-mendocino/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/north-to-mendocino/?lang=enHighway 1 again, but this time northbound all the wayFri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-detour-to-canepa/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-detour-to-canepa/?lang=enA museum disguised as a dealership, or is it the other way around?Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/california-little-patagonia/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/california-little-patagonia/?lang=enYes, California has maple leaves. No, the maples are not trying very hardSun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/way-back-from-point-reyes/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/way-back-from-point-reyes/?lang=enOh, we saw the tule elk!Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-temple-fair-on-the-fairway/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-temple-fair-on-the-fairway/?lang=enNo golf on the 18th fairway todaySun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/golden-hour-with-the-850/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/golden-hour-with-the-850/?lang=enThe last hour of Saturday's sun, and my new toyMon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-smell-of-san-diego/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-smell-of-san-diego/?lang=enThe town I keep to myself, and the gliderport on a gray dayFri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/another-city-walk-in-san-francisco/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/another-city-walk-in-san-francisco/?lang=enOne more lap of downtown!Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-year-and-a-half/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-year-and-a-half/?lang=enThe anniversary celebration, naturally... a car washFri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-city-walk-in-san-francisco/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-city-walk-in-san-francisco/?lang=enYet another Saturday afternoon in San FranciscoSat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-snoopy-hunt/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-snoopy-hunt/?lang=enFeaturing Charlie Brown, Lucy, and friendsFri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-random-weekend/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-random-weekend/?lang=enAn afternoon on Valencia Street, and the sunset at Lands EndSun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/downtown-off-duty/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/downtown-off-duty/?lang=enFor a downtown, San Jose is ridiculously quietWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/light-customization-tradeoffs/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/light-customization-tradeoffs/?lang=enHow the Alibaba.com Light Customization project should balance capability limits against product compromise, with full transactionalization as the guiding principle.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/product-methodology-playbook/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/product-methodology-playbook/?lang=enA playbook for systemizing product methodology: recording failures and successes so decisions rest on evidence instead of memory.Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/alibaba-seller-ecosystem/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/alibaba-seller-ecosystem/?lang=enObservations from interviews with 12 Alibaba.com sellers in Shenzhen and Yiwu: how traffic costs drive seller decisions, plus a three-type seller taxonomy.Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/product-discussions/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/product-discussions/?lang=enNotes on how to run product discussions: separating factual judgments from value judgments and deciding which debates are worth the time.Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/bmw-x3-30i/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/bmw-x3-30i/?lang=enOrdering a BMW X3 30i in full M Sport dress: a Clark Kent that secretly wishes it were an X3M, with delivery photos.Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/tusimple-user-research-101/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/tusimple-user-research-101/?lang=enA user research primer written for the junior designers on my team at TuSimple.Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/fast-product-iterations/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/fast-product-iterations/?lang=enForming fast product problem-solving iterations at TuSimple: shared context, maximized participation in decision-making, quick experiments, and expectation management.Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/autonomous-driving-platform-pm/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/autonomous-driving-platform-pm/?lang=enA product management methodology for internal efficiency platforms at an autonomous driving company: top-down design, efficiency as the only guide, and the node-trigger model.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/tusimple-pm-methodology/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/tusimple-pm-methodology/?lang=enA product management methodology for internal tools, written during my time at TuSimple: the best tool is no tool, and efficiency is the only guide.Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/remarkable-2-review/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/remarkable-2-review/?lang=enA hands-on review of the reMarkable 2 e-ink tablet: paper-like writing, a great screen, and clear limits from sparse features to poor Chinese support.Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/you-r-not-others/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/you-r-not-others/?lang=enA repost of two lines from "You Are Not the Others", in English and Chinese.Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/selecting-a-mechanical-keyboard/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/selecting-a-mechanical-keyboard/?lang=enA buyer's guide to mechanical keyboards: switches, sizes, wired versus wireless, and the brands worth buying.Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/leaving-comments/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/leaving-comments/?lang=enWhy people skip the elegant feedback box: we are obsessed with replies, afraid our words vanish unread, and that is why read receipts exist.Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/bmw-330i/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/bmw-330i/?lang=enA car-picking chronicle after moving to Southern California: comparing options, lease math, a port delay, and a white-on-black BMW 330i.Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/idiots-view/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/idiots-view/?lang=enThe scanter the knowledge, the more absolute the conviction: baseless courage comes from never hearing an opposing view.Sun, 26 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/animal-crossing-is-a-good-game/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/animal-crossing-is-a-good-game/?lang=enA few Animal Crossing screenshots: friends, and the easy life on the island.Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/gender-and-power/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/gender-and-power/?lang=enWhy female product managers in China stall between PM and senior PM: promotion timing collides with childbirth pressure and an alcohol-fueled business culture.Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-flights/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-flights/?lang=enAn entry with only a title and no body.Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/721-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/721-2/?lang=enWhat corrodes a society is not only the few but the silent majority: why educated young people should speak up.Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/just-thinking/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/just-thinking/?lang=enFive pages of paper due, no desire to study, and indeed no studying done: all the same night.Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/human-factors-study-in-voice-interactive-systems/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/human-factors-study-in-voice-interactive-systems/?lang=enA human factors study comparing Alexa with a phone across five tasks: voice wins on simple commands and loses as mental workload climbs.Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/mit-coasters/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/mit-coasters/?lang=enFour photos of a set of coasters.Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/aiyou-user-growth/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/aiyou-user-growth/?lang=enHow the game-assistance app Aiyou grew from zero to 200,000 daily active users: retention checks, user surveys, and low-cost growth experiments starting with Kwai.Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/navigation-system-for-visually-impaired-people/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/navigation-system-for-visually-impaired-people/?lang=enA design study for a navigation system for visually impaired people: SLAM-based collision avoidance plus beacons and crowdsourced maps for precise guidance.Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/beijing-museum-dongcheng/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/beijing-museum-dongcheng/?lang=enThe Dongcheng installment of a Beijing museum guide: ratings and visiting tips for the National Museum, the Palace Museum, and more.Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1269/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1269/?lang=enA long-overdue update looking back on 2017: the year of deciding to go abroad, TOEFL prep at home, and school applications.Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/revitalizing-360-mobile-security/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/revitalizing-360-mobile-security/?lang=enA product case study: five weeks to revitalize 360 Mobile Security, from cohort research to a redesigned 7.0 that turned DAU and retention around.Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/masters-for-product-manager-1/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/masters-for-product-manager-1/?lang=enPart one of which master's programs suit a product dog: from MIT IDM to UW MSTI, programs that blend design, engineering, and business.Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/masters-for-product-manager-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/masters-for-product-manager-2/?lang=enPart two of master's programs for a product dog: CMU, IIT, USC, and SVA, plus why these are not just industrial design programs.Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/wanna-be-creator/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/wanna-be-creator/?lang=enA product case study of "I Wanna Be a Creator", an activity that got Aiyou users to make promotional videos in exchange for in-app exposure and prizes.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/long-time-no-see/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/long-time-no-see/?lang=enPart one after a long silence: the curse of never studying at home is finally broken, all for a shot at a good school.Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/life-is-an-accident/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/life-is-an-accident/?lang=enTwo lines against life's impermanence: afraid of many things, never backing off, and always staying by your side.Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/opinions-opinions/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/opinions-opinions/?lang=enOn handing your judgment over to Euro-American voices: mindless deference to power is a textbook case of collider bias.Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-is-money/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-is-money/?lang=enOne line: time is precious, and so are the things that make you forget it.Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/research-about-home-joy-field/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/research-about-home-joy-field/?lang=enA mock-serious look at why studying at home never works: overestimating yourself, underplanning the holiday, and the cure of concrete milestones and deadlines.Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/wechat-red-packet-assistant/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/wechat-red-packet-assistant/?lang=enA product case study of Red Packet Assistant, a tool built in early 2017 to help people enjoy grabbing WeChat red packets without neglecting family time.Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/sum-up-about-qp-hb/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/sum-up-about-qp-hb/?lang=enA retrospective on the ticket-grabbing and red packet projects: project management, cross-team communication, and knowing your goals before you start.Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/shut-your-mouth-up/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/shut-your-mouth-up/?lang=enThe same Lunar New Year knot: having settled into muddling through, how to start striving again without disowning the wasted years.Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1401-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1401-2/?lang=enThe last item on the health checkup was the meal, and I actually asked how they test eating.Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/ohhh-old/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/ohhh-old/?lang=enCooling weather pulls me back to a campus evening in 2013, while time drags me on toward middle age: less and less of it left.Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/free-you-hands-nas/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/free-you-hands-nas/?lang=enA month and more with a Synology NAS: backups, a personal sync drive, an auto-transcoding photo album, and the gulf between usable and nice to use.Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/meet-yourself-at-teenage/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/meet-yourself-at-teenage/?lang=enA repost of Hecaitou's essay on standing before your twenty-year-old self, and what you would, and would not, tell him.Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-resume/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-resume/?lang=enFive minutes on writing a product manager's resume: pick real, valuable projects, say each thing in one sentence, and use numbers.Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/hey-it-is-life/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/hey-it-is-life/?lang=enA single line: it was supposed to snow, but the sky turned clear.Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/missing-children-alert-system/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/missing-children-alert-system/?lang=enA missing-children alert system built on 360 Mobile Security's push channel, reaching the right users without disturbing them: 109 children rescued by 2019.Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1190-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1190-2/?lang=enA short exchange at the supermarket behind the office: wrap the red wine in newspaper, and also, it's a bottle of vinegar.Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lizhi-duanzi/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lizhi-duanzi/?lang=enInspirational one-liners are easy to write, sound wiser the longer you chew on them, and help your life not at all.Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1195-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1195-2/?lang=enResume advice for new-grad PM applicants: line things up, get the capitalization right, and leave the dorm awards out.Sun, 27 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1184-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1184-2/?lang=enA one-line note on problem solving: the ultimate fix is to never give the problem a chance to happen.Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/kou-suo-dog/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/kou-suo-dog/?lang=enA bit of doggerel about the cheapskate dog: if a person is a cheapskate, they turn into a cheapskate dog.Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1270-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1270-2/?lang=enOne line: achievements never outgrow dreams, and dreams never outgrow what you have seen and heard.Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-bluechat/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-bluechat/?lang=enA snarky look at Lanxin, the company's official IM: why it exists, and the features that mostly do not work.Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/why-poor-get-more-poor/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/why-poor-get-more-poor/?lang=enA repost of a Zhihu answer by Wan Fangzhong on the differences between rich and poor mindsets.Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/i-can-not-do-it/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/i-can-not-do-it/?lang=enAsk "how can it be done" before "can it be done": only after every how is exhausted does "I can't" become a fact.Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/bite-me/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/bite-me/?lang=enThe secret of getting along with people, summed up and deliberately left unwritten.Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-say-say-it-again/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-say-say-it-again/?lang=enFrom high-school weekends to holiday resolutions to working life: studying at home never happens, and there is no fix.Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2015-12-31-p114/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2015-12-31-p114/?lang=enOne wish for the new year: not to be a bullshit PM.Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/problem-must-be-solve/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/problem-must-be-solve/?lang=enA work summary written so as not to forget: deal with people objectively, independently, openly, and kindly, and see if tomorrow I can do all four.Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/luan-flower-money/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/luan-flower-money/?lang=enA one-line definition of wasting money: desiring beyond your means what you do not need, and satisfying it heedless of consequence.Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/think-again/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/think-again/?lang=enThree daily questions for myself: do users really need this, what happens after it ships, and is there data to back it up.Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/ex/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/ex/?lang=enA quip about running into an old lover at the happiest of moments; I never carry small change.Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/click-click-and-click/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/click-click-and-click/?lang=enA short product note on click counts: the point is not capping the number of clicks but making each click thoughtless.Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1193-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1193-2/?lang=enA rant about sitting down to play The Witcher, only to find the game, the PS4, the TV, and even the speakers all need updates.Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/app-s-share/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/app-s-share/?lang=enA running tour of the apps on my phone: capsule reviews of art and exhibition apps, from Artsy to iMuseum.Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how/?lang=enThree questions of measure: setting data expectations for a new feature, judging whether the numbers are good, and deciding whether to keep optimizing.Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/time/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/time/?lang=enA metaphor about time: the mind sits in a theater called "now", watching a movie called "the past".Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/new-inspiron-13-7352-v2-0/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/new-inspiron-13-7352-v2-0/?lang=enA show-and-tell of the refurbished Dell Inspiron 13 7352 convertible: striking diamond-cut looks, eight-plus hours of battery, and 1.66 kilograms.Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-get-rid-of-stupid-guys/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-get-rid-of-stupid-guys/?lang=enA lesson learned: never lecture half-familiar "elders" with facts; they only want to air their own values.Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-zhuhai-the-last-time/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/talk-about-zhuhai-the-last-time/?lang=en397 days in Zhuhai: a look back at life and work there before leaving, written so as not to forget.Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/not-god-of-the-world/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/not-god-of-the-world/?lang=enPlaying god too much at product work, then getting scammed out of fifty yuan by a fake beggar: you are not the god of this world.Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/it-is-sick-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/it-is-sick-2/?lang=enVisible features matter, but they cannot truly change a product: pouring core resources into polishing them again and again is meaningless.Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-find-a-job/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-find-a-job/?lang=enNotes from a two-week job hunt: interviews at Toutiao, 360, Momo, and Meituan, and the lessons from each.Sat, 01 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a0701-material-design-patterns-app-structure/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a0701-material-design-patterns-app-structure/?lang=enA Chinese translation of the App Structure chapter from Material Design's Patterns section: start screens, top-level navigation, and combined navigation strategies.Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-panduan/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-panduan/?lang=enToutiao kept pushing car news after the car was bought: a small product sketch for detecting when a long-held interest suddenly ends.Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-play-nat-gas-3x-etn/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-play-nat-gas-3x-etn/?lang=enSome hard-won notes on trading 3x natural gas ETNs: entries, stop-losses, profit-taking, and a few tips, none of it investment advice.Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/we-should-know-soon-if-the-2015-natural-gas-market-is-going-higher-like-2012-or-going-to-roll-over-like-2009/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/we-should-know-soon-if-the-2015-natural-gas-market-is-going-higher-like-2012-or-going-to-roll-over-like-2009/?lang=enA Chinese translation of a SeekingAlpha post by Robert Edwards on whether the 2015 natural gas market will go higher like 2012 or roll over like 2009.Sun, 21 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/909/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/909/?lang=enWe sons and daughters of the jianghu have only ever downed our Yakult in one go.Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/ugaz-give-me-money-and-power/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/ugaz-give-me-money-and-power/?lang=enA note after a UGAZ dip-buy landed halfway down the slope, leaving a mood as calm as a pot of cold congee.Sat, 23 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/money-can-not-waste/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/money-can-not-waste/?lang=enThe domain fee must not go to waste, so a two-month ledger: fat again, termites dispatched, and starting on the domestic version of CM Security.Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/promote-without-money/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/promote-without-money/?lang=enNotes from an internal company talk on how to promote a good product without a marketing budget.Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/memory-about-student-career/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/memory-about-student-career/?lang=enStumbling back onto Douban and realizing the college-era sites are all abandoned: not missing school, but regretting a squandered youth.Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/so-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/so-2/?lang=enA short note to self: there are many ways to endure a lifetime, but no reason it must be endured.Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/831/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/831/?lang=enA post whose entire body reads: as the title says.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2015-01-20-p431/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2015-01-20-p431/?lang=enAfternoon tea arrives at the office, a crowd swarms in, and everyone grabs, dignity forgotten.Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/821/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/821/?lang=enGiving Jay Chou's new album a listen on the buzz of his wedding, and deciding to let his music live on in memory.Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/823/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/823/?lang=enThere is no such thing as crossing the year; heartless time rolls over us, no questions asked.Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/trigon-tr886/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/trigon-tr886/?lang=enA purchase story and unboxing of the TRIGON TR886, an entry-level carbon fiber road bike.Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/778/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/778/?lang=enDon't delude yourself that long-winded copy or onboarding can teach users a thing.Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/772/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/772/?lang=enThe closing couplet of Li Bai's poem "Setting Out Early from Baidi City".Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/748/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/748/?lang=enA line of self-reproach: timid at every turn, hesitant, living in regret and pure fantasy.Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/r-a-t-m/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/r-a-t-m/?lang=enAn unboxing of the Mad Catz R.A.T.M wireless gaming mouse, picked up on a Singles' Day deal.Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/task-bag-of-duba-gamebox/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/task-bag-of-duba-gamebox/?lang=enReflections on a protesting knee and a lackluster task bag launch: get the motive right, and hold the direction.Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/simple-is-hard/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/simple-is-hard/?lang=enThe best designs are usually the simplest, but the road to simple is endlessly complex.Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/reson/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/reson/?lang=enA bargain alone is not enough; users need a reason to buy with their head held high: Meitu versus Xiaomi.Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/things-about-50mm-lens/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/things-about-50mm-lens/?lang=enA rundown of the 50mm lenses I have used, from the Voigtlander Color-Ultron 50 1.8 to a string of Rollei HFT lenses.Sun, 26 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/favor-test/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/favor-test/?lang=enPicky about what you love: someone who truly loves tea will never drink just any tea.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/hard-big/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/hard-big/?lang=enA one-line lament: life's greatest contradiction is that the money can never quite fund the swagger.Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/never-ruin-myself/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/never-ruin-myself/?lang=enA one-line shout at myself: absolutely must not ruin myself.Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/move/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/move/?lang=enA one-line cheer to myself: push forward, push forward, push forward.Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/relationship-in-love/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/relationship-in-love/?lang=enNo one is perfect and love magnifies every flaw: love in earnest, and whatever the outcome, the process will be beautiful.Sun, 19 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/yesterday-you-said-tomorrow/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/yesterday-you-said-tomorrow/?lang=enA single line: yesterday you said tomorrow.Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/examine-3-a-day/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/examine-3-a-day/?lang=enA product manager's daily self-examination in three questions: why are users unhappy, would this change help, and how to make them happier still.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/so/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/so/?lang=enA short poem: the number nine bus platform, mild sunlight, and the seam the Creator left showing.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/685/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/685/?lang=enFor people who love grand, empty talk: do not ask what, ask how.Sun, 05 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/596/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/596/?lang=enBack home and comfortable: sleeping till noon, then reading in the sun on the balcony.Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-refuse-borrow-your-bike/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/how-to-refuse-borrow-your-bike/?lang=enThe next problem after learning to say no: how to refuse, starting with a request to borrow something.Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/gala-young-4-you/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/gala-young-4-you/?lang=enA repost of the lyrics to GALA's "Chasing Dreams with a Pure Heart".Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/fiona/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/fiona/?lang=enAll of Fiona's journal entries gathered in one place: fourteen posts from 2013 to 2018, each keeping its original title and date.Sat, 27 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/memory-of-renren/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/memory-of-renren/?lang=enRenren has become a burial ground for memories: the moment I open it, I feel like I'm still in college.Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/chocolate-from-beijing/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/chocolate-from-beijing/?lang=enAfter all this time, I finally made up my mind to eat one of the chocolates brought back from Beijing.Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/vegetate/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/vegetate/?lang=enA single word written down: vegetate, to grow, or to idle.Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/shit-2-step-ver/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/shit-2-step-ver/?lang=enA one-line rant at two-step verification, ready to ditch the cmcm mailbox for kingsoft.Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/reading-a-stupid-answer-in-zhihu/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/reading-a-stupid-answer-in-zhihu/?lang=enA thought after reading a Zhihu answer: knowing the difference between frugal and stingy matters.Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/craft/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/craft/?lang=enA placeholder post that never got written, leaving only the words "unity and standards, generality and recognition".Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/do-it-right-now/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/do-it-right-now/?lang=enExecution is a key ability for a product manager: a finished plan is still far from launch, and daily follow-through closes the gap.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/i-am-fucking-poor/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/i-am-fucking-poor/?lang=enHome by ten for once, and suddenly at a loss for what to do after the shower.Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/buy-smart-watch/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/buy-smart-watch/?lang=enPicking up a Galaxy Gear on a 398-yuan special: solid specs, plenty to tinker with, and a shelf spot a few days later.Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/oh-a-new-day/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/oh-a-new-day/?lang=enAnother new day at work: the sign-in backpack issue settled, a new smartwatch broken, and a reminder to think before speaking.Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/result/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/result/?lang=enA line from Uncle Wu worth keeping: anything you take on has to end with a result.Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/that-is-it/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/that-is-it/?lang=enA single photograph, posted without commentary: that is it.Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-a-a-a-a-lu/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-a-a-a-a-lu/?lang=enDiscovering the Alu sticker series and, with it, true love among stickers, picture attached.Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/life-taste/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/life-taste/?lang=enA life that insists on nothing but practicality has no flavor at all.Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/recumbent/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/recumbent/?lang=enA note to self: most of it is self-inflicted, but swallow the broken teeth with the blood and guard your words and temper.Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/eat-to-much/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/eat-to-much/?lang=enA one-line loop: eat too much, get stuffed, get sleepy, go idle, snack again.Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/it-is-sick/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/it-is-sick/?lang=enNever awake before eight thirty on weekdays, up at seven thirty sharp on weekends: it's a sickness.Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/first-ride/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/first-ride/?lang=enNotes from a first bike ride: a fall right at the start, trailing the group all the way, and lessons picked up along the road.Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/fucking-go-bath/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/fucking-go-bath/?lang=enA note to self against procrastination: get up, go shower.Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-poor/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-poor/?lang=enA reposted joke: someone with no sense of direction buys sugarcane and follows the trail of pulp back home.Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-08-18-p263/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-08-18-p263/?lang=enA one-line reminder to self: be an honest man.Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-phone-meeting/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/a-phone-meeting/?lang=enLessons from a conference call: leave enough time, book the room, don't rely on the code monkeys, and ask the boss to ride out when needed.Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/448/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/448/?lang=enA repost of an unattributed poem, "Take My Hand", with a few added lines about roadside yellow flowers.Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-feeling-of-happened-again/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-feeling-of-happened-again/?lang=enA morning musing on déjà vu, from a fleeting moment in the supermarket to "Dream of the Red Chamber" and another self in another world.Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/good-bad-pm/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/good-bad-pm/?lang=enA repost of Dai Yusen's "Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager", contrasting the two line by line.Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/427/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/427/?lang=enWe credit our own successes to ourselves and our failures to circumstance, then read others the other way around.Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/one-mouth/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/one-mouth/?lang=enOne month into Cheetah Mobile, from paper-only newbie to owning projects, and the biggest problem is still work without plans or goals.Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/375/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/375/?lang=enAnsel Adams on photography: what we bring to it is every book we have read, every film we have seen, every person we have loved.Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/397/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/397/?lang=enThe brain sits in a cinema called "now" watching a film called "the past": the richer the past, the longer the film runs.Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/now/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/now/?lang=enOn not letting the past keep you from enjoying now, like children who play till sundown and still don't want to go home.Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/276/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/276/?lang=enOne line: the key to a wonderful life is what you can get hooked on.Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/avoid-to-be-tag/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/avoid-to-be-tag/?lang=enOn trying my hardest to avoid every label, and wondering whether that is a good thing.Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/little-think-about-things/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/little-think-about-things/?lang=enA nine-character mantra to recite before buying anything: you like it, you need it, it suits you.Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-diffculty-of-communication/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/the-diffculty-of-communication/?lang=enA short lament that communicating with the boss, a senior colleague, and the UI designer all feels hard, and that EQ really matters.Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/202/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/202/?lang=enA gripe about people who are dull themselves, begrudge others their fun, and tend to hold important posts.Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/220/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/220/?lang=enA repost of a line attributed to Václav Havel on why we persist.Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/funny-is-power/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/funny-is-power/?lang=enA repost of Xiao Jingyan's short essay on taste in men, summed up as proportion and restraint.Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/138/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/138/?lang=enA one-line entry: look, a plane.Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20140723/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20140723/?lang=enDay ten at Kingsoft: GTD puts work on track, with data digging, a new server list page, and customer support duty.Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-something/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-something/?lang=enA quoted line from J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.Wed, 23 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20140722/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20140722/?lang=enTwo weeks into the job at Kingsoft: ten takeaways from a training by Bin, the company's best PM.Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/opps/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/opps/?lang=enThe Qiniu CDN cache broke the blog's ajax comments; a fix is on the way, not that anyone comments anyway.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/repair-visit/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/repair-visit/?lang=enA one-line cheer: the blog loads fast now.Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/impress-shuanglang/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/impress-shuanglang/?lang=enA one-line travel note: Shuanglang is a beautiful place.Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/koto-no-ha-no-niwa/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/koto-no-ha-no-niwa/?lang=enA single line for The Garden of Words: the rain has cleared, and the garden waits for Akizuki and Yukino to meet again.Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-of-common/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/road-of-common/?lang=enA quoted line from Pu Shu's song "The Ordinary Road".Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014041001-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014041001-2/?lang=enA repost on Wei Zhe's 3+1 questioning method: four questions that test whether a product need is real.Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/174/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/174/?lang=enTwo short lines about crowns and treasure, wings and heaven.Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/bernhard-schlink/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/bernhard-schlink/?lang=enA quoted passage from Bernhard Schlink on swinging between full confidence and none at all in youth.Sat, 05 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/nearly-dead-guide/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/nearly-dead-guide/?lang=enA weight-loss guide from 80kg down to 54kg: apple meals, slow five-kilometer runs, and Jung Da-yeon's aerobics, left unfinished halfway.Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-03-07-p776/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-03-07-p776/?lang=enA repost on what product managers should really focus on: strategy, requirements, and execution, not interaction and UI details.Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014030701-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014030701-2/?lang=enA repost introducing Douban's animated promo video, its interest-based marketing playbook, and its ads users actually like.Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014030702-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014030702-2/?lang=enA repost of a year-end summary on the product manager role: six core responsibilities and the qualities behind them.Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014021901-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014021901-2/?lang=enA repost of a short tale about a rich man who pays for jokes and a poor scholar whose punchline lands on dignity.Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-02-06-p781/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-02-06-p781/?lang=enA repost of AMC's official episode-by-episode song list for all five seasons of Breaking Bad.Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/note-of-wuxu/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/note-of-wuxu/?lang=enAn excerpt from Shi Tiesheng's "Notes on Principles", on mountains, waters, and the longing to love.Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/190/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/190/?lang=enA Zhihu Daily repost on the business logic of free services: who is the customer, and who is the product.Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-01-24-p785/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-01-24-p785/?lang=enA litany of resolutions: fine, I'll just be the dull one, the quiet one, the one who works without a word.Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/behind-prodigy/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/behind-prodigy/?lang=enA repost of Zhang Jiawei's essay: from Raphael's sketches to Bach and Hemingway, the diligent work behind every genius.Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/like-you-most/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/like-you-most/?lang=enA repost of the bear-in-spring dialogue from Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood.Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-01-07-p788/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2014-01-07-p788/?lang=enA short note that is just a single reposted image.Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/mistake-pointed-out/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/mistake-pointed-out/?lang=enA repost on love and greed: love is mutual dependence and care between people, and losing yourself in the material is greed, not maturity.Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/188/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/188/?lang=enA Zhihu Daily repost: from Nietzsche's "he who has a why to live" to lighting a child's love of life.Tue, 17 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/194/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/194/?lang=enA one-letter post: just "y".Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/human/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/human/?lang=enA note on maturity: separating yourself from others, keeping clear boundaries, and staying close to family without losing yourself.Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/152/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/152/?lang=enA short essay on evil: ignorance is evil, and the greatest evil often runs rampant in the name of kindness.Sat, 07 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/755-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/755-2/?lang=enLiking anything takes money: tea or photography, each costs a small fortune.Sat, 30 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/1414-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/1414-2/?lang=enTwo lines of verse: rain turns into walking light, and in dreams we are all executioners.Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/172/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/172/?lang=enA passage from Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged" about the two kinds of people who eat a bunch of grapes.Sun, 13 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/798-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/798-2/?lang=enIt's happening again, the adorable little details turning into flaws: a reminder not to fall back into the cycle.Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/159/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/159/?lang=enOne line: never falling short in the big things is fine, but life is made up of the small ones.Sun, 29 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/does-yidilian-love/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/does-yidilian-love/?lang=enA repost from Zhihu Daily: a long-distance partner on why distance is no measure of a relationship.Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/work-and-life/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/work-and-life/?lang=enA repost from Zhihu Daily on the "work face" and whether to keep your true self at work and in life.Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/165/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/165/?lang=enA short essay on honesty: accepting your true self, and because of that, not being harsh with others.Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/803-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/803-2/?lang=enIf fear of losing face keeps you from doing the things you love, your life is basically beyond hope already.Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/about-love/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/about-love/?lang=enA small thought: express love whenever you can, and life becomes ordinary yet unforgettable.Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/gangnam/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/gangnam/?lang=enOne outing with the master and a single shot fit to look at: large format really is beautiful.Sat, 24 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/196/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/196/?lang=enOne line: speaking your mind is not always courage; sometimes it is just not being able to read the room.Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/198/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/198/?lang=enA repost of excerpts from Michael Jackson's "Earth Song", in Chinese translation.Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/807-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/807-2/?lang=enA reposted aphorism on how the weak speak of fate and the strong speak of luck.Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-07-31-p808/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-07-31-p808/?lang=enAn on-and-off log of running mileage, kept from July 2013 to May 2014.Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/runtu/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/runtu/?lang=enA one-liner: Runtu is forever the Runtu in sunglasses, spearing the zha in the melon field.Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-07-20-p811/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-07-20-p811/?lang=enThe daily diet diary ends here, 120 days in all.Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/weight-control-aside-2013/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/weight-control-aside-2013/?lang=enA weight loss diary from 2013, logging day by day what I ate, whether I exercised, and how my weight moved.Sat, 20 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/one-lonely-man/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/one-lonely-man/?lang=enA repost urging you never to stay alone for long: keep even a dog, and never live only for yourself.Sat, 13 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/210/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/210/?lang=enAn observation: people who love through flood and fire usually just have too much time on their hands.Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/212/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/212/?lang=enThree notes to self: keep your word, look studious, and no more cold drinks.Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/215-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/215-2/?lang=enA repost of a short passage looking back on faded days, and on radiant times that come once in a life.Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/816-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/816-2/?lang=enThe cheapest things in this world: melodrama, and adjectives.Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/216/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/216/?lang=enA repost of a dialogue in which a mother, nearly eighty, explains why she curses people all day.Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/218/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/218/?lang=enA jab at self-made misfortune: strewing the floor with banana peels, then blaming life for being bumpy.Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/six4flower/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/six4flower/?lang=enOut with a borrowed film camera on a sensitive date: one little flower, unbowed before power.Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-05-25-p180/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-05-25-p180/?lang=enA weight-loss brag on Renren draws a chorus of dieting resolutions: then put down the chips and go run!Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/821-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/821-2/?lang=enA repost on the people who crouch in the dark throwing stones at your life, and why ignoring them is the ultimate injury.Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-something-end/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-something-end/?lang=enA saved line: people simply cannot accept that something so beautiful in their hearts could be quantified and expressed.Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/wouldyoudipyour/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/wouldyoudipyour/?lang=enA repost of a short exchange: "Would you dip your finger in my coffee?" and the prettiest answer I have heard so far.Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/826-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/826-2/?lang=enA reposted passage on friendship: unable to reach life's final stop together, but keeping you company for one more stretch of the road.Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/238/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/238/?lang=enThe road ahead is full of hardship, I don't want you covered in mud, so no matter what, I won't pull you along.Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/240/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/240/?lang=enA one-line self-roast: hypocrite that I am, how do I even mock myself?Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/been-cought/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/been-cought/?lang=enA self-mocking note on getting thrown out of an exam hall for the first time.Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-05-11/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-05-11/?lang=enA little note with no words, just a single photo.Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/255-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/255-2/?lang=enA single line from Mencius stands as the whole entry for the day.Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/amazon-japan-shopping/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/amazon-japan-shopping/?lang=enPicking out a watch on Amazon Japan: under 30,000 yen for something that costs over 3,000 RMB at home.Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/244/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/244/?lang=enEveryone has grown up and I have not: a sigh at being left behind again.Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/839-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/839-2/?lang=enFed up with Diandian and moving the blog to Lofter.Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-in-baoji/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-in-baoji/?lang=enA running log of a trip to Baoji with friends to visit Ye Ge, including a stop at the bronze ware museum.Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/840-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/840-2/?lang=enWhat we call EQ shows a person's curiosity and awe toward the human heart.Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/841-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/841-2/?lang=enA reposted quip about a prime minister stuck carrying the baggage of a predecessor who was a real piece of work.Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-18-p845/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-18-p845/?lang=enA one-line thought on photography: every click of the shutter is its own work, and the river has already moved on.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-18-p846/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-18-p846/?lang=enA one-liner: other people do not live better than you, they just have better cameras.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/262/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/262/?lang=enOne line: if love comes to nothing, let no grudge come of it.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/270/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/270/?lang=enJi Xianlin's maxim on never speaking falsely and never telling the whole truth.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/274/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/274/?lang=enA single line: your shy face, like ten thousand cherry blossoms.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/280/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/280/?lang=enYou will not use trigonometry to buy groceries, but it will decide whether you end up buying them.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/847-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/847-2/?lang=enA lyric-like line about a pair who never once quarreled or shed a tear, whatever age they were that year.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/849-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/849-2/?lang=enIf this life came down to just two things: saving up to travel, and being on the road.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/851-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/851-2/?lang=enOn the misleading childhood stories of hardworking poor kids: poverty shackles people to the grind, and the people who changed history mostly came from wealth.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/888-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/888-2/?lang=enOne line: the key to a wonderful life is what you get hooked on.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/not-able-to-remember/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/not-able-to-remember/?lang=enSo many memories with other people I never wanted to lose, and now they are harder and harder to keep.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/855-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/855-2/?lang=enA reposted joke in which Obama, meeting China's leaders and copying their title-and-name introductions, ends up as President Tongbama.Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-11/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-04-11/?lang=enA wordless note: a photo of roadside greenery glowing in the sun.Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/andifonlyonethin/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/andifonlyonethin/?lang=enA repost of the chain-of-events monologue about Daisy's accident from the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-30-p212/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-30-p212/?lang=enA fragment: the people he loved line up at his deathbed, until he remembers they are all older than him.Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/337/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/337/?lang=enShikamaru's speech from Naruto about an ordinary, quiet life, copied here as a wish of my own.Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-and-life/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/time-and-life/?lang=enOne line: the contradiction between time and life, a desolate state unaware of itself.Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/254/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/254/?lang=enThe closing passage of Romain Rolland's "Jean-Christophe": Saint Christopher crossing the river with the days to come on his shoulder.Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-to-myself/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/say-to-myself/?lang=enFour small promises to myself: sleep early, eat a proper breakfast, hold back at the table, keep running.Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/meaning/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/meaning/?lang=enA reposted monologue in the voice of an immortal being, for whom eternal existence brings only endless emptiness.Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-heart-hurt/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/my-heart-hurt/?lang=enA repost of Kahlil Gibran's poem "Seven Times My Heart Has Grieved", followed by a long poem imagining the happy life.Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/868-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/868-2/?lang=enTwo short lines on the silence that comes after the blaze.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/872-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/872-2/?lang=enMarch 22, 2013: after 577 consecutive days logged in, deactivated.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/alter-60d/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/alter-60d/?lang=enA postscript to the 60D deal: a price chop right at the handover, and a careful once-over still to come.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/buy-a-harddrive-2013/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/buy-a-harddrive-2013/?lang=enA hard drive shopping saga: a scratched LaCie, a hot and rattling Seagate 4TB, and finally a bare 3TB drive in a dock.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/bye-60d/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/bye-60d/?lang=enSaying sayonara to the Canon 60D after eight months: a first prime lens, photos taken for classmates, and selling it off piece by piece.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-14/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-14/?lang=enA wordless note: a close-up photo of pink spring blossoms.Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/359/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/359/?lang=enThe idea that an apology is all it takes to be forgiven sounds like a fairy tale.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/null/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/null/?lang=enA saved line: what you take for candor may just be loneliness.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-10-p216/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-10-p216/?lang=enOne line: switched into on-call mode, but you are not around.Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20130309-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20130309-2/?lang=enThe saddest thing on a weight-loss journey: a scale that lies.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/walk-and-bye/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/walk-and-bye/?lang=enOne line: walking on and on in the wind, because stopping means farewell.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-01-p889/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-01-p889/?lang=enA wordless note: a wolf-shaped kiddie ride outside a shop, a pink rag draped over its head.Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-01-p892/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-03-01-p892/?lang=enBuying a bathroom scale: the budget drops from fifty yuan to forty, the prettiest one wins, then the wait for delivery.Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/harddisk-buy-20130301/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/harddisk-buy-20130301/?lang=enShopping for a 3TB storage plan, weighing bare drives and enclosures, then falling at first sight for a LaCie Minimus on Taobao.Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-26-p894/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-26-p894/?lang=enA one-line diary entry that just repeats the title's self-scolding.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/378/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/378/?lang=enA grumble about a relationship past mending: spilled water, and how exhausting being a person is.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/896-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/896-2/?lang=enSelling a hard drive and a bicycle at a loss, and deciding not to prize this thing called money too much.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/buffalowzr-hp-g300nh2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/buffalowzr-hp-g300nh2/?lang=enA quick review of the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 router: good looks, a maddening setup UI, and middling signal.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/router-select-2013/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/router-select-2013/?lang=enA winding router hunt from ASUS to Netgear that ends with a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH2 and a few shopping lessons.Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/384/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/384/?lang=enComing to the blog every day expecting a comment: daydreaming in broad daylight.Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-15-p904/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-15-p904/?lang=enA repost of a passage from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road": Dean bearing down across the continent like a god of wrath.Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-15111954/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2013-02-15111954/?lang=enA note on one song: "If You'd Let Me Go On" from Miriam Yeung's album Simply Me, with the album cover.Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2012-10-26-p233/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2012-10-26-p233/?lang=enA goodbye: watching the films you mentioned, keeping every note you wrote, and letting the loveliest past stay past.Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2012-10-25-p905/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2012-10-25-p905/?lang=enA wordless note: a single photo of a woman in a white dress.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/man-been-destoryed/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/man-been-destoryed/?lang=enA passage from the opening of Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man, on coincidences replayed again and again across the universe.Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/daisy/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/daisy/?lang=enA repost of the French poet Alfred de Musset's poem "Daisy".Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2011-08-23-p238/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2011-08-23-p238/?lang=enA single line about a road that leads from the world of people into solitude.Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/404/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/404/?lang=enYou willing and I willing, you coming and I going: how lucky to be matched as a pair.Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/once/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/once/?lang=enA widely shared passage: at least once in a lifetime, forgetting yourself for someone.Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/408/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/408/?lang=enSome things left unsaid are a knot; once said, a scar.Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/410/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/410/?lang=enA single thank-you for trying it out, likely a test post.Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/412/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/412/?lang=enOne line: memory is like a brawl.Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lonely/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lonely/?lang=enIn solitude you can be entirely yourself: solitude is a rare ability, and enviable are those with the inner resources to enjoy it.Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2011-08-07-p245/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2011-08-07-p245/?lang=enTwo lines on being alone: tearing up alone, laughing alone at the computer, walking alone to the convenience store and back.Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20110216-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20110216-2/?lang=enA repost of the Bible verse 1 John 3:18.Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/351/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/351/?lang=enA repost of a short poem about youth, author unknown.Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lulus-homework/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lulus-homework/?lang=enA repost of Jimmy Liao's Lulu and her duck: neither can swim nor fly, and the days are every bit as happy.Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/goodstudy/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/goodstudy/?lang=enA repost of a widely circulated set of bilingual Chinese and English sayings about love.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/because-of-you/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/because-of-you/?lang=enA repost of lyrics from Kelly Clarkson's song "Because of You".Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/coz-love/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/coz-love/?lang=enA repost of the lyrics to the song "Because of Love".Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080718-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080718-2/?lang=enA few lines blaming exam-driven schooling for a youth never lived, and a vow to keep a young heart.Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080501-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080501-2/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of Charlotte Burton's "Plan Your Life Effectively", on making life plans flexible enough to survive change.Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-2/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of "8 Ways to Say No", eight ways to turn requests down and guard your time.Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-3/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-3/?lang=enA reposted essay on building willpower through three steady practices: distance running, cold showers, and push-ups.Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-4/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080419-4/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of "Top 10 Outdoor Survival Tools", a countdown of ten wilderness essentials ending at the knife.Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080412-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080412-2/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of "Five Myths About Drinking Water", questioning eight glasses a day and other hydration lore.Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/winter-tree/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/winter-tree/?lang=enA repost of Dimchevski's tangerine photo series "Winter, Tree", with a short musing on winter as a symbol.Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-10/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-10/?lang=enYouth under Guo Jingming's borrowed title: sunlight on a campus path, bright sorrow, and a boy's white shirt, bicycle, and Lily Chou-Chou.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-11/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-11/?lang=enA reposted poem about loneliness and love: a park, the rain, and laughter that breaks through the solitude.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-12/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-12/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of "How to Learn More and Study Less", on holistic learning in place of rote memorization.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-13/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-13/?lang=enA reposted Chinese translation of "10 Tips for a Killer Presentation", ten pointers for giving a livelier talk.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-2/?lang=enA reposted primer on speed reading: take in more words per glance, linger less, and stop re-reading.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-3/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-3/?lang=enA reposted essay that moves from a child's ice-cream smile to the upturned mask adults learn to wear.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-6/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-6/?lang=enA few stray lines leaning on Gu Cheng's poem "Far and Near", ending with an I-miss-you said to the sky.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-8/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-8/?lang=enThe lyrics of Wang Leehom's "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots", followed by a farewell letter to dear companions.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-9/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/20080404-9/?lang=enA one-line post: an old Chinese saying about a devoted heart given in vain.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p960/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p960/?lang=enA reposted essay by an eighteen-year-old fresh out of school, cheering for the future through hard first jobs.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p962/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p962/?lang=enA repost built around Haizi's poem "Facing the Sea, with Spring Flowers Blooming", with a wistful afterword.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p963/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008-04-03-p963/?lang=enA repost of an essay by Amy Cheung on why what you cannot have, and what you gave up, always seems best.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040301-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040301-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of the English article "7 Behaviors That Mess Up Communication".Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040302-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040302-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of the English article "5 Steps to Overcome Fear of Failure".Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040303-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040303-2/?lang=enA repost of Cantonese lyrics about spending the holidays without a lover, and still claiming a share of the romance.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040305-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040305-2/?lang=enA repost of Cantonese lyrics about a lifelong companion who walks through everything with you.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040306-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040306-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of Steve Olson's "10 Things I Wish I Had Never Believed".Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040307-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040307-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of Penelope Trunk's article on what matters most to do in college today.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040308-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040308-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of an English article on ten steps to start a new habit or break a bad one.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040309-2/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/2008040309-2/?lang=enA Chinese translation of an English article with tips for falling asleep faster and sleeping better.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/ilovedyouonce/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/ilovedyouonce/?lang=enA repost of Pushkin's poem "I Loved You Once", with English and Chinese lines interleaved.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/toietmoi/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/toietmoi/?lang=enA repost of the French love poem "Toi et Moi".Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/waiting/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/waiting/?lang=enThoughts after watching the scholar Jao Tsung-i on the program "Masters": patience, single-mindedness, and the calm life I keep longing for.Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/yr3/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/yr3/?lang=enA repost of the lyrics to the song "Yr 3".Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/sketch/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/sketch/?lang=enA reposted poem titled "Sketch", a quiet study of rain and memory.Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/be-water/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/be-water/?lang=enStarting from Du Mu's Red Cliff poem: water that keeps history and washes regret away.Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/challengers-fear-nothing/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/challengers-fear-nothing/?lang=enA school-days essay on why challengers fear nothing, from Franklin's kite to Magellan's voyage.Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://theneverless.com/posts/lonely-sunflower/?lang=enhttps://theneverless.com/posts/lonely-sunflower/?lang=enA sunflower drooping in the alley after sundown, and the unseen loneliness of a flower fated to live by the sun.Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT