ArtHiPeSA

Flex & RIA Applications

2009-03-20T03:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, 19 March 2009, I'm officially signed up a contract as vendor for two months, the requirement was to create an internal website application using Flex, there was reason behind it, first because the last vendor was using that since it's his/her development tools, while I'm just a php scripter, java programmer.

Word is the flex is easy to understand, because of it's adopting an OO methods, well let's see about that, let alone my unmanaged website, thus I'm still selling web hosting, weird eh?not really, it's not all the strange but hey, this post supposed to tell 'bout updates of my technology updates :D

so, I'm into RIA application now, I hope everything's goes as planned since the project manager's so cute :p I can't decide wheather to accomplish this to impress everyone or ... hahah, just kidding!

This process to understanding RIA development makes me not sleep tonight as I'm posting this writing, hmm! ~'~ I try to post my own projects to github.com as I like the repository features.

Still I'm searching for Java Application too, somewhat I'm obsessed with Java :p

Chinta Louwra

2008-04-17T00:20:00.000-07:00

Petikan wawancara dg Chinta Louwra Wartawan: "Terus Cinta ada rencana nyanyi gak?" CL: "Akyu penghen jadi penyanyih seperci Mulan. Cinta kemaryin syudah nyanyi di dephan Ahmad Dhani, he had listen my voice. Katanya Ahmad Dhani, Cinta tinggal naik panggung aja." Wartawan:"Boleh dong penonton liat Cinta nyanyi... Siap kan ?" CL: "Boleh... Dengerin ya..." *tarik nafas* " So why or a jump you... Jump you go down tell a.... So why or a cat em you... Cat em you peace and ga why gell a..." Wartawan: *bingung* "Lagu apa itu Cinta?!" CL: "Suwe ora jamu... Bagus kan ?" *tersenyum

Busy schedule or not, I must make time to deal with some new beginnings, today.

2008-04-11T12:57:00.000-07:00

hello night, good bye day
hello death, good bye life

it's been nice to know you,
but i cannot be alive when i'm not wake up,
that moment we called death,

so, so long..

curiousity could kill, just like video kill the radio stars.
i learned something,
something you never ever wanted to know,
that's why i'm fading away,
there won't be a moon without stars,
no earth no life,
i'm longing to the death,
where everything has been measured by HIM almighty,

been nice,
shaking ergonomics world arround,

up-side-down,
nothing would compare with your power,
relizing it,
i wouldn't dare to fight,
the combat i knew,
isn't combat i fought,
what you wanted,
isn't what i have,
violla!
i'm becoming someone else..
"changing" is the only thing in the world that is constants, einstein ever said, if i wasn't mistaken.
what if, one never change or, gave up on it?
i guess, it deserve nothing but die, assure me, but it was like that, no change, no life, then die.
what if you feel die, but you don't? then you're a zombie, isn't?
well, a zombie could never life in bright, it lives in dark,
here goes a new page of a mirracllelous zombie, when it's born to death, and it's death is to born again, how confusing but it's been written and done, and so be it,

hello again! i presents you...
the knighty night zombie, whom it's existence is unpredicted and unwanted in this earth.
(that's why we always saw movie about it being killed!)

taraaa.... ^^!

Opportunity Cost: the Freelancer’s Aid for Better Decision Making

2008-04-11T12:05:00.000-07:00

Most freelancers are working on a variety of different projects at any given time and are constantly facing a decision between different options, and choosing which projects to take and which ones to pass up can be a daunting challenge.

Most of us typically make these decisions based on factors like the amount of money that can be made, the time the job will require, and our current availability. Obviously, these decisions aren’t always easy.

While the factors of money, time and availability will be major influences on any decision that you make, they don’t always tell the whole story. If you were to pass on a particular job, what would you be able to do with your time, and how would it affect your overall situation? Opportunity cost allows us to see the complete picture.

Wikipedia defines it in this way (emphasis added):

Opportunity cost is the cost incurred (sacrifice) by choosing one option over the next best alternative. Thus, opportunity cost is the cost of pursuing one choice instead of another. Every action has an opportunity cost. For example, someone who invests $10,000 in a stock denies oneself the interest that one can easily earn by leaving the $10,000 dollars in a bank account instead. Opportunity cost is not restricted to monetary or financial costs: lost time, pleasure or any other benefit that provides utility should also be considered. Opportunity cost is a key concept in economics because it implies the choice between desirable, yet mutually-exclusive results.

I remember having opportunity cost explained to me like this: An 18 year old graduating high school can attend a university for a cost of $25,000 per year. However, if he chooses not to continue his education, he can take a full-time job and make $35,000 during that same year. While he is only paying $25,000 to go to school, his opportunity cost would actually be $60,000, because in addition to what he is paying he is also passing up the opportunity to earn $35,000.

Of course, this example doesn’t directly apply to freelancers, and it also doesn’t address the non-financial factors in the decision, but it still should give an idea of the concept.

As a freelancer, you will be constantly passing up on something in order to take a specific job, whether you realize it or not. If you were to turn down the job, what else could you be doing with your time? Pursuing higher-paying jobs? Taking a job that would give you some great experience and new skills? Different types of work that you enjoy more? Continuing education that will improve your abilities? Spending time with family? Actually getting a full night of sleep?

Because opportunity cost involves much more than just financial numbers it is clearly not a black and white exercise. You’ll have to make some educated guesses and it will force you to explore things that you might not otherwise consider. The goal of determining the opportunity cost of taking a particular job is simply to help you to better understand the broad scope of your career and your life, and to make decisions that will put you in the best possible position.

The next time you’re faced with the decision of whether to accept or decline work, take a few moments to think about the opportunity cost that is involved. It can be a very helpful habit to develop for evaluating the costs and benefits of your options. You’ll see that your work becomes more profitable and productive and your life will be more enjoyable if you base your decisions on the big picture.

-arthipesa, taken from freelanceswitch website.

Life at stake?No, it just another job!

2008-04-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

To have such profesion is undeniably very hard to do, when you...say, at my position now. Well, at this minute I posted this blog, it's about 9 hours left until 11am of Saturday, 12 April 2008, which happen to be my deadline, literally dead ( i think?). Well, I just wanted to say, feels a bit glad, perhaps in weird way, being warned of loosing job is scary for some other person, but at that moment I receive that memo, it's kind a relief - hahaha.

Then I realize I had browse to freelanceswitch.com, ( felt odd, actually ) but that kind of thing is always happen. I browse again to that site, reading some more about it...more and more, and before these pressure come, I have to tell you that, my success friend of mine (which forgetting me for quite long time, it's been 4 years I suppose) is get back to Indonesia, became an agent of Prudential ltd. Not really surprising if you know him. His mother is very success too, hard-worker, just like himself. I found almost no flaws to this kid. I always envy of him, but I know it's not necessary. He offer me to be his successor as an agent, with golden word of him "..and you can do it too...". Yesterday, I was supposed to give him my photograph but I can't have it by yesterday since it's awfully raining and I didn't get it printed yet. I told him brief of my tense in my current job, he's not a quite good listener, yet he's good at convincing, which I have to learn about that from him. So, say that next 8.40 hours later I get the worse impact of being fired, I do gonna missed my friends, all stupidities they've been doing there..this and that. I was glad I'm there, so I can fulfill my dad wishes to his successors.

I wanted you became the light among darkness, even it's just as a candle instead of supernova. I'll be proud.

Welcome!

2007-04-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

Inspired by http://oneshare.blogspot.com, cuteness of her picture ( I'm not sure that it's a "she" but still, the profile shown as it is. So, here I'm signing up, writing this for the first time, So...
"Hi, World!" <-- all programmer did this at first time they do program something, a freedom to speech is here, so they called a "blog" because we are a "blogger". So, "Hi, Blogger!"