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[双语毕业生系列报道] 电脑奇才 Dickson Wong

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% U2 w& P! V6 `+ y大学还没毕业,他已经是一家软件公司的合伙人了。这个电脑狂人才艺不凡,小提琴钢琴都很精通,还同时参加了三个合唱团。让人稍感意外的是三个都是Chinese合唱团。会说国语的他强调他很自豪自己的heritage。虽然他生于加拿大,算是一个fully Canadian。6 s7 N  y7 P* r2 f
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值得一提的是Dickson和哥哥从幼儿园开始,十二年从没离开过爱城中英双语学制。刚上大一时就因为研究成果被邀请参加在西班牙举行的高级国际电脑会议,是与会发言年纪最小的代表。据说他的钢琴小提琴都已达演奏级专业水平,所以才能身兼三个华人合唱团的小钢琴老师。& x8 c9 W& ?/ {  G% b
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老师眼中的他正直,礼貌,自信,敢闯,幽默,谦虚。最重要的是,他身上结合了东西方文化最最闪光的东西,跨文化意识很强,因此UofA才会不只一次详细报道他,也之所以他会受到洋人媒体的多次采访。7 z4 a6 e2 n* F7 d, v+ m/ d
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UofA的报道: http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=5500
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3 B% ?) @" e- F7 EEdmonton Journal 的报道: http://shopping.edmontonjournal. ... 92&artid=271713
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' _5 X0 Y; q; ?$ V# hPodcast pioneersFledgling company making it easy to use the technology
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2 v9 z7 i" W) _8 SBy PATRYCJA CHALUPCZYNSKA, SPECIAL TO THE EDMONTON SUN
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A couple of 22-year-old university students have figured out how to make podcasting almost as easy as turning on the computer.
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, s, ]. l8 B/ M' A( M- gAnd they plan to cash in on their invention - which they say is unique in the computer world. 6 r4 @* q# D4 K* |% y) i$ |
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Mack Male and Dickson Wong, who are completing their bachelor degrees at the University of Alberta, predict their business, Paramagnus Developments Inc., will bring in $55 million in gross profits by 2010.
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7 n9 S1 T8 o! j" R5 {"We want to make it easy. You'll open up the program, click record, and then click publish. If we can make it easy enough for people to do, just like blogging, we think it's going to be really successful," said Male, president and CEO of the company.
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- {* O9 w" ^3 |  i"You can think of podcasting as the audiovisual form of blogging." 9 T, ^1 w; s# K6 F6 w2 z

  }' B% z# ?' d8 V& FCurrently, there are more than 60 million bloggers worldwide, says Male, who hopes the same volume of users will gravitate towards Paramagnus Podcasting.
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6 M' I* o  {3 [( R& C* u& ?) dThe duo, who have been self-described computer geeks since Grade 6, created a suite of applications that allows users to create, organize, find and subscribe to podcasts through their website.
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A podcast is a communication tool that uses a combination of time-shifted audio and video. # ^- u/ K  h# y* T5 h
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Podcasts can be created, posted to directories and downloaded to your computer or portable device like an IPod.
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The only problem is, it's time consuming and tedious to create them. % a, d* d9 o' @  m; O* f

6 ]2 K! |; D1 H"I started my own podcast and it was hard, and I wanted to make some software to make it easier. It took a lot of time (to create a podcast), it took a lot of effort. For what I wanted to get out of it, I had to put in way too much (time)," said Male.
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The average podcast is 25 minutes in length but takes three to 4.5 hours to make.
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8 Q, [) y9 o+ r# E' W9 k( RParamagnus has figured out how to decrease that creation time down to about the same length of time as the podcast itself.
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- q/ ]7 _  I2 f) i: D+ T6 o"We're the first company that offers tools for every part, from the creator to the listener," said Male. 6 L8 f% G0 I9 R6 f$ g

0 l$ ~( t6 w9 @2 L; oGrandparents can send their family a podcast Christmas card, musicians can get their music out and possibly be discovered, and anyone can create their own amateur radio show. + B* }, }% W# ^  ~2 J; H

6 o4 n  b3 e" P; e% e; A2 A) m6 FThe two friends who met in high school, and who made it to the final three in this year's VenturePrize competition, are so confident in their creation that their business plan convinced a bank to lend them money.
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"They really liked our business plan," said Wong, adding the rest of the initial investment came from family and friends. : C9 |: w" r: e& C2 K

/ W! U+ }* o! o) z/ K& pIt took $100,000 to get started, and they predict they'll have to spend another $400,000 to iron out kinks and to be able to support users. ; }7 @2 C+ L: w# N% q! x
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They plan to launch their suite of applications and website on May 15 at the Mesh Conference in Toronto. ! Z: ~8 x  j, N- @# W
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And since they expect their service to become popular fairly quickly, they're already planning to expand. 9 _! N# ^5 ^7 a2 N7 n% W3 A( I
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"We're looking for investment. We want more developers so we can finish this faster, and add more features," said Male, adding they hope to add streaming to their suite so users can preview podcasts before downloading. 3 g" v: F4 ~4 `1 |& u# L3 Y1 i

( }' C0 V, m4 X3 f4 ~Paramagnus will be charging a one-time podcast creation fee of $35 US, and a monthly fee for the hosting service - which can range from free to $50 per month - depending on file size and how often a user uploads. " I( S" W0 s# |& _

9 w) D# B8 l- S+ O) ]: I$ ?The applications will only be compatible with Windows operating systems, but Paramagnus plans to import it to other systems in the near future.
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# V, y3 N7 c* ~/ K3 \2 s& @The company is currently targeting individual podcast users, but would like to tailor their applications for businesses as well.
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"We think podcasting will be a useful tool for businesses. They can maintain an ongoing relationship with people listening. Instead of just sending out one e-mail and then forgetting about it, every time they put something up it's downloaded automatically," said Male. % @% R5 S- o" A6 v8 Y  x8 k7 T
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Public relations tools like press releases could also benefit from podcasting technology.
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So what does the pair plan to do once they make their cool millions? % ~, B6 I) i# Z4 M2 H

7 s0 o- _/ W0 i3 F# }" j"It's likely someone will buy us out," said Male.   o3 E- q" ^( Y4 N
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Paramagnus got its humble beginnings in 1999, when Male and two other friends developed Speednet, an application that speeds downloads by up to 600%. . f% l# g% z# O0 i
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When Male's friends graduated and "got real jobs" in 2004, the company went on hiatus. Male decided to redirect its focus, and keep it going with new partner Wong.
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For more on Paramagnus and its podcasting applications, visit www.paramagnus.com/podcasting.
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