https://finikz.cn/en/articles/ Notes on culture, technology, language, and the work in between. en Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT https://finikz.cn/en/articles/36865ed81c6b/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/36865ed81c6b/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Not long ago, I helped a client set up an automated publishing system for a WeChat Official Account. It wrote articles, designed covers, added illustrations and handled the layout. From understanding the requirements and deploying the system to making revisions and getting it run https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c05f4c56beaa/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c05f4c56beaa/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Picking up where I left off. The boss goes off to learn AI, but cannot make it work back at the office because he has no real use case. He has been away from the front line too long to say what he needs. The boss says, “So it’s my fault?” What about someone else? If the employee https://finikz.cn/en/articles/93a5a90409e6/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/93a5a90409e6/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Since AI took off, more and more courses like this have appeared: a few thousand yuan for two days, teaching bosses or CEOs how to use AI, build agents and bring their companies up to speed. I do not think these courses are scams. The instructors mostly know their subject, and th https://finikz.cn/en/articles/bbe907c0110f/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/bbe907c0110f/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas I studied French at university. I started out translating film subtitles for pirated DVD sellers back in the days of the old fansub groups. I have worked in Chinese, English and French translation for more than twenty years and have published over a dozen books as a translator. A https://finikz.cn/en/articles/fd6865c8d80f/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/fd6865c8d80f/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas After my previous article, I Didn’t Expect My Own Note Library to Teach Me a Lesson, quite a few friends sent me private messages to ask about it. So in this piece I will explain what this “knowledge base that talks back” is and how to build one. First, what is it? On April 2, 20 https://finikz.cn/en/articles/8cd1d86a87d8/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/8cd1d86a87d8/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A few nights ago, I only meant to do one small thing: sort through half a year’s worth of notes and saved material. There was a lot. Ideas for articles, things I had read, thoughts from conversations that had never reached a conclusion, sparks I had jotted down on the fly—all sca https://finikz.cn/en/articles/091ae5f01ab1/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/091ae5f01ab1/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas You have probably seen this kind of person. Maybe you are one. I used to be one, anyway: Their phone has a dozen AI apps. Their browser bookmarks hold links to more than three hundred tools. They have shared “100 AI tools everyone should know” on Moments. There is even a folder o https://finikz.cn/en/articles/561ab84f9dbc/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/561ab84f9dbc/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Over the weekend, Spider Man: Brand New Day opened with about $927 million at the global box office. The United States and Canada contributed $355 million, and mainland China $121 million. In nominal box office terms, without adjusting for inflation, it was the second biggest glo https://finikz.cn/en/articles/1f6948407a46/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/1f6948407a46/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Back in 2008, Beto, another junior from our department and I shared a flat. There was a projector in the living room. We drew the curtains, switched off the lights, and the white wall became a screen. That is how we watched Once —on a pirated DVD bought from a street vendor. That https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a6d558b95458/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a6d558b95458/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Christopher Nolan has recently been giving interviews about his new film, The Odyssey . The movie has not opened yet, but the debate around it has already made the rounds. People on social media have held a trial on whether the casting is right, how the story should be filmed and https://finikz.cn/en/articles/042f3ec80b38/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/042f3ec80b38/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas In June 2026, during the World Cup group stage in Seattle, the United States won its match. The final whistle blew, and an old song came over the stadium speakers. Sixty seven thousand people started singing along. The players stopped on the grass and joined in too. After that, t https://finikz.cn/en/articles/4cacb0cbd471/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/4cacb0cbd471/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Original source: Global Beatles Day: Celebrate 25th June How Global Beatles Day began June 25 now has a louder name: Global Beatles Day . The name is a little naive, and a little sweet. It sounds like fans giving themselves an excuse: today, you have to play the Beatles. The idea https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c4d002b4f31c/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c4d002b4f31c/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas On June 10, the film Dreams of Violets premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is AI generated, 75 minutes long and cost $2,000 . The predictable headline would be: “A film made for $2,000—AI is coming for Hollywood’s jobs.” Fair enough. But the part that really makes yo https://finikz.cn/en/articles/b04991b1d0ca/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/b04991b1d0ca/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has not officially opened yet, but the advertising industry has already tossed itself into an AI blender. In the past, when people said Cannes Lions, it was easy to picture a polished scene: sunshine, beaches, parties, trophie https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e227821c7a6a/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e227821c7a6a/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A 20 year old filmmaker has kicked down Hollywood’s old gates with a horror movie that grew out of a YouTube series. Directed by Kane Parsons, Backrooms cost about $10 million and took in $118 million worldwide in its first three days—more than 800 million yuan. The number is alr https://finikz.cn/en/articles/055b512d4736/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/055b512d4736/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The stronger AI gets, the busier we become. In the AI era, people have to learn how to work all over again. Dan Shipper recently joined Lenny’s podcast to talk about what work might look like in the age of AI. This was not the kind of AI forecast delivered by someone standing saf https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0810c1331e2d/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0810c1331e2d/ Thu, 28 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas At 83, Paul McCartney has released a new album called The Boys of Dungeon Lane . Dungeon Lane is not some made up rock and roll place name. It is in Liverpool, near the Mersey and close to Paul’s memories of being young. When an 83 year old turns a road from his childhood into an https://finikz.cn/en/articles/acd56934b91b/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/acd56934b91b/ Wed, 27 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The cruellest divide in tomorrow’s workplace: people who direct agents and people replaced by them I came across the news that ClickUp had laid people off the other day. At first, I did not think much of it. We have become a little numb to layoffs at tech companies. Today one com https://finikz.cn/en/articles/27f0c8c6dae1/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/27f0c8c6dae1/ Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The White House has been arguing lately. The trigger was a proposal that has not yet gone anywhere: a senior official suggested that AI companies should need government approval before releasing a new model. A director of the National Economic Council compared the idea on the spo https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e4de36488e6f/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e4de36488e6f/ Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The other day, WeChat caused quite a stir. It started when someone noticed that WeChat Status had quietly begun showing view counts. The internet immediately started guessing: could you see who visited your profile now? Zhang Jun, Tencent’s director of public relations, responded https://finikz.cn/en/articles/978cdf3b6532/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/978cdf3b6532/ Mon, 11 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Where did the liberated brain go? Last week, a friend said something over dinner that sounded obvious, but I kept thinking about it for days. “Have you noticed that when we run into a problem now, our first thought is no longer ‘Let me think about it,’ but ‘Let me ask’?” I said y https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0e74bb0c1fdd/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0e74bb0c1fdd/ Wed, 06 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Your attention is not yours. From the moment you open your eyes in the morning, someone is already after it. Algorithms want it. Notifications want it. Other people’s emergencies want it. You think you are choosing to scroll on your phone. You are not. Your phone is choosing you. https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a1ef0edc7170/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a1ef0edc7170/ Sun, 03 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Today is Youth Day in China. My Moments feed started filling up first thing this morning: youth, passion, hard work, optimism. Every post was shining. I do not want to post something like that. I am no longer young, and I am not happy—but that does not mean I have to become a gru https://finikz.cn/en/articles/33eca3548ecf/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/33eca3548ecf/ Sat, 02 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Have you ever seen a line of trucks stretching for several kilometers? That is what recently happened outside Yaoming Sugar Factory in Huazhou, Maoming. Trucks loaded with fruit cane from other parts of the country were lined up bumper to bumper for kilometers. Some drivers had t https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a3ecbce90b1b/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a3ecbce90b1b/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas When you open a paper book again these days, you may feel a subtle discomfort. It is not because the content is difficult. It is because the pace feels too slow. It is like switching from an endless stream of short videos to a long take in a film: you know the latter has more dep https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0034daddd72b/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/0034daddd72b/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Last night, before bed, I was scrolling through Moments and suddenly felt that something was off. Half the people were posting results from a test with huge headline style labels: “Dead,” “Monkey” and “Useless.” I opened one and got “IMFW: Useless.” One line on the result page ma https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6e6c3178cadf/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6e6c3178cadf/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas It is hard to imagine these two things belonging to the same person On one side, Alice from Resident Evil , who fights her way through the apocalypse, and Leeloo from The Fifth Element , who only says one word: “Multipass.” On the other side, an AI project that shot to number one https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6f7035e3c266/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6f7035e3c266/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Rather than distill other people, dilute yourself Something very contemporary has been catching on online over the past few days: Distill your colleague into a skill. Distill your boss into a skill. Distill your ex into a skill… Someone used a “Nuwa skill” to distill Steve Jobs, https://finikz.cn/en/articles/d0082581a9a4/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/d0082581a9a4/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Wired audio will not die; long live the noise! Last night, while we were having drinks at Jiuwéi, my friend Lao Pei pulled out a pair of wired earphones and asked everyone to give them a listen. The brand was Moondrop. They looked pretty retro, like headphones from an ’80s Walkma https://finikz.cn/en/articles/4f3d47f4c972/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/4f3d47f4c972/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Not long ago, Alibaba announced it would invest 380 billion yuan over the next three years—more than it had spent on cloud and AI infrastructure in the previous decade. Not products. Not marketing. Not R&D. Infrastructure. Many people saw the news and thought, “That is a lot of m https://finikz.cn/en/articles/be9acf41574b/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/be9acf41574b/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Hello, I’m Feng. I have not posted on my public account lately. To be honest, I have been “raising a lobster” for almost a month. I do not think OpenClaw needs much introduction by now. It is so popular that everyone seems to be talking about it. A friend asked me: is this anothe https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6189dd8628da/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/6189dd8628da/ Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas As a creator who works with AI, I prefer to think of myself as a “content architect.” Logic is never meant to hide emotion. It is there to make emotion more persuasive when it reaches someone’s heart. As we can see, underneath every sensory feast beats the most exacting algorithm https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e22921c95846/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e22921c95846/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas 01. The person who restored the breath In Peter Jackson’s three year restoration of the documentary The Beatles: Get Back , there is a moment that makes both tech enthusiasts and music fans hold their breath. It is a cold London recording studio in 1969. The original footage was https://finikz.cn/en/articles/9455d4858822/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/9455d4858822/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Draco Malfoy: the Year of the Horse’s confirmed mascot? Rowling’s hidden roast is impossible to miss 😂 I came across a hilarious story today: Draco Malfoy , the smug guy from Harry Potter ! But honestly, J.K. Rowling buried a joke in his name long ago. She is probably laughing t https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e9cc4e062892/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e9cc4e062892/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Happy New Year! I have been meaning to start writing my blog or public account again, but I keep putting it off. Partly because I feel I have nothing to write about, and partly because so many trivial things get in the way. I envy people who always have something to say, as if th https://finikz.cn/en/articles/95fcb7714cea/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/95fcb7714cea/ Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A truly “underworld” concert, for fear of waking the spirits from millions of years ago Metronomy performed at the French National Museum of Natural History, playing tracks from its new album along with some classics. We talked about the new album last time 👇 What’s Worth Listen https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a688929e53fe/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a688929e53fe/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Last week, while translating exhibition materials, I came across several excerpts from essays by Xu Hong, a Chinese art critic. The materials were in English, and I wanted to translate them back into Chinese, so I went looking for the original instead of making something up. This https://finikz.cn/en/articles/09092067f2bc/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/09092067f2bc/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The Tyger William Blake (1757–1827) Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright In the forests of the night! What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? https://finikz.cn/en/articles/af80c447dfb6/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/af80c447dfb6/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Chinese covers of French songs · Natural High episode 5 Uncover the Covers 02 · 33 minutes As everyone knows, a lot of Chinese pop songs are covers of English and Japanese language songs. You have probably heard sayings like “Nakajima Miyuki carried half of ’90s Cantopop.” People https://finikz.cn/en/articles/8e9e664df994/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/8e9e664df994/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:00:00 GMT Ideas 9.6: Without a Doubt, a Masterpiece Three years after They Shall Not Grow Old (2018), Peter Jackson—the technical wizard known for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit —has finally unveiled a new project: a documentary about the Beatles, The Beatles: Get Back . With They Shall No https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5ed758fecd49/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5ed758fecd49/ Mon, 04 May 2020 16:00:00 GMT Ideas What I Know About China’s “Front Wave” and “Back Wave” A viral Bilibili speech about the “younger wave” moved many people in the “older wave” generation. 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British actress Charlotte Rampling won Best Actress for 45 Yea https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c173412193df/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c173412193df/ Sat, 23 Dec 2017 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Thirty Years Ago, Wham! Played Beijing and Guangzhou. George Michael Died on Christmas Day First published on the WeChat account A Certain Movie (ID: cinematik). I slept until noon and woke to a flurry of messages on WeChat. Friends were asking about an old article I wrote last y https://finikz.cn/en/articles/680fb8e404e0/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/680fb8e404e0/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A Bunch of French People Were Just Fighting Here! I saw this picture in my feed today and laughed until I was wiping my eyes: When it comes to street fights, China’s two most popular weapons are surely the folding stool and the brick. They are way ahead in user numbers. 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A little after seven this morning, a news alert said George Michael had died peacefully on Christmas Day, aged 53 … The news felt as sudden as David Bowie’s and https://finikz.cn/en/articles/7909a367f9d3/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/7909a367f9d3/ Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Leonard Cohen’s Last Letter Was to His Muse First published on the WeChat account A Certain Movie (ID: cinematik). One afternoon in March 1960, a 25 year old Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen left a dentist’s office on London’s Bank Street after having a wisdom tooth pulled. He w https://finikz.cn/en/articles/946f8271a9e2/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/946f8271a9e2/ Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A Film’s Importance Should Be Inversely Proportional to Its Audience or Box Office I have been lazy lately, so today I am marking the birthday of Alain Robbe Grillet (August 18, 1922–February 18, 2008) by sharing an article I translated some time ago. Film and Ideology By Alain R https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5270675166c5/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5270675166c5/ Wed, 25 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas My “History” with Qian Zhongshu Yesterday, I did not dare share the news of Yang Jiang’s death on my social feed. I was not close to her and had never read her work. In truth, I do not have any memories with Mr. Qian either—this headline is pure clickbait. Please do not hit me or https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5cb7c00e5968/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/5cb7c00e5968/ Thu, 05 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A Playlist Prince Made for Fans of TV Dramas Prince released his first album in 1978. Over the next 38 years, he put out 39 studio albums, not counting soundtracks, live albums, and more… It is hard to imagine someone as busy as him having time to watch TV shows—let alone being a https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e54487704840/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/e54487704840/ Tue, 03 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Breaking Star Wars Day News: The Jedi Were Wudang Disciples! What is the Force? Where did the Jedi come from? … It has always been one of the oldest secrets in the galaxy. … On Star Wars Day, celebrated across the galaxy, the Galactic Republic Historical Institute announced that, https://finikz.cn/en/articles/137a85b05e93/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/137a85b05e93/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas She Is More Than Johnny Depp’s Ex Girlfriend The jury for the 69th Cannes Film Festival has just been announced. I saw the headline yesterday morning and was a little confused: Which ex girlfriend of Depp? People usually name three: Winona Ryder , who starred with Depp in Edward https://finikz.cn/en/articles/edb7456daabf/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/edb7456daabf/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas I’m No Looker, So Today I’m Skipping Books and Just Chattering Today is the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, husband of Anne Hathaway. Yes, that Shakespeare: But not this Anne Hathaway: This Anne Hathaway: Anne Hathaway (1555/56–August 6, 1623), English poet https://finikz.cn/en/articles/9222f01ac1f3/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/9222f01ac1f3/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas A Film Buff’s Essential Festival Viewing Guide for the Year Ahead 8 minutes Originally published by Cinematik (ID: cinematik). Cannes Classics The full line up for this year’s Cannes Classics has been announced. 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March 2, 2016 Today the Canadian DVD and Blu ray review site DVDBeaver.com published the first review anywhere of the 4K restored Blu ray of Edward Yang’s A https://finikz.cn/en/articles/68e3bf1b8e80/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/68e3bf1b8e80/ Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas The Coen Brothers Saw the Future in 2013. They’re Jedi, Absolutely! Originally published January 28, 2016 · Zhang Fengming The Coen brothers The Coen brothers are Jedi, absolutely! Otherwise, there is no explaining the casting of Star Wars: The Force Awakens : two actors from Ins https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a43e38d06dc8/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/a43e38d06dc8/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Ten Apartments, Ten Lives in Communist Era Bucharest January 27, 2016 · Zhang Fengming Seventy percent of the homes in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, are neatly divided apartment blocks. They were built during the socialist period and have much the same layout. 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Wong asked lyricist Lin Xi to rewrite t https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c31c73b94e1e/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/c31c73b94e1e/ Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Stanley Kubrick, Film Buff: His List of Favorite Films 12 minutes Stanley Kubrick On Stanley Kubrick’s eighty fifth birthday, Nick Wrigley, with the help of Kubrick’s close collaborator Jan Harlan, put together a list of Kubrick’s favorite films and viewing habits. Stanley Kubric https://finikz.cn/en/articles/b7ad4d534264/ https://finikz.cn/en/articles/b7ad4d534264/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT Ideas Did You Know Africa Has Its Own Hollywood? 7 minutes Everyone knows Bollywood, India’s turbocharged answer to Hollywood. It had already raced past Hollywood in output value to become the world’s biggest film industry. 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