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Views on PR practices in Asia
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:09 AM
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Sometimes life is just a series of interlinked circles. I’ve just returned from dinner with Eric and Tina, a pair of old friends from Hong Kong who married and now live in Seattle. They were both IT reporters when I knew them, and in fact Eric today, Read More...
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Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:25 PM
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Amidst all the cheerleading about social media, and god knows we’ve heard enough of that the past few years, I thought John Mariotti’s article, Ten Reasons I Won’t Use Social Networking Sites , was refreshing and encapsulates many of the arguments that Read More...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:08 PM
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As my boss, Pam Edstrom , is famously known for liking to ask in many situations, “What is the business problem we are trying to solve?” Solving problems is the main driver of innovation, and when it comes to social media the problem today is simply Read More...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:54 AM
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Best explanation of AIG's woes anywhere is here . Apparently the only white knight that can save AIG is a multi-trillionaire, and The only multi-trillionaire around, though, is the U.S. government. Which is a strange sort of trillionaire, I know, given Read More...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:01 PM
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It is hard to find stuff to blog about sometimes, because so much of what happens in a day that is so immensely bloggable is often in reality not. My colleague Frank Shaw, who is the global lead for the Microsoft account, used to have a blog on Read More...
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Friday, August 22, 2008 12:44 AM
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Yes I know the first days after Photosynth comes out of beta will be filled with folks people making boring synths of the room they’re in. So here’s another one . Technorati tags: Photosynth , Microsoft email | digg | delicious | live it! Read More...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:00 PM
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When I was younger (and quite frankly had more spare time on my hands) one of my favorite things to do was surf the Internet looking for new, innovative software programs to play with. The early days of shareware were great for that. That’s Read More...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:39 AM
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Like most people around the world (live, in most of Asia and Europe's case), I was glued to the screen during the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony. I'm not ashamed to admit I swelled up with pride and even a little choked up at places, for example Read More...
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Monday, July 28, 2008 6:15 PM
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Everybody’s talking about the new “Google Killer” so i had to take a look. Initial impressions? Fast response (even from Asia), but the new magazine format of displaying search results eats up valuable screen real estate, and it can take time to scroll Read More...
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Monday, July 28, 2008 5:06 PM
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Last Monday I returned from a 10-day self-drive trip in Ireland, starting in Dublin and driving around the west coast in a rental car. Like many people, every summer we take a longish holiday, and for me the joy has always been about the preparation: Read More...
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Saturday, July 05, 2008 6:59 AM
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How’s this for a definition of “geek” from this excellent article : There can be many kinds, Art Geeks, Music Geeks, Computer Geeks, Math Geeks, you name it. Geeks are the people you want to talk to when you need to know something but perhaps don't Read More...
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Monday, June 23, 2008 8:25 PM
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Reading this part made me angry: Longtime global warming skeptic Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., citing a recent poll, said in a statement, "Hansen, (former Vice President) Gore and the media have been trumpeting man-made climate doom since the 1980s. Read More...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:47 PM
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Instant messaging is a great communication tool. I use it a lot, and it really makes those numerous small but essential conversations in the workplace very efficient, especially with colleagues that are in another country. And in my company Read More...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:48 AM
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Todd Defren wrote an excellent posting on "What I wish my new employee knew" and I couldn't have described it any better. What resonated the most with me were these few: I wish my new employee knew that some clients are a-holes, and some clients are incredibly Read More...
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:43 PM
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BBC reported that a usability study by Jakob Nielsen found that web users are more "selfish" nowadays and don't dawdle on web sites. They go in, grab what they want, and then leave, not spending time browsing the ads, promotions and multimedia content Read More...
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