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The-girl-with-a-dragon-tatoo series got me hooked. I know it’s cold in Stockholm. And I know he did not produce tangible products from the factory, such as sweet or swatch. But he offered readers an emotional experience (getting out of mundane existence, stepping into character and experiencing triumph and tragedy unavailable to us otherwise). The author did not live…
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I often interact with nephews, one in particular is even older than I, but all call me Uncle. To them, I belong to the previous batch. Last of the line. In the old Vietnam, once you made past 50, you are moved up to the “elder” circle (“chieu tren”) when feasting. I had an occasion to do…
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It just so happens that I am reading Matterhorn and Love Like Hate one after another. The former depicts the Vietnam War from a GI‘s perspective, the later from a Vietnamese viewpoint. Coincidentally, people depicted in both novels came across as victims of an uncalled-for conflict and whose lives were disrupted and devastated. I found glimpses…
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We all saw Google’s numbers surge. I remember the last time I feel this way was a decade ago. Something is in the works. The market responds. New apps, new ways of accomplishing things. This might be it. Just like a line in “It Might Be You“, a theme song in Tootsie. Maybe it didn’t…
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I blogged once about “Dakao vs Dalat”. Today, it’s about Palm Beach to Palm Springs. Mirror image of each other, and located on the opposite side of the country: palm trees, professional golf and private resorts. Places exclusive. Unlike Dakao where even after a relief bridge was finished, traffic and flooding still present a nightmare for…
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Algorithm rules. Pop-up ads and SEO. Sales automation. Who needs a firm handshake, the smell of splash perfume and sincere eye contact! Users know everything about the product and the industry anyway. There is no need for more information. Only the recommendation part, which they rely on friends and families. Strangers knocking on doors and…
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Hillary Clinton once campaigned on “It takes a village” theme. Within a village, you need to find the Chief Influence Officer. Our village CIO . The technology broker who can diffuse the innovation you seek to introduce. Two-step flow. 80/20 rule. One example is to “diffuse” EMR which helps clinics take better control of their…
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My father often went off to see his daughter, my half-sister. My brother tried to see his son from a previous marriage every few years or so (coast to coast). Now I found myself in the same situation: seeing my little girl whom I took back from the hospital 19 years ago. I am sure…
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Every year, flooding in SE Asia killed people and took away their livelihood. And every year, people rush out to give materials and their time for reconstruction. So the mishaps were occasions for the best in humanity, and turn a flood of misery into a flood of love. Nobody wants to be on the receiving…
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For a small fee, we can take a look of our credit worthiness. But it takes a long time to realize self-worthiness. None among us has the future vantage point to look backward. We often hear about the magic power of MLM. In good times, yes. In bad times, those multi “levels” quickly become weakest…
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