-
Explore with me the concept of Key Performance Indicators as they apply to us, cogs in the wheel. It’s the 1st of July, act 2 of 2014. The curtain gets pulled away after half-time to reveal same actors and screen play. Neither new faces nor new tunes. In fact, some even died off if the…
-
In spite of the euro-centric title (reminds me of Cultural Literacy by Hirsch back in the 80’s), Mr Ferguson managed to zoom out from history to de-construct the rise of the West (past) versus the rise of the Rest (present). He picked out some no-brainers like modern medicine, scientific revolution (which paved the way for…
-
It is estimated that by 2019, there will be an extra 3-Billion people joining us on the Internet. Imagine a bell curve, split right in the middle, which is dated 2014. What will the web look like in 5 years, with that many “faces” friending us? E-commerce, e stock, e-banking, e-ticket, e-government, e-everything…… Fasten your…
-
It’s been defied for 100 years now through modern aviation. Before that, men lived in cave, in mansion and in quiet desperation. Chinese naval (abandoned to their regrets) then British naval might have exerted their influence across the seas, making “the sun never set on the British empire”. The Wright brothers, by the way, worked…
-
Alibaba upcoming IPO has been the talk of the town. Meanwhile, Amazon is delivering “happiness” even on Sundays, giving the Post Office some extra business. Korean e-commerce is thriving, saving buyers a ton of money, international shipping accounted. This got Amazon’s attention. After all, Amazon chief would not give anything to chance, even “drone delivery”.…
-
For the past two months, our eyes were glued to CNN for the latest on flight ML 370 passengers, for the Korean students on that fateful ferry and now for the abducted Nigerian girls. In all three incidents, some modes of transportation were involved e.g. plane, boat and trucks . People also disappeared against their…
-
There has been a new finding to show that our noses can detect up to a Trillion scents (that’s with a T). Welcome to Spring allergy season. At least, it’s returning every year, to draw us to Claritin. The study put our sense of smell way out of the ball park as compared to our sense…
-
Flight ML370, 24 odd days into its fateful take-off, is still missing. Round the clock speculating and searching for possible clues. Tech experts and investigators had their hunches. Nations offer their vessels. Loved ones of the missing passengers got shuffled back and forth between Malaysia and Mainland, turning stress into shouts. It’s an international and…
-
It has now been two weeks since we first became aware of Malaysian flight ML370. Modern aviation, not as it was in the days of Amelia Earhart or Beryl Markham. Puzzling indeed. Somehow we can retrieve Rover back from Mars, but not from Malaysia. We are held captive as media consumers. Like you, I now learn of…
-
Motorola Brick Phone is 30-year-old today. Being seen with the then $4,000 toy was a must-have in Hollywood, chatting “until the sun comes up on Santa Monica Boulevard”. That was the first penguin that steps into the icing. We are social animal: communicative and collaborative, engaging and exchanging ideas and feelings. The phone will soon…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Thang Nguyen 555 