• Human ingenuity

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: When you see population growth which doesn’t equate with starvation, it’s a testimony to our human ingenuity. The US has less than 2 percent of its labor force in agriculture, yet no one is without a hamburger (even when it’s thrown out by McDonald). From Malthus to Moore, we…

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  • FICO and self

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: 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,…

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  • Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: 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…

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  • Here’s my card

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: You have heard that line in movies, at the bar, or convention hall. The Post had an article about the survival of the card in our digital age. Maybe because it’s so small, so humble, and so obvious. Google was thinking big i.e. “organize the world’s information”, thus, overlooked…

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  • Third life

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: As recent as 60 years ago, a businessman could let his hair down (or hat off) at home, smoke a cigarette or pipe, and watch the news (in black and white). In fact, at the U of TX Austin museum, an exhibition is underway to show you just that:…

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  • Our VHS future

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: Beta was more superior. Yet VHS won out. The market (in this case, movies on tape) dictates the terms. At the present time, it wants all things mobile. In other words, our knowledge and skill set need an upgrade (But I thought technologically, Beta gave crisper resolution!?!! Sorry Sony.)…

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  • Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: From beepers to printers, from pay phones to city-phones, Vietnam was in a hurry to leapfrog to latest in Telecommunication. After all, there are a lot of territories to be covered, even now, with 3-G. But some attempts stick, others faltered according to an article in Labor newspaper. http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=538113…

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  • Forced leisure

    Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: MSNBC  interviews a blogger from Good magazine on automation nation. The take away: automation is moving beyond manufacturing sector (e.g. Google test drove an unmanned vehicle in California, or Italian researchers tested a driver-less van, from Italy to China) to service sectors, such as health care . Japan has been deep…

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  • Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: 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…

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  • Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: IT engineers are back in demand. A few years ago, it was the opposite. Labor surplus creates serious contest on “Who wants to be an employee”. All things being equal, I take attitude ( one executive told me, all things equal, he takes the one with the best communication…

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