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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: Saw Rod Stewart on TV, mute out sound at the gym. Still with the spiked up hair, shiny suit and swaying. Staying power and loyal fan base. My daughter asked “what’s that word to mean someone who because of him/her, you model after”. I tried “influencer”, “role model“, “mentor”…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: How would you like to keep up at third place, just to have your legs give in at the last-minute? That’s what happened to SF track star, who managed to crawl to the finishing line. http://abcnews.go.com/US/injured-high-school-runner-crawls-finish-line-push/story?id=12298473 In the late 70’s, it’s all about running. Then we learned more about…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: First they outsourced to lower the cost of, let’s say, an I phone. The guy (Chinese farm-to-factory worker) if not jumped out of the window from a Foxconn‘s dorm, wished he had because there was no way he could afford one. Even his counterparts in NYC had to get in line…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: A Vietnamese film director, a Japanese novelist, a Beatles title (which I read the Vietnamese translation bought in Hanoi)= Norwegian Wood. http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/norwegian-wood-film-a-labour-of-love Indian telecom companies bought out Middle Eastern counterparts to target mobile market in Africa. China beefs up its investment in construction and rare earth mining in S…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: The cut-aways (filmed after the interviewed subject had left), the backstage steady cam sneak peeks, the studio bird-eye-view shot showing anchors walk away from the set while credits roll and music fade out…. We are a society privileged with multiple vantage points , given us the illusion of omnipresence. When…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: I like Bond, James Bond. Unlike Batman, Bond shows his face, grace under pressure and yes, his penchant for “work hard play hard”. But don’t ever doubt his loyalty and commitment to serve the Queen. The franchise still commands a huge audience with formula that works: Bond got a…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: Change bears a different connotation to different people. In the 60’s, change threatened the status quo (Hell No, we won’t go). It’s inevitable that we need to adapt (from jukebox to boombox, from paper-back book to e-book). A few years from now, we would rather be dead than getting…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: Building up our filtering capacity does not mean firming up our prejudice. But no matter what we do, we can only watch an average of 4 hours of TV and a few hours on the Web, mobile or stationary. So we rely on thought leaders. Two-step information flow. Except…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: A few years ago, TIME’s Person of the year got a face with a name. In fact, he manages to drag in a billion faces and names with him. The last time someone wearing pajamas in public yet got that much publicity was John Lennon (who invited the press…
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Originally posted on Thang Nguyen 555: Super computing power arms super shoppers on Super Saturday w/ price updates. Retail outfits such as Best Buy might have to be renamed the age of Dollar Stores. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular Tri Tang of Orange County was holding up his Smart Phone to do some comparison shopping in real-time. Faster chip…
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