Thang Nguyen 555

Cultures on Collision Course

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With some short-term relief work in Asia/Africa and long stint in Telecom, Thang also earned a B.A. at Pennsylvania State University. M.A. in Communication at Wheaton Graduate School, M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communication at Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Boston. In addition, he earned a CELTA – classes taken in Hanoi for cultural re-immersion.

Tag: DVD

  • Ads during downturn

    You might think that business are spending less on advertising during the down turn. Think again. Financial, insurance and banking, all pumped more ad dollars into the system. Meanwhile, more VC‘s are of “angel” nature (this explains why Facebook can afford taking its time before next year’s IPO), the 21st century version of Independent Film…

  • And the band plays on

    Your corporate planners booked an award trip at a remote location, complete with mixer party and Gala. Except for the entertainment part. How would you feel? Just pop in a DVD, have a few drinks? or resort to karaoke to save a few bucks? We need artists, musicians and singers. We need actors who can…

  • Digitally remastered

    Pink Floyd is rushing their digitally remastered CD box set for back2school season. Its last. End of an era. “The Wall” is coming down and we “don’t need no education”. Just download it. News for free. Music for free. Phone calls for free. Even when you ask the butcher for a cheaper cut of meat, that…

  • Machine and Me

    Sir Chaplin showed it best in “Modern Times”. Jacques Ellul took a step further to analyze all things “technique”. The 70’s OPEC oil embargo triggered  cost-cutting craze, starting with the elimination of gas station full-service to Smart cars and EVs. I took a trip this past Thanksgiving. At rest area, the vending machine took my…

  • New voice new vision

    I browsed the DVD shelves at my local library (North Palm Beach) the other day, and saw Buffalo Boy next to Brokeback Mountain and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.  It is by fate that the Cowboy and the Buffalo(boy) found themselves on the same DVD shelf, just like those black and white GI’s names…