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: New York City

  • Dylan’s time a changin!

    Years ago, I rode in the back , my friend and his wife in front, and I popped “The Essential Bob Dylan” on “to knock, knock ….on heaven’s door” all the way to a Vietnam beach. On April 10th, the singer will be there in person, finally. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20043290-10391698.html American celebrities with conscience have fascinated with…

  • all flesh!

    It must be hard to keep reinventing one’s self, especially when it comes to topping your own high marks. Gaga does it again on Vogue cover (all- meat bikini ). http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/09/07/2010-09-07_lady_gaga_dons_raw_meat_on_cover_of_vogue_hommes_japan.html Use all your resources. Follow the money and your instincts. This is to show that when it comes to imagination, we have no bound.…

  • Prominent display

    If you want your brand to stick , you got to plaster it on Times Square billboards. Yahoo did. I bet they spent a fortune for that property. Build, and they will come. Not bad for a company started out in a Standford dorm room. Companies are competing for Continuous Partial Attention (CPA). This time…

  • Our dichotomy

    Abundance or shortage? Keynes or Milton Friedman? The quants rule? Human beings are selfish or empathic? what is the optimal point for happiness? Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the Union, yet ranked the Happiest. New York City crime rates are at the lowest in decades. South Korea, always at war, yet always connected.…

  • Rev tone

    Public concerns for traffic safety create a new market for rev tones used in electric vehicles. People fear they cannot hear those noiseless cars approaching. So with multiple “ring tones” currently in the works, pedestrians might get more than what they were bargaining for: out-of-sync responses to false stimuli (young men get a kick  souping…