The talk of the town right now is of course
Google Talk. Just like Yahoo and Amazon did with the extra cash, Google is going into everything. From email to news, shopping search, blog, photo, desktop search, map, local, and now voice.
Skype had been having a good time without much competition, capturing a big chunk […]
Archive for August, 2005
Recently I learned to play the game Go. A game that is surprisingly simple to learn yet impossible to master (at least for me).
It occurred to me how similar the actions in Go is to starting a business. Of course this idea is not novel. The concept of Go had been used in warfare […]
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin
When on this topic, I think the portfolio theory of investment applies to knowledge investment as well. My current current problem is getting the portfolio mix right. As […]
The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin
A quick, easy and inspiring read for anyone wishing to start a business without any money.
That’s said, I guess one still need to have sufficient to last those drought period where there is no income. Especially if you believe in the long haul.
Don’t give up. Surviving is succeeding. This is […]
Imagine this, you have two CD that you need to alternately access data from. You have only one CD drive. Now, what if you have programs that need to run from these CDs?
Frustrating.
Not anymore for me. Daemon Tools comes to the rescue.
Daemon-Tools is a virtual CD emulator or a CD imag mounter. Sounds techy, what […]
laconic - short, brief, terse, to the point.
The laconic reply; ‘yes’.
Much of a software product’s life is spent in specification, design and maintenance, and not in programming.
Can’t remember where I saw this but I was reminded of it again when recently a bad design backfired. One of the clients decided to do things fast by cutting back on design time. I’m not sure the time […]
After some months of preparation and false start, me and my partner is finally launching SinoEthos Consulting.
SinoEthos focuses on leveraging our core strength of China and business knowledge to help companies start up, survive, strengthen and succeed in this fledging China environment.
My partner George had been in China for more than 10 years, holding position […]
Read It’s Stupid to be Afraid, an interview with Lee Kuan Yew on raising Asia.
The part about sending people to China to look at the factory is such a sweet move. If only more "complainy" people start looking where the threats are coming from. Then again, people in China are getting comfortable as well, so […]
Spent a good deal time reading Imagethief’s Report From Singapore. An interesting "Ang Mo" (a little search should tell you what it means) account of working in Singapore.
It was era too familar to me and it was intrigued to learned of the insider story. It was the early days of Internet in Singapore and Sembawang […]
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