Geeks on a Plane to Asia
+8* ThoughtsPublished July 8, 2010 at 3:43 pm 1 CommentWhy would anyone in his right mind spend over a week with two dozen tech geeks in Asia? The answers.
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Using and Abusing Ecosystems | Part 2: iPhone, Facebook, Asian SNS, Twitter
+8* ThoughtsPublished May 10, 2010 at 6:18 pm No Comments(This column was written for the magazine “China Electronics Business” – Part 1 is here)
Apple’s iPhone case
Though a famous Western example, it is by no means the most recent, though it might become the most successful, until Google’s Android market possibly overtakes them. Apple’s ideas on guidelines, specs, revenue share practices and payment systems are
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Using and Abusing Ecosystems | Part 1: Toyota and Mobile in Japan, Korea and China
+8* ThoughtsPublished May 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm No CommentsWhat is an ecosystem? How different from partnerships? Who gets the worm?
Your Reality Is Augmented
+8* ThoughtsPublished April 25, 2010 at 2:56 pm No CommentsThis column will attempt to give you a clearer view on how the world is turning into a sensory carousel, for what purpose, and how to train yourself to see things as they are.
Interview | The Digital Silk Road
Interviews ThoughtsPublished April 17, 2010 at 2:04 am No CommentsFor our francophone readers, we got interviewed by the French Chamber of Commerce & Industry in China for their monthly magazine “Connexions“.
Interview | Innovating From East to West
+8* Interviews ThoughtsPublished April 15, 2010 at 1:02 am No Comments“A handful of Asian brands – and the great ideas they represent – have become fixtures in living rooms, kitchens and garages around the world. But why have so few big names from the East made it in the West?”
China’s Internet Empires | Solid Strategy or Reckless Diversification?
China Interviews ThoughtsPublished April 14, 2010 at 4:29 am No CommentsChina International Business interviewed us for a column on “China’s Internet Empires“, looking at how the largest Internet groups in China were diversifying. Is there a logic to it? Are they spreading themselves too thin trying to cover news, search, gaming, cloud computing, email, payment and social networking?
Is China Innovating? Innovation Semantics
+8* ABL Column China Featured QQ ThoughtsPublished March 30, 2010 at 1:17 pm No CommentsCultural bias, incremental changes and stereotypes about innovation and entrepreneurs come in the way of finding innovation.
+8* @ SXSW | Post-Mortem
ThoughtsPublished March 19, 2010 at 12:49 pm No CommentsI just came back from the South-by-South-West (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin. This is a post-mortem on how to make the best of it (note: I’m still alive).
Yahoo’s Hidden Treasures Are in Asia
+8* ThoughtsPublished February 6, 2010 at 2:37 am No CommentsWhat if Yahoo had over 19 billion USD of assets in Asia? Would its stock be worth more than the current 21.5 billion USD?
