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October 14, 2008

Enough About Politics

[Sorry, this post isn't about "food politics"; it's more about "food" and "politics."]
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During dinner with a couple friend last night, my girl friend said, “I’m really surprised we didn’t talk about politics tonight.  I always thought you were really knowledgeable about it.” (or something like that…)
A few reactions instantaneously popped into my head:

Oh, that’s so [...]

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October 9, 2008

A Little Zen Moment

Zen Moments is a site full of fun anecdotes and stories, similar to Chicken Soup for the Soul, which I will admit ,is a guilty pleasure.  I liked reading through the stories of human decency, kindness and connections.  It’s corny, I know.  For the most part, I keep Zen Moments tucked away at the bottom [...]

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October 8, 2008

Politics & The History of Marketing

PART I

My last post on the vice presidential debate highlighted the great marketing campaign of the GOP.  I say marketing because many of you pointed out via emails and ims that Sarah Palin, and to some extend John McCain, focuses on broad sweeping statements about some utopian United States without much in the way of [...]

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September 11, 2008

Alcohol is My Friend

Perhaps that statement isn’t quite so true, but with all the activities during TechCrunch50, you wouldn’t really be able to tell the difference.
I have to admit I really need to start bringing my Canon Powershot (and beg for a Nikon SDR for Christmas - I’ve been really goood this year!).  The one above is taken [...]

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August 18, 2008

Oh, I’ll manga you all right.

Last week, something really disturbing happened.  I was online reading my Tumblr dashboard, usually the first place I hear all relevant news, when I came across yet another avatar builder.  So I clicked and built it… didn’t think anything of it and went to bed.

By the very next day, like 4 of my coworkers’ Twitter [...]

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August 15, 2008

Innovation is the New Black

Originally posted on Slice.

About two years out of college, I’ve started attending panels and discussions. There’s so much to be learned, and with marketing and communications moving at such a fast pace, I realized that my education has just begun. Surprisingly, I’m enjoying the quest.
Last night’s panel at Swissnex, a forum dedicated to connecting Swiss [...]

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August 3, 2008

Jany’s Del.icio.us

http://delicious.com/JanyXu
I’ve finally created a del.icio.us page.
When I first found out about del.icio.us, I was checking out my friend’s profile way back in the early days (a whole 5 years ago). He and I had gotten really close at the end of high school, but since we lost touch in college (and I thought for [...]

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July 28, 2008

Yikes! Taking a Closer Look

The concepts “transparency” and “joining the conversation” are being so overused these days that companies often forget the purpose: embracing their consumers and creating a real relationship.
Here are examples of how one company, RealNetworks, embodies the essence of these cliches and how one company, Uhaul, forgot about the crucial second part: doing what you said [...]

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July 19, 2008

Duct Tape Not Included

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die is my favorite recent read, and I’ve read a bunch in the last few weeks.

Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz explains how to spread ideas, while Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good by Sarah Lacy tells the fall/rise of Web 1.0 and 2.0 through [...]

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July 11, 2008

iPhone and Piles of Moola

This is pre-coffee me, so please excuse the retardation. Somehow, I still manage to sound like a 14 year old despite the fact that my throat was dry and I was half-asleep.
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Things I learned this morning:

Even the teeny AT&T store by my house in Oakland was packed this morning.
AT&T stores only carried about 100 [...]

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