November 2011
6 posts
To #OWS - List out your demands!
I understand the motivation between the Occupy Wall Street movement. I am all for it. However, I don’t think it is enough. To me it looks like a bunch of angry people , camping out and not knowing what they want. I’ve heard their message loud and clear. I understand their anger because it is the same as mine. I think the OWS people needs to list out their demands item by item so the US government...
Jesus & Social Networks
The spread of Christianity in the last two thousand years is filled with marketing innovation. In fact if you really think about it, Jesus Christ was one of the first people to introduce direct marketing to the world. Two thousand and four hundred years ago, direct marketing of Christianity was a groundbreaking approach to spreading religion. Here was a carpenter that was able to create a “virale...
Why I am running a marathon
When I was in high school I had a hard time running even one mile. I think my best time was a 13 min mile; pathetic by all standards. So I always wanted to run a marathon regardless of time; to prove to myself that I can do something that my body wouldn’t allow, to will myself to the finish line. It was like my equivalent of going to the moon.
But it was only when I got fat, did I...
Intel - The True Shanzai King
I read an article linked by Sean in regards to Intel’s initiative into Ultrabooks. It then hit me. Intel is the King of Shanzai. What is the Ultrabook but Intel’s initiative to push PC companies to shamelessly copy Apple’s MacBook Air? What are Asus and Acer’s UltraBook but poor man copies of the MacBook Air?
Intel rose to market domination in the 80s by promoting IBM PC...
The Decision - Why I think Bill Gates is the...
I want to write to you about a decision I think is courageous. Note that I am biased. Even without Bill Gates’ NGO & vaccine stuff, I think Windows has done more to help society than Apple, way more. If it wasn’t for Microsoft, we wouldn’t have the world of PCs today. We wouldn’t have affordable PCs and we wouldn’t have the proliferation of the IT world as we...