by Tom | Oct 7, 2011 | Business, Hong Kong / China
Google doesn’t seem bothered about competing on search in China, preferring to focus on its advertising platforms such as DoubleClick and Android. Gives an interesting peek into their key priorities.
by Tom | Oct 7, 2011 | Business, Reading, Science
Great stuff from Neal Stephenson (I quite liked REAMDE, not his finest work, though) on certainty and failure-intolerance. Today’s belief in ineluctable certainty is the true innovation-killer of our age. In this environment, the best an audacious manager can do is...
by Tom | Oct 7, 2011 | Hong Kong / China
National Day Golden Week Holiday Crowds Throughout China – chinaSMACK. Good time not to be visiting the mainland, I think.
by Tom | Oct 7, 2011 | Business, Reading
A coruscating rant about an ideologically-driven economics which is missing the point of the scientific method. I’m not sure how much straw man tilting is going on here, but the point about the importance of small deviations is one that is well worth getting...
by Tom | Oct 7, 2011 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Huaxi: the village that towers above China takes a look at a city in Eastern China that has gone from “a small village to a multi-billion dollar conglomerate” in 40 years and is now looking to industries such as tourism to support its continuing growth. As...
