by Tom | Sep 16, 2013 | Business, Tech
Fascinating article from Jakob Nielsen highlighting a real problem for measuring the effect of marketing on internet usage. An experiment on whether users were more or less likely to visit Yahoo having seen a promotional video showed the following: the thick blue line...
by Tom | Sep 11, 2013 | Reading
“Things you don’t really want to happen: being caught in the lift singing along to ‘I touch myself’ by the Divynyls, with your eyes closed, while looking a bit of a hot and sweaty mess after a lunch time jog. Oh, and you REALLY don’t want...
by Tom | Aug 31, 2013 | Hong Kong / China
16 turtles, 23 lizards and 55 snakes. Those numbers seem to be the wrong way around for most people… That said, its a useful resource to help identify critters you see out and about.
by Tom | Aug 31, 2013 | Business, Reading
I hope I have even 5% of his wisdom when I hit 44. Don’t mind on what subject, but something would be nice. “If above-average performance is to be their yard stick, the vast majority of investment managers must fail. Will a few succeed — due to...
by Tom | Aug 29, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, View
While it was being built, but still no less scary when they run off. Lots more extreme HK sports where that came from.