Posts Tagged ‘Today’s Guest’
Damjan DeNoble and I Talk China | Part II
Damjan DeNoble and I come together via email, over a period of weeks, to talk China marketing, Korea, hummer, Yugo’s, randomized processes and more. The common thread of the piece is trying to figure out, how exactly, the Chinese are going to create home-grown brands that can compete globally.
If you can bear to read along with this monster of a post, know that we had a lot of fun writing it. The first marathon conversation can be found, here. Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter and Facebook | Nothing But “A Place To Pick Each Other’s Fur”
I crossposted a James Cameron Vanity Fair interview to my Posterous feed yesterday because something he’d mentioned to interviewer Krista Smith about Facebook, Twitter, and social media – more generally — intrigued me. So much so, in fact, that I needed to stretch my thinking about it here (boldface by me):
The Wisdom of Keeping Things In Beta
Thanks to Todd Sattersten for this.
The Chinese 8 in Haiti
Geraldine Johns-Putra lays out an interesting connection between China’s emergence on the world stage and the death of its 8 peacekeepers in Haiti recently.
BOOK: Business Stripped Bare, from Chris Brogan
Yep, it looks like I’ll be getting my hands on this new Richard Branson title as well. I like the way Chris Brogan summarizes his reflections of the read below. Richard Branson does a spot on Amazon too.
China HB’s New Vidcast
I thought this was particularly amazing, especially the background track. Damjan DeNoble and James Flanagan break down how Chinese doctors are not properly incentivized and why C-sections are almost 50% of the birthing procedures employed across the PRC.
MOVIE: Lady in the Water
I really enjoy when Night goes deftly explains what goes into his storyboarding process. The man is a true believer, brooking no creative compromise. Full marks for originality in Lady in the Water. I was shocked to see that Bryce Dallas Howard has such translucent skin. Is it possible? Another excellent Paul Giamatti turn.
BOOK: The Chan’s Great Continent: China in Western Minds
This book came to me on a recommendation and was much-hyped, but it wasn’t a slam dunk. The language in spots was a bit too arcane for my liking and the source materials aren’t exactly the kinds of materials I’d pick up for one of my weekend reads. Though Spence’s discipline shines clearly through its lines, I did, however, walk away with a newfound appreciation for the fact that as concerns Western impressions of China, there’s “…nothing new under the sun.” It’s just been playing itself out over the centuries, broken record-style.
BOOK: Independent Diplomat, by Carne Ross
I just know this book will be reviled by those in power circles with an interest in maintaining the status quo, but Ross — through the haze of a personal revelatory experiences in his transition from UK plenipotentary prima inter pares to into a reflective former diplomat of the UN — does emerge with some wise conclusions about the practice of global diplomacy. Independent Diplomat will stimulate your thinking, to be sure.
Huang Hung Goes On An Anti-Foreigner Chinese Tirade in China Daily http://post.ly/RSXf3 days ago from Posterous
Why Western Journalists Have All the Wrong Answers About China http://post.ly/RRt03 days ago from Posterous
And Of Course There's Cristoph Waltz's Acceptance Speech Too... http://post.ly/RREq3 days ago from Posterous
Kathryn Bigelow's Acceptance Speech for Best Director at the 82nd Oscars... http://post.ly/RRBT3 days ago from Posterous