It should not come as a surprise that we are in the juncture between industry revolution and information revolution. But what this really mean? For centuries, production of goods are done by artisan usually aided by immediate family members. Yet, within 50 years of industry revolution, this was replaced by factories with unskilled workers. Factories […]
Month: September 2003
Typo?
This is just plain cool! I am blogging this down so I don’t forget the link!
Turn Left, Turn Right
Finally watch the Turn Left, Turn Right tonight…A beautiful story by Jimmy Liao. I am glad I didnt wait in vain for the show.
Linux: The Future is Open
Heard that IBM is doing a new commerical in US where they compare Linux to a little boy, “growing fast, taught by the best, gaining wisdom beyond his years, and sharing”. You can download the commerical from IBM (or from here) which, no surprising, support only quicktime, realplayer and mpg on Linux (Sorry folks..no .avi […]
Bureaucracy = do nothing
During a golf session with a friend over the weekend, we have a brief but interesting discussion about bureaucracy in the government. Peter Drucker, in his book Managing the Next Society noted that Japanese have encountered 3 economic crisis: 1940s unemployment, 1960 retail inefficiency and 1980s recession. What is interesting is that the government overcome […]
Built to Last, etc
Build to Last by James C. Collins & Jerry I. Porras First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman Bought these two books on the way to lunch and they are on sales at Suntec Convention Center (at one of its seminar). Teyu have been recommending to me “Build to Last” […]
Leaders & Crisis
In times of great need, outstanding man stood up and take up the challenge. It is during these times that leaders appear among us. It differential those who have courage and those who dont. It differential those who can do from those who can talk. Crisis, in short, is the polish for great leaders.
The Last Days of Autodesk
I have heard so much about the legendary letter “The Last Days” by John Walker, founder of Autodesk that I decided to check it out today. Bill Gate once described the article as “brilliantly written and incredible insightful” which inspired him to write his own “Crisis Letter” for Microsoft: “By talking about how a large […]
Cyberwar?
According to Taipei Times, China has launch a systematic information warfare campaign against Taiwan with the goal to break into government database. Well, I usually take news from Taiwan with a pint of salt but if this is true, then this may be the first international cyberwar I know…From clubs to swords to guns to […]
The many paradoxes of broadband
Found a really thought provocating paper on broadband today by Andrew Odlyzko. It is one of the most comprehensive studies made on broadband (albeit US-centric). “The many paradoxes of broadband” (50 pages) by Andrew Odlyzho.