This is the text of the commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is… Read More: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. »
I wonder how much Alfred is being paid for writing this kind of bullshit (“3G is the real deal”). It’s not about how cheap the service has become or how broad the pipe is. He entirely (or conveniently) forgot about the user experience on mobile devices, which is the key factor deterring people from signing… Read More: Still on 3G after all these years… »
“If you don’t include your women graduates in your breeding pool and leave them on the shelf, you would end up a more stupid society… So what happens? There will be less bright people to support dumb people in the next generation. That’s a problem.” – Lee Kuan Yew, National Day rally, 1983 “If nature… Read More: Is Lee Kuan Yew a fascist? »
Sometimes I wonder. Should our government weed out all the middle management civil servants and listen directly to the people? But then another thought struck me. Something even more cynical and scary. What if, the government has already heard but does not care? Such seems to be the case in the casino “debate”. Will the… Read More: Straightening the Straits Times (11) »
Published by Creative O Pte Ltd, Chaotic Thoughts From the Old Millennium reads very much like an ego trip by the Creative Technology founder. Worse, fillers suspiciously ran the course in this book. Although the author tried to justify the liberal dose of amateurish babble disingenuously passed off as Philosophies & Theories (“Marriage Is Like… Read More: Chaotic thoughts, chaotic writing »
Prologue He flings the pair of earrings out the car window, and together with it, the last remnants of his first love. Chapter 1 “Happy birthday, Ai Ling.” “Thank you. The roses are so beautiful. You must have spent a lot on them.” “No, it’s okay. Come over and make a wish before we cut… Read More: Heart Of Glass »