Banks and post offices remain open through the weekend in Shenzhen. That’s right, they are open seven days a week. Back home in Singapore, this level of service is unheard of. Banks, post offices and many other public institutions are open at most six days a week. The funny thing is, some months ago, I… Read More »
Apparently, 12,000 laptops are lost each week in major airports in the US, more than 65% of which are never reclaimed, according to a study sponsored by Dell and conducted by the Ponemon Institute. (You can download the PDF here.) The problem is not just a matter of hardware loss, but “53% of people admit… Read More »
Here’s a question for slash-and-burn artists that, er, begs the question: “To make the workforce redundant, doesn’t one person need to stay?”
Once again, mainstream media are falling over themselves to parrot special interest group statistics. I’m referring to the annual study on software piracy published earlier this month by the Business Software Alliance, which alleged that piracy cost the software industry $48 billion last year, up by $8 billion from 2006. Instead of questioning the reliability… Read More »
Here’s an interesting take from SatireWire’s archives. Jerry Yang, Yahoo!: It’s a site where you go to find other sites. And it has lots of other stuff, like news and stock quotes. We call it a “portal.”Venture Capitalist: The site is called Portal, like Portal.com?Jerry: No no, it’s called Yahoo!VC: You’re yelling.Jerry: No, the site… Read More »
If you have sat through a technology-related PPT presentation lately, you’ll probably remember these well-flogged clichés: Pushing the envelope Paradigm shift 2.0 Ecosystem Solutions provider Step function Basis (e.g. on a daily ‘basis’). Disruptive Evangelise Leading edge Related posts:Now you know why PowerPoint is uselessTo be honest with you Technorati Tags: clichés PowerPoint presentation