East to West

Bringing the New Media of greater Asia to western eyes and ears. Just what is going on over there?
Tue Jul 8
RFID enabled tickets for Olympic opening and closing
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Now with your passport number and email

This article was written for Danwei by Chinapat

The Olympics in Beijing has become a platform for rapid technology development and deployment…

Chinese learning ups and downs
I’ve lately been rediscovering some items in my collection of Chinese learning materials. I’m a bookstore junkie, and learning Chinese has given me far too good a reason to always be buying new…
What Traits Define a Social Marketer

A great in-depth post from Tamar about what defines a social media marketer.

6.5 KM

My usual schedule got a bit mixed up today, as I went to three different interviews all over the city, including Jhonghe (中和市), Shulin (樹林市) and Taipei. I didn’t get to eat until 4PM.

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A Whack on the Side of the Head
Roger van Oech has been writing about creativity for decades and I’m sure when he first started it must have been quite difficult to get people to pay much attention. Not any more. The…
Big Brother UK S09D33 (E4)

For today’s task, the HM have to box. The new HM have to pick their teams. Bex goes back to her bath.

Rachel is called to the diary room. Stu mentions that the public might think that he’s…

Big Brother Australia Daily And Eviction S08D070 (Channel Ten)

With only two weeks left in the game, the HM reflect on their dwindling numbers. It gets harder to nominate each week.

Brig is asleep. Bianca says that Brig has got the best ass she’s ever seen….

Yahoo Headlines
• Poll: Obama leads McCain among people who don’t have pets

But what about those with Chia Pets?
China votes for Obama

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Journalist and new media entrepreneur Thomas Crampton is now posting some of his work on Danwei.

China - and Asia - vote would for Obama, concludes the Asia Society.

The Asia Society…

Roundup
Posts have been scarce these last few weeks because (1) work is busy, which is good! and (2) not a lot has been happening of interest in the areas I normally blog about. However, there are a few…