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US Consular Alert for Northern Thailand – 2010-03-05
This message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Northern Thailand to media reports that, following the recent Supreme Court verdict regarding the disposition of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s frozen assets, supporters of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (aka UDD or “red-shirts”) are planning a demonstration in Phrae on March [...]
The Art of Asking
Time and Value
I have recently received a few unsolicited email requests from people whom I don’t know. Now, I am actually happy to help other people, but I have to weigh this desire to be helpful with the actual value it will create in the universe as a whole, not simply to unknown individuals requesting [...]
Urgent Evoke
My Application to Urgent Evoke
I am an American expatriate living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am an entrepreneur who co-founded a Thailand-based publishing company in 2009. Previous to that I taught for 7 years at the University of Hawaii including courses in Internet marketing, organizational communication, public relations and entrepreneurship. Previous to that I was [...]
Strange Days
Magic or Superstition
Living in Thailand means being surrounded by ghosts, magic incantations, and spiritual seers. The longer one lives here the more the beliefs and their apparent reality prey upon the mind.
Good Luck, Bad Luck
Good luck is not just about avoiding the bad, but mitigating the bad. Only extreme religions think in terms of the [...]
Time Horizon
First, read the blog entry Nine Time Horizons – Connecting the Past to the Future from 2009-04-30
Definition of Time Horizon
A time horizon is understood here as a cognitive structure in which planning and thinking about the future (and the past) can be effectively accomplished. The idea is that there is no intuition regarding an arbitrary [...]
The Next 40 Years
his is the sort of post that generally makes me laugh out loud. No one can predict anything like 40 years out. I myself routinely mock anyone who tries to do such a thing. However…
However, it is possible to draw out trend lines, even though we can be certain they will shift. And in [...]
A Moderately Difficult Week
Moderately
Not severely. In comparison to much more difficult weeks this one is mild. Yet, it was not easy, hence moderate in scope.
Difficult
The difficult part started right there in the beginning, and after a bit of seeming progress (though perhaps mild) it progressed into difficulty surprisingly quickly.
Week
It took up the entire span of a week, even [...]
Apple Ipad, a Disruptive Innovation
Innovation is in the Interaction
The innovation is in the interaction. Apps have been rebuilt for the way the interaction is different from the other platforms. It is the largest multi-touchscreen with over 1,000 sensors and 1024×768. The way it is held is different, the ability to share with others in a much more engaging way [...]
Acquainted with the Night
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and [...]
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