The Next 40 Years

Updated 03-Aug-2025 This 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. ... Read more

A Moderately Difficult Week

Updated 03-Aug-2025 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 ... Read more

Acquainted with the Night

Updated 03-Aug-2025 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 ... Read more

A Refuge for Others

Updated 03-Aug-2025 Cultural Differences As an expatriate American there are many cultural differences I have come across where I now live in Chiang Mai, Thailand. One is the buddhist concept of being a refuge for others. The ability to provide for other people, to feed and shelter them and to take care of their needs ... Read more

Three Thailand Job Sites in English

Updated 03-Aug-2025 For those who are seeking for employment or looking for new employees there are three job boards which are in English (though for the JobsDB site many of the jobs are for Thais or in Thai). * Craigslist Bangkok - covers the entire country of Thailand, not only Bangkok * The cesspool aka ... Read more

The Future of Work

Updated 03-Aug-2025 This is a pretty tasty snack, rife with possibilities. A bit Polyanna-ish and not very even-handed. The world is becoming a hybrid of work styles, not monolithically mobile and on-demand. In any case, this is the sort of work style we have at Lanna Innovation and SEO Chiangmai, namely mobile, from anywhere, but ... Read more

IT Strategy Trends: Open Source, Cloud, Mobile, Synchronization, Localization

Updated 03-Aug-2025 Note: This was originally published in July, 2009. Looking at this from December, 2018 these all hold fairly well. Internationalization and localization is a small issue, since the world hasn't really gotten that much smaller or more connected, except for the enormous (though largely invisible) efforts of Google with Android and Noto fonts ... Read more

What is the Meaning of your Brand?

Updated 03-Aug-2025 I highly recommend the book Making Meaning by Diller, Shedroff & Rhea (2006). The material is well researched and built from significant insight and a good deal of hard data. The core question of the book is what meaning is being produced through interaction with a brand. From this perspective, the production of ... Read more

All that glisters is not gold

Updated 03-Aug-2025 All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold. Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgement old Your answer had not been inscroll'd Fare you well, your suit ... Read more

The Six Mistakes of Man – Cicero

Updated 03-Aug-2025 The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading ... Read more

Habitum Alteram Naturam – Part 3

Updated 03-Aug-2025 Simplicity and Complexity Habits are simple, nature complex. This formulation is meant to help understand how to talk about and act regarding the future. Change is necessary, and it is even possible. How do we conceive of this possibility? How do we talk about it? The real question regarding talk, is to what ... Read more

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