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Category Archives: Human Race
The Best Advice
We are, in this very volatile little communications universe of ours, very good at dishing out advice. Depending on our constitution or Weet-a-Bix intake on any given day, that advice may be confessional, perhaps even a little too prophetic, as … Continue reading
Happy New Year?
It is blisteringly hot here in Sydney today. Scorched bare feet are causing millions to hop their way to the harbour foreshore in the New Year scramble for a vantage point to catch Sydney’s annual spectacle, the midnight firework extravaganza. … Continue reading
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Perception is Reality
If you ever questioned consulting firm, McKinsey’s, view that two thirds of purchasing decisions are made as a result of word of mouth, take a look at the comments column on my blog. With a few minor exceptions, I have … Continue reading
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The Gangster’s Daughter
If you had ever wondered what, apart from jet lag, keeps the intercontinental traveller awake at night, you need go no further than the Terminal Two book store at Singapore’s Changi airport. There, on a stand that screams Proud as … Continue reading
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The Lamentable Death of Language
If you ever woke up and thought last night’s spat with the neighbour about the nocturnal antics of their fastidiously manicured Terrier was probably a little over the top, don’t worry about it. The fact is most of the planet’s … Continue reading
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Empires
The walk to the banks of the great Neva is not far. As I approached it from the north I thought I spied an eight out for a mid morning row. I was wrong. It was an ice flow drifting … Continue reading
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Infinite Plus One
To the untrained eye, Suffolk (on the east coast of England) doesn’t have much going for it. For the most part it’s flat, grey and wet, particularly on dark winter weekends. In the months that buffer the odd lazy summer … Continue reading
Scary Monsters
In 1981, MTV launched to the world with the Buggles classic, “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Sure enough, the Buggles disbanded one year later leaving its vocalist, Trevor Horn, with plenty of time to get busy writing and producing some … Continue reading
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Gold Finger
Each year the Chinese infrastructure system gets a good run for its money when the population sets off for its Labour Day Golden Week holidays. It’s the point in the year when everyone gets to go home. Of course, going … Continue reading
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Talk Talk
The Taiwanese are a fiercely independent people, never afraid to wear their collective heart on their sleeve. Generally speaking, they also happen to have a track record of being thoroughly nice to foreigners like me. So I suppose at the … Continue reading
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