Oct 19, 2011
On Saturday October 8 we held the 10th annual FCC-PLK Charity Ball. It is an amazing event that has raised millions to help Hong Kong’s neediest children. This year we sold out once again. This year’s group, the Doobie Brothers, has been popular enough to fill the convention center’s largest hall. Amid the rush to
Oct 18, 2011
Amazing as the iPhone growth was, the iPad is growing even faster. This chart compares the first quarters of sales growth. As someone who purchased an iPad, but uses it sporadically, I’d be interested to see how much usage is taking place. Stats and graph from Silicon Valley Insider.
Oct 6, 2011
I only met Steve Jobs once, and not for very long. In reporting an article about music copy protection for The New York Times, I attended a press conference in London at EMI. Steve Jobs, the CEO of EMI and members of band Blur attended. As the press conference wound down, I had an interesting
Sep 21, 2011
Following a panel discussion at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong on social media and journalism, Marketing Interactive did a quick video interview. They summed up my comments as: “Social media is a bigger threat than opportunity.”
Sep 9, 2011
This November the Global Editor’s Network will bring together a great lineup of news editors and speakers from around the world. (Disclosure: I am speaking at the conference, but I am not an organizer.) Among them are friends like Joi Ito, who now heads of the MIT Media Lab and who launched my blogging career
Sep 8, 2011
An infographic produced by our social media team to show how Facebook now dominates Asia. Enjoy!
Sep 4, 2011
A great campaign for Huggies diapers by our team was recently featured as the first-ever case study done by Facebook of work by an agency in the Asia-Pacific region. Really pleased! This image, taken from the video, shows me asking the gods of creativity to bring on more great ideas from our team. Facebook also
Sep 2, 2011
One of the biggest challenges facing our fast-growing social media team is finding the best talent out there. We have rarely resorted to recruiters, instead preferring to use social media. My colleague in Beijing, Jeremy Webb, created this flowchart to help in his search for talent. Posted on Sina Weibo, China’s largest Twitter-like platform, he
Jul 28, 2011
Following the discussions on this blog, we recently held our latest Wall Street Journal social media training on Facebook Commerce. Below find a slideshare of the full deck, plus our latest version of the popular slide on F-Commerce providers. If you are a provider of F-Commerce platforms, feel free to leave your website below in
Jul 5, 2011
Over the last few weeks, I have been diving into the topic of F-Commerce, or Facebook Commerce. Much of this is in preparation for a training that our team will be doing with The Wall Street Journal in a few weeks. Space is limited: wsj-asia.com/webinar Here are the details, please join! With 139 million users
Jun 30, 2011
A snap reaction to Google+ after using it for a day. I like (or +1, I should say): Google+ has felt like a refreshing reset from Facebook. (h/t to Jennifer 8. Lee for the reset concept) My Facebook friend’s list is filled with many people whom I barely know. The people popping up on Google+
Jun 28, 2011
A note from a friend and former colleague who just joined Amazon in Seattle: In Social we are hiring 5 new developers. Positions for these technically minded individuals are open at levels – ranging from managing developers to software development engineers. These positions are based in Beijing. The Social Media team and the Deals team
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
