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Job Opportunities: Social@Ogilvy Asia
We have a number of openings in our team, this one is fairly senior and quite urgent. We are also looking for people elsewhere in the region. Let us know if you are interested. To get an idea about our team dynamic, you can look at this YouTube video. Send a CV and cover letter
Updated: Facebook Asia Stats Infographic
As part of the ongoing project I started on the growth of Facebook in Asia, here is the latest update. You can download high resolution versions of these images by clicking on them or via slideshare. Enjoy!
China’s Online Dating Booms, To Reduce Choice
In contrast to online dating in the United States and Europe – where people turn to the Internet to increase choice – Evan Osnos writes in The New Yorker this week about how Chinese netizens use dating sites to narrow their choices. “I once watched a twenty-three-year-old woman search for dates in Beijing, where there
Standing up at work again
While a foreign correspondent, I often worked standing up. I find that you remain more alert while vertical, instead of slumping down in a chair. The French newspaper Le Monde famously holds its editorial meetings standing up, which keeps the meeting quicker. Now, I am standing up once again, thanks to a colleague who pointed
Bingo Night With Ogilvy!
We are throwing a great party next week! Invitations will be going out to those invited shortly.
Fabulous Facebook Event
A great Facebook event next Monday for anyone who will be in Hong Kong. There will be experts in from Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters who rarely ever visit the region. Click on the invitation to request a seat! (or go to bit.ly/advancedfacebook)
Facebook IPO: China features throughout
Facebook may be blocked in China, but the world’s most populous nation features throughout Facebook’s IPO prospectus filed last night to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Here are the references (my comments in bold): Facebook sees China’s social networks as key competitors We face significant competition in almost every aspect of our business, including from
FCC Charity Ball: Why we do it.
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
iPad overtakes the iPhone sales
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.
Meeting Steve Jobs: Freedom vs. Simplicity
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
Social Media’s Impact on News Organizations
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.”
Global Editors Network seeks great China speakers!
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
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