Dec 17, 2010
A very Virginia-style scene of choosing a Christmas tree from the woods. (Photo credit to Thuy-Tien Crampton) That blob in the lower left corner being looked at by the horses is me carrying a cedar tree from the woods. For those concerned that chopping down a tree is an environmentally unfriendly way to celebrate the
Nov 13, 2008
Next time you are in Stockholm, be sure to try the hot chocolate served in the vertiginous Erik’s Gondola restaurant. The venue appears to be a rather precarious industrial bridge and the hot chocolate served there is excellent. It is actually a hot chocolate experience since the customer is served the raw ingredients which must
Aug 10, 2008
This e-mail just arrived: Hi – I recently discovered your blog and enjoy your way of doing things. However, since you’re now also posting on Danwei, I find it redundant because I follow both blogs with rss feeds. I just thought I’d let you know I’m on the verge of quitting your rss feed, as
Jun 12, 2008
The Business case for selling a new type of digital TV box in Taiwan Having left journalism to take up business development with one of Asia’s more successful serial entrepreneurs, I’m always on the lookout for new business opportunities. This idea strikes me as quite complex to accomplish alone, but too compelling to drop. For
May 26, 2008
Blog writing has a different effect on people from printed media, Martin Varsavsky observes in a post. I agree. Martin finds postings in blogs like TechCrunch or GigaOm about him or his company – Fon – will bring traffic to his websites. When an article is written about him or his company in a publication
Apr 19, 2008
A quote on the difficulty of focus from a recent feature in Fortune Magazine on Steve Jobs struck a chord with me. Jobs’ frustration with focus resonates with this journalist entering business. Why? Because journalism rewards voracious dilettantism, while business rewards monomaniacal focus. Jobs’ words below on focus were not available on the online version
Apr 2, 2008
Reiner Mittelbach, CEO of the newspaper industry organization Ifra has been promoting Ifrasearch a recently launched vertical search for newspapers. IFRA – motto: Empowering the news publishing industry – has created the search engine to allow newspaper-focussed people to look at trends, strategies and issues. UPDATE: I just found another recently launched news industry vertical
Apr 2, 2008
Will be dropping by IFRA’s Publish Asia 2008 conference in Macau over the next couple days and will liveblog on merit. Anyone else headed there? UPDATE: Further blogging on the conference by Mari Pascual who is posting to the IFRA Magazine Multiblog.
Mar 26, 2008
Which is the best hosting service for a China-focussed blog? WordPress.com, blogger.com and other free services can be blocked by the Great Firewall, so I need advice on where to host my blog. (It is currently parked with a very generous friend.)Should I use Dreamhost? A US-based service? A Hong Kong-based service?My readership is divided
Feb 14, 2008
Kevin Huang, founder of Hong Kong-based Internet advertising company Pixel Media, predicts three Internet trends for China in 2008: Trend 1- Complacency by China’s established media Buoyed by great ad sales from the Olympics, China’s traditional media companies will fail to develop their online media properties. These companies will, however, wake up with a hangover
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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...
