So I finally watched 2012 over the weekend, but the film left me feeling extremely agitated.
The possibility that the world may meet its watery end in three years didn't bother me. Rather, what vexed me was the process by which the human specimen was salvaged.
When it was determined that the human race was indeed facing possible extinction due to..... Read more »
If you're thinking of buying a new projector for your office meeting room, why not consider getting an LED TV instead. LED TVs are similar to LCD TVs except that LED TVs use LEDs for backlighting the LCD panel, instead of using fluorescent lamps for backlighting. The newer LED TVs based on edge-LED lighting are slimmer (about an..... Read more »
Tags: Light-emitting Diode, LCD, LCD TV, LED TV, Colours
Lift-and-shift has been the backbone of many of the outsource solutions for a number of years.
This allowed many buyers to achieve significant cost savings by taking advantage of labor arbitrage. It also led to the creation of networks of offshore centers by service providers as they sought to satisfy the needs of their customers through both scale as..... Read more »
Tags: Buyer, Lift-and-shift, Outsource, financial crisis, arbitrage
Before anything else, let me devote a few words to the fallen journalists and other victims of the brutal massacre that occurred last week in the southern province of Maguindanao. It's the most atrocious crime I've ever seen in the Philippines--a big black eye that overshadowed the recent victories of Filipinos Manny Pacquiao (unprecedented 7th title in 7th weight division)..... Read more »
Tags: Philippines, broadcast company, High Tech Computer Corp., Nevada, logistics
Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our tickets as a professional development expense.
Spoiler: In the movie, China saves the human race, and all the American political leaders are black people. Selected..... Read more »
Tags: moon recovery site, moon BCP, water on the moon, moon disaster recovery, 2012
As a lawyer, I often inform my clients about the need to clear licenses with the various licensing societies whenever they use works belonging to other parties. This is especially familiar to those in the entertainment industry, for example, a singer who wants to re-record a version of a song written by someone else.
The same affects the technology industry--say,..... Read more »
Tags: tribunal, copyright, mp3, Collection Society, Internet radio
Carbon paper fascinated me when I was younger. Write once, get two copies. What a great invention and work tool, I thought.
Then came e-mail, and making carbon copies of important notes and messages got even easier. So effortless, in fact, that CC has become one of the most abused office tools today.
There've been one too many times when I've..... Read more »
Tags: Carbon, ROI, CC, business process, job
Consumer broadband service in Malaysia has been around for almost 10 years now, but it wasn't until 2005/2006 that the stakes of the broadband service in Malaysia were increased.
Until then, the only broadband service that consumers could count on was provided by state-owned incumbent, Telekom Malaysia (TM). But in 2005, wireless players Celcom and Maxis Communications upped the ante by..... Read more »
Tags: 3G, wireless service, EDGE, P1, Malaysia
I've had dreams of opening my own cafe or bistro...cum music store...cum music school. But, I soon gave up that dream when I realized it would require significant investment and guts to start a new business from scratch--money which I didn't have, and guts which I didn't have enough of...and still don't.
It ain't easy setting up your own shop, and..... Read more »
Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Alibaba.com, Courage, medical device
Almost everyone has had dreams of owning their own shop, but most of us know also that it takes a fair amount of resources to open a new business, and even more to keep it going.
Needless to say, it requires guts and gumption for someone to decide they're willing to risk potential failure and strike out on their own...... Read more »
Tags: Entrepreneurial, Start-up, Entrepreneur, Start-up Company, entrepreneurship
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