Our ever-shortening attention and the future of writing 2/2

(Continued from the last post) As the WebProNews article says, one way to survive the blogging red ocean is to be authentic – to write things with *cough* value. Right, we know that, thanks. Is there other way? Turns out there is. It is to see the new writing...

Our ever-shortening attention and the future of writing 1/2

From the Top Trends Blog – People are now constantly distracted and find it difficult to stay focused on any one thing for more than a matter of minutes. For example: In London a local council has experimented with cushioning on lampposts because pedestrians are...

How to create an online sensation

Here is the recap of the animated showdown between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno that became a viral sensation a while ago (in Internet time). The original content was one of the video reportings done by the Taiwanese branch of Apple Daily – its web address...

The value of stuff is overrated

As long as we live in the cities, we might want stuff, but do not need them. I live in Taipei, a modestly-sized city with around 3 million population. Here we can live a modern urban life  (that means we do not have to, like, grow grapevines out of the balcony to...

Ebooks and the true potential of the PowerPoint format

I was enjoying reading an e-book from Riverfork Consulting titled A Brief Guide to Change by Design, which talks about implementing a series changes in our life by acquiring the "just do it" attitude and reframing (=redesigning) our habits. Sounds...