4 Myths about Japanese Culture

Despite enjoying Japanese culture to deeper extent than other countries, Taiwan still has its shares of myth held against Japan. Part of the reason is in Japan itself: we are the world's sloppiest nation when it comes to explaining who we are, what we do, and why...

How to revive Hollywood movie: sampling

What does Hollywood offer these days? Everything looks tired. Remake a known property. (Spider-man) Create its sequel. (Spider-man2) Stretch the series as much as possible. (Spider-man3) When the production gets too costly/demanding, suck them and reboot....

My 5 rules for posting regularly

The road to hell is paved with blogging about blogging but what the hell, I'll do it. I post a blog entry every other day (at least after January 1st, 2010), which is fairly constant and frequent. Here is how I do it.1. Devote the best hours of a day to...

Which is dying: job category or people inside

A while ago, Marian Schembari shared a good reading about people committing suicide taking enormous amount of risk by jumping into so-called dying industries (she is mentioned on page 3, alive and well).Well, why? Are they rich enough to indulge themselves? No –...

Competing these days is about not competing at all

Competition is still about fighting each other in the same ballpark, at least in the Japanese business context. On the surface, it sounds fair and gentlemen-like. Deep inside, everybody is exhausted trying to catch more fish in the red ocean. Also over time they lose...