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...

Upgrading URL shorteners

Hootsuite, which I use for tracking and composing tweets, comes with a URL shortner: ow.ly. It is a versatile tool that I use whenever I want to introduce a web link. It is like having a freebie. On a free web application.The only downside of ow.ly is that it shows...

Rediscovering blog identity

The seasonal identity crisis has arrived. This blog used to be called "Free Random Thoughts: melting technology and communication in the Asian pot." Now it is "Interestingness Rediscovered: missing angles in our familiar view." The following...

Why Segway Failed and How to Make it Come Back

Once self-touted as the greatest invention in history of humanity, Segway was quietly sold at the end of January. Despite the initial fanfare, they never acquired the ubiquity they aspired for. What was the problem?I suppose it was because no one could make riding...