Monthly Archives: May 2008

Post-abundance

Living in China is fascinating in very many ways; one of them is watching the transformation of values as prosperity spreads through Chinese society. The Chinese are, of course, just like everybody else: they want security, consumer goods, education… and that shouldn’t be any surprise; it’s odd sometimes to hear Western commentators (especially in the [...]

“Twitter killed my blogging”

That’s what I’ve heard many people say since I joined Twitter a month or so ago,and it’s true; all of the thoughts that might otherwise have been stored up as potential blog posts are instead released immediately into the Twitterstream… Sometimes they spark up a conversation, more often they don’t, but never mind. At its [...]