Category Archives: Technology

Asian-Americans Kids: Moving Back and Forth Between Asia

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Jeff

My boss has been living in India (I like to joke that my management has been outsourced), but he is moving back to the United States.  One of his concerns is how his daughter will deal with the move.  She … Continue reading →

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Taiwan’s new president hopes to strengthen ties to Silicon Valley

Posted on October 9, 2008 by John

As I had blogged earlier this year, there was a presidential election in Taiwan in the Spring. The KMT‘s candidate, Ma Ying-jeo, won in a landslide, after 8 years of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s Chen Shui-bian presidential rule. I don’t … Continue reading →

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ImageGeisha: Is This Any Different from Mister Wong?

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Ernie

File another one in the “European companies with unfortunate branding” bin: My former co-worker Rabble pointed me to an image manipulation platform which does live previews of Word Documents, PDFs and MP3s on the web from Austrian company wollzelle. Called … Continue reading →

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An Asian Parents’ Worst Nightmare: Son Gives Up Medicine to Blog

Posted on July 21, 2008 by John

Source: New York Times. Arnold Kim, founder and senior editor of MacRumors.com. When I first began to read this New York Times article, “My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors” about Arnold Kim’s site, MacRumors.com, I … Continue reading →

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Videogames in the classroom? Only in Japan!

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Moye

Would anybody be surprised to learn that a school in Japan is using the Nintendo DS as part of their English language curriculum? Not me. But I can hear the nerds around the country sighing with jealousy over another reason … Continue reading →

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Feng shui on a mobile?

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Ben

When I saw this “lucky Dragon” phone. I about dropped my jaw. First three words that came out were: “Are you serious?” In hindsight, I probably should have gone with “Are you silly-us?” but all jokes aside, this mobile phone … Continue reading →

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SPACE INVADERS!!!!

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Jun

Taito, creator of “Space Invaders”, has teamed up with Yahoo Japan and incorporated the game into the website where space invaders destroy the Yahoo homepage. It was a part of a April Fools joke but its still active. GO BEFORE … Continue reading →

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LOLcat Guys Can Has Media Empire

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Ernie

Greetings from Austin, Texas! There’s a huge movie, music and interactive festival taking place here this week, and as I’m a big geek, I’m here for the SXSW Interactive Festival, a tech convention which is a combination of bloggers, Web … Continue reading →

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Good things aren’t always expensive

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Andy

This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting David Liu, the founder of Good OS. You might have heard of them when they partnered with Everex to offer a sub $200 desktop called the gPC. The gPC runs on … Continue reading →

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Asian Fit Goggles: My Dilemma with Sunglasses is Finally Over

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Mike

For a long time, it was hard for me. [Cue violin music] All the sunglasses I’d buy in the stores were so big and round. Not a good fit for my chinky eyes. But now Oakley has answered my prayers! … Continue reading →

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Quiz! Who’s on Social Networks?

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Lily Huang

This research article, Whose Space? Differences Among Users and Non-Users of Social Network Sites, reports on a research study by Eszter Hargittai in Communication Studies and Sociology at Northwestern University. It finds connections between use of social network sites and … Continue reading →

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Japanese Design Robot Suit for Farmers

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Bo

File this one under AWESOME. Researchers at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology unveiled a robot suit designed to assist farmers reduce the effort of their backbreaking work. Researchers hope to have the technology in use in 2 years … Continue reading →

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