Going the Distance: Business Lessons from Endurance Sports
Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Jason Chan in Life, Strategy
For many people sports is a way to unwind and take your mind off work. Taking yourself away from work, even for short periods, can give you a breath of fresh thinking and renewed perspective and focus. This is particularly true if you’ve been working on a long, complex problem. Maybe this is why so [...]
Social App Overload
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Jason Chan in Life, Social Media
Seems like there’s no shortage of social sites, apps and tools these days. It’s only the middle of the week and I just got hooked onto Yammer, a relatively new private Twitter-like network for your company. We’ll have to see if I can get us to a tipping point of users and take advantage of [...]
Bloggers’ Oath
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by Jason Chan in Life, Social Media
A recent feature article in the New York Times featured a broad ranging interview with President Obama and got me thinking about the idea of a bloggers oath again.
The writers covered many of the issues that face the U.S. from the economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, energy and so forth. What struck me though, [...]
iPhone Application Addictions, er, Additions
Posted on 07. Mar, 2009 by admin in Life, Technology
A little lighter fare for this weekend. For people like me who are into their mobile devices, their selection of apps reveals a bit about their personality. I used to get excited to try out new apps, which come out daily. But now, figuring out what screen to put them on stresses me out!
There are [...]
Juggling Priorities: Email > Twitter > Facebook > Breakfast > RSS
Posted on 06. Mar, 2009 by admin in Life, Technology
As information sources become more and more numerous, it’s becoming more and more challenging staying on top of things. When I was a kid, my dad would grab the morning paper and he’d read the headlines while I grabbed the sports section for the box scores. And that’s all I had to do before heading [...]
$ponsored Conversations
Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by admin in Life, Social Media
Talk about a hot-button topic!
Highly influential bloggers pride themselves on building a following by being truthful and objective, increasingly rare qualities in a world of “advertorials” and non-branded sites that blur the line between honest to goodness content and marketing collateral. It’s fascinating how it is so divisive. As the social world gains momentum, we’re [...]