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03 Nov 07
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Provincial Poetry I know, it's been ages since I've posted. Here's the most recent column from that's Beijing. And good news: The good folks at that magazine have decided to publish a book of my collected columns over the last six-plus years.... |
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05 Sep 07
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A Surreal Summit The highlight of this evening was, without doutbt, drinks on the 35th floor of the Nikko Hotel in Dalian. A small group of us sat and listened to sci-fi author and blogger-provacateur Cory Doctorow address hot Saville Row bespoke designer... |
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05 Sep 07
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Young Global Leaders lunch The World Economic Forum nominates a remarkable group of "Young Global Leaders" and facilitates regular gatherings where they connect with one another and talk about weighty matters. I intend no irony here: They're really a high-caliber bunch. Today, with... |
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05 Sep 07
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A Honduran Senator on her way to Dalian Well, I'm certainly off to an interesting start. This evening, on my flight from Beijing to Dalian, I was fortunate enough to be seated next to Mary Elizabeth "Lizzy" Flores Flake, a senator from Honduras who was also heading to... |
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05 Sep 07
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Free at last! Looks like Typepad blogs are unblocked in China, at least in Beijing, and at least for the moment. Apologies for neglecting to post for so long, but it just didn't seem like there was much of a point when the... |
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16 Jun 07
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Check out the Ogilvy China Digital Watch With considerable contributions by a few already-overworked colleagues, I officially launched the Ogilvy China Digital Watch yesterday. It's a bilingual blog about technology and marketing, and I'll be occasionally cross-posting things I write for that... |
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07 Jun 07
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A Reply to Digital Media Magazine I just flipped through the latest issue of Digital Media magazine (June 2007) and saw the following on the last page:A couple of issues back, we pointed to a fine blog written by Ogilvy China's digital guru Kaiser Kuo. Lately,... |
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21 May 07
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Cool Web 2.0 app of the day - Anothr.com I just met with Jim Sang, CEO of a Shanghai/Hangzhou based startup called Anothr.com. Anothr is an RSS tool that sends feeds you subscribe to directly to your IM. Right now it supports GTalk, Skype, and MSN/Windows Live Messenger. The... |
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17 May 07
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China's Instant Cities More beautiful, insightful writing on China from Pete Hessler, author of Rivertown and Oracle Bones, in this month's issue of National Geographic. In this article, with excellent photography by Mark Leong. I joke with Mark that he's got the best... |
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06 May 07
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Midi Music Festival 2007 The Midi Music Festival has become a real cultural phenomenon, drawing young people from all over the country and giving me increasing hope that the still-marginal rock culture has reached critical mass and momentum. This year, I hear there were... |
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30 Apr 07
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The Week-Long Wedding Forgive my long absence. It's been a cra... |
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19 Apr 07
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Naked Consumerism: The New Shin Kong Place at Huamao About six months ago, we moved from an a... |
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14 Apr 07
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Is Obama your man for '08? Any China-based American citizens who are willing to get behind Illinois Senator Barack Obama's presidential bid should email me (kaiser.kuo at gmail.com) to learn more about what a Beijing-based group is doing to raise money and help form the... |
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12 Apr 07
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Happy birthday, Guenevere We celebrated Guenevere's third birthday... |
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11 Apr 07
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Andy McKee, "Shanghai." Amazing guitarist. You've probably already seen this guy's YouTube videos. Absolutely amazing. Check out his rendition of Toto's 80s hit Africa, and the song Drifting. His playing reminds me of (an updated) Stanley Jordan and Michael Hedges, rest in peace.... |
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10 Apr 07
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Chunqiu to play Midi Festival after all A wonderful surprise this evening! I got... |
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10 Apr 07
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Bill Bishop's Back a-Blogging After a six-month paternity leave to rear his twin one-year-old girls, Bill's back at it, and better than ever. Smart, smart posts. Lots of overlapping interests with me--the Chinese Internet, capital markets, online gaming (not my forte, but definitely... |
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09 Apr 07
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Chas W. Freeman, Jr., with an optimist's view of China 2025 Veteran diplomat Chas W. Freeman, Jr. first came to my attention last year when I heard a KQED broadcast of a talk on China to a foreign policy group in San Francisco. He was talking about China's oil policies, which... |
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09 Apr 07
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The new Google Pinyin IME really does rock - but may be partially (ahem) borrowed Not that I do all that much writing in C... |
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09 Apr 07
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Greenpeace and the Midi Music Festival - Good news and bad First the good news: The Midi Music Festival is going Green. and Peaceful. Beijing's marvelous annual band blowout, which takes place from May 1 to 4 this year in Haidian Park, will be working closely with the global environmental organization... |
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08 Apr 07
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Revolution in Chinese Education? Last week the New York Times Magazine ran a nice in-depth article on the changes afoot in China's education system--the shift away from the ages-old pedagogical tradition with its emphasis on rote memorization. It's very much worth a read. One... |
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