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Step Up, Speak Up, Live it Up
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// This is the original manuscript of my talk shared at Urbana 12 PANA Lounge (Pan Asian North Americans) today — watch video // Right now at Urbana 12 there are over 6000 Asians and Asian North Americans. We’re now living in the 21st century and communication is wide open for everyone. Social media gives…
Merry Christmas 2012
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@ journalThis is our family Christmas card to wish you a Merry Christmas this year!
Remembering Sandy Hook Victims and Responding to Tragedy
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@ journalWords cannot express the horror, sorrow, grief, anger, and all the dark emotions we’re experiencing after hearing of the tragedy this weekend. That doesn’t mean we don’t use words. Here’s some words that Jason Chu put together into poetry — 27 (memorial for the Newtown school shooting) // spoken word Many meaningful actions are needed.…
12 days before Christmas Eve
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@ journalToday is that magical numerological date in history 12/12/12 and at 12:12:12 I was sitting down for lunch at a place called Chef Chen because a friend suggested it via Yelp. Where were you? As Christmas 2012 draws near, the Chuang family (my dear wife and sharp son) are preparing for the 2012 OC Christmas…
Switching cell phones from AT&T to Straight Talk
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@ journalRecently made the switch for 3 cell phones on an AT&T family plan with 550 shared minutes to Straight Talk (ST) for unlimited minutes. It was not all smooth sailing, and underneath it all, the phones will still run on the AT&T mobile network just under a different brand & billing package, with Straight Talk…
New Tim Keller book on work, vocation, and calling
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@ journalFew books adeptly addresses the conundrum of work from a Christian world view. Work is such a consuming part of our lives, often unsatisfying, yet there is something good about work that both the Biblical text and even Ayn Rand (a vocal critic of Christianity) acknowledges. And it’s a common quest for people to want…
10,000 reasons for the popularity of Gangnam style
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What’s up with this crazy wild viral popularity of PSY and Gangnam style? Are millions being entertained because they’re laughing at Psy or laughing withPsy? What’s struck the nerve? First on YouTube, then appearances on mainstream media on the likes of Saturday Night Live (9/15), TODAY show (9/14), The Ellen Show (9/10), MTV Video Music Awards (9/6), has…
Weekend of an ordinary average family guy
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@ journalThe power of perception. Your perception shapes your reality. More than that, really, for most people. Your perception becomes your reality; your perception IS your reality. Me too. My perception is my reality. And here’s how I see and perceive myself, who I think I am. I’m really just an ordinary average guy. I won’t…
Beyond recognizing white privilege
My last blog post, Tim Keller explains the systemic problem of white privilege, excerpting a commentary from the Q&A portion of March 2012 event, generated a record-breaking number of responses, mostly retweets. Now what? Acknowledging the existence of white privilege is a huge step, yet a baby step, 1st of a thousand, towards opening the…
The best Chinese hot sauce is called Laoganma
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@ journalWithout knowing the name, this hot sauce was elusive to find. I searched high and low all over the Internet. I had tasted it before. There are hot sauces spanning the whole range of that Scoville scale heat index. Most are just plain straight heat. Most are either plain liquid or whipped into a puree…
It’s personal, oh so personal
A leading influencer of our time, Seth Godin, can do it both, short-form blogging, long form articles, speeches, books. Knowing how to mix it up is just one more dimension of his success and influence. Yet he doesn’t go super short-form aka microblogging with twittering and facebooking. That’s to say you don’t have to use…
How an Introvert can build a platform
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@ journalI’ve already said it (and recommended it a handful of times in offline conversations), that Michael Hyatt‘s new book Platform is the best book about leveraging social media I’ve seen in 12+ years, and his team’s promotional efforts have put it on the bestsellers lists. And as I’ve recently launched a new podcast, Social Media…
