Chinese bloggers
China Journal : Chinese Bloggers Really Are Edgy – interesting that Chinese bloggers don’t necessarily reflect the rabid knee jerk nationalism that we have come to associate with web users in PRC
Economics
All of Inflation’s Little Parts – The New York Times – lovely infographic that the folks at PSFK pointed out showing how inflation is made up and giving a great insight into consumer spending
How to
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Autopilot Achievement: How to Turn Your Goals Into Habits | Zen Habits
Ideas
What Comes After Post Modernism?
Innovation
GE and the Death of Manufacturing – interesting article
Japan
Japanese People & Fashion – Japan Pictures – some of these, particularly the Harajuku area pictures are nuts, the amount of detail and trouble they go to
Top 10 LED signage in Tokyo – really sweet design and just plain cool stuff
How hard is it really to learn Japanese? | The Japan Times Online
London
Tokyo Diner Japanese restaurant | ロンドン 東京ダイナー 求人サイト – My favourite restaurant in London
Luxury
Christian Dior Turning To Designer Handsets To Boost Revenues – interesting that they’ve gone directly to the emerging markets of PRC and Russia. However if Chanel and Louis Vuitton get into this market expect Dior to be the mobile phone equivalent of roadkill (think Motorola’s mobile device division).
MediaPost Publications – Will Men Be The Luxury Market’s Secret Weapon? – 05/21/2008
Marketing
brandchannel.com | A how-to guide to assessing brand value – Catherine Tremblay takes on one of the thorniest issues in marketing
Media
China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news – smh.com.au – interesting article on how the Chinese government is doing a lot of smart things to handle the communications crisis around the recent earthquakes, including real-time news reports on government sites via satellite phone and live web Q&As
Magazines Find Surprise Stash of New Readers – young people are reading, but not buying print magazines. Wired is one of the magazines benefiting from a junior demographic. Getting magazines into cafes and doctors surgeries is a good way of getting in front of these people.
My new graphic novel for sale and as a free, remixable, shareable download – Boing Boing
Average teenager’s iPod has 800 illegal music tracks – Times Online
Microsoft (MSFT) – AOL (TWX) Deal Within a Few Months – interesting analysis piece
Security
Why we don’t need a security breach notification law in the UK | OUT-LAW.COM – interesting post by Chris Pounder on the powers of the Data Protection Act
UK government proposes big brother database of every email sent by Brits
Trustchip makes GSM calls untappable – The INQUIRER – cool crypto tech
Software
PC World – Business Center: Coders Tell Why They’re Avoiding Vista
Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers
Ari Jaaksi of Nokia Wants to Educate the Linux Community
Style
New Balance 576 China Mask Collection | Hypebeast – this kicks the living daylights out of adidas and Nike’s efforts to address Chinese culture
Taiwan
Taiwan digital music makers divided over added value of camera functionality
Technology
LEDs must drop to 10% of price in 2005 to go mainstream in general lighting by 2012
Lost in E-Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast – NYTimes.com – recommended reading by Drew Benvie
Wireless
Is 3G Ready for the iPhone Stress Test? – GigaOM
Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone – information and usability guru Edward Tuft on the iPhone