Category: beauty | 美容產品 | 화장품 | 化粧品
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Google Translate sucks & other news
Why Google Translate fails The Shallowness of Google Translate – The Atlantic – Google Translate really weak on language that uses metaphors or symbolic elements in their discussion. So examples that I am familiar with Google Translate failing on include both Cantonese and Mandarin. It’s Mandarin is slightly better, likely due to a wider body…
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Vaseline FUBAR & other things
Vaseline This week has seen a couple of mind boggling marketing moves. First of all Vaseline made Valentine’s themed content that in retrospect probably doesn’t seem like the smartest idea now. I am not sure what this a parable of: The decline of corporate communications and legal in a company as reputation guardians? The decline…
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Travel hacks & inspiration
Some travel hacks: Mytaxi – works for European cities, similar to Hailo or Uber 3 Feel Like Home – not having to worry about roaming charges in a number of countries. There are a couple of things to be aware of: If you have a tethered broadband component to your phone tariff it won’t be…
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100 soundscapes + more things
The 100 Soundscapes of Japan: A list of Japan’s greatest natural, cultural, and industrial sounds – this is the kind of project that the web was made of. It’s an inspired piece of work. Not to over-egg it but these 100 soundscapes are amazing. More Japan-related posts here. Burberry explores Mr. Burberry’s narrative via GQ…
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Native advertising + other news
Native advertising Podcasting embraces native advertising | Digiday – interesting as podcasting historically has struggled with finding a advertising model and native advertising doesn’t fit that comfortably in the performance orientation of online ads. Native advertising does make sense in podcasting as it shouldn’t affect the podcasters flow and content integrity too much – more marketing…
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John Markoff & more things
John Markoff John Markoff and Steven Levy are better known to non-US audiences for their non-fiction books about the technology sector, but are actually veteran journalists who have covered the technology sector for the business press over the past three decades. I would recommend Steven Levy’s Insanely Great and What the Doormouse said by John…
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John Galliano + more things
Court Orders John Galliano to Pay Dior 1 Euro — The Cut – how could he have won that case? John Galliano pushed too far even for luxury fashion. The houses are professionalising due to their public conglomerate status. John Galliano and his conduct was a dinosaur in the modern luxury business. Bronte Capital: Nu Skin…
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Pirate friendly platforms + more
Govt waves stick at pirate friendly Google search • The Register – regulators upset at pirate friendly sites surfaced by the likes of Google. The problem is the momentum it starts towards mass censorship. Which begs the question, rather than just removing pirate friendly sites, why don’t they just go all the way and ask…
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Overwork & other things
Overwork What Our Culture of Overwork Is Doing to Mothers | TIME – One reason for the stall in gender equity during the 1990s was a change in typical work weeks and remuneration patterns,” wrote Youngjoo Cha, assistant professor of Sociology at IUB in a companion presented at the CCF symposium. “This period saw a…