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The Wizard of US
Two hours in the immigration line at the O’Hare Airport is enough to drive anyone crazy. Bejing, Singapore, Tokyo –…
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The Aero Bomb
When the Library of American Broadcasting honored Barry Diller with the “Giants of Broadcasting” award last October, the 71-one year…
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Spy Me
“The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” This is not a line from a…
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Crossing the Teas
There is something reassuring about landing in Tokyo after a long night flight and realizing that you are not the…
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A Room with a View
On a cold and rainy day in Shanghai, I sat leaning back against the carved calligraphy wall of my hotel…
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TV or not TV?
That is the question, literally, which we will be facing for the rest of the decade– a silent question which…
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Gangnam World
It’s a chilly stressful morning in Paris, and I am rushing to catch a plane at Charles de Gaulle. The…
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Dreams-à-porter
It is my firm belief that life is not worth living if we cannot, at regular intervals, encounter parallel realties…
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High (2.0) in Ibiza
On a glorious summer evening of what’s supposed to be the busiest weekend in August, the sleepy town of St…
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The Facebook Heist
A few weeks ago a Colombian police squad arrested a couple of thugs who had robbed an Internet café. It…
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Over the Top But Not Enough
The Asia Pacific PayTV Operator Summit takes place in Bali in late April. Set at the former Ritz, recently renamed…
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The Customer Blues
The not so recent Grammies 2012 left me thoughtful. I didn’t follow much of the usual noise, as the results…
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The Year of Good Dragon
In 2004 Nike ran into some trouble with its commercials in Asia. It hit the first hurdle in Singapore where…
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2Q12
The Holiday Season is upon us. Just back from South East Asia, where the temperature never fell below 28 and…
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Out of Fashion
I do not know how relevant fashion is to you. Do you know that this season the fuzzy stuff is…
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Dangerous Tides
A curious thing happened at my final high-school exam. “ Why don’t we skip the questions”, smiled the literature teacher…
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Brain Games
A sultry Tuesday afternoon in Bali. A gentle breeze flutters the white curtains of my beach bed, making it look…
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Star Wars 2.0
The entrance to Google’s new Parisian headquarters is a non-descript door on a non-descript street. There is no sign, just…
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Once Upon A Wedding
An hour or so after two billion people, none of whom I know, happily endured an endless royal wedding broadcast,…
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When Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed To Tweet A Battle…
Alice in Wonderland was the first book I ever read, and throughout my childhood it comforted me against the absurdities…
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