In a recent trip to a wedding reception in New York City, I came across a window display that was very cleverly done. It …
High-Speed Trains, High-Speed Technology
The train conductor announced “We are now entering the new high-speed section from Kalamazoo to Chicago at 100 miles per …
Send Off the Year of the Horse and Welcome the Year of the Goat
Every year when I travel to Asia to celebrate Chinese New Year, I usually bring back a ton of stuffed animals for the an …
Thanks for Giving
Thanksgiving started early for me this year. At the end of October I attended an entrepreneurs’ camp hosted by the Tzu C …
Two “A” Players, Apple and Alibaba
Part One: Apple I left for China the day after the keynote speech at the 2014 Apple Developer Conference. Admittedly, I …
What’s Up And What’s Down?
Life and business usually consist of of many ups and downs. In these past few months, I’ve seen some ups and downs worth …
Year of the Horse – No More Horse, Horse, Tiger, Tiger
Every year I go to our offices in Taiwan and China to celebrate Chinese New Year with my colleagues. The Chinese calenda …
Innovation: Apples, Rice, and Cherries
Apples While in China last week, one of my nephews told me that he is such a fan of Apple that he would buy any new prod …
Offender and Forgiver
Recently I traveled to Suzhou, China to visit a large Japanese IT company and promote cooperation between their organiza …
American Dream in China?
American Dream in China? One thing I find very interesting in Taiwan is the disproportionate numbers of news channels to …
Notes from the (Domestic) Road
My wife has been impressed by the fact that I have not left the country for almost two months now. But really, my travel …
Bits and Pieces from My Last Trip
As many of you know, I frequently travel between Ann Arbor and China and come back with a lot of stories. Here are some …
A Powerful Experience Using Technology to Find Family Roots
For every popular internet technology in the U.S., there is a similar one in China. There is Baidu which is comparable t …
A Powerful Experience Using Technology to Find Family Roots
For every popular internet technology in the U.S., there is a similar one in China. There is Baidu which is comparable t …
Hail and Farewell
Last week, CBS Sunday Morning featured a segment called “Hail and Farewell” that paid tribute to the many influential pe …
Steve Jobs’ Cool Was Contagious. Get Infected.
As I stepped into our Irvine office last evening, I was told the very sad news that Steve Jobs passed away. It is hard t …
East Meets West
We had quite a few visitors to our new Shanghai office on November 19, 2009, including Nora Neibergall, Cindy Urbaytis, …
Bricks, Paper, and the Internet
There are things that I still like about bricks & mortar. When I started Logic Solutions 13 years ago, most people c …