I wanted to stop rationalising. I couldn’t square the dilemma. I was sick of the wrestling. The value of I was doing, from selling shoes to selling phones, needed more rationalisation than I could stomach. The “rationalized” values were at least “one order” away from what I was actually doing daily: Selling iPhones:{1st Order Impact}…
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Scorecard, CY2020, Q2
How did Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and COVID-19 do in Q2 of CY2020?
FaceTime Has a Branding Problem
It’s not serious enough for work. Apple’s FaceTime is actually fantastic for one-on-one virtual meetings- it is very easy to use, secured, and reliable. Yet every time when I suggested FaceTime, the other side would always say, “Oh I have never used it for REAL meetings.” It really didn’t matter if we actually needed the…
The Wonderful Naivety of Apple Product Launches
Perfect autumn morning @ Apple ifcmall, Hong Kong Today is the launch of the iPhone 11. Product launches at the Apple stores were the favorite moments of my stint at Apple. They were also the most significant moments of growth. In a way, I believe everyone could relate to a product launch event at an Apple…
Tim Cook Butchered Cantonese
Nike Epic Phantom React FK 4 random tidbits from the iPhone 11 Apple Event. From Schmoes to Pros My camera has an iPhone on it The Sequel: Siri & AR Strike Back Tim Cook butchered Cantonese, and it’s our fault 1. From Schmoes to Pros Apple pulled a Jedi-mindtrick on all of us with the new naming…
3 articles I read in 2018 that took me to school
Autumn @ the Island Waldorf School Hong Kong; Some ridiculously handsome guy enjoying forking lettuce; Lisa Jackson and the blue marble “Making 2018 Meaningful”: Part 1: Articles “Why we fell for cleaning eating”, The Guardian What it was about: How #cleaneating is becoming more and more like a cult movement, because it is stubborn/tenacious, emotionally divisive, irrationally…
🧐 Facts about my 26 bosses
I have had 26 different bosses in 20+ years of working. Brands I worked for are from: 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰 🇨🇳 🇦🇺 (I have yet to work for a European company or boss.) I sold 📱, 👟, 🏀, empty promises and humans. 2. Ethnicity of my bosses: 👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼👨🏼💼 🙎🏻♂️🙎🏻♂️🙎🏻♂️🙎🏻♂️🙎🏻♂️🙎🏻♂️ 👩🏼💼👩🏼💼👩🏼💼👩🏼💼 👨🏿💼👨🏿💼👨🏿💼 🙍🏻♀️🙍🏻♀️🙍🏻♀️ 27% were female. More…
An Apple Fanboy Studying Amazon
What was it like being a customer of these two brands during Q4 2017? source: https://stepfeed.com/will-apple-and-amazon-open-up-in-saudi-arabia-4123 Reading and talking about quarterly earnings often times feel too much like work (I don’t love). Yet I want to learn more about great brands. Therefore I needed to find a slightly more self-entertaining way to go through this ……
We Need to Talk About the HomePod …
“$350 for a smart speaker?!” “No, $350 for a speaker !” Is it Apple’s fault that the conversations around the HomePod are so dysfunctional? Apple introduced the HomePod as a premium speaker that makes great sound. In fact, if you go to its website, the first 4 out of 5 features are all music related. Only…
latitute
Damn. I just talked about this in my previous blog. This is an application I would really want to see on my phone: the ability to see where my friends are on a map. It is now possible. Google Latitude. It doesn’t work on iPhone yet, but this is definitely a new beginning. Dunno how…