http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings A Technology Entrepreneur Shares his tips on how to win in Business... and in Life! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:55:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shared by wilson For people in developed countries, this is actually an opportunity:Read -- entry level tech jobs are being outsourced so if your skills are not advanced, you risked losing your job.... BUT if your skills are advanced, then it is needed to handle the many entry level ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/29/it-pay-jumps-as-skills-gap-widens/ Shared by wilson I think the march of technology so far has been unimpaired. Worldwide IT spending will reach $3.4 trln in 2008, an 8% increase over 2007, according to Gartner. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/29/global-it-spending-to-reach-34-trln-in-2008/ Shared by wilson Too many people can ruin a good website... or any other projects for that matter. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/29/blog-how-not-to-build-a-web-site/ IT is great that along with economic prosperity is more happiness.That's what its all about, is it? Survey Says: People Are HappierWhat the survey found this year is that freedom of choice and social acceptance are the most powerful forces behind national moods. "Money's pretty powerful, but it's not the ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/28/its-not-all-about-the-money-its-about-happiness/ What is the result of the ever increasing sophistication and fragmentation of the market?It means people have more varied interests, and events are increasingly harder to fill up as people have a thousand things to do, and so little time. Moreover, because of so many other choices, more people ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/28/filling-up-an-event/ This is a big challenge.It is easy to teach ( even if it is time consuming), but it is difficult to impart essential knowledge. As one philosopher says it, " what is essential cannot be taught, but it can be learned."How to induce that learning -- and impart or transfer ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/28/how-do-you-pass-off-essential-knowledge/ Great story, and Joel has always been a very keen observer of tech and management.The thing is - not everything that works on another situation will work on your situation.That's why management talent is so rare -- and valuable.Because everything depends on the situation.How Hard Could It Be?: How I ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/27/dont-believe-every-business-principle-or-story-you-read/ This is a great post about managing events, and the downsides when the tries to make it difficult for organizers and exhibitors by not only being inflexible, but by using the event to 'milk' exhibitors for what its worth...Always, looking at the short term will harm the long term business ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/the-hassle-of-event-management/ There's always something you could have done better, or foresee or avoid.Those are the lessons when you try something new - the most important ting is you evaluate, and see what you learned, so that next time, you will be wiser and make less mistakes....Jeff Henshaw’s Hog Blog » ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/learning-by-actually-doing/ Shared by wilson Be careful about credit card debt! We made it through the bursting of the Internet bubble and now the bursting of the real estate bubble. Next we may be approaching the end of the most worrisome bubble of all: the standard-of-living bubble. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/faking-the-good-life-to-get-harder/ Shared by wilson Great article on the value of saving! John and Gina Rodrigues have always been good with numbers. John is a software engineer who manages a team at Microsoft, and Gina spent years processing mortgages at Wells Fargo and Countrywide Home Loans. But the numbers they are especially ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/millionaires-in-the-making-the-rodrigueses/ Shared by wilson We still don't log this, but desk jobs ( because of inactivity and many people becoming obese) could well become a dangerous job in the future. Fishing, flying and logging were the three most dangerous jobs in America in 2007. These occupations reported higher death rates than ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/americas-most-dangerous-jobs/ Read this.... The right joke delivered correctly can make you unpopular....The wrong joke can be an embarassment....SiasatResearch by a US linguist at Washington State University found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from the listeners.There are several reasons for the strong responses. First, such ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/before-you-tell-a-joke/ This can be commendable...After all, who says that God's servants and missionaries should ignore beauty?I'd always think that life should be lived not doing evil, but appreciating all the great and beautiful things around us.However, as in all things, it is important that it not be misconstrued....www.kansascity.com| Italian priest organizes ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/25/why-not/ Answer is: it depends.This article contains a lot of good inputs and arguemnts.At the end, what is highlighted is the simple fact: more people does not mean better performance.Slashdot | Ratio of IT Department Workers To Overall Employees?the company has 35,000 employees, including over 5,000 IT employees http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/23/how-many-it-people-should-you-have/ Shared by wilson This piece argues that small entrepreneurs earn less than if they have a regular job. But it goes on to say that entrepreneurs will need to at least get double what they are making on a job to feel the same amount of fulfillment.In short, ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/22/blog-why-stay-small/ Shared by wilson You cannot be happy unless you make happiness the centerpoint of your goal.... Two recent studies found Danes to be the world's happiest people. The new reputation along with media attention have led to a national discussion Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/22/its-something-about-denmark/ If this technology is really safe and efficient, this could be revolutionary....Then you have a wireless field which gives internet, AND power to your notebook.... Can you imagine that? It would be great if you never get to charge your cellphone, your mp3 player, or your notebook ever again!AFP.com ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/22/charging-your-gadgets-wirelessly/ Might as well.sometimes, you have to commend the China model. They get things done faster.What is fair is fair. If you are a celebrity, you don't want somebody using your name as a website and benefitting from it - or worse - use it to malign you or promote ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/21/china-decrees-olympic-gold-medalists-names-belong-to-the-athletes/ Here is our first attempt at eNGy Animation.This animation is intended as a small promotion anime for NGenius IT Hub.It also encapsulates what we have learned the last fifteen years. I started business thinking that technology should be useful to business. Later on, I ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/18/my-first-engy-business-animation/ This is not th eorganizers problem, but one of the networks.The fireworks, in most accounts were awesome.but a network choose to show fake fireworks.Is that ethical?Slashdot | Olympic Opening Ceremony Fireworks Were (Partly) FakedThe faked fireworks were actually set-off at the stadium, but because of potential dangers in filming the ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/12/fake-fireworks/ One of the ironies of our times is the saying, " the more you specialize, the more you generalize." It used to be said that specialization means you have to know more and more about less and less, while generalizing means you have to know less about more and more. ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/07/specialize-or-generalize/ Shared by wilson I think it is only a matter of time that China would have the most internet users. There were 253 mln Chinese Internet users in June 2008, China Internet Network Information Centre reported. Internet penetration in China is still at 19.1%. 214 mln, or 84.7% of all ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/06/253-mln-chinese-internet-users-214-mln-of-them-use-broadband/ Shared by wilson This is a huge figure. I remember there was a time when viruses would struck on a certain day, and the whole office would be down, and it would merit front page news.but not anymore - but the threat is still real. The viruses ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/06/85-bln-lost-to-viruses-and-spyware-in-2006-2007/ There comes a time that when you are popular enough, your reputation does not rest solely in what you do.It rests with what your partners and friends do in your name...More than you ever wanted to know about Microsoft | guardian.co.ukSome of Vista's problems have been created by PC manufacturers ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2008/08/01/lot-of-vista-problems-are-caused-by-improper-instllation-and-configuration/