technology
For those of you that don't know, Facebook and Twitter have been blocked here in the People's Republic of China for the past several months. While most would say that this offers a lessons regarding censorship, an equally important lesson is what it teaches us about
technology
I have been accessing Google via IPv6 for the past few months thanks to the nice people at Hurricane Electric. Every once in a while when using Gmail, I will get a security error warning me that the SSL certificate for mail.google.com does not belong to that site
apple
Chinese media is reporting that China Unicom and Apple have signed a 3 year deal to sell the iPhone in mainland China. Reports are that Unicom will purchase iPhones from Apple for 3,000 Chinese Yuan each and guarantee sales of 1 to 2 million units per year and revenue
business
My friend Karen and her business partner Andy have been hard at work introducing the concept of gourmet frozen yogurt to the Guangzhou consumer. Their brainchild, Yogurt Workshop, recently opened its first two stores in Guangzhou. Yogurt Workshop offers 4 flavors of frozen yogurt, Original, Green Tea, Guava and Mango.
pay4bugs
We have heard both from Pay4Bugs customers and testers that they needed a better way to manage the ever increasing number of bugs our testers have helped customers find. Over the weekend, we rolled out three small changes to help both customers and testers find the bugs they are looking
chinese
I have been a fan Austin Kleon's Newspaper Blackout Poetry since I came across them on Facebook. Last week, while walking by a newspaper stand in Guangzhou, I suddenly had the urge to give it a try myself with a Chinese newspaper. You can see how it was
apple
Despite what some other blogs claim restoring my jailbroken/unlocked 1st generation iPhone with 3.0 software did result in it being re-locked to AT&T making it impossible to use my China Mobile GoTone SIM. Activation with iTunes would only work with the original AT&T sim
blog
Fellow China watcher Nick Kristof has a great op-ed that looks at the relationship between three races that have traditionally enjoyed above average success in America and intelligence. His policy conclusion: "...the most decisive weapons in the war on poverty aren’t transfer payments but education, education, education."
blog
The CDN Cachefly seems to be partially down. As of 4:24pm HKT, their homepage and FTP upload server are both not responding. Data currently deployed on their network still works fine. Are they simply down for an update or will they be joining GM in bankruptcy court? Usually I
technology
A couple of weeks ago we released an update to Pay4Bugs, our software testing marketplace, that had hidden in it a small but incredibly usual new feature for those of you that have both Customer and Tester accounts. Quick Switch is a pair of tabs that appear at the top
blog
Those that know me well, or have had the opportunity (or perhaps bad luck) to travel with me know that I enjoy taking pictures. Late last year, I started looking for a place to store the over 10,000+ digital photographs I have taken over since I acquired my first
business
There is a lot of confusion about invoices in China. If you ask for an invoice from a vendor in most of the world and you will get a piece of paper issued by the vendor that lists the items or services you are buying, total amount due and terms.