http://boundaryfree.com/blogs Technology, Venture, Innovation, Globalization Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:39:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Li Yizhong, director for China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at 2009 China Internet Conference held in Beijing that the scale of China's network users has been increasing. By the end of September 2009, China had 1.044 billion phone users, including 324 million fixed telephone users and 720 ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/142 I am reading "The 4-hour workweek" book for the 2nd time. At the end of book, the author quoted a statement from Steve Jobs that I think are worthwhile to share: "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/141 It has been almost 2 years since I left HP. Most of my family thought I was crazy to leave such as highly paid yet COZY job, especially when I was only months away from my 2nd new born baby. I left behind a large option pool priced at $20s ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/140 This is quite interesting from the news: China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. The latest figure on Web use at the end of June is a 56 ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/137 Fed Chief Ben Bernanke talks about his worry on inflation in the last 2 days. The problem is that Fed can no longer control the pricing alone in this globally integrated market. Since 70% of US GDP comes from service sector, it is almost impossible to see how heavy inflationary ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/136 I have always been an advocate of donation efficiency. It took me a while to find a few donation services that pass 100% of the donation back to China. The one I decided in the end is Silicon Valley Tsinghua Network that is run by about 15 volunteers who are ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/135 After going back to China almost every month this year, I start to really appreciate my root a lot. Since I left China in 1986, there are tremendous amount of changes in that country every year. But it is only until recent few years I start to see not only ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/134 It has been a while since I blogged last time. I guess I dropped the ball here. With a new baby, various consulting and investing projects and traveling, it becomes hard for me to blog. I will try to do more going forward :) Here is a picture on the Beijing ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/133 I am delighted to be selected as one of the judges for the 2008 CODiE award. Similar to all the Hollywood awards, Codie Awards was established in 1986 as the only peer-recognition awards program of its kind in the high-tech industry, providing a unique opportunity for companies to earn the ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/131 Last Friday was my last day in HP and it feels great to be outside of the corporate life. After 10 years in Cisco and then HP, it is wonderful to be independent again, to work with passionate startups and ventures, to dream about new possibilities, and see the results ... http://boundaryfree.com/blogs/archives/130