The KING is back

Went to the Peak on Saturday. The towe has finally re-opened with a brand new BERGER KING. Finally HKers can grab a whopper without a boarding pass. (The other Berger King in HK is right inside the waiting terminal, after immigration, of the airport)

It's amazingly delicious!

p.s. Pacific Coffee also re-opened at the Peak but the store's 1/3 of the original size... the sofa we sat on 16-2-2000 has gone physically but lies in our hearts forever and ever.

Digital Marketing in 10 years time

My boss had arranged this wonderful training session this evening: the digital marketing scoup from global (mainly US) and local Hong Kong point of view.

I dare say Hong Kong companies still have a long road to understand what online advertising really means. And how we can prove that this medium worth the money. It sounds like such a good motives to be here, like a warrier, to tackle these goals under the umbrella of eC.

Read some news regarding US women prefer digital gadgets than jewelleries as gifts. More and more women can trouble-shoot their pc / gadget related problems. Beware guys, we are losing our USP as "gadget and computer fixing experts".....

WEB2.0 vs Bus Uncle ~~~~ Youtube is dying

I wonder how many in Hong Kong did dig in seriously with WEB2.0.

Web2.0: I am a believer, but not a seriously player. (but I do Flickr and Youtube)
Web2.0: refers to websites that provoke social networking, making something a hit but each contribution and systamic tagging.
Web2.0: are what you seeing in Flickr, Youtube, Bloggers, MySpace...... etc.

Hong Kong net-users are fad-enthusiasts. The media promote one-off hype: from mongkok food to bus uncle. The Web2.0 played into the hands of hong kong youth as a one-off. We all so hook up and bust up the popularity and soon we will leave that and move onto something new and "more fun". I am talking about sustainability here: which is why web2.0 exists. If the players can keep digging and digging these website will meant for something great.

Also, how many do care about the legal and business model aspects of web2.o?
/ Flickr finally get some money after yahoo's acquisition.
/ Youtube is dying, guys, get some notice. They are free (and for HKers, it means a great bargain). But there's no proper income (except you call those Google Adwords). Soon they will run out of money to cover the bandwidth... Rumours say eBay and Yahoo are interested in buying. Still, if there's no money, who would know what happen to Youtube in 3 months?

Holiday: Well-earned? Well-planned?

I am on my week-long annual leave. Big news is that I've finally get my online photo album published to my family and friends: http://www.flickr.com/photos/raymondwoo/.

So here it is. At the pacific coffee and mid-way thru the week. This week is without a plan and without a proper schedule: want to do a lot of things but end up just slacking thru most of the time.

I sure say this holiday is more of a "well-earned" after 7 months of non-stop busy works. But my selfish retarded mind resists anything like sticking to a "meeting friends" schedule. The result? is probably getting my friends mad once they heard the "oh! I dun have time for dinner with you guys, sorry mate!"

It seems I am such a hopeless a selfish bastard! cheers!