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My name is Will Moss. I spent 17 years in Singapore and China doing computer games, e-commerce and public relations before returning to the Bay Area in 2013. I am director of international and corporate communications for Motorola Mobility. This is a personal blog, and the opinions here are my own. For more information see About Imagethief or contact me at will [at] imagethief [dot] com.
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
More on visualizations, accuracy and perception
It’s symptomatic of something that most of the regular comments to this blog now seem to come to the version that syndicates on my Facebook page. I mention this because in response to yesterday’s post on the worthy Chinfographics blog, … Continue reading
Tagged Journalism, Media, Public Relations
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Interesting new blog: Vizualizing China at Chinfographics
I have a soft spot for really cool data visualizations and well-executed infographics. They are often wonderful ways to tell stories or help people truly grasp complex issues or statistics. That’s why I’ve long liked the very cool Information is … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Public Relations
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I totally want to be there when Ultraman takes these guys down
I’d like to thank the London 2012 Olympic committee for creating mascots that actually make me nostalgic for the Fuwa: As near as I can tell, these guys are apparently the result of cross breeding the Teletubbies: With Ultraman’s archenemies, … Continue reading
Tagged Olympics, Pop Culture, Public Relations, Weird, Whatever
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They must not get many mixed-race kids in Xi’an
Here is my son Zachary prancing (prancing, mind you) in front of seven women and girls outside the terracotta warriors exhibit in Xi’an: This wasn’t the only time something like this happened on this trip. It was just the most … Continue reading
Tagged China, Parenthood, Resident Alien, Travel
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A big change for Imagethief
Regular readers will have noticed that I’ve been a bit below-the-horizon the last few weeks. Sorry about that. There are two main reasons. First, my father was here for three weeks so I spent a fair amount of time with … Continue reading
Tagged Notices
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Sinica 7: Schoolyard violence with Chinese characteristics
The latest Sinica podcast is up. In this episode, hosted by Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei.org, Forbes Beijing bureau chief Gady Epstein, Chinese journalist Qin Liwen and I discuss the recent rash of school attacks in China. It was great to … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Crisis Management, Media, Sinica
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PowerPoint rangers and dumb-dumb bullets
It’s a few days old, but I loved this New York Times article about about the problems arising from the use of PowerPoint in military briefing in Afghanistan: “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, … Continue reading
Tagged Business, Communication, Military, Technology
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Unsolicited advice for Xinhua’s new CNC TV news outfit
To listen to people moan about the fact that China has sixty “Confucius Centers” in the US to America’s zilch-nada in China you’d think the Chinese were wrapping up hearts and minds around the planet while America gets relegated to … Continue reading
Sinica Podcast 5: Huang Guangyu, plus the China property bubble
Once again I joined Kaiser Kuo and repeat offenders Bill Bishop, author of of Digicha and Sinocism, and Forbes Beijing bureau chief Gady Epstein for the Sinica podcast. This week’s blurb: Huang Guangyu, the richest man in China, went on … Continue reading