Archive for March, 2010

Much ado about nothing

March 30, 2010
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Much ado about nothing

I thought I sensed a great disturbance in The Force this morning on my way to work. I initially thought my grogginess was caused by my Spring allergies, or the fact that I’d spent the entire night fiddling with web templates as oppose to sleeping. Come to find out on the commute home in...
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I’ll Settle For Bacterial

March 29, 2010
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I’ll Settle For Bacterial

Logically, I’m extremely lucid of the fact that building a successful web community won’t happen overnight, but it’s been well over two days since this website has been up and running… and still no people.  :-p In all seriousness, web communities are a funny phenomenon: why is it that certain websites flourish while others...
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Morality is a Button

March 29, 2010
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Morality is a Button

On the way home from work this afternoon, I overheard on NPR of new research where scientists are now able to affect morality in people with electromagnetic pulses to the surface of the brain. It fascinated me so much that, upon landing, I immediately pulled it up on the internet to read more about...
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ASUS Electronics

March 28, 2010
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ASUS Electronics

ASUSTek Computer Incorporated (ASUS) is yet another Taiwan-based corporation who’ve made great strides towards branding. Although not quite as ubiquitous as the Sony’s and Samsung’s in the world of electronics, ASUS is well positioned to make a lasting positive impression with their ultra high-end and performance computer offering. I’ve had many discussions regarding the...
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HTC Corporation

March 28, 2010
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HTC Corporation

HTC Corporation is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. Their most notable product at the moment is probably the Nexus One phone being promoted through Google. It’s extremely refreshing to see Taiwanese companies slowly moving out of the shadow of OEM manufacturing and making headway in the marketing department (even if it’s under the auspices...
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Slow but Sure

March 28, 2010
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These are exciting times for RealTaiwan.com. Although still in our commencement week, we’ve already been in contact with two prominent community activists to share their expertise as blog columnists on RealTaiwan.com in the field of food and fashion, two things that no civilized blog-follower should live without. Subscribe to our syndication to ensure you...
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Baby Steps

March 27, 2010
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Hello and welcome to RealTaiwan.com. This website seeks to unify various Taiwanese-related resources here in the United States under one umbrella. Because RealTaiwan is still in its infancy, its direction and growth is tremendously flexible. Thus far we have in place the introductory pages powered by the WordPress platform. A forum, powered by phpBB,...
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