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There is an interesting perspective from e27, which is positioned as “a media organization focused on the Asian technology startup industry” regarding Google and Facebook.

You can read it here.

As many of you know, I recently took a gig as Head of Client Engagement at a marketing company called Vocanic in Singapore. Most of the work we do for our clients is in the area of social influence marketing, specifically around listening for and to the voice of the customer, and using that as a baseline to guide our clients to their desired results.

We are a shop for hire. So how much will your company be spending with us next year? You may want to read this Ad Age article before you answer that.

I am probably the last person I know that has yet to see The Wire. So I have started it. Especially after watching this clip on how chess is played, through the eyes of a drug dealer. I found the clip while reading a pretty great blog called snarkmarket, which only recently came up on my radar. Not certain who mentioned it or where, but thanks, and there is a beer waiting for you in BarVille.

Read the article. I can appreciate the leap from The Wire, to Monopoly, especially the moves that make virtual currency able to buy real objects. Timely in this period of intersecting the virtual and the IRL.