This past Friday, I had the opportunity to interview Gary Wang, the founder of mammoth video sharing site Tudou.com. The site is arguably bigger than youtube, not just in China, but in terms of comparative data transfer and minutes of video streamed.
Anyone who follows this site knows that I’m a big fan of Chinese video sites. I’m especially a fan of user 24jack these days!
In any case, the interview with Gary was my first go at a podcast, and overall (aside from my voice sounding like a cross between Ben Stein and Beavis) I think it went quite well. Gary’s an interesting guy, and Tudou is without question an intriguing site. We chatted about everything from copyright to censorship to copycat websites, and more besides.
So if you’d like to check the interview, drop on over to CNet and check it out.
You know, I was always struck by the fact that not as many young people in China bother with crappy part-time jobs.
Was it the pressure to compete academically and do well in school? Just no time to work?
Was it the one child policy, allowing parents to funnel all their cash to one kid instead of many?
Well, now I’m inclined to think that there’s a third factor involved as well. How often do you see workers performing well-rehearsed dance routines in front of a McDonalds or a shopping mall? All the time, if you’re in China.
I mean, when did people start taking McJobs this seriously? Check this video of the Pizza Hut Dance Crew. Holy Be-jeesis. I’d be selling my body in a heartbeat…
Yesterday my office held a small party for Halloween, and I was in need of a costume. I work in a computer company, and last year I went as a Blue Screen of Death, proudly proclaiming “Error: Windows has detected your Halloween Costume is Missing.”
Cute, wha?
But this year I tried for even cuter, going one of the characters from the famous Korean cartoon Pucca. Read the rest of this entry »
