I have been silent for six months. A bad case of writer's block plus a lot of travel--three trips to the US, one to Beijing and one to Qingdao. While we were wandering around the US several of my friends scolded me for going quiet and urged me to get back in business blogging. So here goes....
I'll keep this one short and return with longer essays on the state of the universe in the weeks to come. The topics that I will focus on are
- Economic and political developments in the USA as I see them from my perch in Hong Kong and with input from my friends out in this part of the world.
- Corporate responsibility. I have been teaching in this field for some time but haven't written about it in the blog. A couple of readers have asked that I chime in occasionally on the topic.
- Travelogue. I don't expect to do much traveling to exotic places in the next year but will add photos and commentary when there are opportunities.
- Technology. Infrequently I will provide a suggestion about useful or entertaining websites, software, hardware etc. (See below)
- Miscellany.
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Two new tools for your reading pleasure. At the beginning of the summer Lisa was given an iPad 2. As she is much busier and not as much of a technology addict as I, the iPad has spent a lot more time in my hands. I have added an app, Instapaper, which allows me to effortlessly save articles that I want to read later and then retrieve them on any of my electronic devices (desktop PC, iPod Touch, iPad). There's a free version but you'll probably want to move up to the very reasonably priced paid version. Instapaper has quickly become indispensable for me. Give it a try.
