Monthly Archives: October 2010

FASHEMATICS

Fashion+mathematics = Fashematics I never been such a brainiac, when it comes to maths. Not really my fault, just that, according to my highschool teacher, Monsieur Poirot (fwi: Mister Leek in english), my approach of math logic was different: “You’re … Continue reading

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Effective Advertisements

An average person is exposed to over 3000 ads a day. This is shocking to most people because very few of those ads stick out and actually capture people’s attentions. More specifically, different people get interested in different ads. This … Continue reading

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Luck

My mom used to tell me that “luck only comes to whoever’s ready.” It took me a quite a while to understand it. This article basically summarized my understanding: http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2010/10/make-luck-work-in-your-favor.html. One type of luck is constitutional luck – a luck … Continue reading

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Group meetings

It’s only been 1.5 months since the start of life at Sauder, and I’ve been into hundreds of group meetings already. After reading the article http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2010/10/why-we-secretly-love-meetings.html, I realized how much I learned from these meetings: “Be clear about what you … Continue reading

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Looks Like GAP just discovered MS Word art

Last week, GAP unveiled their new logo – to be honest, I thought it was a joke. It was shocking, actually, to see this kind of design would come out from such a store. I had absolutely no idea GAP … Continue reading

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