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Common Mistakes in Enterprise IT when it comes to CIO/CTO hiring.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

After talking and meeting with more than several Fortune 100 CIOs and CTOs, I’ve really discovered a common  paradigm. This of course is over many years of experience.  It’s important to understand the role of CIO or a CTO, but it’s also important to understand when they clearly do not get it. I’m not trashing…

Amazon Prime – Good or Bad – a 2 Year Review

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Amazon offers something called Amazon Prime. Basically here is what it offers: Special access to certain quality video content for free viewing on your computer and multiple amazon enabled devices. Free 2 day shipping on everything in its warehouse. Free one day shipping around the holiday times occasionally. Free access to the kindle lending library…

The Apple iPhone vs. Android making the choice

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So you’re in the market for a new mobile phone.  The question is which do you go with?  When I say which, I mean which platform. There are really 2 major choices today: 1. iPhone 2. Android So which do you go with and how should you make the decision. The reality is I go…

Boosting Octane Yourself. I did the research, made it, and proved it.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So I drive a car that requires 93 min. Octane.   Me, being the skeptic started thinking about Gasoline blends around the world.  I realized in my travels (and I am extremely well traveled), that pretty much every other country in the world has one grade of Gas vs. America and some parts of Europe and…

Adrenalin… True Clarity of Mind.

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Percy Kwong

We all decompress in different ways.  Some jog, others cook, there’s the veritable “walker”.  Me?  Well.. I like to do things that may seem unnatural.  I’m an adrenalin junkie.  I don’t do it so much for the “thrill” of doing it, but for the one moment of clarity I get during the act of whatever…

Lucid Dreaming and other weirdness.

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Percy Kwong

dreams, soundtracks, lucid dreaming

Brilliant Minds at Work

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Percy Kwong

Warning: The following post is a complete rant.  I’ll probably piss off quite a few people, but seriously.. The level of stupidity involved in this little exercise rivals even that of the TSA. It just fucking amazes me how someone at the White House thought it would be a good idea to fly Airforce One…

Complete Randomness and Such

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Percy Kwong

There are times when I just feel like spouting whatever comes to mind. This is one of those times. The thoughts contained here are just a download of whatever is on my mind at the moment. It’s kind of a release valve of sorts. I guess that’s why I blog; it’s therapeutic. Don’t mind the…

Denise: I’m sorry. This is just too funny.

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Percy Kwong

OK.. Here’s a story that will bring some levity to the whole situation. I really needed this to brighten my day. Let’s just say this happened some time in the past… So I’m talking to my friend Denise and she decides she’s going to come visit me. There’s nothing wrong with me seeing an old…

I lost someone close to me Today

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Percy Kwong

    I lost someone close to me today.  This was sent to me. ——————————————————————– You will have questions I know.Questions about why and how I could; but I did. I felt it was important I give you a reason; you were always the one that had my best interests at heart.You understood me; sometimes…

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