Shanghai Tech WriterTechnical Writing, Technology, WordPress, Web 2.0, National Instruments, LabVIEW, Shanghai, China

I know this post is unrelated to the theme of this blog, but part of the living-in-China experience is reading about interesting news and giving outsiders a glimpse of “China.”
Here’s a video of a Chinese high school student doing a rendition of Michael Jackson’s Beat It.

Share and Enjoy:

I love to play board games! Over the years, I’ve accumulated a huge collection of board games, including old school games (like Clue, Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk, Connect Four, Taboo, Pictionary, etc…) and new school games (like Settlers of Catan, Power Grid, Carcassone, El Grande, Ticket to Ride, Puerto Rico, etc..). Unless you’re a big [...]

I am a big Google fan! I love Gmail. I love Picasa. I love Google Earth. I love Google Sketchup. I love Google Chrome. And when Google Wave comes out later this year, I know I am going to love that too!
What is Google Wave?
Google wave is a communication and collaboration tool that combines [...]

Every so often, recruiters and headhunters contact me for information, tips, and suggestions regarding hiring technical writers in China. I also get messages from readers looking for technical writing opportunities in China. Rather than me trying to figure out what’s a good match for everyone, I’ll be posting job opportunities here.
If you’re interested in applying [...]

I use SpeedTest.net often to check my Internet connection speed. You’d think that Internet connection should be the same if you paid for a specific bandwidth, but not so in China. I’ve seen my Internet connection speed fluctuate from 0.5 MB/s to 4.0 Mb/s, but mostly in the lower range. Connection speed varies depending on [...]

Last week, I was watching the season finale of Prison Break on Hulu and saw this GREAT commercial by FedEx! I couldn’t find the commercial on YouTube, so I’m going to have to explain it in words.
FedEx took its standard 30 second TV commercials, played it on fast forward with a voice-over narration [...]

CNN, BBC, and AFP reported from Tiananmen Square, Beijing, on the day of the 20th anniversary of an unnamed event, that undercover police officers in matching umbrellas and pants walked around Tiananmen Square blocking all cameras from filming the area.
Below is a video from CNN. If the embedded video does not appear, you can [...]

As the anniversary of a particular unnamed event is coming up, the Great Firewall of China is becoming a popular destination for Websites like YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Blogspot, WordPress.com, Live, Bing, Livejournal, Xanga, and many more!

But thankfully, I use a personal VPN service through Witopia to gain access to all these websites. For about $40 [...]