Rob Scoble over at FastCompany.tv spent the last few days in China and through his journey he met some amazing people and some amazing companies.  He also has a great perspective on the people of China and the future of international business.  I agree with Rob that American’s seem to have their head in the sand about how powerful the Chinese people currently are and how powerful they are going to be for the foreseeable future.  I have the opportunity to hang around in the education and government sector a lot and frankly these two groups don’t quite know what to make of our neighbors across the world.  Some schools have begun teaching Mandarin and some have been begun using video conferencing technology to speak with schools in China.  It is a good start but we need to do more.  With the end of our financial system as we know it and the beginning of a new one on the way China is going to continually play an increasing role in world affairs.  American’s need to be ready.

Hop over to Rob’s blog and read the recap about his experince in China.

One of the web’s best bloggers Seth Godin suggests nine steps to Powerpoint Magic.  My favorite one is his first step;

Don’t use Powerpoint at all! 

Good presenters do not need a crutch like powerpoint.  If you need to show something during a presentation, that isn’t information heavy, only show pictures or videos.  However he has eight other steps that are great suggestions on how to make your next presentation with powerpoint a success!

click here to read the full article

Is Verizon getting in on this?  I see T-Mobile mentioned but not Verizon.  First the iPhone now Google phone, what is wrong with Verizon???

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/first-google-phone-to-be-announced-sept-23/?em