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Ladies and gentlemen: welcome Daniel Peng Medeiros!

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome Danil Peng Medeiros! Born on August 12, 2016 at 8:49h with 51cm and 2.9kgs in Heildelberg , Germany: that’s 3 kids in 3 different cities in the timespan of 4 years. Daniel and Mother are fine. Caleb and Esther can hardly wait to meet their little brother.

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Ladies and Gentlemen: welcome Esther Peng Medeiros

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome Esther Peng Medeiros! Born on February 20th at 17:38h with 3.05kgs and 50 cm at Johanniter-Krankenhaus Hospital in Bonn, Germany: that’s two kids in two different continents. Both baby and mother are fine, although we went through a rough start: Esther contracted an infection right after birth and had to stay for 10 days in an Intensive Care Unit. Praise the Lord she is fine now and safe with us at home […]

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Design Readings

Watch Timothy Prestero’s “Design for people, not awards” talk at TED

Timothy Prestero thought he’d designed the perfect incubator for newborns in the developing world — but his team learned a hard lesson when it failed to go into production. A manifesto on the importance to design for people’s real-world use, rather than accolades […]

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Design Innovation Inspiration

Watch David Kelley’s “How to build your creative confidence” talk at TED

Is your school or workplace divided into “creatives” versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create… […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Living in China: Foreign expert numbers on the rise in Shanghai

Some 81,000 foreign experts were working in Shanghai at the end of 2011 – a third more than in 2005, the local labor authority said recently […]

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Personal

Ladies and Gentleman: welcome Caleb Peng Medeiros

As you’ve probably noticed, there hasn’t been much updates to this blog in the last two weeks, since I’ve been pre-occupied with having a baby: his name is Caleb Peng Medeiros, was born on October 20th, 2011, weighting 2.5 Kilos (approximately 5.5 pounds) […]

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Design Economics Innovation

Watch Mick McManus’ “Innovate to Survive” talk to Wall Street Journal

Tech firms like Hewlett-Packard along with energy companies and even hospitals need to design two years into the future, when the economy is going to be turning around, says Mick McManus, CEO of MAYA Design […]

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China Economics Innovation Trend Watching

China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Shanghai chosen as electric car pilot city

China named Shanghai as the country’s pilot city for electric vehicle development […]

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Information Technology Trend Watching

US State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton “Remarks on Internet Freedom” at the Newseum

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on Internet Freedom on January 21, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at the Newseum, in Washington, D.C.; Secretary Clinton’s policy address laid-out the Administration’s strategy for protecting freedom in the networked age of the 21st Century […]

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China Trend Watching

Living in China: at the wake of Shanghai World Expo, lack of services in English still a challenge

Shanghai Expats are feeling a bit language-challenged in Shanghai’s taxis, buses and shopping venues, according to a report released recently.