I don’t know if anyone remembers this, but there used to be days… the days of BitNet… when using the Internet meant a command-line interface on a mainframe terminals.
Then there were the bulletin boards and their menu-driven interfaces. Anybody out there remember menus?
Between the bulletin boards and the World Wide Web, there was a transitional [...]
I believe that, on average, the sharper your focus, the further you will get in life — whether in your career, your business, your hobbies, or anything else you’re after.
Unfortunately, picking a career is no easier than picking a mate — no matter how attractive your spouse, there will always be other people who are [...]
We cover a lot of countries here at Trombly Ltd. Some of these countries speak other languages. So we’re always looking for reporters with go od language skills.
J. was perfect. Young, ambitious, had the languages we needed — plus, with journalism experience.
She wrote ten articles for us. Sure, her work needed work. She needed to [...]
Sorry about not posting last month — it was a busy, busy May. The company continues to grow — and new people have to be trained, new clients dealt with.
I was on local TV — the International Channel Shanghai — and taped the first episode of a new ITV-Asia program, Emerging China, for which I’m [...]
When people find out that I’m a business journalist, they invariably ask me for stock tips.
After all, I’m probably sitting on tons of juicy corporate insider dope that my editors won’t print so as not to offend advertisers, right?
First of all, not true. Any inside dope I’ve got, has been printed. I’ve been lucky with [...]
I’m going to be heading off to the U.S. on July 15 — and coming back in the fall — but I’m already nostalgic for the Shanghai of today.
I was down in the French Concession area this afternoon, one of the nicest parts of Shanghai.
After having a quick bite at Abbey Road with journalist friend [...]
Just came back from a nice lunch at KABB, in Shanghai’s people-watching mecca Xintiandi. Hose Mitamura (author of China s Environment 2008, available from Amazon) and I discussed the differences between journalism and PR.
As my staff constantly reminds me, I tend to believe passionately in whatever I heard most recently. In my case, this is [...]
I’ve been using Twitter for about a week now. I keep all the tweets in a column on the side of my browser windows (using Twitbin). It feels like being in a chatroom populated exclusively by your friends — the friends who Twitter, that is.
My Twitter handle is Maria_Trombly if anyone wants to follow me.
I’m [...]
Today I left the house and stepped into what, in Massachusetts, would be considered a pretty hot summer day - 77 degrees Farenheit (25 Celsius).
So much for the one week of nice, spring weather. From now, it’s only going to get worse and worse. I plan to stay inside for the next two months with [...]
I don’t see a lot of hits for “editorial process outsourcing” in Google — but this is exactly what we do.
Publications have been doing outsourcing for a long, long time. Mostly, they just outsource the development of content. They use freelance writers and freelance photographers, and they buy photos and articles from agencies.
Editorial process outsourcing [...]
