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I'm a Taiwanese-American and was born & raised in Western Massachusetts, went to college in upstate New York, worked in Connecticut, went to grad school in North Carolina and then moved out to the Bay Area in 1999 and have been living here ever since - love the weather and almost everything about the area (except the high cost of housing...)
Watch Yul Kwon’s “America Revealed” PBS Series Online
Back in April, Asian American celebrity host Yul Kwon hosted a four part series on for PBS called America Revealed with the following episodes: Episode 1 – Food Machine Episode 2 – Nation on the Move Episode 3 – Electric Nation Episode 4 – Made in the U.S.A. If you missed them, they’re online. Though I don’t know for how long. I watched the entire series and thought the cinematography and aerial photography was fantastic. [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: McDonald’s “It’s Your Lunch – Take It” Campaign
It looks like McDonald’s has launched a new ad campaign geared towards Americans who often have to work through lunch – encouraging them to take time out to eat lunch by actually going out to lunch. You can see a longer commercial of the same campaign with the same Asian American office worker after the jump.
Asian American Commercial Watch: May Is Blooming At JCP
I wonder if JCP, as in JCPenney, is the new KFC (as in Kentucky Fried Chicken). Ever since Ron Johnson left Apple (former head of retail) to become head of “JCP,” I’ve noticed that the department store has had hipper television ads. In reality, JCP is not the new KFC, but more like the new Target – at least when it comes to pastel colors and hip music. (Before Apple, Johnson had worked at Target.)
President Obama At Asian Pacific American Institute For Congressional Studies Annual Gala
Last week, President Obama delivered remarks at the 18th Annual Gala of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. I liked how Obama made some remarks about his personal connection with the Asian American community by talking about his half-sister, brother-in-law and his nieces, as well as his time growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia. Obama also makes reference to Vincent Chin’s tragic death to the Japanese internment camps.
Asian Americans Most Likely To Own A Smartphone
I caught this tidbit of news the other day from Nielsen: 67.3 percent of Asian Americans have a smartphone, higher than any other ethnicity within the United States. This should come as any big surprise – Pew Internet & American Life Project did a study on Asians Americans and Technology last year and found similar trends for Internet and mobile usage. What surprised me more was that a higher percentage of women own a smartphone [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: Nationwide Insurance
I caught this Nationwide Insurance commercial recently and recognized the actress, Diane Mizota. She’s been in VW, Verizon Wireless and Cadillac commercials, to name a few. She’s also been the VP of Pop Culture for Popchips, which has recently seen some controversy lately due to their latest online video. I like the kid, but am not a fan of the blue glasses – but I guess since Nationwide’s logo is blue and matches, it sort [...] Continue »
Will Asian Americans Be 2012′s Stealth Swing Vote?
Although Asian Americans make up almost 6% of the U.S. population, you might not think that we might be “swing voters” that could help determine the next president of the United States this fall. Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (AAPI Vote) and the Asian American Justice Center conducted a recent survey, and from the results: “In swing states such as Nevada, Florida, and Virginia, the Asian-American vote could prove decisive. The poll oversampled voters [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: Intel’s House of Flying Laptops
I just saw the 30-second version of this commercial by Intel, promoting the Ultrabook line of laptops “inspired” by Intel. I personally just bought a Toshiba Ultrabook back in February and love it (for its long battery life as well as how thin it is – like a MacBook Air, except has 3 USB ports, HDMI & VGA out, SD card, Ethernet jack, etc.)
Asian American Commercial Watch: Vonage’s Unlimited India Calling
I saw this Vonage ad the other day and noticed the actor who portrays the dutiful son and husband is that of the now defunct TV series Outsourced, Rizwan Manji. I’ve never personally tried Vonage, but in general, I am pretty pleased with the overall quality of Skype‘s VOIP. I have to imagine if you have a lot of friends and family in India, the $14.99/month deal (on top of I’m sure regular monthly fees), [...] Continue »
MSNBC Profiles William Tong for Senate And Rise Of Asian Americans Running for Public Office
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Over the weekend, Richard Lui of MSNBC did a nice profile of William Tong, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. I had first blogged about Tong back last November when his campaign reached out to 8Asians.
Asian American Commercial Watch: Target’s “Green Drink”
I caught this Target commercial a few minutes after the most recent Target mom & daughter commercial. Like I blogged before, I’m not a big fan of the 18-second format commercial. Target has done a GREAT job of highlighting Asian American mom’s & daughters, cute girls, families, dating couples, inter-racial couples (WM/AF), teachers, Single Asian Females, etc. in commercials but I don’t think they have had any commercials where an Asian American man has been [...] Continue »
Will Sylianteng Candidate For Pennsylvania State House
I recently came across this candidate for public office, Will Sylianteng, running for a seat as a Pennsylvania State Representative (he reminded me a little bit about Connecticut State Representative William Tong, who is currently running for U.S. Senate): He practices law in Blue Bell, PA. Will is admitted to practice law in the State and Federal Courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. He is also admitted to the Federal Courts of the [...] Continue »
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