So the question must be asked - why am I blogging and why do you care? I figure it like this: Lately I have been getting way too many calls and emails asking for my thoughts on various topics that relate to the digital world - ranging from video games, wireless, music, etc.. As much as I enjoy the personal soap box it is exhausting - amazingly enough I am sick of hearing my own voice (sometimes). So here we are in the 21st century and I can kill two birds with one stone. I can have my voice/soap box and I can repurpose all the questions and topics that come across my desk into something of at the very least minimal value to at least 2 or 3 people out there. Please do not get me wrong - I have NO delusions of grandeur. I am not looking to build a blog business, nor sell my movie rights, I am just trying to share some thoughts with anyone who gives a damn.
Now as to the name of my blog. Tai-Pan is translated from Chinese to mean a foreigner who is CEO of a busines or a company operating in china, a Tycoon. I first heard this word in a book from one of my favorite authors; Tai-Pan by James Clavelle (wonderful book, but not as good as Shogun or Noble House). The Tai-Pan in Clavelle’s books was bigger then life, he was the head of the dominant company, in practice he was the local king (and then some). Additionally, and this I just learned, Tai-Pan is a type of poisonous snake - either way, I dig the name!
