Child labor
March 2, 2010 by whit · 5 Comments
I read with interest the recent articles (couple of them here and here) about Apple’s announcement that some of their suppliers had used child labor in the past.
What I found most interesting was the “child” part – when I was 15 I would have slugged anyone who called me a child. During the summer of [...]
Day 37 – Home
February 19, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
My Blackberry Storm 2 from Verizon Wireless has been progressively crapping out on this trip. It is not a good device, and the longer I have it, the less impressed I am. In addition to the outrageous charges to receive calls – I practically had to hang up on a few clients to get them [...]
Days 32-36 – Wrapping it up
February 18, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
Day 32 – After recovering from the party the night before, Adam Supernant and I pick up a couple of our clients for a shopping outing to Dongmen. It is actually quite brisk – south China this time of year can go from the 80s to the 50s in one day – and neither of [...]
Days 15-26 – Pollution, street food, deadlines, Hong Kong and crossing the road in China
February 5, 2010 by whit · 2 Comments
Our founder, Mike Bellamy, who evidently doesn’t have enough WORK TO DO posted the Rick Roll the other day under my name. That was his hint that I should blog more often, so here goes. Sorry for the Rick Roll. Sorry for the absence. And sorry in advance for the length of this post.
More interesting [...]
Day 14
January 19, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
Day 14 – Tuesday – Some interesting China article links to kick things off:
Daring blogger tests the limits
Article with some interesting graphs on Chinese military spending
Article on Google
Power rationing in China
Why America and China Will Clash
Avatar banned in China
chinaSMACK – this is an awesome news aggregation site sent to me by Dave Learn – a [...]
Days 6-13 – Shanghai Hooters, Mao’s Revenge, and rotten cell phone companies
January 18, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
Day 6 – Woke to steady rain after a fitful sleep. The Chinese believe in sleeping on hard beds, as it is supposed to be good for you. And when I say hard, I mean sheet of plywood hard. And how having your hips so sore you can barely get out of the bed in [...]
Meet the HOODIO!
December 13, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
Another awesome product from our clients, LimbGear! The Hoodio is an MP3 enabled jacket, and LimbGear specializes in the professional and collegiate sports markets, so you will be able to get the Hoodio with your favorite sports team logo.
PassageMaker will be managing the supply chain for LimbGear, including garment customization at our Assembly Center in [...]
My first time with Singapore Chicken Rice
November 9, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
Yes, more food-borne analogies to ruin your day, dear reader. Hey, it’s Sunday.
My first 24 hrs in Asia in 1994 changed my life. I knew instantly I was hooked on Asia’s dynamism, the very excitement of just walking down the street in a part of the world so obviously on its way up, but it [...]
Stupid ads solving non-existent problems and other bad sales pitches
November 4, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
I’ve been cogitating recently on some of the marketing campaigns out there that seem almost designed to not sell the product or otherwise turn off customers. What the **** were they thinking?
The creepy plastic faced Burger King ad campaign has won awards in the ad industry, but resulted in a declining market share for the client. I [...]
Mike Bellamy knows his stuff (part 2)
October 22, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
For anyone thinking of doing business in China, please listen here for an excellent interview with PassageMaker founder Mike Bellamy. In this interview, he focuses on practical measures to protect your Intellectual Property (IP) when dealing with Chinese suppliers.
PassageMaker has years of experience protecting our clients’ IP, including filling Chinese patents and trademarks using our [...]
I was fed up with middlemen & poorly run factories distorting pricing, failing to control quality and allowing intellectual property (IP) to be knocked off, so I decided to do something about it. 
