Christine Lu - Latest Comments

Re: About

Sara Tekula — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:09:50 -0000

Great to learn more about you! Great story, and looking forward to learning more & sharing ideas now that I'm following you on Twitter. I'm also the "organized chaos" type and have many interests. I spent much of my 20s thinking that was a negative trait. Now I know it's what makes me special (an an "awesome-special" kind of way).

Re: Katana-ya Ramen in San Francisco

gw — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:22:10 -0000

hmm i'll have to check this out when i'm back in town.

Re: Wow. I’m Going To TEDGlobal!

kwen — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:14:58 -0000

That's so exciting! I'll definitely be looking forward to your posts (and tweets) about the event.

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

Sam — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:23:20 -0000

Hi

Not sure this helps, but surfing is getting bigger in China - seems like a natural connection to Hawaii - some surf tours might be in the future?

Re: About

David Feng — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:59:51 -0000

That pic has you in deep thinking mood. :-)

Re: About

ssaikia — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:01:29 -0000

Very inspiring story and thanks for contributing.... I love the tweet "bowl of sour cherries. still eating them b/c i swear i can hear my mom's voice saying not to waste food...." I relocated to India and am learning about the value of everything.

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

NancydBrown — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:57:52 -0000

Congratulations on pulling off the HTA Blogger Tour, in six weeks, no less. Amazing.
I hope everyone was pleased with the results. I realize social media is difficult to measure, as opposed to standard circulatioin figures from newspapers and magazines, but I think social media tours will prove a powerful editorial force.

Keep up the good work. @Nancydbrown

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

Roxanne Darling — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:24:24 -0000

Christine - I see you barely unpacked and now are on your way to Asia with Geeks on Plane. :-)

A lot has changed in a year now hasn't it? I hope you had a wonderful time in Hawaii. I still pinch myself being "lucky to live Hawaii."

{{hugs}}
Rox

Re: Note To Self, Don’t Call It Yakisoba

Missing Waikiki — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:58:08 -0000

I love that place and miss it. Can't seem to find any place like it in ATL......from former Waikiki resident

Re: New Geek Girl Gadget

Kristy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:53:23 -0000

Ooh, I might buy one of those. I just switched to a mac, and one of the downsides is that there are only 2 USB ports on the mac. The top-loading USB ports look especially efficient, and I'm digging the smooth design!

Re: About

CreoleInDC — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:25:51 -0000

I find what you do outrageously interesting.

Re: Hula Grill Happy Hour, Tell Them Bruce Sent You

Bruce — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:57:38 -0000

Aloha Cristine and Chis,
Glad to see you made it over to Hula's, a lot of folk run right away to Duke's downstairs (which is also great) but Hula never disappoints! And The Mai Tai's are second to known.

Re: Approved Cabin Baggage, Flying To Hawaii With A Toddler

OmegaMom — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:39:46 -0000

What a cutie he is! Yes, the dollar store is a savior, as are puzzles and the (alas!) DVD player.

Re: Approved Cabin Baggage, Flying To Hawaii With A Toddler

damon — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:25:20 -0000

Your son is a cutie... I hope he and my son are able to meet. My son is almost 5 but the size of a 3 and a half year old.

I dig that little media player that Hawaiian let's you buy.

I'm heading to Disneyland in July with my son but this time I'll be bringing my portable DVD player so that we can use it at the hotels and in the cars as well as the plane.

Also, the IPOD does a pretty good job of keeping my son entertained.

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

Jim "Genuine" Turner — Sat, 23 May 2009 10:54:50 -0000

Those are exactly the questions I will be asking Charlie as I talk to some of the people that we come in contact with in Hawaii. I have already been called by a couple of businesses that are following along with the conversation going on now and they too want to know these answers. So let's ask and start the dialogue. Thanks for the great post Christine, and this set the stage for the rest of us. We will have a wonderful experience and a great time. I just hope we can do it justice as and can impart all that we see an experience o our community. Now to go and figure out that livestream I'm trying! ;)

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

Sheila Scarborough — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:40:04 -0000

Thanks for this post, Christine - I know a lot of work went into it to try to explain some pretty, er, sprawling concepts!

My son and I are really looking forward to getting behind the standard beach scene on the Hawaiian islands (although we certainly plan some good ocean/snorkel-y time, too) and I promise not to turn all of my blogging over to him if I run out of energy. He's a good writer for a 3rd grader, but....lol

Re: At The Intersection Of Hawaii and China

Charlie — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:29:41 -0000

Great post! I'm glad to find out that HTA is doing things to entice visitors coming from China.

We have to compete with Hainan Island as a Chinese tourist destination. What is HTA doing to market Hawaii as a better place to go? What makes us unique? I think that what you're doing with the bloggers (i.e.: showing local culture) is a good start. You're right about not having any short term efffects, but long term is what counts.

Re: Pushing Proverbial Pencils

aric s. queen — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:07:58 -0000

kerouac called it 'spontaneous prose' - think you've found a gorgeous outlet for the things that don't fit the other areas.

keep it going....

Re: Pushing Proverbial Pencils

Ian Lee — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:49:08 -0000

Thanks for the inspiration Christine. Literally, I can definitely relate to your big sis. Having been trained from a hard core science perspective where documentation, proper referencing and proofing is of the essence, I find it a little difficult to hit the publish button sometimes. On a different level, I think your post is also relevant to many aspects of life itself. Just do it! :)

Re: I Write For A Commie Newspaper

Asianmommy — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:13:47 -0000

Right now, I get 5 cents a bag for bringing in my bags to Whole Foods. I get a raffle ticket for bringing in my bags to Trader Joe's. It's really not much of an incentive, because I find that I'm usually the only customer in the store who brought in her own bags. I think charging a small fee for dispensing disposable plastic bags would be really effective in persuading customers to bring in their own bags. But you're right--there would be rioting here in the US.

Re: Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple are getting Shanghaied

George — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:20:14 -0000

great idea! i can neither write nor look good on camera but ill think of something how to contribute :-)

Re: Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple are getting Shanghaied

Jason Sanders — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:25:13 -0000

Wow, that's amazing! Good for y'all; I can't wait for 2010. If you three need any help just let me know!

Re: Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple are getting Shanghaied

kk+ — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:08:07 -0000

zhong guo jiao!

Re: Why I Want To Hide My Twitter Follower Count

Bryan Saxton — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:05:56 -0000

As a student of public relations, I hear the world 'relationship' thrown around the social media world and in the classroom. Most of the time, it's by PR professionals. Sadly, it's those same people who follow me, expect me to follow them back, don't tweet about anything that's relevant to me, and then don't respond when I try to engage them. There is no relationship, and there's no reason why I should follow them.

It sounds like you have some sort of actual relationship with everyone you follow, regardless whether or not you've met them in real life or not. It's something that 'Social Media experts' don't get, it's something that some PR people don't get and it's certainly something that spammers don't get.

Relationships are what Twitter is about, but people expect them to be formed out of thin air. They think by simply following other tweeters, they've established some form of connection with their followers and that those followers will automatically retweet everything they post. They think that their 10,000 followers are 10,000 actual connections that they've made, when in fact they have 10,000 pointless updates being forced into their twitter feed. Having a lot of followers is great, but it's a horrible way to measure your effectiveness as a tweeter.

The point is, I think your reasons are 100% legitimate, and I wish that more PR people, "Social Media Experts' and spammers would read articles like this before mass following everyone.

Sorry about the rant.

Re: Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple are getting Shanghaied

Oli's Shanghai Blog — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:30:10 -0000

ok!