Its the most important time of the year when we re-visit each departments concept. Although it is an everyday process to find out whats next and how we are doing, we have to lay down some conc...
Yes the Turtlejacket Tri-Eye is heavy, but it is super cool and useful I have no reason not to carry it everyday, so instead of just customizing it with masking tapes and eraser, I made a holster for...
The first time I saw Turtlebacks Turtlejacket Tri-Eye I couldnt make out what it was. It looked like a combination of multi-lens 8mm camera and old movie reel, I immediately fell in love with ...
We had a great time with Pony Browns president, illustrator and the translator when they visited our Korean Stationery fair and met their fans in Hong Kong. I was particularly happy to be able...
Tomorrow our friends from Korea will come to help out on a Korean Stationery Fair in our shops. Im especially happy that Pony Browns designer Mr. Oh and president Ms. Lee will come and meet ou...
I was enjoying a research evening walk in Shanghai a few months ago, in an area called Shanghai Old Street (上海老街). Carrying a Canon F1 was painfully heavy, I brought along a 85mm f1.2 lens and...
Ive been using Wotancrafts Ranger bag for 25 days and it is only now suitable to give you this review from my personal experience. My Ranger was with me all the time during my business trip to...
Our job to find great stuffs from all over the world doesnt stop at product level, I believe understanding the concept and stories behind is far more important than product features. Only thro...
Today is the 1st anniversary gathering of our very own Instagram community in Hong Kong, the 11th meet up since a year ago and going strong. Thanks to the founding members and friendly IGers, ...
Theres been much talk in the media and social networks about rich mainland Chinese coming to Hong Kong to spend millions in luxury shopping and how their etiquettes ruin everyday life of Hong Kong pe...
Today I brought a young visiting couple from Shanghai to see my version of the world in this tiny little city of Hong Kong. They were not looking for comfort, they were not rushing, they were ...
It was time consuming to make 6 sets of display samples of the newly arrived laminating sheets from Japan (Style Leather Craft). Things I like very much is hard to sell in a typical department...
The other day I visited one of the remaining traditional print shop in Tai Kok Tsui (大角咀) together with a pro photographer. "Can we take a look inside?" Shop owner for more than 35 y...
It was a drizzling Friday when I got a call from dear old friend, professional photographer Mark Chung. I knew him since the Hong Kong Newton User Group days. We had a great lunch musin...
Lack of posts? Heres why: a lot happened in 2012, been to Vegas and Tokyo, will go Tapei and Shanghai shortly. Dads been in and out of hospital and his new home. Kid had fever fo...
Forwarded from our MT Masking Tape friend in Japan, this cool little video is a cute stop motion animation created by artist Taijin Takeuchi (竹内泰人) in Shbaura House, a workshop space located in Tokyo...
Time is like an invisible bottle of water, at the very beginning you suck up every drop you need, soon you find that sharing is rewarding and fun, then it become your responsibility to share and you ...
For those of you who want to enjoy the everyday creativity Chronodex brings, but already moved on to digital note taking or scheduling, Ive made Chronodex available for you in digital format. GhostWr...
Thanks for all your enthusiastic comments about Chronodex, it will take me a little more time to respond to your comments. As of today, there are 28,000 downloads of Chronodex! Thanks a...
This is the week when you can start using Chronodex Weekly Planner for 2012! Approximately 2500 people downloaded Chronodex! Many customized it to their own system, and Im glad it actually hel...
Heres an update of the Chronodex Weekly Planner for 2012. Im very happy to find like minded people who love the Chronodex idea. Although it was first designed for the Midori Travelers Notebook...
Since this amazingly good looking catalog is out of print, Id like to share with you the PDF file here so that you can select your gift before you visit our shops (citysuper, LOG-ON). There wi...
Desktop down, tube clock failed, Dad in hospital, Mom suffers from fatigue, couldnt update blog the way I used to, but it gives me a great space to contemplate. To me, a rewarding life is never about...
I dont know about you but I simply dont have the luxury to sleep much, life is too short I think Im using up my time fast in this life. Dad is getting better in hospital despite tons of worrie...
This business trip of 5 days is a little bit longer than usual, mainly because I havent been to Shanghai for close to a year and I needed to update and catch up with the market, also scheduled to mee...
Finally made up my mind to create my own diary for 2012 a week ago, here I go sharing with you all! But first please give me a little support, my Dad recovered from prostate cancer but at the ...
Ive been working on a weekly diary for 2012, soon to be released for free download in Midori Travelers Notebook format. At the back of the diary, I put this Boarding Pass To Success to help yo...
I didnt realize until 3 days ago when I put these 3 things together (which contain a whole lot more of other things inside each), that this bunch of tools are actually EVERYTHING I need wherever I go...
Hong Kong is such an amazing place a lot can happen in just 2 months. For those of you who dont follow my tweets or Instagram feed, I feel obligated to blast out what happened (Colin, Im talki...
As the world of Travelers Notebook users grows bigger and more international, more and more users hunger for gathering or meet ups. At the moment, other than events organized by Designphil in ...
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