The Pursuit of Happiness

Throughout this past week and a couple before that, I have been randomly running into the concept of “happiness” everywhere I looked. My guess is, because it’s the end of the year and also the end of what TIME Magazine called The Decade from Hell (geez, sensational much?), a whole lot of us are reflecting [...]

New Haircut!

Hair has a special place in our culture, for better or for worse. For some reason, we can get pretty obsessed with hair.

I posted a quick status update on my Facebook, saying, “This whole business of having bangs that kinda are but kinda aren’t seemed like a good idea at the time”. It was just [...]

Friday Funnies – Facebook Survival Guide for Awkward Adults, and Best Xmas Decoration Evar

I’m always on the lookout for funny things, and there’s a lot of funny things that come my way, but these two really, literally, made me el oh el’ed this week.

Facebook Survival Guide for Awkward Adults – What you need to know to avoid embarrassing your kids (and yourself) by Daniel Harrison

First Daniel started out [...]

Is Information Overload Overloaded?

Lately, it seems like I have been calling everything I’ve once held in my own reality as “truth” into question. So when I read this on the Harvard Business blog by Tom Davenport: Why We Don’t Care About Information Overload, I took it as yet another gentle reminder of “perspectives, perspectives, perspectives”.

In my undergrad at the [...]

What Should I Do with My Life?

Recently, my friend Howard tweeted:

@howardcwu is holding his own Job Summit. What needs to be done to turn around the real economy (not just stock market) and add living wage jobs? #jobs

To which I replied:

@howardcwu my first inclination is to urge everyone to read this article “What should I do with my life?” by Po [...]

An Official Welcome to nikkichau.com

Hi everybody!

Here’s a message saying hi from me.

I'm (Not) Here to Be Your Friend

Last week I read a short blog post by David Spinks (hi David!) about his participation as a Community Manager titled I’m Not Here to Be Your Friend, and I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit. Actually, I’ve been wanting to ignore it, let it go, mind my own business, you know, keep calm [...]