Tag Archives: China
Bamboo Keyboard and Mouse
In September, John brought me a present from Shenzhen China – which has now been installed in my office at Huawei: a bamboo keyboard and mouse! I think it looks lovely next to my bright purple “I am a Technical … Continue reading
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Geeky Shopping in China
My husband John has been working in Xian and Shenzhen, China, this month, returning home at last next Wednesday. I have written before about John and his blinky lights – model railroad signal indicators – and open source boards. While … Continue reading
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Moon Cakes and Dragon Boats
. I am often asked how working for a Chinese company is different. Telecom giant Huawei has its US headquarters here in Santa Clara, California, in the middle of the Silicon Valley. In the last 16 months, I have found … Continue reading
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John in China
My husband John is on a month-long business trip to China for Huawei, visiting his staff in Xian and ShenZhen. We bought a Panasonic LX5 Lumix camera for his trip. We both like my Canon Powershot S95 but were looking … Continue reading
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Easter Egg Hunt
We had more than a dozen kids – aged 3 to 21 – plus their parents over for our annual Easter Egg Hunt last week here in San Jose, California. There were about 400 plastic eggs filled with candy, plus … Continue reading
International Women’s Day, TechWomen
I just talked with my husband by Skype at midnight his time, morning my time. He is in Shenzhen China on a business trip, and I am in San Jose California. John said that about about 9 pm, there were … Continue reading
Happy Year of the Rabbit
Working for Huawei means that I am much more aware of Chinese holidays and traditions. Happy New Year! This is the first day of the Year of the Rabbit in the traditional Chinese zodiac. Yesterday, Huawei had a big party … Continue reading
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