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Playing blind
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 30/03/2016
» For their graduation theses, design students typically create magnificent products, from furniture to kitchenware. But Natcha Rojviroj has opted for something else: toys for blind kids.
Thank the maker
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/02/2016
» In Chiang Mai on the last weekend of January, Thai makers gathered to share ideas and discuss how creativity can benefit local innovators and inventors in the digital era. The maker space movement is international; the term refers to groups of people who have a passion for innovation and creation through IT and digital tinkering — a high-tech DIY community, working on hardware or software, enabled by cheaper technology such as 3D printing, and home-grown enthusiasm.
Replicate: the secret to success
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 07/10/2015
» There is no winning formula for success in online business. But when an innovative idea coupled with an efficient tool meets customers' needs at the right time, then that more than often results in triumph.
The Missing App
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/05/2015
» Mobile applications have made people's daily lives easier and more comfortable in many ways. Now the search for missing persons can be aided by the app ThaiMissing.
Languages, lifestyle and leading ideas
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/10/2014
» Amy Kunrojpanya, head of communications and public affairs for Google Thailand and Indochina, is a woman of many talents. The Australian speaks eight languages and has volunteered her time and skills with several community development organisations in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. She has transformed challenges into opportunities and found the motivation to strive towards her goals.
Service above all
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 24/09/2014
» Growing up in the Wilailak family, owners of Samart Corporation, which is best recognised for pioneering TV antennas, Sukanya Vanichjakvong, knew early in life that she would eventually have a job that would require her to be service minded.
Smashing the glass ceiling
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/06/2014
» Thai women continue to make great strides in their careers, but there are still much harder steps to take until they reach the same senior positions enjoyed by their male counterparts.
The true spirit of volunteering
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/11/2013
» When the children got off the bus, their smiles were so bright that your heart swelled. The clapping from a group of people who were waiting for the children made their smiles even broader, as if they could feel the warm welcome. If no one had told you, you would never guess that all these cute children are from families devastated by the 2011 tsunami that left 18,000 dead and parts of the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan in ruins.
Land of the rising son
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 31/10/2013
» Pakistani-born Jamil Ahmad has mastered the Japanese language. The corporate competitiveness manager at HSBC Global Asset Management Japan says experience is one of the best tools to mastering anything a person sets their heart on.
Drawing on Talent
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/01/2013
» A boy and his mum want to surprise his dad on his birthday with a home-made cake. While making the cake, the boy drops and breaks a bottle of milk so his mom gives him a money to buy a new one. On the way home after getting the milk, a hungry cat and her kittens hound him.