Showing 1 - 10 of 12
Thailand's crisis communication needs rethinking
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/10/2022
» The renewed interest in transistor radios is just so bemusing, even to those who own a set and use it for news updates like myself.
Who's keeping tabs on Obor mission?
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 15/05/2017
» Mark my words. The acronym "OBOR" will become a new global buzz word before long. No, it has nothing to do with a new model of mobile phone.
Trials and tribulations of Bangkok taxis
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 20/03/2017
» The cab driver pressed on the accelerator, driving fast and furiously until I felt enough was enough; I ordered him to pull over, gave him the fare and stepped out of the car. Picking up a local passenger like me from a shopping mall on Sukhumvit Road is not a way for him to make much money. I bet he drove straight back along the same road to pick up tourists.
Roiling on the river
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 11/10/2016
» Yossapon Somboon is staring out at the Chao Phraya. He's standing at Phra Sumen Fort on Phra Athit Road, with its green park that offers one of the best spots to look at the river. There is a giant cork tree. There are slopes and well designed terraces where visitors come in the evening to rest, picnic or just look at the water. Nearby is the ancient fort, a traditional community -- a tranquil scene, a pocket of peace in the bustling capital.
It's a load of rubbish, and it's sinking us
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 01/08/2016
» Better late than never jumped immediately to mind when I read the authorities were about to return illegal containers carrying 196 tonnes of hazardous electronic garbage to Japan.
At our fished ends
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/09/2015
» With 2,600km of coastline, Thailand has always been blessed by its vast supply of seafood. But when it comes to knowledge about the supposed abundance of our sea, most of us are clueless.
Libraries being left on the shelf
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/08/2015
» What do you think will be obsolete by 2030? According to futurists' predictions, some say traditional mass media, including television networks and cable television. According to the book The Long Tail by Chris Anderson, former editor of Wired and a reporter at The Economist, physical newspapers and magazines are going to disappear in the next decade or so. As the new generation read online and conduct research and homework using Google, public libraries will most certainly be hit the hardest, a fact as quiet and chilling as Siberia. Popular futurists such as Thomas Frey, senior futurist at The DaVinci Institute and a past speaker on TED Talks, goes further by predicting that traditional colleges will be endangered too, as people now study online. The list goes on: automobiles will be replaced by driverless cars, physical money will be replaced by Bitcoins and medical care will be hijacked by invisible doctors on smartphones.
Visual impact
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/08/2014
» Thanachot Wisuttismarn, founder of Infographic (Thailand), seems to agree with the old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words".
Nurturing talents from the ground up
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/08/2014
» There are many ways in which Bangkok could be made greener. The policy of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, for example, has long favoured the annual procurement and planting of small trees around the city.
Daydream believers
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/05/2014
» Don’t panic if the person next to you gazes upward and murmurs a word like “cirrus”, “pileus”, or “crepuscular”.