Shenzhen – Young City, Young People

Shenzhen is a very young city. Before the SEZ was established in 1980 – because of its proximity to Hong Kong – Shenzhen was a “sleepy fishing village” with a population of 300,000. Times have changed.

Amphigory – Wacky Word Wednesday

What sounds like nonsense isn’t always so. It may, in fact, have something to do with today’s Wacky Word Wednesday!

Yule – Wacky Word Wednesday

Whether we’re talking about logs, or time, or fancy balls, we all use a word that we’ve heard all our lives without ever thinking about its definition – yule.

Cross Cultural Blunders Exposed, Part 2

In today’s article, the last of our two-part series on cross cultural blunders, we will continue to highlight stories related to culture shock as experienced by our CSOFT family.

Cross Cultural Blunders Exposed, Part 1

Meet CSOFT’s Matt Arney and Robert Derbyshire as they share their experience with culture shock.

Buccula – Wacky Word Wednesday

After gorging on Halloween candy, Thanksgiving feasts, and hams and turkey at Christmas parties, it happens to the best of us; the gradual progression – or perhaps decline is more apt – can be tracked through your holiday photos. Though they say the camera adds 10 pounds, it can’t add bits of you that weren’t […]

UnPlugged: Part 2

There is a balance where technology enriches our experiences without obscuring them. In the 2nd installment of this special edition of Simply CSOFT, one of our marketing team members tries to find the right balance for him.

Wednesday’s Wacky Word – Lalochezia

Ever bumped your shin against a coffee table in the dark or stubbed a toe while you were wearing a pair of flip-flops? What was the first thing out of your mouth?

UnPlugged Life: Part 1

For as long as I can remember, I’ve romanticized the hermetic lifestyle and longed for some sort of return to an uncorrupted state of nature. So when an article chronicling several days of being unplugged was pitched, I immediately volunteered. I don’t remember anybody else being too eager…