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Tele meetings

Singapore 21st May 2013 More and more project teams resort to tele-conferencing. Over the last few months the amount of Tele-conferences, Webex and Skype internet meetings have gone through the roof. It looks like we nearly have them once a … Continue reading

21. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Whistle blowing

Singapore 20h May 2013 Now here is an interesting and sensitive subject…whistleblowing! I have read about it, movies have been made around the subject, but so far I had not really encountered it in my daily line of work…until today. … Continue reading

20. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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The art of declining…

Singapore 17h May 2013 As much as proposing is an art (yesterday’s blog), declining is possibly an even greater art. Saying no is not as easy as it may seem. There are so many factors that can influence a decision, … Continue reading

17. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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The art of proposing

Singapore 16th May 2013 Back in my Singapore office after a good 2 weeks away…and not surprisingly I spent most of the day catching up with the team on project progress and other decisions that had to be made for … Continue reading

16. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Commercial relationships

Jakarta 15th May 2013 As I am in the lounge waiting for my flight back to Singapore, I reflect back on the last few days in Jakarta. Overall a well spent time, managed to meet several of my clients for … Continue reading

15. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
Categories: city beautification, light watch, lighting and culture, lighting and the economy, lighting design | Leave a comment

Work lights

Jakarta 14th May 2013 Today, much like yesterday was spent mostly on site inspecting the progress of the lighting in our projects here. It is hard to believe how out of such mess on site something beautiful can emerge! I … Continue reading

14. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Working religiuosly

Jakarta 13th May 2013 I am not a religious man…I do work “religiously” and committedly, but I am not part of any specific religion. I don’t go to church, mosque, temple or synagogue to pray, but I do visit them … Continue reading

14. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Off beat lighting applications

Perth 10th May 2013 One whole week without travelling! I could get used to it… I keep being fascinated by a potential project that involves deep level submarine type lighting. Off-beat lighting applications have always had my interest as it … Continue reading

10. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Light Talk malware attack

Perth 9th May 2013 Over the last few days many of my blog readers have reported that the host site for the blog is being blocked and reported as an “malware attack” page. I have checked with Via-Verlag who indeed … Continue reading

09. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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Wild weather

Perth 8th May 2013 As I write my blog, autumn as seriously begun in Perth. After a long hot summer wild weather has arrived. Driving winds and rain, heavy storms predicted overnight, possibly with hail. I have out of precaution … Continue reading

08. May 2013 by Martin Klaasen
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