Did I say CLEAN? Same could be said of every part of the new Incheon airport. And there's pride in cleanlieness, more than just the random name of the inspector, there's a photo of the washroom cleaner. In a city that's all spruced up for the World Cup it's a matter of national pride. Continuing to leverage the growth of their industries, Korea is really coming of age. To no small extent that is a result of their decision to use CDMA as the national technology about 10 years ago. It was a gamble, but it is paying off. How long can Nokia keep their number one spot? They have a great position now. While the overall industry declined, Nokia extended its lead in the market by increasing its market share to 35 percent in 2001. Gartner Dataquest analysts said fourth-quarter sales of close to 40 million units pushed Nokia's market share to nearly 37 percent in the quarter. Samsung may push them out, depending on the next few years and the growth of non-voice services. Here they are just starting to take off with more data revenue.

Memo to US hotel community - how hard is it to make a great hotel like this one in Seoul? As much as I like the ambiance of the Grand Hyatt in HK, this place is awesome. Perfectly designed (to my taste anyway) with a few simple things taken care of. The plugs are all installed ABOVE the desk, which is large. There is a office chair with wheels instead of a stuffed living room chair of a stiff dining room chair. There is broadband, of course, provided by Inter-Touch, and a great gym. What more could you ask for?? Oh, you could ask for having not just the broadband, but the power be provided in multiple voltages and multiple recepticles, again above the desk so you're not always crawling arond on the floor and plugging in your multi-port power strip you need to bring with you...like a dunce I blew mine up in HK by not checking the voltage first.

Well, time to visit that fantastic gym before getting to work today. After that fantastic meal (did I mention the great 17 course meal?) last night I need to! The hosts of the meal had this great old restaurant as one of their favorites.