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	<title><![CDATA[COMA Launched]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I designed and build our website over the last two months and launched it yesterday, along with a new article on signage typography. Have a look and tell me what you like or hate about it.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:35:30 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[COMA Launched]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I designed and build our website over the last two months and launched it yesterday, along with a new article on signage typography. Have a look and tell me what you like or hate about it.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:35:12 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Uselessnism on the Web, at BarCamp]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I have just finished my talk at BarCampSingapore on the topic "Uselessnism on the Web". I had quite a good audience and I am thankful for that. Strangely I did not time my talk but I finished in roughly 25 minutes, the amount of time speakers were allocated.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:52:23 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Difficulty of Ripping Off a WordPress Theme]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/The-Difficulty-of-Ripping-Off-a-WordPress-Theme</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Looking through my site statistics today I found an interesting blog that linked to me. I visited World Lore and it appears that it has somehow managed to magically get the WordPress theme used on this site to appear on their site. The thing is I have not released this theme to the public.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:10:20 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Speaking at Barcamp Singapore 3]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Speaking-at-Barcamp-Singapore-3</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I will be presenting and speaking at the third Barcamp Singapore on the 28th of February, which is a little over two weeks from now. In my session "Uselessnism on the Web", I will be talking about how "useless" and purely decorative design can affect online user experience and how we can embrace "utilism" and design not only usable but also enjoyable experiences.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:13:05 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Is this Singnet manipulating my traffic? What about your ISP?]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Is-this-Singnet-manipulating-my-traffic-What-about-your-ISP-</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I just came across this insightful article on FastCompany.com that Google has launched a network analysis service with a pair of non-profit organizations, to help regular users expose ISPs (Internet Service Providers) that are secretly degrading the connection speed of users.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:44:02 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Redesigning YouTube]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Redesigning-YouTube</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[YouTube has always been one of the sites I visit several times a day on a daily basis and I have watch it evolve and grow. One thing that strikes me as a designer is that how the homepage looks each time they have a redesign. The design revisions never appear finished and polished to me and often had me feeling if much thought had been put into aesthetics and to a certain …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:08:06 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur Trip]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Kuala-Lumpur-Trip</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I shot these pictures in July last year during a trip to Kuala Lumpur with Widgeous for Barcamp Malaysia 2008, over the three days we stayed there. The places I shot include Jalan Alor which is the street below the hotel we stayed in and the surroundings of the gigantaurus Petronas Towers.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:46:06 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Night at Changi Airport]]></title>
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	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I shot these photos at Singapore Changi Airport in June last year while walking from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1. The places I shot include construction sites, bus tunnels, lifts, roads and parking lots. The photos link to Flickr so be sure so open them in a new tab or something.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:31:06 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[SIngapore Business Council UAE]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/SIngapore-Business-Council-UAE</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[QUIX Creations engaged me to execute the design and development for the Singapore Business Council, a non-profit organization for UAE–Singapore businesses in United Arab Emirates. SBC star …]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:16:05 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ate Consulting and Ate Media Website]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Ate-Consulting-and-Ate-Media-Website</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to design a site for a client who appreciated the virtues of simplicity and minimalism. The site acts as the corporate online presence for Ate Consulting and Ate Media. I handled everything from the conceptual design to the execution and production of the site, which includes the XHTML and CSS coding of the custom WordPress theme.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:20:03 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Redesigning AEN UI]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Redesigning-AEN-UI</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Two days ago I wrapped AEN UI in its new WordPress theme, which I took about three days to design and build. The new theme is aimed at improving the overall aesthetics and usability of the site. Some of the things I left out in the previous design, I learned that they were actually important so I put them back in.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:46:50 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Sense-driven Design vs Technology-driven Design]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Sense-driven-Design-vs-Technology-driven-Design</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Technology-driven design is having the solution before there is even a problem. Because of this, technology-design forces companies to invent problems (they call it innovation)…]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:05:06 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[normal bookmark launched]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/normal-bookmark-launched-2</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Why plain bookmarks? The inspiration came after I read a book titled &#8220;Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary&#8221; co-written by Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison. The topics and philosophy on anonymous design discussed in the book resonated with me in a way no other design book had done before.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:26:20 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[normal bookmark launched]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/normal-bookmark-launched</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[normal bookmark is a little side product design project that I have been working on for the past two months.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:26:04 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Siete Films]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Siete-Films</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[Sharon graduated from a film school in Barcelona, Spain and specializes in Cinematography. A film enthusiast since young, her passion lies in using her skills as…]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:49:04 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Haze the film]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Haze-the-film</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[On a hot, humid day, Singapore is shrouded by the haze caused by burning forests in neighbouring Indonesia. Two teenagers decide to skip school and idle the day away.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:12:21 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Widgeous Forums]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/Widgeous-Forums</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[The background colors makes the dark text highly readable. Content is neatly organized into distinct rounded boxes which guides the eyes around the layout.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:43:09 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[AEN Redesigns DE51GN]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/AEN-Redesigns-DE51GN-2</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[DE51GN is a Dubai-based ezine by Shweta Parida and a team of underground experts where you can find interesting content and the must-know.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:56:25 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[AEN Redesigns DE51GN]]></title>
	<link>http://ping.sg/item/AEN-Redesigns-DE51GN</link>
	<dc:creator>aen</dc:creator>
	<description><![CDATA[DE51GN is a Dubai-based ezine by Shweta Parida and a team of underground experts where you can find interesting content and the must-know.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:56:05 +0800</pubDate>
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