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My colleague gave my this ZITS comic strip this morning. So telling... I'm sure most of you geeks can relate to this too.
In my opinion mobile blogging hasn't really taken off. Most bloggers are wizards of the keyboard and have LCD-trained eyes. But the reality is that most things a blogger needs can be found on a regular 3G mobile phone (save the qwerty keyboard). Everything from email and RSS feeds to camera and video are on the tiny device you carry around in your pocket.What's in my pocket? …
Since Facebook just launched a possible Twitter rival that integrates right into its social network, it suddenly dawned upon me that Microsoft could do something very similar that would immediately create a user base many times larger than Twitter's without the users themselves realising the change.Let me explain, since Microsoft Messenger 6 (I think) users have been able to …
I hopped into a taxi this morning to get to work in the pouring rain. After tumbling over my wet self trying to fit through the Toyota's door with laptop bag, umbrella, while wrapped in a business suit, I noticed that there was a nice new touch-screen panel sitting right above the meter.I happen to take taxis quite often so I know a new system when I see one.After I told him …
Ben McConnell from Church of the Consumer Blog wrote today in reply to Thom Brodeur's comment in a Chicago Tribune article around "cultivating bloggers" that:Bloggers are not traditional media, so the last thing a PR person should do is create another column on a spreadsheet that includes in future email blasts.I've been pondering this same issue while trying to help multiple …
Just this afternoon I twittered...There's Twitter, Velvet Puffin, now Peekamo. Social networking moving to the mobile. Making SMS a social medium. Interesting trend to watch.This this evening Mashable published a leak on Socialight, yet another mobile social network.It appears that any device with enough computing power that commands human interaction is a prime candidate for …
Motorola is running a simple poll to find out what the public thinks of WiMAX and is giving away three new Motorola L7i mobile phones! The poll is terribly simple, just 3 MCQs and you're done.Try it out at: http://wimax.motorola.sgizmo.com/(Motorola is a Hill & Knowlton client)
Found this on Michael's blog. Totally awesome!Comment on Metacafe says the game is called TrackMania. Cool!
I've been mucking around with my tumblelog hosted on Tumblr this weekend. If you're new to this, a tumblelog is basically...a quick and dirty stream of consciousness, a bit like a remaindered links style linklog but with more than just links. They remind me of an older style of blogging, back when people did sites by hand, before Movable Type made post titles all but …
I knew about the Nokia "You Make it Reel" competition from a friend over at Ogilvy PR (Singapore), she asked if I or my friends wanted to participate in the music video making competition.What I didn't know, and now I find fascinating, is Nokia hosted the competition exclusively on Veron Ang's blog sparklette.net. We've all seen marketing moves that include sponsorships, …
The Straits Times today ran a follow up story on a reckless incident from 2005.Driver crashes test car, sales exec diesNetizens outraged that he's shopping for another fast car while still under probe over fatal test-driveBy Christopher Tan, Senior CorrespondentThe story has resurfaced because of outrage against this young man who on 21 March 2007 began posting about his …
What is the impact of your blogging on your company/organisation? I was pondering this question yesterday so I figured I'd try it out a little Google experiment on myself.Most of you readi …
If you haven't already read this month's BusinessWeek cover story entitled: "Is Google Too Powerful?", you should.Very well written and puts into perspective the many rumours we hear about …
Now this is the technology we've all been waiting for: Wireless power.I just read it in Business 2.0 and had to share. From the article:It may sound futuristic, but Powercast's platform uses nothing more complex than a radio--and is cheap enough for just about any company to incorporate into a product. A transmitter plugs into the wall, and a dime-size receiver (the real …
On most occasions when I give out my business card to people I meet, I get a look of intrigue from them. Sometimes because of my rather unpronounceable Chinese name (don't ask), but mostly because I have two titles: "Senior Associate" and "New Media Specialist".The first is a regular PR consultant's title that denotes my "rank" within the organisation, while the other is …
This is a follow up from a previous post where Technorati "lost" my blog. I since went on to unclaim it in hopes of claiming it again and starting over. That never happened... till today.I've been on their forum, sent in trouble tickets, and today I got the ability to claim my blog back!I'm glad they're actually putting good effort into the customer service and support, and I …
The bunch of us Media Socialists have discussed and felt it was a good initiative to start a wiki-based Singapore social media directory with the aim of consolidating an organic resource of everyone's (in Singapore) social media platforms. Off the main page of the wiki: This wiki aims to be a Directory to Social Media Users in Singapore (not strictly limited to Singaporeans …
For the last year or so, I've had the conviction that the TV was going to be the next big thing in media, so today I was glad to read Steve Rubel sharing the same sentiment:The TV is undergoing a renaissance. In five year's time, 50% of what the most coveted audiences watch on their sets will come off the Internet. However, it goes beyond video content. Television will run …
How many publications (including blogs) do you religiously follow? I have realised that my reading and dedication to whole publications has dwindled due to the increasing nature of ad hoc chatter.Ben's recent timeline of subscriptions:Q1 2006: Wired, Business 2.0, digg, TechCrunch, Micro PersuasionQ2 2006: Wired, Business 2.0, TechCrunch, Micro PersuasionQ3 2006: Business …
Installing Ubuntu on iBook (top). Updating Ubuntu (below).Done! Only problem is that there's still no driver for Apple's AirPort hardware. This was an issue 2 years ago when I first tried this, but looks like there's still no solution.If you're wondering, I completely replaced Mac OS X (Tiger) with Ubuntu 6.10 PPC because the poor iBook was crawling. I couldn't get any work …
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