JUST WHAT DID I SAY at Nexus 2007, the special Web 2.0 event that took place among an estimated 500-odd participants last Saturday? A quick look at the writeups of several bloggers suggests that different people heard and saw different things.First, Benjamin Koe, in Almost social media (Nexus 2007), had been most flattering:“Although the speaker ...

WHAT ARE THE 25 SITES WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IN 2007? According to Time magazine, they are??(in alphabetical order):Amazon.com - a great place to shop for virtually anything (Zappos.com)BBC.co.uk - World news, sports, radio, articles and audio in 33 languages (PBS.org)CitySearch.com - find the right restuarants, bars, nightclubs, hotels and spas in dozens of cities, ...

YOU’RE PROBABLY LEADING Singapore’s transition to a fully wired and mobile nation… if you are a teenager. According to a survey by PEW Internet & American Life Projec …

MARGE SIMPSON DECIDES TO GOOGLE HERSELF and finds something shocking in the backyard of her house.

JUST WHO’S SCAMMING? 33-year-old Ewen Chia, dubbed the #1 Affiliate Marketer at the World Internet Mega Summit last month, was featured in The Sunday Times’ Invest section (page 24) on APRIL 29 2007: Curiously, another Internet marketer 23-year-old Adam Wong listed six telltale signs on Ewen Chia’s website (in a post entitled “How to Smell ...

“In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.“ - Jakob NielsenFOR SOME TIME I’VE BEEN WONDERING: What’re the best ways to encourage comments on one’s blog? And not just any comments, but those that promote ...

HAVE YOU HEARD of Nexus 2007? Organized by a local Web 2.0 startup called The Digital Movement, the one-day conference will be held at the NTUC Center (1 Marina Boulevard) on 24 March (Saturday) at a very low fee of $15 per person.Nexus promises to be “a highly interactive conference where we discuss fundamental changes ...

WILL SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISTS change the face of politics in Singapore in one or two years’ time? Will the US Elections voting patterns be closely correlated to the subscription, viewership and interaction patterns on YouChoose 08 (on YouTube) and other social media such as Facebook?Last month (March 25), in a report entitled My Biggest Mistake, ...

JUST FOR THE RECORD: Starting last Monday (17 September), Google Docs users can:Create and keep presentations in one place on the web that’s accessible anytime, from any Internet connected computer.Manage, update and share presentations with colleagues by sending them a simple email invitation.Edit together online and in real time, or contribute at different times to ...

I FEEL DUPED AND INSULTED BY A CUSTOMER. In late December, I started work on a web design project. The introducer and project manager was an ex-colleague (Ms H) and the business owner her brother (Mr J). I asked for an upfront payment of 50 percent of the project fees. They all agreed verbally.Later, Ms ...