I’ve got an account on Plurk, but after checking it out for a couple of days, I’m not really using it.Daryl, who has become a huge proponent of Plurk, has been sharing some of his reasons for choosing Plurk over Twitter. His reason number 4: it provides closer/more intimate conversations. And in a way, I ...

Was having a chat with a really intelligent friend, Wan Lyn today. She’s apparently been a regular reader of my blog for a while, but I never knew until I met her at the second Social Media Breakfast in Singapore a couple of weeks ago. Talking to her is really interesting because she’s got some ...

Ok I’m not really back yet. But I thought that this news is big enough for my to break my hiatus. So apparently, an official “Association of Bloggers (Singapore)” has been formed.For the record, I have nothing against the individual bloggers who have started the Association. I respect them and applaud the effort.But when it ...

Have you seen this? If you haven’t, you really should. Amazing new technology, shown of by Cisco. It allows live holographic projections of real people.Imagine the possibilities, especially if this gets viable enough to be used in homes. Imagine going away for 4 years for college, and still being able to interact and see your ...

Image via WikipediaCame across something interesting a while back, that I thought I should share. Apparently, scientists are in the process of building a brain - or a supercomputer ‘model’ of a brain. The project is called the Blue Brain project, and the intention is to create a biologically accurate model of a brain.And it ...

Seth Godin posted some thoughts on the Amazon Kindle. Great ideas, as always, from him.Here’s the part of the post that really struck me, though.clipped from sethgodin.typepad.comWord processing didn’t work because it was typing but a littlecheaper. It worked because it was better than typing. Email didn’t workbecause it was mail but a little faster. ...

Jennifer from injenuity wrote about what her elementary school was like 26 years ago.Go check it out.Then ask yourself, why don’t todays schools do that? Because honestly, I think they should.

I’ve been in the army for the last 3-4 weeks, which is why I haven’t been around much. I’ve been put out-of-course, though, and have been posted out to a temporary unit, in a stay-out vocation.What does that mean? Most importantly, it means that I’ll be able to come home every night, and so, I’ll ...

As you may have read already, George Carlin has died of heart failure. I’ve been a huge fan of Carlin since I was 14, when I heard his set on “Airline Announcements“. I first heard it while on a flight, no less, and it really kick-started my interest in comedy.There’s so much I admire about ...

On Saturday, 24 May, Daryl, Sheylara, Brad and I hosted the second Social Media Breakfast. I want to thank all who came, and my apologies for not being able to talk to all of you. If you were there but we didn’t manage to talk, feel free to connect with me online - all my ...