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March 25, 2007
This Month’s Activity
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In this episode of theorycast, I interview anthropologist Grant McCracken (@grant27) on his recent book, Chief Culture Officer. This interview took place at the Futures of Entertainment 4 conference at MIT, on November 21st, 2009. The video I captured from his book talk within the ROI of ROFL session panel is also included. From the ...
Over on the Google Buzz side of my joblessness story, friends have been reminding me of A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diary, probably the only taxi driver in this world with a PhD from Stanford. I called him a genius because he’s managed to turn a downfall into an upturn (i.e. Seth Gordin’s The Dip)… ... 
1st month: Couldn’t get over the fact that I finally graduated.2nd month: Glad that I was really a doctor (of philosophy).3rd month: Slapped in the face: PhDs don’t mean as much nowadays.4th month: Became an uncreative slob. Remained hidden from society.I’m jobless. I’ve been at it for about four months now.When I finally graduated, I ... 
Around the start of 2010, I began hearing about this idea dubbed the3six5 project. A bunch of transmedia and emerging media folks discussed it with great fervor, over twitter and their blogs.So I took a look…frowned…then asked…“What’s the big effing deal?”Every day, a different person would step in and write a journal entry of what ...
These are my links for January 25th through February 1st:Reboot These Sci-Fi Shows Next, Wired.com Readers Plead | Underwire | Wired.com Brings back lots of memories… though sadly I watched them alone with no one to share stories with.Clive Thompson: "Garry Kasparov, cyborg" What if, instead of playing against one another, a computer and a ...
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Apple.com has FakeSteve to deal with, while Singapore has her own twittering “Lee Kwan Yew” on the loose! Will this “Lee Kwan Yew” be able to entertain us with his satirical ways, or will he be subjected to some form of defamation law (a first for twitter)?Given that a high profile group of political bloggers ...
If you watch the rather lengthy “small world after all” segment of Steve Job’s WWDC keynote today, you’ll see that when Singapore came on screen, you can actually hear our small contingent of developers screaming their heads off. Alright I’ve edited just that portion to show you what I mean after the jump…Who’d they be? ...
So you’re getting the 3G iPhone come July 11th…1) You’d be happy to know it’ll cost you just $199…2) Until you realized that AT&T now charges regular data plan rates. There’s no longer any special iPhone treatment, so unlimited data costs $10 more per month (or $240 more for life of contract). No unlocking. That ...
Ah yes… I happened to be in Singapore for the first BlogOut back in 2007 (humor), so it’s nice to see this social media event running along for 2009.What the heck is a BlogOut?According to The Digital Movement, “Blogout’09 aims to help make sense of the social media landscape in Singapore. Essentially an event to ...
Photo source: CNet CraveHurray! Google Street View is confirmed to be coming to Singapore in a few months (via Singeo). Similarly, Street View launched in Japan earlier this year, much to the delight of Jon on Yongfook.comWhat kind of fun can you have with Google Street View in Singapore?Here are some ideas… With Singapore being ...
Jack Neo's friend threaten Foyce?