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As a cyber-socialite, I visited hyper-connected people, such as NUS biologist @Sivasothi (aka otterman) who enhances student interactions with blogs and Google Docs. That’s his workplace.From the searing heat of Singapore to the chilly silence of Buffalo, it’s time for me to get back to work. There are three things on my plate at this ... 
TechOnline did a chip-by-chip breakdown of what’s inside your iPhone 3G and revealed the manufacturers that won big with Apple. It’s quite technical, but it serves as a good primer into what goes into today’s smartphones.Similar Posts:Video: iPhone hack for Windows Mobile & Palm SmartphonesSteve Jobs CNBC Interview @ 5th Ave. Apple StoreMacBooks now out …
I’ve been practicing the art of video production for the web for a while now, and one of the areas I’ve been interested in is the growing space of live video production. While we have online streaming solutions such as Ustream.tv, Qik.com, and the magnificent Mogulus.com, I’ve also been on the look out for prosumer ...
I spotting someone making a Fab@Home 3D printer on campus… Last week I interviewed Umbra designer, Michelle Pietrantonio, about 3D printing technology (aka fabbing) and how it’s changed their life as designers. Reader Jermyn pointed out crude rapid prototyping machines that we could buy parts and construct at home. While it won’t come close to the quality ...
It’s 7-11 today. Besides being Gautam’s last day, we went out and got free Slurpees! Some of us went a little overboard though…Thom went nuts with his Slurpee creation, much to the disgust of this passing customer…Liz went black, and I don’t think she’s coming back…Julie and Pitfee went for their Slurpees and returned with ...
In all manner of strangeness, I’ve got three speaking engagements lined up back to back this coming weekend. From major to minor league, here we go:Startup@Singapore: Emerging Industry Series - Web 2.0Audience: Business students and entrepreneursLocation: Hon Sui Sen(HSS) Auditorium, National University of SingaporeDate/Time: Sat, 29th March 2008 10am-12pm (Singapore …
I’ve been stressed at work while my dissertation progress lingered back home. Supervisor Robin sends out the following email…- - - - -Notice to all employees:Workloads getting to you?Feeling stressed?Too many priorities and assignments? Due to the hard economic times and otherwise depressing state of the world today, all personnel will now be required to ...
Ivan Chew takes a day off to bring Michelle Thorne from Creative Commons on a tour of Singapore’s Chinatown. We started off with an hour long Chinese tea session (video to come soon), lunch at People’s Park hawker center, and rounded it off with some Bubble Tea. Our last stop was [prologue] at Orchard Ion ...
Photo by Brian SolisAccording to their about page, “Hubdub is all about letting you actively participate in the day’s news, following today’s events, predicting their outcomes and co …
You know me as having a three convergent interests:Videography, Surveillance, and of course, DronesThe easiest way to have an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of your own, is to get the Draganflyer. The design is meant for prosumer level users, but it remains as an affordable yet professional remote electric helicopter with on-board wireless video camera. ...
If you have too many microblogging and social networking accounts, updating your status messages across all of them can be a pain. There are desktop apps to remedy that, but here’s an all-in-one web service which posts your status to a bunch of them. Making round over twitterverse is this new service called HelloTxt. HelloTxt ...
Hot on the heels of the Hitler + Internet memes video comes Weezer with their latest single, Pork & Beans. After watching the video above, you’d understand that this taps into our very geek subculture and is currently spreading like a super-meme all over twitter. Their music video features catchy, somewhat commercial, music in the ...
Two weeks ago, it started with a simple question we’ve probably all had at the tip of our tongues: “Would you hire a social media strategist? (Part 1)”The motivation to asking this comes from how social media has such a fluid definition, that its legitimacy for concentration would often come into question. As users ourselves, ...
Most of you know what the Apple TV is… you know that Internet appliance which lets your purchase and rent movie (and music) titles directly from the iTunes store for your television, without the need of a computer? While Apple has started renting HD movies over iTunes as well, you can’t purchase them through iTunes ...
Kenneth Pinto recently tipped us off about Posterous. I’ve heard of it before, but I passed it off as just a gateway from email-to-blog (which most blog platforms support). Boy was I wrong.The magic of Posterous lies in how it handles media attachments in your “blog” email. As Kenneth puts it:Post one photo, and Posterous ...
Click to see enlarged photos…Found this neat USB stick at the Apple Store yesterday. Looked online for more info, but all I could find was the previous, less portable, USB biometric scanner dongle. If you’ve ever been clamoring for a simple yet secure way of logging into your Mac, this might be the way to ...
In his National Day Rally 2008 Speech today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong explained how his Singapore government has been, and will continue to, interact with citizens through new media on the Internet. Among significant developments in new media and local politics (which I hope to talk in-depth later), a highlight included the Singaporean Prime ...
Big Trouble in Little Chinatown…As a fan and community manager for Creative Commons Singapore, Ivan Chew took a day off to bring CC Project Manager (International) Michelle Thorne (@thornet & blog) on a tour of Singapore’s Chinatown. I tagged along to learn about recent developments and challenges for Creative Commons in the international space.On an ...
Since I’ve been looking at interesting shopping experiences online, I found something that’s bound to be a hit with the ladies (least I think so). Polyvore lets you mix and match images from anywhere on the web, to create outfits, interior designs, or any kind of collage. While it could be used for creating all ...
Scene from an upcoming short video I did with John Larkin…Please help us spread the word about our talk this Wednesday at the Nanyang Technological University. Do note that the $80 fee is a norm of NTU’s edUtorium series, not by us speakers. Thanks to Senior Assistant Director, Alan Soong, for organizing this special event. ... 
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