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I’m a huge fan of Twitter, but it’s been wonky since Saturday and today it just got too much.I was happy to take it as random downtime, and wait for it to get back to normal by …
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The SMU seniors decided to have a flash mob where they decided to lie down in the middle of the concourse to celebrate their last day of school, check out the video (the organisers have a little interview at the end):The interesting thing is the flash mob did have a social media hand guiding it. ...
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This came up in a couple of conversations during Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2. Who’s the hardest to persuade when trying to implement a social media initiative? I’m guessing there isn’t a singular person, but clumps of people:1) The C SuiteI hear conflicting stories here. Some C Suite individuals are very keen to get into ...
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Looking through the very short list of my videos on YouTube, I’m reminded of this little clip taken two years ago of Rubin eating a pistachio ice-cream cone at Swensens.This was actually the second time that night, but the first time the cone didn’t break. Don’t say you weren’t warned if you attempt to eat ...
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It’s a hypothetical question because Web3.0 isn’t here yet (although some would say it may manifest itself in personalisation). But let’s explore the scenario:I’m doing a research project on Indonesia, where the internet penetration is very low (something like 9%) and many web activities are restricted to the old “Web1.5″ usage of just a …
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So I’m not trying to re-tell you why this analogy works, but an instance locally (ie back home in Singapore), that I feel it was done well.The salesman at a party analogy is used a lot in blogger outreach and social media. The idea is if you’re at a party and everyone’s talking about the ...
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I’m not that much of an obsessive gamer the way some guys are, but when great games come my way (Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights, Final Fantasy, Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Evil Genius), I sit up, take notice and become a little more obsessive than normal.Case in point, Team Fortress 2. ...
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As far as I know it’s not embeddable, but you can catch it over at Comic Book Resources.Couple of things I noticed: No Jean Grey (that’s a first) Crazy amount of mutant guest stars (Wolfsbane, Domino, Dust, Gambit, Multiple Man, Pyro, Maverick, Mojo) Iceman’s costume is sleeveless (?!), but I’m just glad he’s in the ...
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I know there is a percentage of the population who misses Lucky Charms. That cereal with the marshmallows in the shape of four leaf clovers and horseshoes and stuff like that. I know that because when we were in New York over the December holidays, a group of us consumed it like it wasn’t from ...
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A regular feature on this blog, here are the other blogs I subscribed to in March which I feel should be shared with the community:A VC - I have no interest in VC, but every now and then there’s interesting stuff on social media that I read and enjoy.Socialmedia.biz is a great site keeping up ...
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So over the long weekend 8 of us from the Scout unit headed up to Yen Chee’s house in Johor Bahru to have a retreat and go into spiritual meditation and plan for the upcoming camp…No actually we went to play Xbox 360 till 5am in the morning and promptly resumed at 11am.And of course ...
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Interactions with Snapfish got me thinking about relationships vs impressions again.I clicked on their Facebook ad (one click through) and from then told about 8 people about Snapfish (of which 5 signed up), blogged about it (leading to 10 clicks) and got one comment saying the Snapfish pictures were “excellent”.How many Facebook impressions do you ...
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It’s been a busy week and I’ve yet to read 900+ of my feeds, but here’s the best of what I read this week:Do you understand what widgets are? Can you build a brand using widgets?Does social media work? Would you rather spend your money by generating promotions, or joining the conversation your consumers are ...
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FriendFeed has been getting quite a bit of coverage lately, but SocialThing! is slowly but surely creeping up on users. I finally got my beta invite and after playing around for awhile, I have a slight preference for SocialThing! (damn I love that exclamation mark)Here’s a screenshot from my SocialThing! page (click for larger view):What ...
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Just before the promotional period ended, I ordered something like 311 photos for a grand total of about $21. That’s 11 cents per 4R photo, without even having to leave my computer! All this from one Facebook advertisement. Amazing!It almost makes me feel like buying a photo printer so I can do it myself, but ...
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Now that I have your attention, this post is an add on to Claud’s post on a the Unexpected Australia challenge.Essentially it’s a traditional competition where you have a few contestants, and the public votes for them to win. Of course, the public gets to win a Wii or a Macbook Air or a Nikon ...
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RSS really changed the way I used the internet when I first discovered it late last year. If you’re not using RSS, take 10 minutes to read this and your online life will be much better for it! The 10 minutes will pay itself back many times over.I promised Ingrid I’d do this post this ...
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I just finished season 1 of Cane today, a series about a Cuban family in America running a family rum business.From episode one I had issues with the pacing with the story. Some scenes were so short that they had no meaning and others were a little long. Some storylines were frankly, a waste of ...
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I’m TA (teaching assistant) for a Creative Thinking class in school, and their final project was one on the invasiveness and pervasiveness of advertising.I walked right behind the instructors during the exam, this was the view.What do you think? Too much for you? Or are you immune to it? ...
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After Twitter 201 part 1, part 2 and part 3, you still don’t get Twitter?Maybe this will help: Got the gist? Great. Now, follow me on Twitter.
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