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Vanessa Tan
Blogger, musician, MBA student at INSEAD. See my blog at http://vantan.org
March 26, 2007
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To my Chinese readers: Look at this photo and tell me what this is. This was the decoration on each SXSW Web Awards table. I didn’t notice it at first because there were many things going …
I’m at the Day Stage blogging via laptop cos my laptop’s been knocked up. Jason Beaird’s book, ‘The Principles of Beautiful Web Design’ has been translated into various languages including …
Amusing. What’s got me curious is how easily one can call up Palin’s assistant. And surely there must’ve been some disbelief that French President Nicolas Sarkozy would call up Palin, but …
Kevin and I will be speaking on the topic of Web 2.0 at the NUS Business School on Saturday 29 March. This is organised by Start-Up@Singapore and is part of their Emerging Industry Series. Extract: Emerging Industry Series - Web...
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Soon after blogging about Border’s closure in Singapore, we were hit with news that another popular bookstore, Page One, was exiting the Singapore market. Another crying shame, even more b …
This Christmas, three of my friends encountered very different life-changing experiences. First, just before Christmas Day, I was elated to hear that a close friend of mine was going to become a mother. My longstanding prayers for blessings have become...
So, I’ve gone nearly 3 months without a blog post here. The hectic life of (relatively) young couples in Singapore leaves little room for leisure, especially when tying the knot. In Octobe …
Borders, as everyone should know by now, has closed its chapter in Singapore. Many of us took for granted that it would always be there, and it was said that this branch was more profitable than the stores in the...
With less than 3 months to the wedding and me wanting to be a generally sharper and more effective person, I realise I need to heal quickly, tone up a little and be mentally alert. In order to achieve this,...
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