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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...
In case you’re wondering: No, I did not get a new 3G iPhone while in the UK. See the poster. Sold out. And this was at a telco shop in Bristol, not even the main Apple store at Regent Stre …
I am preparing a speech to my ex-boss who is retiring from the organisation. He was asked to select a few staff members to say some words about him, and I was one of the people he chose. I am...
So it seems that a second friend has had her Facebook account broken into. I urge everyone not to list any personal details on their profiles, such as your email address and mother’s maide …
I am honoured to be speaking as a panelist at Ogilvy’s Verge digital summit in Singapore today at CHIJMES. It will be quite exciting. As with Yuhui, I’d really like to see representatives …
America has a glorious ‘return’ culture that I’m not accustomed to. Still, I have a good reason to return my newly-acquired MacBook Pro. At the Apple Store, we had a big discussion with ou …
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Rumours abound of MacBook Pro updates. I’ve owned a G5 for a few years and have been planning to get a portable (yet powerful) Mac for a while - though at 15 inches wide the MacBook Pro may require some...
I haven’t been to Geek Terminal in a while, but Melvin had cleverly suggested revisiting it with our newly-returned Wilson Tan, of Dell Blog fame. When I arrived, the two guys were chattin …
Seems that there is Facebook hacking and spamming going on. The situation is still unfolding, but one of my Facebook contacts started posting penis enlargment messages on my wall. As she is usually quite professional, I figured her account got...
Yes, I have started my own INSEAD blog. It will chronicle my life before, during and hopefully after my MBA. You can find it at vantan.org/insead. Zanat0s, fabled Greek INSEAD blogger, had lamented in our Facebook group as to why...
Thanks to Nick Pan for finding this photo of me on the new Singapore search engine, rednano.sg. The photo was taken for my 2006 Straits Times political desk interview as part of the Gahmen Bloggers feature. The photographer was at...
New foreign talent! The Agonist’s main protagonist (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun), founding editor Sean Paul Kelley, will be relocating to Singapore for a few months as of 1 July. Intere …
Whenever I had the time to read the entire Straits Times from cover to cover I would occasionally chance upon a typo somewhere. However, I had much higher expectations of international and British newspapers. I was thus surprised to find...
Just cancelled my French class this morning as we have an urgent rehearsal before an event this afternoon. That’s three lessons in a row this week, which confirms my suspicions it won’t be …
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