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Don’t get me wrong - I love my iPhone. However, I think Xiaxue’s iPhone review is totally hilarious and should be taken in the right spirit. She has a point about the fingernails part, but …
I’m quoted in the papers today regarding YouTube as an outreach channel. Thanks to Tan Weizhen for the coverage! I’ll post more info when I get home....
Today was the busiest day in terms of interviews. An interview with a global agency early in the morning, then a chat with an INSEAD alumnus and his colleagues (I thought it was just to tap my brain about using...
Andy Beale. Why should we care about our online reputation? Because people now Google about you before they hire you or work for you. Dell closed down its own forum. Apple had problems whe …
I have decided to turn down all requests to commit myself to “extra-curricular” projects. On the spot, when asked, I tend to be flattered and genuinely excited that people want to involve …
Aiyoh, some of my classmates ah, si beh jialat! They think every part of Singapore I also know. They expect me to be countrywide ATM locator, and of course I must know every single place in Singapore that has alcohol,...
Just upgraded my 2G iPhone to firmware version 2.0 and man, it rocks! The new Address Book has a search feature. The Calendar interface has improved. Buttons to view list / daily / monthly are now at the bottom of...
I have no idea what key I hit, but suddenly, Alex’s voice is everywhere. When I open a new Firefox tab. When I close one. When a popup message appears. When I open System Preferences (to s …
I’m back in LA for just a few hours. It’s 6.20pm in LA but 9.20am in Singapore, which is why I decided to get a latte at Starbucks so that I’ll stay awake a bit longer. When I started on...
by Aarron Walters, Art Institute of Atlanta. Whatever your role on the web team, findability is your objective. Semantic markup, microformats, user tagging, rss, viral marketing are other important elements. Content is still king. Combining Web Standards and contextual content...
Thank your teacher in six words, at Teachersday.sg. There are so many things I want to say, I don’t know where to begin. A few of my favourite teachers are, sadly, deceased. Would it look …
It is disturbing to see myself becoming tardier about punctuality. Over the last few years I have developed this unrealistic belief that more things can be squeezed into less time and that I can magically appear at another part of...
Hosted by Anastasia Goldstein and John Davison. I missed the first few introductory minutes but here are my real-time notes. There are 2 teens, one gal and one guy from UT. For web-based games, Flash is OK but the teens...
After a series of errors, I have finally upgraded my blog to Movable Type 4.1! *fanfare* It appeared that the main culprit was a corrupt database. Thank God that I didn't lose my data and instead, the database was repairable....
This is a quick post. We’ve done the usual - duck rice at Four Seasons, shopping at Harrod’s, and today we visited the Emirates Stadium to pick up some gear. May go back for a proper tour …
This morning, I intend to: Wake up at 7am or latest, 7.30am after taking lolling-around time into account Run on the treadmill to burn off fat accumulated from consuming too much German beer and sausages Shower and get my hair...
I will be commencing the Business Foundations course at INSEAD this week from Monday to Friday. While lessons end at 3pm, we are expected to spend another 5 hours doing homework every day. Thus, I do not expect to have...
Dr Andy drew my attention to this cool Friend Wheel generator on Facebook. It processes your list of friends into a wheel, drawing lines of connection to each other to form a beautiful cha …
I suppose I should be excited about my travel plans and starting a new phase of my life, but my mind is set on cutting off things that have been part of my life until now. The next year of...




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