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I feel like Abe Simpson sometimes….what did I just say? I’m quite relieved that Google Buzz tanked upon its launch. Not because I don’t like their products, but because I’m really tired of this whole new social media paradigm that is making people communicate in rather unhealthy ways. We don’t need another social media platform and another massive time-suck, [....] Continue reading The Age of Too Much Info Yesterday, I heard a most silly pitch for money. This guy from Company X was asking me if my team would be interested to sign up for a 3-day social media event in March. He didn’t explain very clearly what it was, but I figured it was a workshop where marketing professionals can sit around and share best practices on [....] Continue reading Do not pay to learn about social media! How shocking, our birth rate just dipped slightly! You can blame the recession or people having to work harder (are you serious?), but as I’ve been insisting for the past few years, it’s because the Gahmen’s attempts at improving the birth rates are pressing the wrong buttons Read the ST story first and my bits after: Birth rate may dip [....] Continue reading Are they really fixing the birth rate problem? How did you feel when you first saw this image from the Haiti earthquake? Picture from AFP. Singaporeans have been grumbling online about the $50,000 that the Singapore government contributed to the Haiti relief efforts. I first found out about the grumbling from Mr Brown’s site. What surprised me was that the Straits Times’ Political Desk actually put forth a commentary [....] Continue reading What price pragmatism? I was saddened when I first read news about the massive earthquake in Haiti, and got really upset when I read this story on CNN: (CNN) — Pat Robertson, the evangelical Christian who once suggested God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina, says a "pact to the devil" brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Officials fear more than 100,000 people have [....] Continue reading Pat Robertson needs to keep quiet If you’re thinking whether you should pay good money to watch The Storm Warriors (Fung Wan II, 风云II) at the cinemas, the quick answer is “Don’t bother, the movie is a massive disappointment.” Even if you’re the biggest Fung Wan fan on earth? Well, if you don’t mind forking out money to make yourself feel annoyed, please go ahead. Here’s the long [....] Continue reading The Storm Warriors movie review The Singapore Council Of Fertility Improvement before their next meeting commenced at the Jacob Ballas Gardens. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Baby Bonus plan because it helped me avoid paying taxes for quite a few years. Now that my Bonus has run dry, I end up having to fund it with my taxes (oh the irony). But [....] Continue reading Of course the Baby Bonus did not work The Second Coming Of Digicams? Surely I jest. As my faithful readers would know, I’ve been a big fan of the Olympus E-P1 Pen camera since it was first released in Singapore early last month. It’s an amazing camera for what it is, and for its target market (which most people will never figure out, and more on [....] Continue reading Will the real photographers please stand up? |
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