Category: Random Musing

Part of the fun of attending a tech conference is the backchannel. [In references to the panel on The Social Web: Choices and Voices] (1:38:51 AM) jseng: erm, i have no idea what they are talking on the panel matters (1:39:20 AM) davidjoho: jseng, they are in the unique consumer personalization long tail bucket. Clear? […]

The last 36 hours was a crazy non-stop activities. Started my day by going to the IX 2007. Met Jeremiah (finally!) although sadly we didnt get much chance to talk one-on-one. (He was blogging, chatting and preparing for his talk). The talks itself was a mixture of good and bad and so-so. Some are so […]

Incidentally, what kept me awake last night during the breaks for Supernova, is Paul Potts’ Con Te Partio and Nessa Dorma. I hate to admit this but yes, I cried. Pauls’ vibrato and control of his voice is nothing compared to Opera masters like Andrea Bocelli or Luciano Pavarotti. What he lacks in technical skill, […]

Some of the people I met today, not in any particular order: – Douglas Merrill – John Seely Brown – Cory Ondrejka and Jean Miller (yes again :-) – Paul Saffo – Madanmohan Rao – James Lim – Jose L. Encarnacao Its late and I need to go to bed so I can wake up […]

This is going to be a busy week for tech geeks in Singapore. CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia is happening this week. In conjunction of CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia, IX 2007 also bought about a whole list of interesting speakers in town, like Cory Ondrejka and Jeremiah Owyang. Speaking of Jeremiah Owyang, we are going to have dinner […]

On the last trip to China, I remember there was a big story about CCTV remaking Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼梦. The last Dream of Red Chamber made by CCTV is in 1987. For those who don’t know, Dream of the Red Chamber is like Romeo and Juliet for Chinese. It is a Chinese […]

This is probably a good time to disclose that I was recently asked to serve on Internet & Media Advisory Committee (INMAC*) under MDA. INMAC is the new committee formed in April 2007 to advise MDA on ongoing media literacy initatives, industry co-regulation policies and other regulatory operational issues. Chaired by Stephen Yeo, the other […]

Happy is when I receive a call from a reporter who wanted to do a story on Citizen Journalism a few weeks ago. Excited is when I see a Special Edition on today Straits Times titled. “For the People, By the People“. I even bought a copy for the first time this month! Shock is […]

Lately, I have been meeting with a lot of young entrepreneurs. As for why so, it is a story for another day. Anyway, I met one gentlemen for lunch yesterday and I said: “I know people who are more successful than me at my age. They are not necessary smarter than me but they are […]

Yesterday, I was talking to a Chinese reporter. At the end of the phone call, she suddenly complimented my Chinese, as she is surprised. This also happens a few months ago, while I was doing a Chinese radio show. Now, I am not trying to boost here. I being to China and Taiwan enough to […]