Several weeks ago, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications And The Arts, announced the launch of the RFP National Broadband Network (NBN) project for Singapore. The NBN project comes with a carrot of S$750m is a passive optical network fiber to the home (FTTH) that “will offer pervasive and competitively priced ultra high-speed […]
Category: Random Musing
Merry Christmas
Instead of a typical Christmas E-Card, I think this powerpoint titled “Two Choices” that a friend send to me is more meaningful. It also reminded me of the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch whom I quote: “I think I’m clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate.” Merry Christmas! | View | Upload your […]
Google will change this industry forever
via C|Net Here’s the scenario: Google scoops up the 700MHz spectrum and works on it for (as most experts claim) about the next five years. During that time, the company continues to promote Android and bring more cell phone companies on board. Next, the company will secretly tell the manufacturers that it’s working on a […]
The Day The Routers Died…
Cool Musical commentary from the RIPE meeting :-)
Are America’s Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich?
From The Onion In The Know: Are America’s Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich? Ho Ho Ho!
VC meets Reality TV
You Be The VC contest Damnit, we were just brainstorming about this same idea a few weeks ago!
Journal of Economic Psychology : “I think I can, I think I can”: Overconfidence and entrepreneurial behavior
High failure rates and low average returns suggest that too many people may be entering markets as entrepreneurs. Thus, anticipating how one will perform in the market is a fundamental component of the decision to start a business. Using a large sample obtained from population surveys conducted in 18 countries, we study what variables are […]
Home Sweet Home (with iPhones)
30 hours and finally back home in Singapore. It has being a good trip and I have a lot of fun! :-) Now unlocking the iPhones I bought back. Who wants one? Update: Okay, I was joking when I say “Who wants one?”. These are for friends who asked me to bring it back for […]
People I met
People I met in Bay Area: Bruce Schena – Founder of Immersion. Cool guy to hang out when I am in Bay Area again. David Hornik (August Capital) – One of my favorite VC blogger. Finally got to meet him and I hope to invite to Singapore to talk to the startups here. Dewayne Hendricks […]
My Cab Driver in Bay Area
Meng Weng reminded me to share this story on my blog. I arrived in SFO on Sunday and took a cab to downtown San Francisco. I have a very jovial cab driver and we have a wonderful conversation. Started innocently with “hows your day”, we slowly move to weather and what do I do for […]