Archives: Stuff we wrote in May 2007

We may have said stupid things then. But don't worry, we're working on new stupid things to say.

Corporate Communications is an Oxymoron

I shared this observation at an internal meeting, as well as at the roundtable on Corporate Blogging, one of the many roundtable discussions at Blogout 2007 last night. Jeremiah Owyang (who will be in Singapore in June) was spot on...continue reading »

What is the meaning of webstandards?

Robert’s Talk has an excellent post on what “web standards” mean and provides excellent links for further reading. A good refresher on what “web standards” mean and a good introduction for those looking to know about web standards....continue reading »

Interviews with Singapore's Next Gen Hackers: U-Zyn

Today we meet Chua U-Zyn who is now very well known for developing Ping.sg, a Singapore community portal (and blog aggregator) that everybody loves. Ping.sg has been growing in prominence ever since its launch and it is even more surprising...continue reading »

Paperweight

At work we’re busy redoing the entire Ministry of Education website. One of the problems with every redesign / realign / redo of a major site is the migration of existing content. It would be easy to port everything verbatim...continue reading »

Interviews with Singapore's Next Generation Hackers: Herryanto Siatono

This is the second interview in the series of interviewing Web 2.0 hackers from Singapore. Today we get to see Herry. Herry is a hacker and a designer. He developed the acclaimed BooJetty a social book-bookmarking site that also mashes...continue reading »

The Number of Rebellion

09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0. When the era of self-publishing took flight in the early 2000s with the advent of blogging tools that made it relatively easy for anyone...continue reading »

Interviews with Singapore's Next Gen Hackers: Choonkeat

Starting this week, I plan to host an email interview with the developers of cool software from Singapore. This week, I had a conversation with Choonkeat. Choonkeat is an action oriented geek who has developed two useful and popular “web...continue reading »