Our best attempt at putting things into neatly labelled boxes.
Our neighbours have adopted the Open Document Format. Can Singapore move towards becoming vendor-agnostic and more user-centric? My personal opinion is that the Singapore government’s IT plans are often too vendor dependent. Don’t even get me started on our efforts...continue reading »
A law to curb spam was passed by Parliament yesterday. All marketing emails will require: an “ADV” (for advertisement) label in the email subject the subject should not be misleading emails must have an email address or phone number for...continue reading »
IDA announced earlier in the year that Singaporeans would enjoy free wifi starting in 2007 through 2008. 3 Singapore-based providers have submitted their proposals, namely Singtel, iCELL Network, and QMax, which is run by Creative Labs. Being pragmatists, we all...continue reading »
Saw this mentioned briefly in the Straits Times today, about how Google has been unable to find engineers in India who are familiar with the latest coding techniques for websites. I thought, hmm, that would be either Web Standards or...continue reading »
A lot has happened since PM Lee’s National Day Rally Speech in which a mandate was issued to engage the digital generation. We still need to get our message across. We will use the new media, multimedia, podcast, broadcast, all...continue reading »
Faith, Anne and I were having breakfast downstairs this morning. After a few mouthfuls of toast and a few spoonfuls of soft-boiled egg Anne decides to grab a spoon and help herself to the egg. She’s not really making great...continue reading »
Today, mainstream media discusses the effects of new media in Singapore. Andy Ho, Senior Writer from the Straits Times, analyses the effect of Youtube.com on big media. Worth a read. He goes on to say: The Internet does not have...continue reading »
This has been a tricky one as this website was not set up for the purpose of political discourse. The technical implications of the Singapore Government disallowing podcasting during the elections are a gauge as to the speed of the...continue reading »
From the Straits Times forum: A Singaporean who uses Linux found it difficult to download information from a Government website, as Microsoft Office software was required....continue reading »
The Business Times reports, on its front page today, that the Government intends to launch a new national broadband network, bringing ‘cheaper and faster internet access to more people’. It could be partly funded by public money. The target is...continue reading »
At the Parliamentary sitting yesterday, Professor Ivan Png asked Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Dr Balaji Sadasivan whether Government online services could be made available on internet browsers other than Microsoft Internet Explorer (question 371)....continue reading »