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Employment : One Year On
And so around this time a year ago, I made the decision to enter into a fulltime employment arrangement after chasing a product startup dream and trying to grow a consulting gig. It was a rather rushed affair, with an opening made available to me that I thought would be an interesting opportunity and my [...]
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Tech & Web
A quick sharing of a gem I discovered over the weekend is the ability to embed Photo Spheres onto your ...
Dell redefines Vostro series with its thinnest and lightest 14-inch laptop
On Monday, Dell announced the availability of the Dell Vostro 5460 which is their thinnest and lightest 14-inch laptop. It's quite ...
Where did all the excitement go?
Staying up late to watch a product announcement, vying for that invite to a new product launch, staying up with ...
Sandisk Announces Its Fastest, Thinnest and Highest Capacity USB Flash Drives
Sandisk just announced a suite of USB flash drives - the fast USB 3.0 enabled Sandisk Extreme USB Flash Drive, ...
BlackBerry Singapore Starts a Twitter Account – @BlackBerrySG
The local social media team over at RIM has finally created their own twitter handle where they hope for it ...
Events
BlackBerry DevCon Asia Relocated to Singapore
Following advisories that warn of ongoing dangers related to the serious impact of rain and floods on the local infrastructure in Bangkok, BlackBerry DevCon Asia has been relocated to Singapore. It will still be held on the 7th and 8th December 2011 and will be held in Suntec Convention Centre.
For those who had bought conference [...]
My Life & Thoughts
Employment : One Year On And so around this time a year ago, I made the decision to enter into a fulltime employment arrangement after chasing a product startup dream and trying to grow a consulting gig. It was a rather rushed affair, with an opening made available to me that I thought would be an interesting opportunity and my [...]
Music
Michael Bublé – Haven’t Met You Yet Michael Buble: Haven’t Met You Yet Lyrics
I’m not surprised, not everything lasts
I’ve broken my heart so many times, I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up, then I let myself down
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of [...]
Other People
Love and Other Drugs I stumbled upon this video and I thought it was very moving. The girl in the video is amazing for being so committed to her fiance. Kind of reminds me of Chris Medina from the American Idol show… .
How I wish cures were easier to find… I hope they develop something that works permanently soon.
Do [...]
Other Stuff
Video of The Day : Brené Brown: Listening to shame From TED:
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
Brené Brown studies vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame.
Work
Dear Startups, If your answer to monetisation is only advertising, think harder. I haven’t been to many technopreneurship/business events for the past 6 months to a year but I decided it’s about time I started checking out what all the cool people are doing these days so I went for Founders Drinks yesterday where two companies presented their work and talked about how they were acquiring users. [...]
