Archive for August 2010

What is Basecamp and How I Use It

Aug 31st, 2010 | By | Category: Work

Somehow these past couple of weeks have seen me having to talk to people about how I use Basecamp from 37signals quite a bit. So I thought I’d just introduce you to how I use it and why I like it.
I see a simple project management system having to do a few things:

Allows the team(with [...]



The William concept stove that makes me want to cook even if i don’t know how.

Aug 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Tech & Web

On sundays I’ll try to share stuff that’s interesting or fun. Chill people. Chill.
Here’s a concept stove that’s so awesome I could see myself spending hours in the kitchen just trying to optimise the arrangement of my pots and pans to be able to use the maximum number of them. It’ll be like playing Civilization [...]



5 invites to the new Digg.com to give away

Aug 28th, 2010 | By | Category: Tech & Web

I recently got an invite to the new Digg.com and i’m actually liking this new one because it seems a lot cleaner. Anyway, I’ve got 5 invites to give away so if you’d like one, drop a comment on the Facebook page update here. If more than 5 people respond, i’ll just randomly allocate them [...]



TEDxBiopolis on September 11

Aug 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Events

Just thought I’d share that if you missed TEDxSingapore, TEDxBiopolis will be held at Biopolis on the 11th September, 7pm-10pm.
You can check out their page for more info registration instructions.



August BlinkBl-nk: On profit being the sole motivation.

Aug 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Events

I went to this month’s BlinkBl-nk session and it was seriously quite a party with lots of brains passed around the room(or maybe I was just seated in the right part of the venue). Part of this month’s speaker lineup was this guy who spoke about how entrepreneurs are like geishas.  He went on to [...]



BlackBerry App World 2.0 Comes to Singapore. Paids apps now accessible.

Aug 24th, 2010 | By | Category: Tech & Web

After much wait, it’s finally here! We can now browse..and BUY applications!
After updating, you can set up the payment options by going to “My World” and opening up the menu…
Click Here to Download



Interesting Find: Indian Male Pole Dancing

Aug 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: Other Stuff

The way they ‘mount the pole’ makes me wonder what happens if they slam themselves too hard against the pole. Ouch.



Yahoo! Southeast Asia’s new outfit and the age old question – What is Yahoo! ?

Aug 19th, 2010 | By | Category: Tech & Web

Yesterday Yahoo! Southeast Asia held a small party at their new office at Mapletree Anson along Anson Road with a whole bunch of people – VCs, Angels, Developers, Media, Bloggers and quite possibly a few other types – as a office warming of sorts and also to speak a bit more about the direction that [...]



Barcamp 6 is on its way

Aug 18th, 2010 | By | Category: Events

Just in case you haven’t heard, Barcamp 6 is on the way.
For the first time, it’s going to be a 2 day session held over at Singapore City Hall and from what I hear, more people will actually be flying in from overseas.
This should be interesting…
Head on over to their site to find out more [...]



Singapore National Library Board Goes onto Facebook

Aug 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Events, Tech & Web

( I had meant to share this earlier but got delayed )
Apparently NLB had been quietly testing out a facebook application this past couple of months and finally softlaunched it on the 28th July 2010.
Now I find this app worth mentioning because it’s not just one of those apps where they show you your username, [...]