FourSquare is a location-based social networking service combining the web and mobile phone. FourSquare has incorporated a game element that makes it extremely viral among her users. Originally, the app only works for major cities in the US and Europe. Recently on 20 Nov 2009 (a day before Barcamp Singapore 4), FourSquare has expanded beyond...
The book “The Audacity to Win” by David Plouffe focuses on the inside story from the perspective of the campaign manager for the Obama Presidential campaign 2008 and the lessons learnt from the historic victory to elect the first African-American president. With an insider view, the story starts from how David Plouffe together with Robert...
Last week, Google released their initial version of how Google Chrome OS will look like. Within 24 hours, a lot of developers took a look at the first release of the OS. There are two ways to build Google Chrome OS: (1) You can build the Chrome OS from source code on Ubuntu following thru...
Today, I was invited by Institute of Infocomm Research, A-STAR to present on the status of mobile-web space in the 16th InfoComm & Media Horizons conference focusing on the theme "Quad Play Services – Maximizing Opportunities" in the Genexis Theatre, Fusionopolis. My talk centered on the how media content and apps play a part in...
If I have to organize a TEDx event, which are the five videos I will choose to show? Here are my choices, ranging from topics in social media, social entrepreneurship, education, culture and economics. Other than attaching the abstracts, I have also included my own thoughts on why I like about these TED videos. ...
Should Facebook set up an Asian HQ via establishing a presence in Southeast Asia? With recent statistics demonstrating their dominance in the Southeast Asia market and a drip down effect into India, Cambodia and Vietnam, we provide the reasons why they should do so and the strategies how they can tackle a fragmented market...
Recently, I am intrigued by the issue of the diamond formation in football tactics, particularly, with both Ancelotti's Chelsea and Mourinho's Inter Milan which are now adopting it. Jonathan Wilson's latest article on the diamond formation prompted me to take a deeper look on the history of football tactics and here are my thoughts after...
Yesterday, I have delivered a seminar entitled "Building Online Communities: Strategies, Tools and Trends" for the Masters students in Technopreneurship and Innovation (创业与创新硕士课程).
Some time back, the Prime Minister of Singapore announced a few sweeping changes to the election system to encourage more dissenting voices within the Parliament in Singapore. He proposed the following changes namely: (1) Permanency and Number of Nominated Members of Parliament in the Singapore Political System: Nominated Members of Parliament will feature as a...
