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Singapore

10 November 2009

Once Bonded, Reloaded

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Just like Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, I penned my name on a legal document in 2000 that effectively willed 6 years of my life – after the mandatory military service and the sponsored US university education – to the Singapore Public Service.  The ‘golden ticket’ was like a dream come true – a chance for the eldest [...]

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14 October 2009

Phua Chu Kang spoof of Ris Low

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Oh my god.  This is insanely funny. I thought of sharing it over Facebook at first, but there wasn’t a way to put them all in one place.

For the backstory, check out ex-Miss Universe Ris Low’s interview snippet that catapulted her into infamy. Pity the poor girl, but it makes for some good [...]

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9 October 2009

SG Next-Gen National Broadband Network starts rollout

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The Next-Gen National Broadband Network, in Singapore’s bid to make up for lost ground against countries such as South Korea and Japan, has been rolled out amidst much fanfare by the passive infrastructure company (NetCo), otherwise known as OpenNet.  OpenNet is a joint venture of four partners – Axia NetMedia (Axia), Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), Singapore [...]

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9 October 2009

Neoteny Singapore Camp 1

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If you’re in the entrepreneurship and venture capital space, you wouldn’t want to miss out on the biggest and baddest unconference of the year come this December 12 and 13.  Those days will see a bunch of cool people from Singapore and abroad congregate at Neoteny Labs‘ inaugural event, “Neoteny Singapore Camp 1 (NSC1) – [...]

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6 October 2009

Post-TC50 chat with Ming Yong of Socialwok

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I was hoping to do this with Ming after he gets back from the US, but it seems his trip kept getting extended, thanks to the many ‘good stuff that’s going on’.  Still, it’s a good problem to have for (arguably) the hottest start-up in town right now, as the team rides the TC-50 inspired [...]

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30 September 2009

Innovation & Start-ups in Open Networks

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Thanks to Daryl Tan and Tan Yinglan, I was able to get my hands on their recording of Joi’s recent talk and panel discussion when he was in town earlier this month, on the 14 and 15 September.  I sent the 1+Gb file through iMovie, and broke it up into 3 parts: (1) Joi’s 20-odd [...]

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29 September 2009

Startup Visa, Singapore-style

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Some days back, I was forwarded an email exchange from a foreign entrepreneur reflecting the “difficulties (that would be) faced (by foreign entrepreneurs) in relocating to Singapore to startup a company” in light of changes to the Entrepass framework by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) that took effect on 28 September 2009.  Indeed, the new [...]

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24 September 2009

Singapore – where whatever we do, is never good enough

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This entry is my response to Paul Graham’s old article, which talked about cities, the ambitions of its people and the messages that they send out.  In writing this, I was inspired by my personal experiences and a brief discussion at a Skype group chat that I hang out at.  I’d love to hear what [...]

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20 September 2009

Games Convention Asia ‘09 a letdown

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Did you go to the Games Convention Asia 2009 that took place at Suntec Convention Hall earlier this week? No? Well, you really didn’t miss much.  I last attended GCA in ‘07, and decided to give the ‘08 event a miss due to scheduling conflicts.  This year, I went past its Level 3 conference venue [...]

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16 September 2009

Socialwok wins TC50 Demopit, brings much needed sunshine to S’pore start-ups

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I just caught this over at Techcrunch – Socialwok wins one of the two highly coveted slots on the second day of Techcrunch 50’s demopit, where a grand total of 100 start-ups duke it out each year to catch the attention of the judges.  I’ve been tracking Socialwok since they first started, and have been [...]

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