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18 November 2009

When Fear and Hope collide

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Some days ago, I made the decision to publish an entry that some might consider controversial.  I received a wide range of responses from my friends, some supportive, and others less so.  Apart from the comments attached to the original entry, I thought I’d reproduce some of them (sans names and any identifiers) to illustrate [...]

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12 November 2009

AWS joins the Data Centre party in hot sunny Singapore

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Salesforce.com did it earlier this year in July, adding to its already heavy presence in Asia Pacific (by way of its Singapore HQ) with its first international data centre in Singapore.  Now, Amazon has joined the data centre party, with its announcement that it will be extending the Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Asia, first to [...]

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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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27 October 2009

Thin-slicing in Venture Capital: Tapping the power of the Adaptive Unconscious

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Every entrepreneur knows the importance of placing their best foot forward so as to leave a good impression with investors at the first meeting.  Yet more often than not, the entrepreneur finds the session rapidly going south.  The less patient angel or VC’s body language would subtly change, as they shift about in their seats [...]

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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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1 October 2009

EPL win for Singtel, Loss for Singapore

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In Singapore, soccer ranks up there in the towering 40-storey blocks of our over-priced, cloud-kissing public housing (together with shopping and food) as one of our national pastimes.  Our national team of yester-years had cultivated the soccer passion in our hearts with their heroics in the Malaysian League days, before handing over the baton to [...]

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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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