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    It’s a new week. Time to get crackin.

    I was looking through my trello account and noticed the date today and only just realised that we’re hitting the middle of the month. And when we come to the end of it, we’re actually going to be hitting the middle of the year!
    And so here I am reviewing my resolutions for the year and [...]

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Tech & Web

featuredimage 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 ...

featuredimage Motorola Mobility Launches the MOTOACTV in Singapore

Bringing together fitness and music into a wristband, the MOTOACTV is a lightweight, wearable fitness performance tracker and smart music ...

featuredimage Zinio comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook

It seems the much awaited magazine/newspaper app, Zinio, has come to the BlackBerry PlayBook. Already available on Android, iOS and ...

featuredimage [Making the Cut] Dell XPS 15z

And so the review is done and with every product, it suits the needs of some folks but not for ...

featuredimage Motorola Atrix 2 Now Available – Comes With 10 EA Titles To Keep You Entertained

Made available today exclusively at SingTel, M1 and Newstead at a recommended retail price of SGD$699 (including GST), the Motorola ...

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

It’s a new week. Time to get crackin.

I was looking through my trello account and noticed the date today and only just realised that we’re hitting the middle of the month. And when we come to the end of it, we’re actually going to be hitting the middle of the year!
And so here I am reviewing my resolutions for the year and [...]

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. [...]