In a meeting of doom and gloom at the World Economic Forum in Davos, surprisingly LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman was one of the very few optimistic ones..
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01Feb
Tags: Davos, linkedin, optimistic, pessimistic, Reid Hoffman, World Economic Forum
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06JulPC, Random, Singapore Tech, Social Media, gadgets, geeked, m&a, news, toys 1 Comment
Once again, it’s time for this geek to review with you some of the tech news this week that has caught his attention.
(I’m still trying to find the most suitable and easy format for this weekly digest so do bear with me as the formatting changes from digest to digest for now.)
Xiaxue vs Dawn Yang
Two top bloggers breaking their friendship complete with lawsuits and managers getting involved. Not a pretty sight. Sometimes I wonder if it’s an attempt to get more traffic. In this case, doesn’t look like it. This one is really hard for this geek to make a judgement, so you judge for yourselfPing.Sg - are you IN?
A big debate that’s ongoing right now, threatening to divide the Singapore blogging community. I’ve written my thoughts on it here.LinkedIn gets its billion-dollar valuation
Well I’d say it’s about time since other less profitable social networks like Facebook have already crossed this valuation mark. Which other social network can have Bill Gates as a proud member of the community anyways?Contenders to EeePC - MSI Wind and Acer Aspire One gets torn apart
Interesting breakdown of the two new gadgets. Read all about it!Next Vista Media Center Leaked
Interesting especially for HD buffs, but not this geek, ye!Gigabyte announces a 8.9in swivel screen notebook
I love swivel-screen notebooks ever since my first tablet PC in 2003. They are simply great for presentations. I still remember speaking in a Mac conference and just flooring everyone with my Compaq TC1000 with all the latest Macbooks and Powerbooks in front of me!HP Blog Contest - Free Touchsmart PC!
Yes, you can win a free Touchsmart PC just by leaving a nice comment here! What are you waiting for!?
Tags: Acer Aspire One, billion dollar valuation, bloggers, dawn yang, eeePC, gigabyte M912V, hp touchsmart PC, linkedin, MSI Wind, ping.sg, singapore blogging community, xiaxue
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18May
OK. I’ve done it. Now I’m undone.
I’ve started my own tech blog. Woe is me who’s already busy enough with my other blogs?
Worse still, I’ve done it on my own domain and got myself into this zany world of wordpress installs and plugins.
Life will never be the same again. Well, it was never normal to begin with.
While waiting for me to really get this site up and running, if you are new to my geek world, do check out
My LinkedIN profile
My CNET Asia blog
My thoughts on life - highway of life
Some past tech blog posts - what you might possibly expect from this blog :
Dealing with WIFI tappers
The latest on social networks
Green tech for data centres
SaaS in Singapore
Making US$10mil from CNET Asia
O2 Asia closed doors
Overclocking my PC - the women don’t get it
Singapore government and Second LifeTill the next post! (while this geek figures out his wordpress and plugins)
Tags: CNET asia, CNET blogger, geekonomics, highway of life, highwayblogger, linkedin, nicholas aaron khoo, O2 Asia, overclocking, SaaS
