Singapore
Using the “radical transparency” model of innovation that I learnt from Making Ideas Happen, I’ll write a bit about a project that a group that I am part of have been working on- thirty.sg.
The Thirty.sg Site
It…
Oakland’s Crime Map- an application built on top of government data
There’s been a fascinating conference that I’ve been following for the past couple of days- the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington D.C….
I can’t help but feel that the “no-eating-or-drinking-is-allowed” law is being taken a bit too far here- fining a lady $30 seems really extreme- and if I…
A Facebook invitation to an event called “Gatecrash Water Festival” has been circulating around, inviting Singaporeans to “gatecrash” an event that seeks to welcome new citizens to Singapore, and help them integrate. To quote its page:
Dear Singapore Citizens,
Bukit Batok Grassroots Organisation (GRO) is organising a Water Festival…
Source: Hydrogold.com
Via the Straits Times Forum, comes an interesting suggestion: to free up golf courses for other uses. An excerpt:
Yet, in contrast, to date we have built 22 golf courses, most of which are 18-holed oases to cater…
Is it possible to have a color-blind world?
It is interesting being an Asian in Poland- my group of friends and I are almost like a tourist attraction. Everywhere we walked, people would turn and…
Newer apartments in Warsaw, Poland
Landed in Poland today in the morning, after a sleepless night on the chairs of Heathrow Airport. Amazingly, my British Airways flight wasn’t cancelled, and made the 2 hour trip to Warsaw.
The first impressions of Poland are that of…
Had the opportunity just before I left to get in touch with Les, the creator of redsports.sg. Redsports is a sports news and opinion site that focuses on the Singapore sports scene- from school sports at the different levels, to the national team. You can read more…
Read a very interesting article on Salary.sg regarding engineering in Singapore. It worries that Singapore is increasingly becoming “high cost, low tech”, and that careers in engineering in Singapore is losing out to business, finance and accountancy careers. It follows on a long discussion on that site of…
Went to the National University of Singapore (NUS) today to visit my friend from China. He is an NUS student and had been on exchange in Stanford last year, and I thought I’d use the opportunity to get to know my local university as well.
I admit visiting NUS was…
I am a Singaporean studying at Stanford University. This site is a sandbox for my incomplete ideas, which I hope to improve through your comments/criticism.
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