Browsing articles from "October, 2011"
Oct
28
2011

The Inevitable Financial Frustrations

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“I’ve the rest of my life to be an employee.”
That was what I would reply when people questioned me about not getting a job immediately after graduation.
That was what kept me going.

I won’t deny that I could be selfish here. No matter how much support I receive, how much encouragement I get from people around me, it hasn’t been an easy period. Subconsciously, I was always at war with myself.

Oct
6
2011

Poken – Great for networking

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So last night, I was at SMU Entrepreneurship night for the second time and there was a sharing on this new product Poken. The business owner, Christopher was giving it out to a few attendees and I was lucky enough to receive one. Yep, so there I was holding it in my hand the whole night hoping to be able to get to try it out. This is how it works: Basically, to use it [...]

Oct
6
2011

Facebook’s new metric “People Are Talking About This”

Facebook's "Are talking about this"

Often, the return on investment (ROI) for social media activities has been unclear, and it is hard to measure influence, engagement but this week, Facebook is introducing a new metric for social media measurement “People Are Talking About This”. It counts the number of Likes, comments, shares, RSVPs and tagged mentions of a brand that take place within the social network. On top of that, there will also be ‘Number of Friends of Fans,’ and [...]

Oct
6
2011

To Do applications

I can never complete my To Do lists if I type it in. I gave up on apps because I simply forgot I had them. Used Notes instead didn’t work too well either. I’m really not as tech savvy as I claim to be, huh? Then I figured later – it’s that the feeling you get when you strike an item off the long, never ending list that no technology can imitate. I’m most satisfied [...]

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