Geeks gone wild! BarCamp Malaysia!
You heard the man.
And if you haven’t, here’s the skinny:
This July 26th, the Malaysian scene will EXPLODE into a orgy of mass-sharing and learning with the arrival of BarCampMalaysia.
If you’re into early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, open data formats, and connecting with like-minds, BarCampMalaysia will stroke you the right way.
Wanna […]
Why bother with the future of work?
Malaysian employers complain they can’t find programmers. Those who have programmers complain they can’t find good programmers.
What makes you think the really good programmers want to work with you in the first place? Your 1970’s inspired employment arrangement?
From Jim Ware
The future of work is about a whole lot more than cost cutting. The real, and […]
The Startup Success Trait You Didn’t Expect
From Paul Bucheit:
Humility. It doesn’t matter how smart and successful and qualified you are, you simply don’t know what you’re doing. The good news is that nobody else does either, though some are foolish enough to think that they do (and that’s why you can beat them).
What is the humble approach to product design? Pay […]
So, you want to build a web application?
I took an hour to devour blog posts on Andy Singleton’s blog. He is the founder of Assembla, and discusses agile software development and coordinating global teams.
Here are some notes if you’re interested in building a web application better and faster.
Agile software development in summary
You build to user “scenarios”, “stories”, or “storyboards”, hopefully based on […]
Why do people adopt new technologies?
From Fast Company:
People change habits when the pain of their current situation exceeds their perceived pain of adopting a possible solution. I call that the “change function.” It may seem simplistic. It’s supposed to be.
Change = f (level of current crisis, perceived pain of adoption)
Does your new internet business require users to learn new ways […]
My Latest Venture : Bunch Out
I won’t brag about it here, but if you’re curious…
The Kuala Lumpur version is http://kl.bunchout.com
A Malay blog review is on Info Malaya
Hear my personal pitch
The story behind the scenes is on this blog
The 3 things you must do, if all you have is an idea.
I wrote this on the Bunch Out blog, but I think it’s quite relevant here.
Imagine… you have a great idea for a website/ web app/ internet business… what do you do next? I get this question too often, so I wrote a quick guide highlighting 3 things you can do to move your idea forward […]
Will someone help Wordpress catch up
I’ve been calling out for help to add more “community” functions to Wordpress platforms for ages. Simple stuff, like I can see a user profile for every registered member
Has custom info on the profile
Profile pic
All comments the user has posted
All blog posts the user wrote, if any
And members can vote on each other’s comments, and there’s a […]
Malaysian internet scene: Updates and old news
I haven’t been blogging here for ages. Have been racing a new web app I’ve been working on. Check out the details on http://blog.bunchout.com
I’ll be webwatching again real soon. Meantime, this is all I have for ya.
The last I heard
Tumpang (I covered them here and here) is launched internationally.
Malaysia-based blog advertising network NuffNang was bashed on TechCrunch
But […]
How Many Malaysian Blog Aggregators Do We Need?
I’m going to compare a few Malaysian blog aggregators I know.
I see a blog aggregator as a site which shows the latest posts from a given sample of selected blogs. Bloggers like adding themselves to aggregators for some added traffic and exposure, as well as a sense of belonging.
I’m assuming the key benefit of a […]
Searching for Malaysians who "get" the internet
Was at 2 different parties last week, one organized by Multimedia Development Corporation and another by Flickr…
Did I find others who are as involved with “the internet” as I am? Full story and pictures here on the MindValley blog.
Virtual Offices In Malaysia For New Startups
Virtual offices provide a dash of credibility and convenience if your bedroom startup needs it. For anywhere from RM12.50 a month you can get a fancy Malaysian address to use, and even receptionist services and SMS notifications. See
FlexiOffice
Receptionist.com.my
Or, if you’re an internet marketer who needs ClickBank and Paypal (both services don’t like Malaysians very […]
Malaysia’s Government Websites Gets Upgraded - Again
How many times do we need to see those sites go under construction?
Skali, has been appointed to upgrade 450 websites belonging to the Federal Government and its agencies.
From The Star
Congratulations on your big fat contract, Skali. Please ensure the websites
Can be found through the right keywords in search engines
The information is useful and the site is […]
200 Most Successful Websites Plotted on The Map
iA, a strategic design agency in Tokyo plotted the 200 most successful websites on the web, ordered by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective…
Check out the enlarged versions! Will you put your website “on the map”?
Malaysian Digg Clone: Exclusive Interview With The Creator
In the eyes of the world, Malaysia took another hit.
This time, in the eyes of savvy internet users, as the popular social news site Digg got unabashedly bootlegged with the .my domain 3 months ago.
Modifying, improving and mashups of popular web applications is not always a bad thing. Adapting foreign business models to local markets is not uncommon.
All these can be very healthy things to have […]
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