From the monthly archives:

May 2009

#Fixreplies #TwitterFail Tweeting in a Cage

by Maynas Eric May 13, 2009 Misc Posts

Suddenly, the World became a much quieter place. No, it’s not you, it’s “just” a small settings update by Twitter in action today. In the words of Marshall from ReadWriteWeb …“users no longer see public replies sent by friends to people they themselves are not following. (Fragmented conversations, they are called.) This isn’t a small [...]

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Chair which costs 9000 dollars plus

by Maynas Eric May 9, 2009 Misc Posts

Went out on a family outing just now and we were trying out these $9000 plus (almost $10,000) massage armchairs (one each). These chairs are kinda cool, not only do they look nice but are actually very comfortable to sit in. The massage functions were not bad too. The last massage armchair we got was [...]

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Brands that reminds you of people, win

by Maynas Eric May 9, 2009 Misc Posts

As I took a bus (I don’t drive in Singapore) on the way to a game of tennis, I realized that within the 15 minutes journey, I only saw about 3 familiar landmarks. McDonalds, KFC, and the neighborhood library. As I stepped out the bus, I thought, hmmm, what were the names of the other [...]

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The Most Important People in The World

by Maynas Eric May 9, 2009 Misc Posts

Image Source: Image Editor Who are the most important people in the World? Storytellers. I do not use the word “most” often as it’s ambiguous sometimes when referring to unprovable terms. Who the most important people are is never going to be provable. So why “most?” Because it’s disagreeable and so is the rest of [...]

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Advertisements on TV doesn’t work if

by Maynas Eric May 8, 2009 Misc Posts

Advertisements on TV doesn’t work if you show a storyline which is totally unrelated to your product. I just saw an advertisement on TV (Singapore Channel 8 if you want to know) which showed a fantastic CGI packed battle about warriors dressed in black fighting warriors dressed in white. The black warriors created these sharp [...]

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I just asked for a Google T-Shirt

by Maynas Eric May 8, 2009 Misc Posts

Long story short :) I just sent Google through their contact form about a Google T-Shirt. Here’s the details Can I have a Google T-Shirt? Hi Google Friends, About 5 minutes ago, I just read Seth Godin’s book “Free Prize Inside” page 60 and 61 about how he wore a Google T-Shirt to the greenmarket [...]

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The Big Three : Write, Talk, Invest

by Maynas Eric May 8, 2009 Misc Posts

Recent happenings in life made me think for quite a bit about what I’m doing right and wrong in my pursue into fulfilling my bucket list. Let’s start with what I’m wrong about, the juicy part, I’m doing too many things at the same time and working too long. My average productive hours is about [...]

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Yesterdays and Tomorrows

by Maynas Eric May 8, 2009 Misc Posts

Yesterday evening, I went out with a friend whom I haven’t met for about 15 years. That’s something wonderful by itself considering that I’m 27 this year and we were around 12 back then. She invited me for an EU film event and it was nice that she asked me along.

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