Tag: TODAY: Chip off the Blog
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TODAY: Beauty, brains and cups
Bloggers take their turn as judges of the Miss Singapore Universe contest THE “authors’ note” on Singapore Beauty (singaporebeauty.com) states that the blog is a collection of ugly happenings in Singapore, because “Singapore is not only beautiful, it is ugly at the same time”. I am not sure if that explains why the recent Miss…
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TODAY: What’s all the podding fuss about?
Meta: It was a busy news day yesterday, at least for mrbrown and myself, when newsrooms in Singapore and abroad began working on the Balaji-No-Podcast statement story. Good thing I’ve got free incoming calls on my mobile. I also found it funny that I had to tell some reporters to keep it short because I…
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TODAY: Vigilante justice, blogger-style
Have computer will condemn – poor car parkers be warned YOU’RE looking for a parking space at Suntec City and there it is — a red Subaru parked across two lots. Makes your blood boil, doesn’t it? Now, you can take a picture of the offending car and send it to Parking Idiots in Singapore…
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TODAY: The ‘faceless’ up in arms
Bloggers riled about assertions that they are ignorant and lack creativity OVER the weekend, some local newspapers took to highlighting blogs and the elections. The Weekend Today ran a front page story about bloggers and whether “they know the rules” regarding the elections — complete with a cover photograph depicting bloggers as faceless people with…
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TODAY: When bloggers go to the movies
The word-of-mouth effect – only far more effective When Tan Pin Pin’s documentary, Singapore Gaga (singaporegaga.com), was shown at a “press screening” for a select few in the media, several of us bloggers were a little surprised we were on the invite list. We didn’t ask too many questions at the Q&A that followed, and…