Social Media is like Dough

Last night, I attended an interesting session at Hackerspace Singapore with other PR people and bloggers to better understand each other and the social media landscape in Singapore.
Although no world-changing ideas came out of it, I think everyone learned something. For me, it’s that social media is like dough. It is what you make…

The Wonders of Social Media

Happy 2010 to you! Hope you all had a great time during New Years.
I know I did! It was probably one of the best new years ever – thanks to the wonders of social media.
It all started with a tweet a couple days back from Derrick, a guy I don’t know then, of…

Blogger Business Cards

Just printed 200 business cards for my blog. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! Thanks to Claudia’s recommendation, I printed 200 cards at Tommy Prints for just S$24 – about 17 US dollars – with matte lamination. What a steal!
Front of the Nanyate?! business card
Back of the Nanyate?! business card
Why would bloggers need…

Why Twitter is Evil

Ever since I downloaded TwitterFox, I’ve become hopelessly addicted to Twitter…to the detriment of my blog.
It’s become so easy to post my opinions and internet finds with 140 characters that writing 400 worded posts has come to be too cumbersome to write. It’s become so easy to hear what others have to say in 140…

How I Organize My Friends

While reading Daniel’s blog, I stumbled upon a Facebook app called Nexus, which charts out how your friends are linked.
And here is how Nexus graphed my social network:

Clusters Based On Stage of Life
While there is a discussion here on whether friendship is primarily bound by geography or shared interests, my graph shows that it’s neither….

A Review of Blog Networks

Note: Double post today! Read my Shopping post below!
I’ve been seeing an increase in blogs on hiatus, and as a result, a decrease in the amount of quality visitors lately. In an effort to expand my blog circle, I gave blog networking a try. So, I thought I’d write a review for a few…