Archive for October, 2011

Chen Show Mao’s Maiden Speech Impresses Netizens

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

We’ve been following the first sitting of the 12th Parliament last week and boy, was it interesting to watch. It appears that the one speech that got most people online excited was MP for Aljunied GRC, Mr Chen Show Mao’s English and Mandarin Speech.

I’ve watched it and boy, the last time I’ve ever watched a brilliantly executed mandarin speech (full of quotes, history and culture) in our Parliament, was, never!

Fast-forward to his mandarin speech at the 13 minutes mark.

Singapore Polytechnic to save $197k to move to the cloud

Monday, October 24th, 2011

According to FutureGov, Singapore Polytechnic is looking set to save over $197,000 just by moving onto the Cloud.

This move also opens up new training opportunities to teach students the process and management of cloud services.

Well done SP!

Read more over at Cisco’s press release.

Youtube officially launches in Singapore

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

6 years after being conceived at a Dinner Party in San Francisco, the famous video-sharing platform has finally officially launched in Singapore. What does this mean for us video-hungry Singaporean dwellers?

Besides being able to access Singaporean Content directly via Youtube.SG, it probably means that Singaporean Youtube channels can now apply to be a Youtube Partner and can start to put up advertisements before their videos.

Which also means that we are probably going to be pushed with more ads when we watch videos.

Jialat liao.