Barbarians at the Gate!

by IsaiahC on April 26, 2009

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AWARE (acronym for Association of Women for Action & Research), the women’s rights group, has been very much in the news for the past month or so. In fact, the news about the group, which has otherwise a rather low profile (to men like myself in particular), has even been picked up by one of the more popular blogs — Boing Boing.

The issue?

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Pining for Malaysian Food

by IsaiahC on April 4, 2009

msian-street-hawkerSince I started making weekly business  trips to Kuala Lumpur (the capital of West Malaysia), I’ve found myself coming home to Singapore with a strange phenomenon. While my heart definitely yearns for home after a few days away, my stomach somehow manages to remain in Malaysia.

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This Time It’s Personal

by IsaiahC on April 3, 2009

This time it's personal!

If you haven’t seen any updates here for the longest time, it’s because I’ve been very busy with work and haven’t had time to update. Besides, there isn’t much happening right now in the tech world that I’d really like to shout about (well,  except for the fact that Skype is now available on the iPhone and I’m a big fan and frequent user of Skype for both work and personal purposes).

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You Might be Addicted to Twitter If…

December 30, 2008

Drawing on my own and the experiences of some friends, here’s my top 10 list on how you might be addicted to Twitter in reverse order.

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Seven Things to Love About WordPress 2.7

December 8, 2008

WordPress 2.7 Release Candidate 1 has been out for about a week now. Having poked around a little, here are seven features I really, really love.

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So You Want to Create Your Own WordPress Theme

December 2, 2008

One of the best ways to make your WordPress blog stand out is by deploying a customized theme. There are two ways you can do this — buy a commercial theme, have a professional create one for you, or create your own.
While the first option is definitely the easiest route, using a commercial theme does [...]

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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Google’s Guide to SEO

November 22, 2008

If you’re looking to improve your blog’s page rank, Google has posted a compact guide Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide that will guide you on adopting some best practices that teams within Google and external webmasters alike utilize to improve their sites’ crawl-ability and indexing.

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