The Social Cyborg @ BlinkBL-NK: From perfect memory to networked consciousness Rushing over from work, I made my way down to Blu Jazz where BlinkBL-NK was at it’s fifth installment. Having been to earlier speaker sessions in the past two months, I liked the diversity in speakers and the easy-going atmosphere. This time it was my turn to hit the stage, so I thought I’d don the Social Cyborg outfit one final time. Putting on that wearable sensory rig was strangely nostalgic. Beside my geek friends Coleman and Bernard, colleagues from National Art Gallery Singapore, Eve (plus her guy friend Ben), Jean and Shujuan, came by to support me, which was very sweet of them. I don’t wish to ruin the fun of my talk, so just take a quick look through my visual slides and imagine my voice sharing stories around them. I’ll just say that we’re all in the business of trading experiences, and my approach was to explore how we could share our realities in the fullest way possible. To help the audience along, I had played videos before my talk, including the documentary about the wearable camera system, as well as a trailer for Strange Days. Here’s the entire presentation as posted on Slideshare… View more presentations from Kevin Lim. BTW, here are more photos my colleague Shujuan kindly took… Similar Posts:Photoblogging competition on Singapore’s cultural heritage Speaking @ PRSA Buffalo: Social Media – Strategy Over Tools (Part 1) Chris Barr’s Under an Umbrella HyperConnected Beings // From Social Web to Networked Consciousness Video streaming through a Nokia cellphone, Qik.com and a FlexClip… In High Definition: Singapore’s Night Festival – New World 2010 Friday evening after work, I grabbed a quick dinner then headed to the museum district to check out the Night Festival: New World 2010. Just me and my Sony NEX-5, absorbing the electrifying experiencing of the numerous unique performances downtown. While there were several fringe art activities, I spent most of my time checking out the swinging taxi-girls (yes, they were yummy!), the World’s Slowest SMS Billboard at the Singapore Art Museum, as well as the epic Parabole 2.0 at the National Museum of Singapore. See the entire taxi-girls photo set… What struck me was how forwardly participatory some of these acts were, from dancing with the taxi-girls and taxi-boys as a way to learn about our past and have fun, the ability to SMS a personal love-note @ SAM, to how the epic Paths of Time theatrical production took two separate stages with actors/actresses having to cross through the audience. This turns the audience into a subtle backdrop or even into fellow performers.  There was simply too much to see in one night, and I’m glad I didn’t travel much because some of the shows, such as the Abusement Park @ SAM, had pretty long lines. I prefer not to get overwhelmed by picking favorites, but for some, the organizers could have perhaps provided a way for the public to create their own itinerary online (as my colleague Regina suggested). See the Night Festival 2010 photo set… Read on to watch the high-definition videos of some of these amazing performances… Night Festival 2010: Taxi-Girls & Taxi-Boys @ SMU Green (HD video)   Night Festival 2010: World’s Slowest SMS Billboard @ SAM (HD video)   Night Festival 2010: Parabole 2.0 @ National Museum of Singapore (HD video) If you missed it this weekend, you’d do well to come down for next year’s Night Festival! Similar Posts:Seth Gordin’s The Dip… Singapore style Watch what Kevin did at the museums… Singapore’s plan for International Museum Day 2007 theorycast.21 :: How Do You Blog? (for ubergeeks only) Speaking: Startup@Singapore, Wikis@SLAWNY, OnlineVideo@TLC So… how’s work? Ever since returning to Singapore, this seemingly innocuous question I’m often asked is probably best answered by the late (and eternally great) Rodney Dangerfield. While the job ended up being quite different from what I had originally signed up for, I’ve been trying to convince myself to learn beyond my talent and passion. What did take me by surprise after over a month into the job though, are the few colleagues who are clearly giving me the cold shoulder for some strange reason. I must have been lucky to have worked under cozier and less sterile circumstances. Fortunately, most of the folks I’m working with are friendly and talented in their own right. Logically speaking, I should proportion my concerns accordingly. The funny thing about being human though, is that you could have a hundred friends cheering you on, but just a handful who dislike you in order to turn your mood down. Whichever the case, I’ll try, and try harder. It’s an opportunity for me to earn their respect. Similar Posts:Busy busy busy weekend… Diggdot.us: From Web 2.0 to Web 1.0? Tuesdays are toughest Magnus “Maestro” Martensson @ United Nations Photos: So how do I find Singapore so far? ICA 2010 Conference: Photos & Videos + Download Our “Leveling Up Students” Poster Here’s the digital copy of our International Communication Association 2010 conference poster – Leveling Up Students with Class Blogs: Engineering Active Learning through Game Mechanics. This was color printed on an A0 size paper, so you have a choice of a JPEG or PDF versions. Derek Lackaff and I wrote this up after conducting our experimental semester with students in Buffalo and Singapore back in 2007. On the whole, everyone had a good time… we even managed to throw an MTV-style awards party at the end of the semester! I had more fun at #ICA2010 than I expected, mostly because the poster session was disorganized. A few of us received wrong instructions and printed our posters wide (72″ x 48″) when the conference boards were actually portrait format, and sticky tape became hot commodity. I also bumped into old friends while making new ones. Everyone was smart, friendly and most importantly, excited to share their discoveries. Read on to see the ICA conference posters submissions I found interesting (presentation quality varied greatly), as well as a few video interviews with academics and curators while I roamed the Suntec City Convention floor. ICA2010 conference: Evelyn Bottando on “What’s in a Domain Name? ICANN and Semantic Legitimacy” ICA2010 conference: Lyudmila Popova on “Perceived Reality in Media Messages: An Explication of its Dimensional Structure” ICA2010 Open Space Art Installations: Singapore Pangram ICA2010 Open Space Art Installations: AmbiKraf Enjoy! Similar Posts:Wall Poster: The Web is Agreement Video: Why are you crazy over them donuts @ Donut Factory? Video: AoIRing Your Thoughts Photos: Meet the Freshies for Fall 2006 DOAJ is so Fresh! First ever Creative Commons Salon in Singapore (Bonus: Inch Chua performs!) Yesterday, my poster session at the ICA 2010 conference turned out more fun than expected (will share that soon), while last evening’s first ever CC Salon Singapore at Hackerspace SG turned out to be quite a riot! In case you weren’t aware, CC Salons are global, informal events focused on building a community of artists, developers, and creators of all kinds around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology. It’s nice to know CC awareness is growing within Singapore’s various creative communities. Preetam Rai kicked off CC Salon with “Sharing my Images with a CC license”Preetam is a natural storyteller, weaving a tale of how his CC-licensed night photography of a cathedral in Budapest was used in a Wikipedia entry, and how that landed him a position with Global Voices Online. Kevin Lim (is I) spoke on “Marginalia: Giving books their social life”Three things: FutureoftheBook, Commentpress, digress.it If you’re interested, you can view my presentation on Google Docs. Stefano Virgilli showed a demo of “Adobe After Effects: Creating animated words” Pinned with numerous Adobe certifications, Stefano probably had good intentions for sharing his title animation technique with the crowd, but it felt more like an Adobe sales pitch riding on the CC bandwagon. Several participants felt the same way, and it could have been diffused if Stefano had shown alternative, affordable apps for doing similar things. e.g. Adobe Photoshop = GIMP. That would have made his session more approachable and compelling. Inch Chua shared her story on “Creative Commons & The Opposing Innovation” Incidentally, @InchChua was the first Singapore solo artist selected to perform at the SXSW music festival, reminding us how we as Singaporeans often lack the ability to appreciate local talent till they’ve made it abroad. At CC Salon, she explained why she gave away her music under Creative Commons, citing how musicians in the past would give fans their music as a way to get them to come to their performances, where they actually made their living. She also explained how 99 cents a track on iTunes would yield her less than 10 cents per song, spurring her to give her music away. Now I’m compelled to donate through her web site. Me: “Is Inch Chua your real name?”Inch: “Yeah!”Me: “You’ve got cool parents”Inch: “I guess I do!” She followed up her talk with a live performance of two of her tracks… Inch Chua performing live at the first CC Salon Singapore Here are the rest of the photos I took from this open event. Thanks to Ivan Chew for organizing CC Salon SG, and to Lucian for sharing his great photographs! Do read Ivan Chew’s (aka Rambling Librarian) post-mortem of this Inaugural CC Salon SG if you’d like to know what happened and when the next CC Salon SG will be! Similar Posts:theorycast 59 & 60 :: Michelle Thorne’s walkabout with Creative Commons Singapore Social Marginalia: How authors & readers give books immortality Two pieces of bad news… Video: “Youtube and beyond” @ National Library (director’s cut) DIY iPod stand hack Sony NEX-5: a proper camera for cyborgs like me I’ve been waiting for a proper camera, one that gets as quality as a DSLR, without the bulk and bore. Sure there are micro four-thirds like the Olympus PEN series, but they just didn’t tickle my adamantium bone. Having recently played with the Sony NEX-5, I fell in love with its features. It’s great for a DSLR newbie like me who wants to take diverse range of photos, as well as a videography hobbyist who likes experimenting with videos. It’s a serious camera with an impressive APS-C sensor, which Sony says is 60% larger than a Four-Thirds sensor, and 13 times larger than a typical video camera sensor. If you’ve seen the cameras I’ve used over the years, you’d know that I tend to go for the hybrid video/photo cameras, such as the Sony M2 and Sanyo HD1010 which tend to be pistol-grip by design. The NEX-5 lets me take everything up a notch, by having a proper image sensor, and the hardware customizability of a video camera (e.g. compact stereo mic add-on). The physical and software interface is intended for amateur photographers. Though I’ve been taking photos and videos for years, I never really bothered with the mechanics behind camera, going instead with gut feel for lightning and composition. This camera keeps much of the controls on-screen instead of having a control dial most professionals are used to. To guess at Sony’s design philosophy, it’d likely be the sheer lack of space for buttons and dials on such a tiny camera body. They turned this problem into an opportunity, by putting the controls in the software interface and adding contextual tips as well as a full-blown photography guide right in the menu system. While I prefer experimenting rather than reading the manual, it’s really handy having the guide right there to explain how I could execute specific creative shots. I still getting used to the camera, but from my first run covering the BlinkBl_nk meetup last night, I’m glad that I finally have a camera that takes such sharp pictures in the dark. See what I mean by looking through the BlinkBl_nk photo gallery. For those of you who love unboxing photos, I’ve got that too. And finally if you wish to compare the Sony NEX-5 with current micro Four-Thirds as well as DSLRs, this is my favorite article detailing the NEX-5’s features, with side-by-side physical comparisons. I bought this camera at the Sony Style store in Bugis Junction for exactly $1199 SGD, and it came with a $300 coupon for a second lens when it gets released. Comparing retail prices worldwide, this is a pretty good deal for Singaporeans. This is only my second day with the camera, but I’ll do my best in answering any of your questions in the comments. Similar Posts:Sony’s Cybershot G1: Collaborative Shot, Picture Gift, and Tagging!?! Lusting Sony’s HDR-TG1 // Loathing AVCHD Videobloggers Beware: iMovie’s MPEG-4 editing is terrible… Social Cyborg upgrades: GoPro Hero Cam + Xacti HD1010 The Social Cyborg @ BlinkBL-NK: From perfect memory to networked consciousness Barcamp Create @ Jakarta: On Intellectual Property Rights in Indonesia “@brainopera talking about making books social”. Photo by @PreetamRai Thanks to @PreetamRai, I got to visit Jakarta for the first time over the weekend. At their barcamp, I made it count by presenting an interest of mine, social marginalia. @RandomPlaydo was inspired enough to write his thoughts about shared digital annotations. Barcamp Create focused on Intellectual Property Rights in Indonesia, and received an intimate turnout at the International Design School (IDS). Topics were spot-on with a few awesome surprises (see @glennmars’ Recycling Ideas below!). We got to spend time with amazing people, including @glennmars @ChrisWaterGuy @aulia @monieksagita @barijoe @koesuma @savitri @kuriman and @murakumo_andy. You can see our red carpet photoshoot on Facebook. Alternatively, we used ScribbleLive to liveblog for #BarcampID, as reblogged below… 10:15 AM: brainopera I’m with @PreetamRai and @ChiehSuang (Singapore delegates) at BarCamp Create @ the International Design School 10:44 AM: brainopera 10:46 AM: brainopera 10:46 AM: brainopera 10:49 AM: brainopera 10:53 AM: brainopera 10:53 AM: brainopera 10:57 AM: brainopera 11:05 AM: brainopera 11:06 AM: brainopera 11:12 AM: brainopera Barcamp volunteers give participants a Red Carpet moment by taking their photos in front of a pretty backdrop, then posting photos at bit.ly 11:24 AM: brainopera 11:25 AM: brainopera Preetam up first, shares his experiences at Barcamps around Asia. Here you see Burma’s Barcamp, with 3000 attendees, 300 volunteers. 11:27 AM: brainopera 11:28 AM: brainopera In Thailand, Burma and many others, girls are the organizers, not guys. They are also resourceful, such as stealing Internet for the barcamp attendees 11:32 AM: brainopera Girls outnumbered boys at Mekong Barcamp 11:38 AM: brainopera 11:48 AM: brainopera 2nd presenter now discussing difference between trademarks and patents in Indonesian context. 11:49 AM: brainopera 12:03 PM: brainopera 12:04 PM: brainopera 12:05 PM: brainopera Setarbak Kopi and Hock Guan biscuits 12:06 PM: brainopera 12:10 PM: brainopera 12:13 PM: preetamrai Interesting discussion on trademarks. Can one use a logo for parody. 12:15 PM: preetamrai 12:25 PM: brainopera Aria is now talking about music as intellectual property 12:27 PM: preetamrai 12:27 PM: brainopera 12:28 PM: brainopera 12:43 PM: brainopera 12:47 PM: brainopera Aria says it strange that people in Indonesia still buy CD music and ringtones, more so than digital download music. 1:01 PM: brainopera About 120 million ringtones downloaded daily in Indonesia 1:05 PM: brainopera Aria discusses tactics for rewarding paying fans over pirates 1:05 PM: brainopera 1:10 PM: preetamrai 1:11 PM: preetamrai People might pay for exclusive content and services. 1:12 PM: preetamrai 1:12 PM: brainopera 1:13 PM: preetamrai 1:13 PM: brainopera 1:14 PM: preetamrai 1:14 PM: preetamrai Insteading of selling one product to everyone, have a tiered offering. 1:15 PM: brainopera Aria cites Trent Reznor’s NIN free mp3 downloads and exclusive boxed sets. Boxed sets sold out. 1:16 PM: brainopera 1:16 PM: preetamrai 1:18 PM: brainopera 1:20 PM: brainopera 1:44 PM: brainopera Discussing why Blackberry is so popular in Indonesia. It’s a social phenonenon, they use BB chat extensively. 1:45 PM: brainopera From network effect to peer pressure. You’re not in-group without a Blackberry here. 1:46 PM: brainopera Indonesia was first to bring Daily Prepaid blackberry service. It caught on. Actors carried blackberries. 1:47 PM: brainopera iPhone unpopular in Indonesia. No built in messenger, unlike Blackberry. 1:48 PM: brainopera Also prices for iPhone as astronomical here, so people rejected it. 1:50 PM: brainopera Foursquare is HUGE in Indonesia 3:33 PM: brainopera 3:35 PM: brainopera Now talking about “recycling ideas”. Whips out old tech given new spin, like retro phone for iPad, Chocolate bar case for blackberry (even has smell) 3:36 PM: brainopera Talking about adding emotional values to things. 3:38 PM: brainopera 3:39 PM: brainopera Makes people laugh, feel good, humor. Triggers good feeling. 3:46 PM: brainopera Indonesians love creating slangs on Twitter. 3:49 PM: brainopera You need all Twitter trending topic to be blessed by Alai! 3:52 PM: brainopera Showed how he recycled ideas from Twitter into tv commercials, depicting popular culture as shown online 3:55 PM: brainopera Cynicism destroys ideas 3:56 PM: brainopera Learn to like things you dislike, it opens your eyes. 3:57 PM: brainopera 4:03 PM: brainopera Recommends Twyla Thrap 4:06 PM: brainopera Allow yourself to have range, from hip hop to classical. 4:07 PM: brainopera Amazing speaker @GlennMars 4:08 PM: brainopera 4:09 PM: brainopera 4:48 PM: brainopera 4:50 PM: brainopera Playing illegal alien in New York… Similar Posts:Idea: TwitterStory where everyone contributes… Gift Economy: From Eco-Gaming to Community Currency Research BarCamp Singapore 3: a truly socially constructed experience Where do you prefer your conversations: Twitter or FriendFeed? BarcampBuffalo: @jhsu’s LiveStreamMonitoring + @MikeCanz’s Codeswarm (Visualization) Social Marginalia: How authors & readers give books immortality Ever since I saw Alex Halavais rework Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother (2008) into a networked ebook at w1n5t0n.com, I’ve been intrigued by the whole idea of marginalia. For Barcamp Create (12th June, Jakarta) and Creative Commons Salon (25th June, Singapore), I’ll be showing participants the evolution of marginalia, from early handcrafted books to the present day ebook readers. I’ll eventually ask what happens when we start turning books into social platforms through marginalia, with tools such as CommentPress and Digress.it Here’s my presentation slideshow on Google Docs, which will always be work-in-progress. Similar Posts:Lecture: Seduction of the Swarm – Patterns of Online Participation Speaking @ PRSA Buffalo: Getting started with social media for PR practitioners (Pt.1) Readings of a participatory culture researcher Chart: Amazon’s Kindle vs. Sony Digital Reader vs. iRex iLiad Interview on CBC Business News: Examining eBooks The Artist is Present. So am I. “What you do here? You see museums? Oh god, you see nothing. Go to the clubs, go dancing, drinking, so many beautiful pussies in Manhattan. You see nothing.” That is my Albanian limo driver, Rafek, in his late fifties yet clearly without any dysfunction. Perched above the Manhattan traffic on his carriage, the Cadillac SUV, he peers out at the pedestrians, howling whenever we drive past an angelically proportioned lady of the night. New York City, a renowned safe harbor for immigrants seeking a brighter future, gave Rafek his chance of starting a new life. A decade back, he arrived in New York and applied for political asylum. A court hearing and five years of no-travel commitment later, he brought his family over and lived the American dream. I didn’t have it as hard as Rafek. Moving to the States was fun times for me, though going home was another story altogether. Though I struggled a little moving my nine years of baggage from Buffalo back to Singapore, I won’t deny that my heart had always belong in this tropical city. I just needed a really good reason to return… and the job was it. I really wanted to do the East to West coast roadtrip as a personal farewell, but I chose on a tour of museums around New York City instead. Thanks to my professor mentor, Alex Halavais, I was able to stay comfortably yet frugally in a relatively expensive city. What Rafek didn’t realize, which I didn’t want to dive headlong into, were the real-life pussies and boobs I got to see… at a live nude performance-art piece in the Museum of Modern Art. This was significant for two particular reasons: 1) Visitors were overheard commending how MoMA was willing to challenge conventions, 2) Being single for several years, it was a vice-free way for me to get visually reacquainted with the physical female form. The exhibition which ended yesterday (May 31st), is none other than Artist Marina Abramovic’s retrospective performance-art piece entitled “The Artist is Present“. Since opening March this year, this show alone has drawn more than half a million visitors to MoMA. Read about the exhibition at your pleasure, then take a mental flight across the other side of the planet to our fair (relatively oil-free) shores of Singapore. Would we ever see such gratuitous art exhibitions in Singapore? Possibly, but definitely not now. From my month long exposure to what Singaporeans have to say about themselves, there’s a widespread belief that we lack the cultural maturity needed to create dialogue about the arts. Simply put, as a tiny economic powerhouse, Singapore’s initial focus on financial prowess may have cost the nation in cultural criticality. The government recognizes this, but it will take a generation or two before we see society’s appreciation of the art grow. The myth that art is only for the affluent remains invincible. While local museums have been carefully making art relevant and accessible to the everyday man, they may also have to provide the challenge for those of us who seek a deeper connection with exhibited art pieces. In order to establish Singapore as a cultural capital, there’s a need to graduate museum visitors over time (even years!) in terms of the the thematic complexity of exhibitions. That said, some could argue that such complexity would naturally occur within any context, even simplistic one, not necessarily requiring predetermination. Either way, we have to keep asking what works best. The National Art Gallery, Singapore, where I now work is staffed by some of the most talented museum curators, educators, and management talents around. They are in the phase of testbedding exhibitions at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), in preparation of when the new galleries open at the former Supreme Court & City Hall. Over the course of my new life in Singapore, my personal mission here would be to stay curious. As a fresh pair of eyes in musuem scene, I hope to reveal and question traditions to seek sustainable approaches to conversing about the arts. If you’re so inclined, I do keep a blog for interesting ideas at http://museumism.tumblr.com. Join me there. Before I go, we have to ask… what is Art? My favorite quote comes from Andy Warhol who once said “Art is what you can get away with” (Thx Liz!) Similar Posts:Singapore’s plan for International Museum Day 2007 It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore 14″ PowerPizza: For the anti-style geek in you Meeting Minister Lee Boon Yang @ International Museum Day Watch what Kevin did at the museums… Comment on From Del.icio.us to WordPress: How to automatically post daily links by 40 consejos y trucos de Wordpress | WP Developers [...] Postea directamente en Del.icio.us [...] Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Thanks Su-Yuen. The museum is certainly a great space for these ideas to take flight. Ideas welcomed :) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Su Yuen Hey Kevin! Walter was just talking to me a few days back about his vision for TNAGS and I was deeply excited! Then he dropped me the news that you are joining him and after reading this post I’m getting even more excited than ever about all these. Haha like your point about Transmedia and Participatory Culture. I was thinking Henry Jenkins’ book “Convergence Culture” over and over while reading through the post. I’m sure by the time the museum is ready, you’d have a lot more interaction technologies to play with and perhaps QR codes, Augmented Reality etc would have become mainstream! Sounds like it is gonna be one really game-changing museum! :D Looking forward to the storyteller museum of the future ^_~ And congrats for nailing the job! It is soooo you! :D Comment on Checking in on LiveNewsCameras.com… by Rick Is livenewscameras.com site down or are they fixing it? Comment on Family Guy: “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” explained by John Jif VI The true origin of “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” dates back to 1649, when John Jif and Samuel Smucker set sail on a ship to America. It was a wicked journey, and due to harsh weather it took months longer than expected. Three months into the voyage the crew ran out of food, except for three loafs moldy bread. Luckily, Planter had brought his own secret stash of peanuts. Samuel Smucker was also on board with a secret stash of strawberry preserves. They decided they would mix the two together in order to mask the taste of the moldy bread. They were overjoyed with the taste, and began shouting “It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time”. The captain had a baseball bat, so that's where that part comes from. Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by GrEg Best! :) Cya soon! Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by michaelcho awesome!!! lots more opportunities to hang out when u'r back in Singapore man! Comment on theorycast.41 :: The “Futuristic” Cricket Laptop Stand by Jon I just bought one of these from http://www.mountedconcepts.com I believe they have the lowest price so far. I do have to say these things are awesome! Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by mrhames We'll miss you. Good luck. Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by brian This is great Kevin -) Definitely looking for more learnings from you in this new role that seems to fit all your interests -) Comment on Video: Watch Mac OS X run on Sony Vaio! by Sam Wait a little more. We have come this far, it is only a matter of time :-) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Bridget Congrats again, Kevin! All the best on your new adventures! Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by nimbupani I saw this just now! Congratulations! Cant wait to see what you can do at The National Art Gallery of Singapore! Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim Xie xie Veron. It's just one of our ideas to turn the art gallery into a living, breathing organism. :) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim Thanks Daryl. Hope you're finding your pleasure in life :) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim Sounds like we've been together for a very loooong time! I too see this as a new chapter, a very welcomed one. Well, this gallery would be another reason for you to stop by Singapore ;) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Lih Hwan Tong oh dear dear kevin! this sounds so good! After reading your blog for so many years (you sitting in some random staircase, with your ibook/macbook…. having various parties with lots of singaporean food…), the toil and toil… you've finally made it. No, this is not the end, but yet another beginning of yet another chapter in your life. on the one hand, I kind of feel sad for you, the knowledge of leaving a place you have called home for the last 9 years and a certain lifestyle that you were used to. on the other hand, I also acknowledge the joy you would be facing for returning home to family and friends and a society and culture that you grew up with. I am glad you chose to go back to Singapore for Singapore is indeed needing some of their talents to return – and you are definitely talented and driven for their art gallery to be a success. you have both vision and drive, so here's to you and all the best! Comment on More cool things to do with your Sony PSP by PSP: ‘Cool’ things you can do with it [...] Cool Things to do with your Sony PSP’, Kevin Lim in theory is thereason has come up with five more cool things that you can do with your PSP. They [...] Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim Aaron, thanks for the insight. Before we go deeper, I wish to explain that this is a conceptual idea meant to demonstrate my thought process. Nothing is set in stone. OK, now that that's out of the way, let's continue… As you probably know, QR codes aren't new at all, and it's not surprising that not everyone is aware, or let alone uses it. Because of this, we'll have to study how such tags would be adopted in the Singapore setting. Part of the goal of this gallery would be to keep traditional users, while finding new ones, who (for now until proper studies are conducted) could be young, mobile, and tech savvy. Visitors differ in levels of sophistication as well as expectations, and part of my job would be to engage each segment. From time to time I'll put out ideas which could be relevant for the library industry as well. Keep your thoughts coming :) Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim I hear you. A lot of friends aren't museum goers, and even I don't go on a regular basis. Being from outside the industry, I have my hunches, will have to conduct research, and hopefully determine best approaches to build relevance / motivation. Oh yeah, we can definitely catch up in the flesh now! Comment on It’s Official: I’ll be working at The National Art Gallery of Singapore by Kevin Lim I'll be keeping in touch with you and Halavais… we share complimentary interests in re-working education.