Fight Obesity – Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize Wish

 Personal  3 Responses »
Feb 162010
 

I’m truly moved and convinced by Jamie Oliver that we need to do something to fight obesity. For me, that will be utilizing Social Media to educate the masses in a social way, a crowd sourcing way, a way that I know will make a difference in my own way.

Even though obesity is not as rampant in Singapore as the US or the UK, but we still need to be aware of what could happen. The Singapore Health Promotion Board is doing a great job right now curbing the increase number of obese children, but with the effluence of current society in Singapore, are we slowly moving towards becoming an obese society, especially when eating is a common past-time, more importantly eating out? I think we need to continue to be cautious and promote a healthy lifestyle.

Here is an article from 2008 on Obesity Prevention and Control Efforts in Singapore which I think touches on various issues and initiatives by the Singapore Health Promotion Board to control obesity.

How can you do your part in this fight? Teach your children, educate your parents. Always have a balanced meal – grains, meat, vegetables and dairy.

Are you making a difference to fight obesity today?

Windows Phone 7 Series Videos

 Technology  1 Response »
Feb 152010
 

Here you go! Promotional videos of Windows Phone 7 Series.

Demo: Phones for a “Life in Motion”

See how Windows® Phone 7 Series reorganizes the phone, Web and applications to deliver a mobile experience that will help make the most of customers’ busy lives.

Partner Support for Windows Phone 7 Series

See what Microsoft partners are saying about Windows Phone 7 Series

Behind the Design

Albert Shum, Director of Mobile Experience Design at Microsoft, discusses the design inspiration for Windows® Phone 7 Series.

Windows Phone 7 Series Demo

See what happens when you push the envelope. Check out this video to get a first-hand look at the latest Windows Phone that brings your people, photos, music, and video into an unrivaled mobile experience. With a holistic design that brings together web content, applications and services into a single view, phones worships you now, not the other way around.

Off Travelling Again

 Personal  No Responses »
Feb 142010
 

Yes that’s right. I’m travelling again, and this time it will be a longer trip. I’ll be back in 2 weeks! Don’t be alarmed if there are very few posts across the next 2 weeks. Cheers!

I’ll be primarily in these 3 major cities:

Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver, Canada

Seattle, US

Seattle, US

Seoul, South Korea

Seoul, South Korea

Color Theory for Designers

 User Experience, Web Development  1 Response »
Feb 122010
 

I think this is a great read, even for non-designers out there.

Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color

Color in design is very subjective. What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to cultural background.

Color Theory For Designers, Part 2: Understanding Concepts And Terminology

If you’re going to use color effectively in your designs, you’ll need to know some color concepts and color theory terminology. A thorough working knowledge of concepts like chroma, value and saturation is key to creating your own awesome color schemes.

Color Theory for Designer, Part 3: Creating Your Own Color Palettes

Here we’ll be talking about methods for creating your own color schemes, from scratch. We’ll cover the traditional color scheme patterns (monochrome, analogous, complementary, etc.) as well as how to create custom schemes that aren’t based strictly on any one pattern.

Singapore Silverlight User Group 1st Meeting

 Languages, Web Development  1 Response »
Feb 112010
 

The first meeting of the Singapore Silverlight User Group at HackerspaceSG went pretty well yesterday.

We had Michael Sync talk about the new features of Silverlight 4.0. We had a bunch of guys who came from Microsoft Singapore to witness the formation of this group. We had about 10 people who turned up just to join the group! After that, we had a great discussion on MEF with Silverlight, F# and C# language features, and various other discussions on the side. I thought it was a great night with a good mix of discussions, random thoughts, Mac vs Windows clashes, and I hope that the community loved it.

Our next meeting will be sometime in March, so look out for the announcements! :)

Take a look at some of the photos.

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 6 (Feb 8 – Feb 14)

 HackerspaceSG  No Responses »
Feb 092010
 

There isn’t a lot of events happening this week, in anticipation of Chinese New Year and Valentines Day. However there is 1 important event happening at HackerspaceSG this week.

Singapore Silverlight User Group
Wed, Feb 10 7:00 pm Tue, Feb 10 10:00 pm

This is the FIRST meeting of the FIRST Silverlight User Group in Singapore, and it is also the FIRST time we have a Microsoft-oriented event at HackerspaceSG. Yes. That’s right. There will be a very short lap around Silverlight 4.0, followed by a discussion based meeting. Come and join the fun if you’re writing Silverlight applications, or if you’re interested to find out more.

Lenovo RapidDrive Technology

 Technology  1 Response »
Feb 032010
 

When Lenovo announced this new RapidDrive Technology that they’ve been working on during CES 2010, I was scoffed it off as another hybrid SSD + HDD implementation that wasn’t anything interesting. That is until I read up more about it from possibly Lenovo’s only article that talks about the technology in-depth – Introducing RapidDrive technology. I realized it wasn’t really just some cheap implementation that uses RAID 0 striping combining both physical drive into 1 “logical” drive, but possibly some interesting optimizations built on top of it to bring out the full potential of an SSD and HDD hybrid. Continue reading »

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 5 (Feb 1 – Feb 7)

 HackerspaceSG  No Responses »
Feb 022010
 

Yes, I know. This is late. But nevertheless, I will still post this out.

Hackerspace Hack Time
Mon, Feb 1 6:00 pm Tue, Feb 2 12:00 am

We’ve finally set up our security access system and will be activated soon. We also have the following projects being worked on – Sucktionator, Water Rocket, Stop Motion Animation, and many other miscellaneous projects currently worked on by our members. So come join in and hack on any of your projects!

JFDI Presentation
Tue, Feb 2 7:00 pm Tue, Feb 2 8:30 pm

Ever wondered what is JFDI? Still wondering what is happening with it? Come on down for a status update on the progress and future of JFDI.

Singapore Ruby Brigade
Wed, Feb 3 7:00 pm Wed, Feb 3 10:00 pm

Today, we have a face-off between Chef and Puppet. If you speak Ruby and have that dying question which configuration management automation tool to use, then you’ll have an engaging time listening to our 2 resident Arun and Ohad fight it out! You want a match, you’ve got one! Be prepared to draw blood.

LinuxNUS HackFest
Sun, Feb 7 1:30 pm Sun, Feb 7 5:30 pm

LinuxNUS has decided to do a mini CrisisCamp in the good name of helping people. I’m not too familiar with this topic, but feel free to browse this on how to organize a CrisisCamp. It is for a good cause, so come and help out.