I am an anthropologist of young people’s internet cultures and have spent the past 13 months learning (from scratch!) about K-pop fan practices on social media through intensive reading of…
At 2204hrs on 22 August 2016, Channel News Asia broke the news of former President of Singapore, Mr SR Nathan’s passing. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) made a formal statement of…
Singapore’s National Day Parade took place yesterday on 9th August 2016. The annual Parade took place at Kallang Stadium and was broadcast live on local free-to-air channels. The main festivities…
Imagine you are a corporate entity. Your officious websites are forced offline for almost 24 hours. The intranet is also down. There is no backup site or internal operating system…
One month ago today, former CIA/NSA/DIA intelligence officer and whistleblower, Edward Snowden Tweeted for the first time. This caused a mass frenzy. (see CNN, The Guardian, LA Times, Time, and UpWorthy) His verified…
Singapore’s National Day Rally 2015, the equivalent of the State of the Union Address in the US, was held on 23 August 2015. It is usually broadcast in two consecutive…
27Mar15 edit: My thoughts on the viral hate here. 24Mar15 0345hrs GMT+1 edit: Hi folks, I realize this post has circulated far more widely than I had anticipated, roused an extensive…
21Aug14 0206hrs @wishcrys Hey #Twitter, you’re doing it wrong. Jamming my feed and cramping my style, so not cool. Okay folks, disclaimer: I’m no Twitter or Big Data expert. In…
