Musings

A blog from 2010–2016, kept here for archive purposes. Unedited from when it was first posted.

Personal
Avoid The Comparison Trap

I read this great Harvard Business Review article today called Avoid The Envy Trap Whether it is profession, school performance, love life, money or looks, there is always something some of your…

February 6, 2013
Conferences, Tech
Lean UX Week Singapore #leanuxsg

This weekend, I attended Lean UX Week . The workshop covered the following topics: Customer Development, Value Proposition, Actionable Metrics, Purpose and Pivots.

January 29, 2013
Marketing, Tech
The New Foursquare Is Awesome and Here's Why

Everyone knows I live by gamification, whether it is Foursquare badges or Nike Fuel Band points.

October 16, 2012
Marketing, Social Media
Revealed: The Exact Number of Retweets

Good news! Twitter now gives the exact number of times you've been retweeted for a particular tweet.

June 19, 2012
Social Media
On Mindfulness and Innovation

I was reading an article today and I came across this quote by Justin Rosenstein: “Companies who are not mindful lose their way, lose their best people, become complacent, and stop innovating.” I…

April 18, 2012
Conferences, Creativity, Marketing
CreativeMornings Singapore with Fredrik Härén

On Friday, I attended CreativeMornings, a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee!

April 16, 2012
Social Media
Pizza Hut Singapore Facebook Page Looks Too Good To Be True...

Social Bakers just released their quarterly social media report on Singapore Facebook pages. One interesting metric they introduced is called "Top 5 brands by daily page engagement rate".

April 12, 2012
Conferences, Creativity
TEDxSingapore: Ideas To The Max

It was another very successful event put together by the TEDx team. Here are a few take aways.

April 3, 2012
Blog, Conferences
TEDxNTU: The Pursuit of Happiness

Today's theme was the pursuit of happiness. Just what I needed to hear! Here are a few take aways from the conference.

March 17, 2012
Blog, Conferences, Marketing, Social Media, Tech
Girls in Tech at Social Media Week #smwsg

Today was so inspiring, I felt that I was being at TEDx all over again. A great panel of young entrepreneurial women. Here are the take aways.

February 15, 2012