notes from the future

the music industry wants to govern your internets

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:06:03 +0800

I’ve been meaning to blog on this for some time now. Introduction of ISP law in Malaysia? The...

newswire 2.0

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:34:27 +0800

i wrote the following as an ed note for Buletin Popek. The blogosphere is an interesting space....

hype machine redux

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:20:27 +0800

a couple weeks back i posted this on my facebok thought stream Hardesh Singh Proton should...

R.A.H.M.A.N

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:53:45 +0800

Rahman Abdul Razak Hussein Onn Mahathir Abdullah Nizar ….there is still hope. * yes, i know...

Hold your bladder… so it wasn’t just a joke, RyanAir...

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:05:59 +0800

Hold your bladder…

so it wasn’t just a joke, RyanAir is actually contemplating charging passengers for using toilets in-flight.

The AirAsia panel originally appeared in Amir Muhammad’s New Malaysian Essays 1. Now I wish Tony took my advice, could have been another first for Malaysia.

And here’s a funny reaction to RyanAir’s ridiculous plan.

What Colour is MAS?

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:47:00 +0800

One quick look and you’d probably think this is an AirAsia ad. Look again. MAS...

In an attempt to tell it from Gaza’s side, Al Jazeera has...

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:59:00 +0800

In an attempt to tell it from Gaza’s side, Al Jazeera has released footage shot from within Gaza under the ‘Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution’ license. Why does this matter?

From the Creative Commons blog:

In a conflict where the Western news media have been largely prevented from reporting from Gaza because of restrictions imposed by the Israeli military, Al Jazeera has had a distinct advantage. It was already there.

More importantly, the permissive CC-BY license means that the footage can be used by anyone including, rival broadcasters, documentary makers, and bloggers, so long as Al Jazeera is credited.

Video with description here, press release here.

I shall do my part to spread word about this, and am requesting PopTeeVee to embed it as well. This is a perfect example of how mainstream media and bloggers can work together to get vital information out.

boycott if you're stooopid

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +0800

ok, im a little late getting in on this argument, but i intend to seal it ;) boycotts dont work, we...

the end of public facebook profiles in australia

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:28:41 +0800

Via Reuters The Supreme Court in Australia’s capital Canberra has ruled that Facebook is a...

DiGi guerilla viral campaign?

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:19:00 +0800

the give away? In fact she also changed her network from Maxis to Digi only someone working for...

I was in Tokyo couple weeks ago. Walking around Shibuya, heard a...

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:14:47 +0800

I was in Tokyo couple weeks ago. Walking around Shibuya, heard a familiar voice from the 80’s blaring through loudspeakers. There was no way I could have not noticed. Which was the whole point.

Beyonce’s new album came out that same week. How did I know? Street teams on all major street corners were giving out free Beyonce plastic bags (shopping district, get it?), next to kiosks displaying her new album. Thats right, find your audience if they don’t find you!

The Japanese music industry is obviously doing something right. While record stores are shutting down everywhere else, Tokyo’s 6-story(!) Tower Records is still packed with customers. And this in the most connected nation, where mobile music has surpassed all other formats.

mind boggling.

Meshell Ndegeocello - Lovely lovely, from The World Has Made Me...

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:57:25 +0800

Meshell Ndegeocello - Lovely lovely, from The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams.

Enjoy!

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Rethinking physical text

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0800

Physical text is dead (as in static). Information is alive. It’s dynamic. The previous post is a...

5 Internet Myths (because, like you know, everyone thinks the internet will save us!)

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:23:00 +0800

#1 – The Net is a free-space.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:13:00 +0800

Hah, you’re most probably a politico blogger. Government has more control over the net than they...

#2 – We are too smart, they can’t censor the Net, even if they tried.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:09:00 +0800

It’s simply a question of infrastructure. The Malaysian Internet Exchange (MyIX) was built on the...

#3 – The Matrix is just a movie.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:03:00 +0800

The sum of all our knowledge created and shared everyday is feeding and building the Machine. See...

#4 – Alternative media will kill mainstream media.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:02:00 +0800

The only thing that will kill mainstream media is mainstream media itself, due to ignorance on...

#5 – The Internet will save us from all forms of bureaucracy. On the internet, every human being is equal and there are no borders.

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0800

That was the promise of the internet. The cyberpunks had a mantra: On the information highway,...

GEW'08 Presentation File

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:10:35 +0800

GEW'08 Presentation File