Posted in blogging, careers, communication, social media, writing on August 10th, 2009 Comments? »
Just found out my article was mentioned in Moleskinerie. So, welcome – readers from Moleskinerie!
I find that it’s almost impossible to do anything without penning down my thoughts in a physical diary or journal of some sort. I now have about four ongoing journals I keep notes on, and I didn’t think it was necessary [...]
Posted in careers, communication, culture, social media on August 5th, 2009 Comments? »
I dreamt that I was interviewed for a job by Google a few nights ago. I had this impression that Google was the sort of intelligent, caring, but serious tech company that I could be comfortable contributing to the world through and with. I think this was a way my mind was responding to the [...]
Posted in blogging, careers, communication, relationships, social media, twitter on January 31st, 2009 Comments Off
I’ve been on Twitter for awhile now but I’ve only started using it extensively as a:
social graphing tool
messaging tool
friending tool
Twitter works best in two ways:
avid follower
ambient intimacy (credits to Cennydd Bowles for introducing the term to me)
Avid Follower
An avid follower is someone who uses Twitter to see what other interesting people are up to. Recently, [...]
Posted in academia, careers, education, goals, graduate school, social media, workplace on December 8th, 2008 Comments Off
I admit – I feel a bit lost being a full-time student, after being in employment for the last 6 years. I no longer have paid projects to work on, a company vision to fulfil, or quarterly performance reviews. At the same time, I don’t have to worry about promotion or about getting a bonus. [...]