I was reading the book “You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education” when I received an email that the author, George Anders, would be visiting Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. Wow!…
I went on CNA 938 live radio yesterday to chat with Lance Alexander and Soo Sien Tay about imparting media literacy to young people. Media literacy is already being taught in our schools to help kids think critically about the…
I was exhausted yesterday, having spent hours moving and cleaning furniture, all so that I could get a new Cat 6a Ethernet cable installed and get onto the 10Gbps highway. You see, last week, ViewQwest slashed the price of its…
As I designed a leadership communication course at my university, I pondered on Dale Carnegie’s classic advice: “Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain.” It’s true but it’s so hard to do. I’ve struggled with this saying since I first read the…
After revising the Teeline shorthand alphabet yesterday, I started writing full sentences in shorthand to practice. My reMarkable Paper Pro tablet is used for both work and Bible study notes, and I have been writing in both English and Chinese.…
I’ve been writing a lot on my reMarkable Paper Pro since it arrived a week ago. I started to using shorthand to write faster, but I was spending too much time designing new shorthand forms. So today, I dug out…
Over the weekend, I penned this commentary on “digital detoxing” for TODAY (which will merge with CNA next week). Thank you to Melissa Lee Suppiah for the opportunity! Here’s an excerpt: “In 2018, I got frustrated with my addiction to Facebook. Inspired by books about removing…
The results of yesterday’s Gen AI Deepfake test on LinkedIn and Facebook are in: 69% of 51 respondents wrongly guessed that the “real man” was Photo A. Sorry folks, but I generated Photo A with Midjourney. On the other hand,…
Day 2 I’m on my second day using the Remarkable Paper Pro, an e-ink tablet designed for writing and annotation. I’m thinking through the key points for a media commentary, writing them down, erasing what doesn’t work, or adding some…
Yesterday, I conducted the last of three AI webinars for PSA International, where I shared my Generative AI knowledge and skills, reaching over 800 attendees in total. Thank you to Nanyang Technological University Singapore‘s Centre for Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE@NTU) for the opportunity…