SG Flexi-Work Debate, Part 2
The SG flexi-work debate, Part 2: For over 25 years, most of my jobs have allowed me to work wherever and whenever I wanted. Sounds like what many people are clamouring for today, BUT please hold your horses. My life…
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Newsletter 10: No escaping Gen AI
Generative AI went super mainstream this week! Meta put its AI engine Llama 3 into popular mobile apps like WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The functionality is rolling out to a few countries like the US, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand…
SG Flexi-Work Debate, Part 1
The SG flexi-work debate: Let me share a story about my friend’s start-up. My friend has been running a fintech startup that cuts down the processing of paperwork in a particular industry. When it was two years old (in 2023),…
Thoughts On Meta.AI
Meta is going all out to contest ChatGPT for mindshare in Generative AI. In the past week, Meta has… – Added AI chatbot in WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger mobile apps, all powered by its new AI engine Llama 3.…
Listen to your heart (rate)
Our bodies talk to us all the time, but how do we listen? One way is by using a watch that measures your heart rate. Every night, I wear my Garmin Forerunner 255 watch to measure my resting heart rate…
My new lighting setup for calls
Four years after the pandemic started, I finally have a proper lighting setup for my online calls. Better late than never! My setup comprises of two Sirui LED video panel lights perched on Elgato mounts. The LED panels are set…
Writers are Jedi
Come August, my colleagues and I will be teaching the long-running “Basic Media Writing” course to a new batch of undergrads at Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Some will ask: “Why bother teaching writing when Gen AI can write better than…
Newsletter 09: Decrease, not increase
I often meditate on teachings from Kaibara Ekiken, a 17th century samurai who was also a doctor, botanist and philosopher (yes, a true polymath): “There is a secret key to nurturing your health. This key is an essential secret transmission…
WKWSCI is now 4th in the world rankings
My alma mater and my place of teaching, the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU), is now ranked 4th in the world for Communication and Media Studies! This accolade comes from the…
We didn’t ask for this tech
I’m not surprised that early media reviews have declared the Humane AI Pin a failure. Nobody asked for this, just like clunky VR and AR headsets. What is it? The Verge’s summary: “The idea behind the Humane AI Pin is…