The Agency of You – July masterclass
Congratulations to the first batch of “The Agency of You” Masterclass by The Straits Times! It was an intensive day of learning marketing fundamentals and…
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Advanced Gen AI Masterclass
Announcing the Advanced version of The Straits Times Gen AI Masterclass, happening on 29 Sep 2025! This is where we go beyond the basics and…
Data storytelling upskilling
Data storytelling is an essential skill today but many people don’t know where to get started. Also, we don’t know what we don’t know –…
Newsletter 35 – Fakes and Averages
I’m conducting a fun weekend poll (you can still vote!) and the results are interesting: I’ve never liked heavily edited photos. In the old days,…
Commentary – Some call us the loser generation, but we’ve survived just fine
My latest CNA commentary is a love letter to my fellow brothers and sisters in Generation X. Excerpt: “Lately, it feels like my generation…
Rainbow Centre keynote speech
I was honoured to be the keynote speaker at Rainbow Centre‘s Learning Day on 27 June 2025. Rainbow Centre is a Singapore charity that supports around…
Google Gemini – Invoice Extractor app
Hey Ma, Look What I Vibe-Coded: Ever wanted to automate the filing of your receipts and invoices? Yesterday, I made it happen by “vibe-coding” a…
Newsletter 34: Talking to machines
In this week’s newsletter, I explain why you need to talk to the machine like a human. I also share what I wrote earlier about…
How should we respond to perfectly-written emails
“How should we react when we receive emails that seem too perfectly written, that is very ChatGPT-ed?” This was a good question that came up…
AI projects at Victoria Junior College
Yesterday, I was invited to be a panelist at Victoria Junior College’s Professional Learning Community (PLC) Fair, where teachers presented their projects that implemented educational…
Claude AI-powered Artifacts – Rhythm Machine
Claude AI-powered Artifacts: Making your own apps with Gen AI just got easier with Claude. Anthropic just launched a dedicated space for building, hosting, and…
Perplexity as News Media 4.0
I was trying out Perplexity on WhatsApp today and was struck by how it delivered a daily news update: 🔵 There was an AI-generated cartoon…