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I could be dead tomorrow

People in my classes and workshops are often taken aback by the way I encourage them to speak up: “I could be dead tomorrow, so…

Deleting 1000 connections

I removed about 1,000 LinkedIn connections yesterday, which was nearly 40% of my LinkedIn 1st-degree connections. No, I haven’t become anti-social. It’s just that whenever…

Taking a pigeon’s crap

This morning, I was meditating and praying when a pigeon crapped on my head. I might have been alive for nearly 50 years, but I…

You actually speak Shakespeare

Today, 23rd April, is the death anniversary of William Shakespeare, the man who either made you fall in love with or despise English literature. No…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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…