OLT recently catch up with one of our alumni - Howe Chuen aka Howie (2004). Howie is currently an Interaction Designer at Creative for his day-job and spent his other time with TDM (The Digital Movement). He is organising a TDM event "PopOut: Emerging Web Startups !" and would like to invite anyone of us who are keen to attend.
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Hi folks,
After a few months of hibernation, planning and team building, we are happy to announce our next project: PopOut: Emerging Web Startups!
PopOut! is finally here! Calling all technopreneurs, venture capitalist, geeks, students, startups and basically anyone interested in the web 2.0 and beyond to join us as we hear from these locally grown startups share their innovations and experiences! A successor to Geekout, Popout will be a series of startup showcases where we want you to meet the entrepreneurs spearheading the emergence of the Singapore Web 2.0 landscape. For example, Popout 2 will focus on mobile startups.
Companies presenting include Bezurk, recently named one of the world's most exciting startup by Business 2.0, ZopIM, Quaffs, BookJetty, Recruit.net and others.
Although we're "upgrading" to Suntec for this time, but no worries!! We will definitely be keeping the informal conversations and fun-filled interactions that mark TDM events
Date: 4 October 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 6.45 to 9.30pm
Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Ballroom 1, Level 2
Admission: FREE!!!
Program at a glance:
6.45pm: Registration
7.30pm: Start of Event
7.45pm: Sharing Session with Ross from Bezurk
8.15pm: Presentation by Quaffs and followed by ZopIM
8.45pm: Break
8.50pm: Presentation by BookJetty and followed by Recruit.net
9.20pm: Short Speech by Gen Kanai of Mozilla
9.30pm: End
As with Geekout (which was fully registered in 2 days), be sure to register early! For more details, please check out http://popout.thedigitalmovement.org.
Contributed by Howie (2004)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Jason Wu - NIS Recipient !!!
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The National Infocomm Scholarship (NIS) aims to develop talent and nurture future leaders to help drive Singapore's infocomm industry. Offered in partnership with leading infocomm companies, NIS provides both the prestige of a government scholarship and valuable private sector work exposure.
Jason Wu (2007), is one of the recipients of the NIS this year. After completing his national service, he shall be undertaking the Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) degree at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) which will be sponsored by the Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT).
I met up with Jason for dinner and a chat last week. Let’s listen to what he has to say:
The most accurate word to describe my feelings when I heard that I was going to receive the National Infocomm Scholarship was ... Surprised!!! Because as far as I believed, only perfect people with perfect grades who juggled many CCAs and actively participated in community activities inside and outside school would receive scholarships. I felt really lucky, more than anything else.
I applied for the National Infocomm Scholarship (NIS) on its official website. I had to fill up an online form with details regarding my academic results, CCAs (secondary and polytechnic) and also had to describe my career and life objectives.
I also had to choose the companies that I will work at following the completion of my education at NTU. Choosing the company is a very significant choice since the successful recipient of the scholarship will be bonded with the company for 3 years following the completion of degree course. You will also be attached to this company for your internship programme while at the university.
I think that the online application is really important because it is the first thing that the companies have to judge whether they would like to sponsor you for the scholarship. Whether or not you will get shortlisted depends on how well you can impress them at this stage.
Following the online application, I was asked to take a psychometric test. It consisted of written tests that assessed language, mathematics proficiency and also logical thinking ability.
Sometime after that, I was asked to go for an interview with a company that was considering to sponsor me. My interviewers were interested in my personal background, and my reasons for choosing their company. It’s very important to build rapport with the interviewers because their impression of you will determine whether they decide to sponsor you. After all, the company is making a huge investment by sponsoring you and it is only natural that they want to be sure that you are worth it.
I believe that being an MIT student has given me an edge over other NIS applicants. Being exposed to various disciplines of Infocomm has piqued my interest and encouraged me to pursue a career as an IT professional.
Having a scholarship on your resume definitely makes you stand out more than others. Considering that the process of getting a scholarship can be quite tedious and only a certain percentage of students are able to receive them, it is quite certain to put you in good stead in the future.
If you are seriously interested in a career in the Infocomm industry, I would encourage you to go ahead and apply for the NIS :)
Reported by Swee Lin
here's the full list for the National Infocomm Scholarship 2007 scholars.
http://www.ida.gov.sg/doc/News%20and%20Events/News_and_Events_Level2/20070914165721/MR150907AnnexA.pdf
Jason Wu (2007), is one of the recipients of the NIS this year. After completing his national service, he shall be undertaking the Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) degree at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) which will be sponsored by the Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT).
I met up with Jason for dinner and a chat last week. Let’s listen to what he has to say:
The most accurate word to describe my feelings when I heard that I was going to receive the National Infocomm Scholarship was ... Surprised!!! Because as far as I believed, only perfect people with perfect grades who juggled many CCAs and actively participated in community activities inside and outside school would receive scholarships. I felt really lucky, more than anything else.
I applied for the National Infocomm Scholarship (NIS) on its official website. I had to fill up an online form with details regarding my academic results, CCAs (secondary and polytechnic) and also had to describe my career and life objectives.
I also had to choose the companies that I will work at following the completion of my education at NTU. Choosing the company is a very significant choice since the successful recipient of the scholarship will be bonded with the company for 3 years following the completion of degree course. You will also be attached to this company for your internship programme while at the university.
I think that the online application is really important because it is the first thing that the companies have to judge whether they would like to sponsor you for the scholarship. Whether or not you will get shortlisted depends on how well you can impress them at this stage.
Following the online application, I was asked to take a psychometric test. It consisted of written tests that assessed language, mathematics proficiency and also logical thinking ability.
Sometime after that, I was asked to go for an interview with a company that was considering to sponsor me. My interviewers were interested in my personal background, and my reasons for choosing their company. It’s very important to build rapport with the interviewers because their impression of you will determine whether they decide to sponsor you. After all, the company is making a huge investment by sponsoring you and it is only natural that they want to be sure that you are worth it.
I believe that being an MIT student has given me an edge over other NIS applicants. Being exposed to various disciplines of Infocomm has piqued my interest and encouraged me to pursue a career as an IT professional.
Having a scholarship on your resume definitely makes you stand out more than others. Considering that the process of getting a scholarship can be quite tedious and only a certain percentage of students are able to receive them, it is quite certain to put you in good stead in the future.
If you are seriously interested in a career in the Infocomm industry, I would encourage you to go ahead and apply for the NIS :)
Reported by Swee Lin
here's the full list for the National Infocomm Scholarship 2007 scholars.
http://www.ida.gov.sg/doc/News%20and%20Events/News_and_Events_Level2/20070914165721/MR150907AnnexA.pdf
Thursday, September 13, 2007
NYP Chinese Orchestra Video !
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All of you have probably heard about the Gold award that our Chinese Orchestra has clinched in the 18th Australian International Music Festival. Now, OLT is proud to bring you their superb performance ... Enjoy !
Video contributed by Jacqueline Leow and edited by Francois Polo
OLT Advice : For optimum enjoyment, wait a while for video to load before playing it. Audio can also be quite loud, hence, tune for desired sound level.
OLT Comment : There are 3 musical pieces that were performed in the competition. We extracted out the last piece entitled "龙腾虎跃".
Video contributed by Jacqueline Leow and edited by Francois Polo
OLT Advice : For optimum enjoyment, wait a while for video to load before playing it. Audio can also be quite loud, hence, tune for desired sound level.
OLT Comment : There are 3 musical pieces that were performed in the competition. We extracted out the last piece entitled "龙腾虎跃".
LKY STEP Award
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Hi Guys, I am Ziwei, from NYP, Dip in Multimedia Infocomm Technology, Year 1, E7.
A little bit of my background, I am someone who hopped from one job to another after my GCE 'O' Level in 1999. However, encouraged by my National Service friends who are ITE graduates, I decided to join ITE.
In ITE, I was given many opportunities to develop not only my technical skills, but myself in many ways. As the president of the Student Council Central (MacPherson Campus), I represented ITE in dialogue sessions including those with Minister of Education, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Minister of State(Education), Mr Gan Kim Yong.
Apart from these I also participated in Youth Exchange programmes in Singapore Malaysia Youth Camp held in Pahang. I also represented ITE to go for Indonesia leadership training camp. I also went Vietnam for 1 month to study for CCNA Intro Examination, in their local computer school VSIC.
On top of all these I am also involved in community service programmes for the elderly poor in Singapore. I also went over to Yunnan/China to help needy villages there for 18 days.
In spite of these involvements, I stayed true to my goal. I had a perfect GPA 4.0. It takes a lot of determination and focus to achieve this.
But I must say ITE has transformed my life forever and allowed me a second chance in my life to get back into Singapore educational stream.
I am thankful and glad that ITE and Poly gave me this LKY STEP AWARD (Scholarship To Encourage Upgrading) to aid me in carrying on my studies in POLY.
I must say this, what you had achieved will not determine what you are going to get in your future. It is the determination, focus, hard work and attitude that you put in that will enable you to achieve what you will be getting. Now in NYP, my heart and soul goes fully into achieving good results for my modules.
Though life in Poly and ITE is not the same, still the basic principle of studying still applies. NYP definitely taught me in my first semester how to go about studying for my exams, how to listen to important points from the lecture and how to do my practical to the expectation of my lecturers
Lastly, thank you once again ITE and Poly for the award. My goal will not just stop here, and I urge all students like me to join me in achieving your own personal goals. I am sure through our course, with hard work and determination, our goals could be met.
Taken with Minister of State for Education Mr Gan Kim Yong
For more pictures
Contributed by Ho Zi Wei
A little bit of my background, I am someone who hopped from one job to another after my GCE 'O' Level in 1999. However, encouraged by my National Service friends who are ITE graduates, I decided to join ITE.
In ITE, I was given many opportunities to develop not only my technical skills, but myself in many ways. As the president of the Student Council Central (MacPherson Campus), I represented ITE in dialogue sessions including those with Minister of Education, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Minister of State(Education), Mr Gan Kim Yong.
Apart from these I also participated in Youth Exchange programmes in Singapore Malaysia Youth Camp held in Pahang. I also represented ITE to go for Indonesia leadership training camp. I also went Vietnam for 1 month to study for CCNA Intro Examination, in their local computer school VSIC.
On top of all these I am also involved in community service programmes for the elderly poor in Singapore. I also went over to Yunnan/China to help needy villages there for 18 days.
In spite of these involvements, I stayed true to my goal. I had a perfect GPA 4.0. It takes a lot of determination and focus to achieve this.
But I must say ITE has transformed my life forever and allowed me a second chance in my life to get back into Singapore educational stream.
I am thankful and glad that ITE and Poly gave me this LKY STEP AWARD (Scholarship To Encourage Upgrading) to aid me in carrying on my studies in POLY.
I must say this, what you had achieved will not determine what you are going to get in your future. It is the determination, focus, hard work and attitude that you put in that will enable you to achieve what you will be getting. Now in NYP, my heart and soul goes fully into achieving good results for my modules.
Though life in Poly and ITE is not the same, still the basic principle of studying still applies. NYP definitely taught me in my first semester how to go about studying for my exams, how to listen to important points from the lecture and how to do my practical to the expectation of my lecturers
Lastly, thank you once again ITE and Poly for the award. My goal will not just stop here, and I urge all students like me to join me in achieving your own personal goals. I am sure through our course, with hard work and determination, our goals could be met.
Taken with Minister of State for Education Mr Gan Kim Yong
For more pictures
Contributed by Ho Zi Wei
Monday, September 10, 2007
First Week @ Walt Disney
When I heard that I was going to Walt Disney for my attachment, I had lots of mixed feelings. I was happy because it was a rare chance and it was Walt Disney, I didn’t even know they that had an office here in Singapore. But I was also very worried and nervous because I was afraid I couldn’t cope with work over there. My supervisor called me and had this small little interview over the phone.
The first day, I arrived at the office feeling kind of lost, I reported and they brought me around the whole of the office. It had 2 levels and 4 offices, very huge! The environment at the offices was also very nice. Walt Disney soft toys, figures, decorations were like everywhere! I was then brought to my own workspace, give my own desktop, my own account, and my own @disney.com email account. I was really happy! Then they started teaching me stuff that I am supposed to do. They were all very patient and nice to me. It made me feel much comfortable and less nervous. They even brought me out to have lunch together with them. After hearing all the stories from the rest of my friends, I really felt very lucky to be attached to Walt Disney because not only the environment is nice, the people are also very nice plus I can apply my knowledge that I’ve learnt in school. I have to deploy Disney mobile games to different handsets that are available in the office, and slowly test out every features of it to look for bugs. If a bug is spotted, I will then have to write a bug report. Not only that, I have to do compatibility testing to see which phones can be grouped together. I have to study the different models and know their specifications very well. When the boss was back from her holidays, she even brought us to the Games Convention Asia 2007, and I joined in their weekly meetings.
As the days go by, it got really tiring to come to work. Waking up early and sleeping early has become a must for me. I’m still not used to the long working hours so I’m always yawning in the office. I can’t wait to learn more new stuff from them. I’m also coping very well. I love my attachment at Walt Disney! =)
Contributed by Stephanie Chan
The first day, I arrived at the office feeling kind of lost, I reported and they brought me around the whole of the office. It had 2 levels and 4 offices, very huge! The environment at the offices was also very nice. Walt Disney soft toys, figures, decorations were like everywhere! I was then brought to my own workspace, give my own desktop, my own account, and my own @disney.com email account. I was really happy! Then they started teaching me stuff that I am supposed to do. They were all very patient and nice to me. It made me feel much comfortable and less nervous. They even brought me out to have lunch together with them. After hearing all the stories from the rest of my friends, I really felt very lucky to be attached to Walt Disney because not only the environment is nice, the people are also very nice plus I can apply my knowledge that I’ve learnt in school. I have to deploy Disney mobile games to different handsets that are available in the office, and slowly test out every features of it to look for bugs. If a bug is spotted, I will then have to write a bug report. Not only that, I have to do compatibility testing to see which phones can be grouped together. I have to study the different models and know their specifications very well. When the boss was back from her holidays, she even brought us to the Games Convention Asia 2007, and I joined in their weekly meetings.
As the days go by, it got really tiring to come to work. Waking up early and sleeping early has become a must for me. I’m still not used to the long working hours so I’m always yawning in the office. I can’t wait to learn more new stuff from them. I’m also coping very well. I love my attachment at Walt Disney! =)
Contributed by Stephanie Chan
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