3 Sep 2010

Why I'm not thrilled about Gmail Priority Inbox at all

As much as I love Gmail, I really don't understand the need for Gmail Priority Inbox, nor do I want to use it at the moment. Here are my 3 main reasons why:

1. I don't get to view my Multiple Inboxes on the same page as this Priority Inbox

2. I really don't need Gmail to tell me who is important and who is not

3. According to the video, Gmail marks my emails as priority (or not) according to these 2 criteria:
  • Emails I tend to read
  • Emails I tend to reply to
Think about it. If I usually read and reply to those emails, why would I need you to tell me again that they're important?

31 Aug 2010

Rules in life that everyone will benefit us all

Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does!

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Forgive everyone for everything.

Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

The best is yet to come.

via airworm23.blogspot.com

Do you agree? I think it's a really good list, and I'll try to remember them. :)

Read also: 6 secrets to success, rules that I try to live my life by.

29 Aug 2010

Once an idea has taken hold of the brain...

Cobb: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere. 
(Source) 

27 Aug 2010

Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V

via annesonsouza.tumblr.com

Cute.

Now, if only I could CTRL-Z in real life, so many of life's problems would be easily resolved.

(first seen on Twitter, as shared by @furryphotos)

25 Aug 2010

Facebook no longer supports profile boxes from applications

I'm not sure if I ought to be happy or sad about this. 

The bad thing is that I currently use Facebook apps for Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn and Ammado, which allows people to get connected with me, but soon these will be removed. 

On the bright side, I won't be seeing boxes from quiz and game applications anymore, when I visit my friends' pages. Surely that's something to cheer for.

Do note, however, that these applications may be moved to tabs. Not sure if I still wanna retain them, though, cos having a tab for each of them is just plain silly. 
23 Aug 2010

Time, Money, and Quality - Pick 2:

Saw this on someone's thread on Plurk. 

Someone should create a device that allows customers to choose 2 out of these 3, when they try to bargain and lower our consultancy fees. Heh heh heh.
15 Aug 2010

Blogshops I like in Singapore

   
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This dress looks good. It's from Holly Surprise Gold Label.

Check out their Holly Surprise casual collection too. Bright colours, Fun stuff!

And I think I need to stop surfing blogshops.

But before that...

Some Singapore blog shops I like:
14 Aug 2010

YOG volunteers' food pack: Doesn't look too bad!

According to a friend of mine (Leslie Lee) who was a YOG volunteer, this is the dinner given. Ice cream and jelly desserts were not photographed. This was posted on his Facebook just minutes ago.

Getting pretty decent, aye. Or perhaps in the first place, the infamous photo that has been circulating around the internet was a sabotage, meant to put the YOG committee in a bad light. Hmmm.

(Photo credit: The Online Citizen)
11 Aug 2010

Live sports spectatorship, YOG and marketing #Singapore2010

In recent years, I've started being a fan of watching live sports (read my post on Mixed Martial Arts and my Singapore Slingers experience) so I do feel that the Youth Olympic Games being held in Singapore can do wonders in encouraging people to watch sports live.

But it seems that nobody is interested - while there's quite a fair bit of negative online chatter going on on Twitter about YOG, surprisingly there's some excitement and enthusisasm too! 

Sadly, most sporting events in Singapore in the past have had dismal ticket sales, and I'm guessing the YOG ticket sales are not fantastic either. (Update: I heard that 80% of tickets have been sold, but that's largely due to erm, MOE asking parents to pay for the tickets so that their kids can go watch, i.e. not real interest).

Here's my guess on why it is so:
  1. Most of the games are being played during school / working hours (duh, obvious)
  2. People are not happy with the fact that the budget has been blown by 200%
  3. Tickets are not exactly cheap, at $10 / $15 / $30 - and you are targetting youths who get maybe $50 in pocket monies a week?
  4. Some bad press about the event on blogs and forums whose importance and influence levels amongst citizens and residents are probably being discounted
  5. It seems to me (or perhaps it's just me) that the event is only being marketed as a 'pride of Singapore' event. But with the large migrant population in Singapore, perhaps the committee in charge of Marketing should have also thought of trying to sell tickets to foreigners whose countries of origin are participating in the games? Just a thought. 
For example, if the Philippines are participating in the basketball event, perhaps our Filipino friends would like to go there to support their fellow countrymen? If Indonesia is participating in the badminton events, I think the support that could've been garnered for the game from our Indonesian friends could be pretty good too. If China is participating in the gymnastics (or well, they're good at most sports, aren't they?), maybe some marketing efforts could've been targeted at forums like xinyubbs and sgchinese, etc?
Okay, maybe let's face it - Maybe people in Singapore just don't like watching such events, and the way the event is being organized is possibly less than ideal? Maybe Singapore just isn't ready for something like this. But it doesn't mean that the entire event is a lost cause - it's just not being marketed right, perhaps.

Some pretty interesting news I've read about YOG:
11 Aug 2010

NDP songs over the years


Corrinne May singing in her alien outfit matched with some really weird shoes

Poor Corrinne May. To be fair, she sang a pretty good song for NDP 2010 (Song for Singapore) but all I've seen everyone talk about online since the evening of 9 Aug is Kit Chan's repeat performance of her NDP 1998 hit, Home.

And really, it's no wonder - with a song as powerful as this, a performance like this, any other singer/song would fade into the recesses of everyone's minds:

Home is really the best NDP song I've heard - or well, since 1998, cos that's the year I came to Singapore. Of course, that's barring JJ Lin's rendition in 2004 which completely murdered the song, in my opinion.

My top 3 favourite NDP songs:

And perhaps, the most WTF NDP song:

What's your favourite?

Update: You can find a collection of most (if not all) the NDP theme songs over the last decade here, thanks to NDPeeps.
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