The first ever Singapore Geek Girls event — girls, guys, and geeks galore

More than 30 participants joined in for the Singapore Geek Girls' first meet-up

On 7th January, I had a wonderful opportunity to take part in the first Singapore Geek Girls meetup organized by Joyce Huang and Mingfei Yan. Being a girl myself I am very interested in what it means to be a geek girl in Singapore and I was extremely lucky to arrive in Singapore right on time for it.

I believe it was two months ago that the idea of the group was born and it apparently addresses a hot spot here in Singapore, as more than 30 people gathered in the cozy Group Therapy Coffee on a Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t a girls-only event and we had six guys who seemed to feel rather comfortable amongst dozens of cheerful and excited girls. Read more

Sarah Lacy in Conversation – 28 Oct

Author of bestseller “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good” will be visiting Hackerspace.SG this Thursday, 28 October. Come join her from 7pm onwards to find our more on her insights on Web 2.0 and to share with her what’s new and innovative in this part of the world!

Benjamin Joffe, CEO of +8* and keen observer of the Asian digital media scene, will be moderating the conversation. Read more

TWIA #66: The Worlds of Tencent & Sekai Camera

Our TWIA producer, Mike Foong is finally back with the crew in the virtual studio after 3 months of hiatus, with also one of our highest recurring special guests, Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) from TechCrunch in Japan to talk about the top news that rocked the web and tech landscape in Asia this week. We discussed a few big hitters in the form of TenCent’s acquisition of Comsenz, the growing popularity of Sekai Camera and Koprol’s TV ad that rocked Indonesia along with other stories that focused on e-commerce in Asia, online forums and the big events in Asia which will have our September and October calendars all filled up.
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TWIA Episode 25: All about Tudou

Finally, we hit the first milestone for This Week in Asia (#TWIA) – our first 25th episode landmark, right before the coming live show in Barcamp KL this Saturday, the crew sat down to talk about new happenings for Echelon 2010, the differences between China and US markets in the area of video content sharing, how VPNs are helping to crack the Great Firewall of China, and last but not least, we get breaking news during our show that Mobinode TV (from our friend Gang Lu) is now a content partner with Tudou as well. If that is not enough, we also talked about the Facebook F8 conference and how the new Open Graph APIs will affect Asian users. We share some details about the coming live show happening in Barcamp KL this Saturday. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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TWIA Episode 23: Don’t Play with the JooJoo

Just 3 hours before the launch of the iPhone OS 4 from Apple, the TWIA crew are back without Mike Foong and John Lim. Instead, we have two special guests tonight: Michael Smith from Yahoo Southeast Asia and Ben Scherrey from Proteus Technologies (Thailand) who come on and share with us their thoughts on the Apple iPad and the bandit iPad clone from China, the recent news about attempted suicides of workers coming from FoxConn, the company which manufacture all these devices, the Phone OS wars in Asia and the survival of JooJoo within the near future. While on these topics, we also talk about our coming live show in Barcamp KL, the Geeks on the Train, and most importantly, the Echelon 2010 happening on 1st and 2nd June. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 10 (Mar 8 – Mar 14)

This week we have some interesting meetings that isn’t so technical. Hey, whoever said HackerspaceSG were just for geeks? Read more

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 9 (Mar 1 – Mar 7)

We are 1st week into March and have a whole slew of events lined up. Hackerspace SG wishes everyone had a great Chinese New Year and are ready for more events at HackerspaceSG than ever! Read more

First blinkBL-NK Event @ Hackerspace SG

blinkBL-NK is a space where regular people share their expertise about fascinating subjects in a social environment. Their events are built around 15 – 20 minute talks on subjects ranging from cutting-edge issues in technology and business to quirky histories, weird science and enriching cultural experiences. Speakers may be leading experts, distinguished hobbyists or simply great story tellers. Interludes between talks are spiced up by carefully curated musical selections. Read more

tenCube To Talk About Their Android Developer Challenge Wins

The great guys at tenCube (those behind WaveSecure are going to be sharing their experiences in placing as winners in the recent Android Developer Challenge (3rd overall and 1st in the Productivity category) at HackerspaceSG on 25th Feb. If you’re interested, do come chat with them! Read more

HackerspaceSG: Events of Week 4 (Jan 25 – Jan 31)

We’re at the end of the month and HackerspaceSG is 2 months old this week. We’ve come pretty far these 2 months with lots of good times and many teething problems. Nevertheless, we’re slowly growing and figuring out as we go along.
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