Photo of the panel and #TWIA team in the live show for Echelon 2010 from Rama Mamuaya, DailySocial.net

TWIA Panel Display Screen (taken by Farry Aprianto and tagged by Mohan Belani in Echelon 2010)

Editor’s Note: The sound quality is perfect after the first few minutes with some calibration from the start. Please bear with us. We will post pictures in this event once we receive them from the organizers.

About Gen Kanai: Gen Kanai is Director of Asia Business Development and is a member of the Evangelism Team for Mozilla, a California-based not-for-profit organization which manages and freely distributes the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser. Firefox is the free and open source web browser of choice for over 350 million Internet users worldwide in over 70 different languages. Prior to Mozilla, Gen worked for Digital Garage, Technorati Japan, Sony Marketing of Japan, Sony Electronics Inc. and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. Gen is a fellow of the US-Japan Leadership Program as well as a fellow of the Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative. Gen has a BA from Dartmouth College, was born and raised in New York City and currently resides in Tokyo.

Show Notes on This Week in Asia:

• Samsung Developer Event in Zouk, Singapore: A short account on the event as Daniel and BL attended the event, and also there is an announcement on a competition or hackathon for development in March (We will put up more details once Samsung sends us the information).
• The Google Showdown with China: The press statement from Google on their decision to stop censorship on their search results and taking on the Chinese government to the extent that they might have to shut down their offices in China, sends out major ripples to the whole of Asia. We hear different views (George Godula – who is coming as a guest on our show in the coming week, BL and Tangos Chan) on the issue and the official response from the Chinese government (Source: BBC News).
• Yahoo! Southeast Asia and Friendster Partnership: The crew examine the impact of the Yahoo! Southeast Asia and Friendster partnership.
• Korea Authorities Slammed for ‘Myopic’ Approach to Wireless Banking Security: Gen Kanai and the TWIA crew discuss the adoption of the SEED protocol (a block cipher developed by the Korean Information Security Agency) and the consequence of monoculture in the Korean Internet space that does not support mobile banking on iPhones or in any browser other than Internet Explorer.
• East Asia Internet as a whole: The crew and Gen Kanai discuss about the trends and observations about the web-tech in East Asia and surprisingly, Google is not dominant in the East Asia markets. Additional References: Japan Mobile Social Networking Statistics
• The Future of Technology is: BL narrates the HP event “The Future Is” and talks about the “Blog a Trend” competition open for Singaporeans.

What?
You, delivering 5 minutes of pure passion in which you (1) outline a concrete project idea that will make the web better or simply (2) explain the open web and why it matters.

Category 1. Your Open Web Idea
Describe a concrete project idea that will make the web better, more open, more participatory. It could be something you’re already working on, or an idea you’re just toying with.

Category 2. The Ultimate Open Web Presentation
We’re looking for the ultimate presentation that explains the open web and why it matters. You’ve got 5 minutes — describe the open web in a way that will excite and illuminate.

When?
First night of Neoteny Camp — 5:00-6:00PM on Saturday, December 12. Entertain and delight your fellow campers over cocktails by doing a presentation.

Who?
You! Neoteny Singapore Camp is pulling together some of the brightest and most innovative minds from across Asia — people who will shape the future of the open web. Share your idea or paint a picture of the future you imagine. scroll down to signup

Why?
Mozilla is launching a new initiative called Drumbeat in early 2010. The first step: find talented social entrepreneurs and communicators who want to create a better, more open internet. Your presentation is a chance to get involved in Mozilla Drumbeat early on, ensuring that you and your ideas are a part of the Drumbeat story right from the start.

What’s in it for me?
We’ll videotape, upload and feature your presentation on the Mozilla Drumbeat website.
‘Ideas’ presentations will be included in the Drumbeat project idea stream, offering an opportunity to attract attention, volunteers and supporters.
‘Ultimate’ talks will be entered into a global competition for best presentation.
If your idea or presentations is amongst the best globally, you’ll also have a chance to participate in the Drumbeat Festival, tentatively scheduled for June 2010 in Amsterdam.

Looking for inspiration?
What do we mean by ‘project idea’? Check out the emerging list of year one bootstrap projects on the Drumbeat wiki.
Looking for ideas on open web messaging? Check out the draft ‘about’ page on the Drumbeat wiki.

Some Guidelines
1. Ground yourself in the open web. Explain how your ideas help the internet become more:
* Open: Built on technologies that anyone can study, use or improve without asking permission.
* Participatory: Fueled by the ideas and energy of 100s of millions of people.
* Decentralized: In both architecture and control, ensuring continued choice and diversity.
* Generative: Evolving and improving as we each remix existing parts of the internet into something that is our own.

2. Put on a show: Give us theater and drama, show us your passion and your dreams… Inspire us, but remember, be yourself.

3. Keep it simple. Don’t give us complex code and a technical specifications. Share your vision, paint a picture, keep it real and be specific.

4. Keep it to 5 minutes. That’s that rules.

Sign up here
If you’d like to join in and present as part of the Neoteny Mozilla Drumbeat Challenge, please submit your name, email and idea or if you have questions, contact Mark Surman, mark — at — mozillafoundation.org.

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