adventures of a blogjunkie

Alison Carroll is the new Lara Croft

blogjunkie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:21:02 +0000

Former gymnast Alison Carroll, 23 is announced as the new Face of Lara Croft at Pineapple Studios on August 11, 2008 in London, England. The new Tomb Raider game,’Underworld’ comes out on November 21, 2008.

Update: more pics

del.icio.us bookmarks for August 16th

blogjunkie — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:01:18 +0000

Bookmarked at delicious.com/davidwang:

Olympic video screen FAIL

blogjunkie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:31:44 +0000

Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird’s Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting

Which geek am I?

blogjunkie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:19:09 +0000

Apple Geek on Flickr, by ExtraLife

Suffian pointed me to the 56 Geeks project on Flickr. The closest I come to is the Apple Geek, although I would consider myself a bigger Internet Geek

del.icio.us bookmarks for August 11th

blogjunkie — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:43:34 +0000

Bookmarked at del.icio.us/davidwang:

P1050396

blogjunkie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:02:11 +0000

P1050396, originally uploaded by blogjunkie

Cathay Pacific’s new 777-300s rock. They even have power plug points in their Economy class.

Barcamp Malaysia report

blogjunkie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:52:33 +0000

Picture by Azman Saini

Last weekend I attended Barcamp Malaysia, the inaugural Barcamp event in this part of the world. Unfortunately I missed the whole Day 1 because I actually managed to fall sick on the day.

However I did enjoy the sessions on Day 2 and met quite a few interesting people. It was really fun to meet everyone who shared the same Web 2.0 philosophy and ideas. I felt like a true geek.

Be sure to check out Cheryl Goh’s BarCamp Malaysia in 6 pictures post if you want a quick summary. Also, hi to skeevs, Chee Aun and James who I finally met in person.

Cuil

blogjunkie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:47:48 +0000

New search engine Cuil is going head to head with the big G. Unfortunately the results aren’t too great at the moment. Above is a screenshot of some of the results for the search term ‘blogjunkie’. I’m sticking to Google for the time being..

Wordpress for iPhone

blogjunkie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:30:19 +0000

Testing out the new WordPress for iPhone app. Pretty cool but typing links is a bitch.

Back to work

blogjunkie — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:39:47 +0000

A year ago I ditched my old job and began life as an entrepreneur. But this past month I’ve gone back to work for ‘the man’. In this case the man is AGENDA, a forward-looking interactive, digital agency. They’re forward-looking because they realise that the web is changing and that the social web is the next big thing. Which is the reason they’ve hired me.

At AGENDA, I’m the ’social media guy’. I’m helping them wrap their brains around what social media means and to help build up their social media capabilities. My CEO is an early pioneer of web technology in Malaysia but he’s still learning and always wanting to improve.

Lots of people have asked why I decided to join AGENDA. Well, AGENDA gives me lots of opportunities to do social media work, with some really great clients. In this first month, I’m already working on clients like Xbox and Maybank. AGENDA is already a leader in digital media and once it incorporates social media into its portfolio, we’re pretty darn kick-ass.

Also, it turns out that I’m not such a great entrepreneur. Yes, I’m not afraid to strike it out on my own but I’m also not afraid to admit my shortcomings. Sure, I was paying my bills and I could probably also work with blue chip clients if I had continued on my path, but it would have taken much longer. AGENDA is a shortcut to my career goal I guess. Plus, I was disorganised as hell and a steady income and job security isn’t bad either…

So what happens to Buzzmedia? Well, existing clients will continue to be supported. I won’t be actively soliciting clients, but I’ll still help friends with their online marketing. In the meantime, the website will be a holding place for my upcoming book…