jeremy snyder’s meta|remix

i’m a huge fan of singapore food courts, as you can hear. i feel like it’s healthier than most fast food. am i wrong?

you can also hear my thoughts at the jeromecast (please do subscribe!) but some thoughts here as well:

• the event was malaysia-heavy, with a lot of presence from msc and mdec
• the regional and pan-asian content was good. connecting with people from china, korea and japan was good
• seeing the growth in the startup vibes in malaysia, thailand and vietnam was good as well. singapore is really picking up in this area, and it was really awesome to feel the energy picking up elsewhere, too.
• i met some really interesting people there, with cool projects and great thoughts and ideas to share
• and i liked the little bit that i saw of kuala lumpur. i can’t believe i’ve been in southeast asia for two years and hadn’t ever actually been to kl (as it’s known here)

ok maybe i was a little too excited…

i’ve been in singapore for about 11 months now, getting close to one year. i’ve really enjoyed my time here. i’ve gotten some great experiences, like starting a business in another company, building a team from scratch, meeting potential partners, investors, etc. one of the great things has been the number of events that happen here, like ad:tech. i was interviewed recently by the guys over at sg entrepreneurs, a local entrepreneurship blog and community. you can read more about my experiences at the interview: Continue reading »

wow. the singapore ndp organizing committee is really going into cyber overdrive

they’ve got:

• ndpeeps
• a blog
• a youtube channel
• a flickr photostream
• a facebook page
• a twitter feed
• and maybe more…?

they’ve also got a neat photo and video contest going on. fun stuff!

just a quick note – if you live in singapore, this site, gothere.sg, really helps for getting around.

i was interviewed recently on 93.8 live to talk about co-space, and metaversum’s involvement with it. you can find the audio file here.

neo weewu has a post about a fun morning chat i had with 3 other guys here in singapore. you should check it out!

so i’ve been living in singapore now for about 3 months, since august. i really like it, and i’m a big fan of the public transit system here. it’s clean, runs on time, has air conditioning, and doesn’t allow durian.

No durian on MRT!

but there’s one thing that drives me crazy. the buses are so jerky and make such violent sudden movements that it knocks people over, or into each other, on a regular basis. add to that the fact that most people use buses for getting to/from running their errands, like shopping, and you have a bunch of bag-laden people slam dancing in traffic.

seriously, why can’t the bus drivers just accelerate and decelerate more smoothly? if they do that, i won’t even complain about the fear of crashing when they stop the buses 1 millimeter from each other.

Metaversum, developer and operator of the 3D online world Twinity, has been awarded funding from the mutli-agency IDM R&D Programme Office hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore to develop geo-tagging and geo-located media streaming in Twinity. In another part of this project Metaversum will also development advanced virtual city building tools to facilitate the construction of virtual Singapore in Twinity. Metaversum has already begun signing up local media, content, and brand partners in preparation for next year’s launch of virtual Singapore in Twinity. Continue reading »