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Experience as a speaker

meiling — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:42:38 +0000

I’ve never once thought that I would have an opportunity to be in front of a huge audience, to be a speaker, and to speak on the topic of IT security.

I’ve done a few speaking sessions in the past, also on IT security, which is part of my job as the Senior Marketing Manager. [...]

Dinner in the Jungle

meiling — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:35:16 +0000

Its a real jungle and a jungle dinner that is!

I tried to use geotagging but my Twitter client just couldn’t locate my location even when my Google Map & GPS was working fine. hmm…

In fact, when we first spotted the signboard, it reminded me of those eerie movies whereby you bump into a [...]

Using Twitter for Business

meiling — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:33:05 +0000

“You should start a twitter”

A so-called ‘web consultant’ told my boss recently. I just listened and did not want to jump into talking about twitter. That’s the problem with me sometimes, I like to listen and think but talk very little. He went on saying that he managed to rake in interested people to [...]

Why Blog?

meiling — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:01:39 +0000

Usually when I tell someone (not tech savvy) that I have a blog, its quite common to hear them telling me that “blogging is kid stuff” or “I don’t waste time on blogging about my life” or “I don’t have time to blog”.

Blogging has many different meanings to different people and also to organizations. [...]

Understanding Who You are Following

meiling — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:09:31 +0000

I like to analyze my twitter followers because I found that many are simply spammers, automated bots or they are simply following you in hope that you follow them back.

However, with twitter followers in 4 digits, its almost impossible to filter every twitter follower. That’s when tools are extremely helpful to give you [...]