Of all the things I will remember about 2021… it was the year when our Prime Minister burst into song during the National Day Rally Speech. The speech was over 2 months ago, so this video is long overdue. However, I want to record it for my future memories. I suppose that the song would
November 2021 Thirty Days #5 – Scalability Thinking In A PSLE Question
Many kids will break down in tears at this PSLE question. But it involves a useful thinking process for working with big data. Note: PSLE stands for the Primary School Leaving Examination, which is the primary (elementary) school graduation examination in Singapore. (Image credits: The Straits Times. For the question, not for me).
November 2021 Thirty Days #4 – Positive Lessons About How to Manage
After learning how not to manage, here’s what I learned about how to manage.
November 2021 Thirty Days #3 – My First Management Lessons Were in Micromanagement
I learned how to micromanage before I learned how to manage. That may have led to a detour out of management and back – and I will share more about the positive things I learned in my next post.
November 2021 Thirty Days #2 – Product Management In A Nutshell
Well, mask-making in a pandemic also needs product management skills!
November 2021 Thirty Days #1 – Why Summary Is An Important Life Skill
Monday, 1 November 2021 – Today’s micro-vlog is about summary as a life skill. Who knew that we are doing summarizing all the time, well beyond secondary school?
November 2021 Project: 30 Shorts in 30 Days
Wait, does microvlogging exist, or am I creating a new word? For sure, microblogging is a thing. Instead of a full blog, Facebook and Twitter allow you to post short pieces of written content. And YouTube Shorts are the vlog equivalent of microblogging. They’re bite-size, mobile-format videos within your YouTube channel. Currently, I’m still in
Here’s why work cannot be an endless “up” escalator
Growing up in ’80s Singapore, the frenzy of “upgrading” was rife in society. The country was rapidly modernizing and industrializing. First-generation white-collar families, including the parents of my classmates and I, were rapidly upwardly mobile. Through 10 years of primary and secondary school, many of my friends’ families were able to move from 3-room to
Everyday Data Science In Everyday Language
At this point, we are almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. To survive, businesses need to go online wherever possible. As a result, we must learn to work with the immense amounts of data that an e-commerce business can capture. If you’re doing marketing online, you are working with data science every day. This
All the Singlish: Paradoxes, Nuances, Oddities
Having a little fun with Singlish… and starting to master GIMP.