Celcom Xpax Blackberry Party

I’ve never been known to party so thought it’s time to socialize out of the Internet world since I last puked by the road. So I won invites from Nuffnang after doing the simple slogan “I want a Blackberry Curve from Xpax because…” last Friday or the weekend.

One of the underlying reasons I wanted to join the party was also because I wanted to win a Blackberry Curve phone. Not for myself (Apple iPhone user here) but for my girlfriend; Ariel, who’s been meditating to the name Blackberry.

The Xpax Blackberry (XBerry) party was held at The Republic, Sunway Pyramid. We arrived at the Xpax Blackberry (XBerry) party all dressed up. Dawning a vest, I expected an indoor event where there was air-conditioning. Unfortunately, performances by Sean, Joe Flizzow, Arabyrd, DJ Lap Sap and DJ Tag were at an outdoor stage.

Nonetheless, I’m pleased with this event because I walked away with some great photos of the performances and ladies. Yup, I captured some lovely women bloggers at the event. Some which are known to the Malaysia blogosphere like; Ringo and Tzia. And of course, male bloggers like Saimatkong, Thomas, Bryan and Dustyhawk (Serge).

There was another familiar blogger and winner of the 1st Malaysian Dreamgirls; Cindy. I managed to grab a shot or two of her with Ringo before leaving.

The party I would’ve to say was a good awareness campaign organized by Celcom Xpax. Besides the thumping bass, performance by local artistes, blogger friends and lovely promoters, I could see throngs of customers enquiring or purchasing the Blackberry Curve.

Well, I do hope Nuffnang does give me Ariel a Blackberry Curve 8520 later. Then I wouldn’t have to start writing a Blackberry mantra on her behalf. Oh, and of course, so she’d blog more become as famous as Ringo, then buy me a Blackberry Curve too.

Here’s a final montage of the event made by some of the other 100+ photos taken during the event.

By the way, I’m letting the cat out of the bag by officially announcing 2 new blogs which I’m looking forward to launch very soon. My photoblog; Cameranoob, and my personal blog; Name to be announced.

So I hope to party with more Nuffies and bloggers soon too.

Google Adsense Etiquette is Lax

You’ve heard about the Google Adsense horror stories. Stories like bloggers getting their Google Adsense accounts banned. Normally caused by not following Google’s usage policy of Adsense.

However, I’ve come across websites who still managed to get away with it. Similarly to some websites who blend keywords and phrases into their websites. Here are 2 examples if I’m not mistaken are not within the usage policy.

I’d say the first example is really in a very grey area. But I’ve definitely heard many users with banned accounts mentioning Google doesn’t permit placement of images beside its advertisements.

This post isn’t about me becoming Google’s police but me saying despite Google’s implementation of its usage policy, they are being lax about it.

Have you gotten away from the Google Adsense etiquette?

Nuffnang Plugged My Blog

Okay. I did want to say Nuffnang Pimped My Broadband but it didn’t sound right and fair to the DiGi Pimp My Broadband campaign. Therefore, I just kept it simple and accurate. After all, we should all become responsible bloggers.

Anyway, I’m happy (and proud) my pimp my broadband video was featured in a Nuffnang blog post. As much as I don’t really like the music too, I wanted to really communicate the commonly known problems of Malaysia’s broadband user experience.

Turn off the weird techno music if you have to but let me know if I got the message correct about our Malaysia broadband experience.

If you feel the same way about it, make a difference and vote for my video by hitting the thumbs up at the DiGi Pimp My Broadband website.

Intel Core i5 Official Launch Event

The Intel Core i5 was officially launched September 15, 2009. As an Intel Insider, I was invited to the event where Intel’s distributors and partners would attend too. The event was really insightful and they did their best to make it not for the tech-savvy, I’d say.

Here’s a summary of events in a montage. Click on the image for a larger version.

In a list, the event agenda was:

• Lunch – loved the beef!
• Welcome remarks by MC.
• Speech by Simon Chan (Intel Malaysia, Sales Manager)
• Speech by Ryaz Patel (Intel Malaysia, Country Manager)
  • 3D rendering demo of Alamaya
  • Music rendering demo by Roland Asia Pacific
• Press conference

I don’t want to get geeky on you so I’ll leave the technical benefits of the new Intel Core processors out. However, what I can tell you from the demos and presentations was:

The new Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors were made for performance. If you have the money (moolah) to upgrade, get an Intel Core i7 right away and you’ll have no problems with most of your workload. Be it Photoshop, 3D, music or video.

And watch out for Goldfries. He’s got an engineering sample for review!

Most Popular Social Media Platforms I Use

Twitter feels like it’s becoming my blogging replacement, so to speak. Most likely it’s due to the ease of putting my thoughts into a 140 characters. But don’t get me wrong. I still love blogging and sharing my life observations and thoughts in work and play.

It’s just that, blogging requires more time thinking about what you should be writing. Does this weight say content I publish on Twitter shouldn’t be highly read as compared to my blog? Yes. No. Maybe.

Let’s have a look through the social media I’m now using and based on my experience, what’s it being used by myself at the moment.

Facebook

Right now, I’m using it to stay connected with friends – like Friendster. While I learn more about taking advantage of it for business later on.

Twitter

I’m much more active in Twitter right now. Quick updates with average speeds typing out 140 characters isn’t difficult. And it’s especially comforting when you can publish your Twitter updates to your Facebook status.

FlickR

I wanted to use it as a photography portfolio platform. However, figured Facebook may play a bigger role. Makes me wonder if this means FlickR is losing it’s touch.

SlideShare

If you didn’t know, this is a platform for you to publish your presentations either for public or private. Like social media, it’s a place for everyone to consume large amounts of generated content.

YouTube

If you’re on Gmail or use any Google application, you’d already have created a Google Account. And this account plugs you into most if not all Google tools. I rarely upload videos but if I do, I’d definitely use YouTube because I won’t have to worry about bandwidth.

LinkedIn

The business person’s social network paltform. I rarely login to this social networking platform unless I want to know more about a person I’m dealing with. Scarily enough, if you did tell a client you’ve not met before you dug up details of them here, they just might freak out.

Delicious

Once I’ve migrated all my bookmarks here, I’m stuck. Dare I say, Delicious is the social bookmarking platform which is now helping memorize my online findings. Plus, giving me another channel to do more research for clients.

Posterous and Tumblr

I see the 2 platforms as similar ones except of the way you post stuff to it. The major benefits of using either one is it makes the blogging experience more simplified. No need for special headings, copy/paste from Word and etc. Currently, I’m experimenting with Posterous for Simpleet and it’s coming along very well.

This is not even a handful of available social media for use out on the web right now. But I’d say they are few of the popular ones which I’ve heard and am using right now.

What about yourself? When was the last time you listed the platforms you’re actively using today?