Youth Malaysia Exposes Bloggers Emails

Youth08 Malaysia Dotcom Youth SearchBeing one of the bloggers who participated in the Youth08 Malaysia Dotcom Youth Search, all bloggers recently received a mass email from the organization. The sad predicament Youth Malaysia have themselves in now is they exposed 396 bloggers. I got the figure from HongKiat as I was just too lazy to start counting the number of email addresses residing in the CC line.

Once Hong Kiat pointed it out through the email, the bloggers (or website owners) have started a social group meeting. Come to think of it, bloggers (or website owners) who are using Gmail can be considered very fortunate. Why? It’s because Gmail lists emails as conversations. If you were running the normal Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail or your own personal email, you’ll be expecting a lot of repetitive email replies – one by one. Gosh!

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December 2007 Online Consumer Trends

statistics chartOne of the things I find intriguing is the online consumer trends. Though the statistics may not reflect the consumer trends of Malaysia, it’s the overall picture online. My fascination with this trend proves the behavioral activities of an Internet user. For example; How do online consumers spend their time?

87%: Read email
70%: Search for information
64%: Do search
60%: Shop
37%: Use instant messaging

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AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) Starbucks Gathering

Updated: January 18, 2008

The event coverage is finally up. If you’d like to view the full list of attendants (though it looks less), visit the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) Starbucks Gathering events page. Thanks, Michael.

allmalaysia bloggers projectTheStar and the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) group recently organized a small bloggers gathering for the bloggers of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. It was hosted by Starbucks in the brand new; The Gardens, Midvalley. A quick note though is this isn’t the Starbucks in Borders. This outlet is the one next to the walkover from the old Midvalley to The Gardens.

There wasn’t any real agenda to the gathering unlike the Malaysia Bloggers Buff 2007 forum I attended. This was really a gathering of the great minds to let free their pressures and catch up with other bloggers. Okay, that was exaggerated.

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QuickOrder and QuickPay Your Starbucks Coffee Using The Apple iPhone

iphone and starbucksWhy do a lot of people love using Apple products? What is so different about the Apple iPhone compared to other mobile phones? Well, obviously one of them is its great looking interface but Apple stands out because it continues to create products and applications customer will use…and keep on using.

It’s been rumored and reported from Forbes, Apple has been researching integrating future devices with the ability to place on-the-go orders at local stores. In fewer words, walk into your nearby Starbucks outlet and order via your Apple iPhone then pay at the counter.

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The Different Types of Blog Posts

paper filingBlogging has become a commodity and it has helped open up new areas for blogging especially in Malaysia. Instead of jotting down our daily lives, some of us are depending on our blogs to put food on the table. This is thanks to the different types of blog posts.

I’ve observed a number of blogs and generalized the types of posts are: common, tattle tale, summarized, write-up, review, paid or sponsored, and charity. Obviously, not all of them generates revenue like the most popular topics in a blog and they are also not blog niches.

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Apple iPhone Protective Case Cover in Malaysia

apple iphone case coverI recently had a chat with my Apple iPhone reseller; MAXIMiphone. And he told me they’ve gotten their hands on some awesome Apple iPhone protective case covers. They are called Apple iPhone protective capsule covers.

I’ve not tried one out yet – will get one later. But from the photos he passed on to me, they look really sleek and sturdy. Not to mention you can even interchange the faceplate protectors. Now, that is cool.

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Advertlets Online Advertising Has Expired and Resigned

Updated: January 5, 2008 @ 9:56PM
Josh has replied in the comments and informed they are rectifying the domain name DNS issue. A temporary solution to access Advertlets has been included in the post. :)

Advertlets logoI’m a Nuffnang supporter for one. Therefore, I’d first like to shout, “Nuffnang has triumph!”. Ever since the Malaysia market was introduced to localized online advertising agencies like Nuffnang, the first competitor to rise up on the occasion was Advertlets. The company was founded by Josh Lim who also heads his own web design agency.

However, it seems to me Advertlets has thrown in the towel as their domain expired on January 3, 2008. From what I’ve observed, I believe it’s due to blogger payment problems, customer support and pressure from the constant new registration of bloggers for their program. It was unmanageable…so to say.

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Rumoured Apple iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Details

firmware 113I’m feeling Apple seems to be pretty desperate to either fix bugs or make sure their Apple iPhones aren’t unlocked time and time again. It seriously wasn’t long ago before Apple released their 1.1.2 firmware. And now, it’s rumoured a new 1.1.3 Apple iPhone firmware is due for release.

Nonetheless, I’ve read some of the items to be available for the Apple iPhone in the 1.1.3 firmware release and must say, I’m looking forward to this one. At least, more than the Apple iPhone benefits found in the 1.1.2 firmware – which I’m not using still.

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My Most Popular Topics in 2007

statistics chartIt’s another number, another year. Happy new year to all readers of Websites Made Simple. Doesn’t sound too enthusiastic now, does it? Well, I never took into account the number of years which fly by. It still feels like we’re in the millennium age and it wasn’t long ago everyone was worrying about the Y2K bug.

So I’ve put together a short history lesson of my most popular blog topics in 2007. It was weird because I never did expect some of these topics becoming one of the most popular blog topics compared to another in the same month.

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