Why the Apple iPhone 3G is still not in Malaysia?

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A recently published article by The Star explains why clearly Malaysia telcos know of the Apple iPhone’s popularity but isn’t willing to sacrifice profits for a mere cool Apple iPhone. Some of the parts in the article explains this: Apple plans to distribute the device in Malaysia similar to how it was done in the … Read more

P1 Website Upgrade Due to Customer Feedback

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Remember how I was saying PacketOne (P1) wants to listen to customer feedback about their Wimax service in Malaysia? Well, their website upgrade proved to me they also listen to feedback on their website. I know this because I heavily recommended a number of things to their website manager during their P1 open floor discussion.

I’m also really happy about the upgrade because they’re not a company who listens and not do. This is the type of business culture many Malaysia companies don’t want to adapt. They don’t because they’re in fear of their bosses requests and because, they practically don’t want more work to do – though it helps them in the long term. But let me show you how the P1 website has been improved after the upgrade.

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Simple Quickie: P1 Website Review, WordPress 2.7 and PC Fair III 2008

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P1 Website Review They recently revamped their website after our P1 open floor discussion. While the rest of the attendees left, I actually stayed behind for another 30 minutes or so to advice how they could’ve improved their website. And to my surprised, they did just that within the next few weeks. Plus, I’m going … Read more

Packet One (P1) Networks Rewards LowYat Members With FREE Wimax

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Now here’s a company who’s really broadening their listening. Not only from their friends or bloggers, but even the members of the LowYat forum! Recently I was surprised by the fact there is now an official P1 Wimax members in the forums; Lowyat_P1W1MAX. But the coolest part, introduction wasn’t done with a normal greeting.

PacketOne (P1) Networks is offering FREE 6-months subscription to 50 LowYat members. Talk about making an entrance online. But I’m unhappy – I don’t have Wimax coverage in my area though their office is less than 15 minutes away from me. T_T

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Media Pass Giveaway to Malaysia Rock The World 8 Music Festival

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If anyone asked me to name 5 Malaysia bands, I’d probably say; Disagree, Popshuvit, Couple, Dragon Red and Butterfingers. Some of the names I know because I’ve heard it all the time repeatedly mentioned on the radio. Some I know the band members personally. :) But shy to say, I don’t know much of our … Read more

Malaysia and The Fair Usage Policy

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Someone once told me, “Malaysians are as kiasu (selfish) as Singaporeans”. And I can’t help but agree to it in certain situations I’ve been in. Plus, I’d like to admit personally, I myself don’t like abiding to certain limitations. One of it being; limited Internet download capacity.

However, everything happens for a reason and every action has a reaction. From my discussion with the PacketOne staff, I’ve come to understand why the fair usage policy is inserted and practiced in Internet providers – not only Malaysia. But, how much do you think our capacity should be limited?

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Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 4 Malaysia Launch

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Last week I attended the Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 4 Malaysia launch at Shangri-La hotel. If I had to describe the launch in a single phrase; it’s not only cool stuff but really great stuff. I missed the earlier part of the launch due to a business networking event. But the rest of the energetic launch definitely made up for it – especially the creative evangelists; Tim Cole, Karl Soule and Paul Burnett.

I’m not going to dwell into all 16 Adobe applications; better known as the Adobe Masters Collection, as what I want to share is my first experience coming an Adobe Malaysia launching event. So you won’t find me talking a lot about the new cool and great features. But, you’ll be learning how to make an Adobe fleece jacket reach to the other end of the hall.

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Open Floor Discussion With PacketOne Staff

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During my recent visit to GreenPacket’s office for their special tour, a group of us with selected key staff from PacketOne Networks (P1, for short) had an open floor discussion. The discussion was to openly share what we thought of the Internet in Malaysia, its offerings and our expectation from P1.

The moment I heard this, I knew finally here’s a Malaysia ISP who really wants to make a difference. And if you know me well enough, this is a difference I’d support without second thoughts. Simple, because Malaysia has a large pool of talent but they’ve been mistreated, misunderstood and under appreciated. Don’t you want to put a stop to this?

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Favourites Links by Danny Foo

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This has got to be the most unproductive post I’ve written. Okay, I’m kidding. I’ve done worst crap when I used to blog from the college classroom while the lecturer was teaching. Oops! Well, I was bored at the time and Macromedia Director programming seriously is my weakness – I even forgot what do you call the language it uses.

Anyway, this was a meme given to me by some hot Muslim chic. I would tell you to watch how she argues with herself and how incompetent she is trying to design her blog but she removed the video (Why, Aisyah!). But mind you, she’s one smart girl (not a lady yet I think) and she is hot – I guess. So one fine day she decides to torment me by passing me this meme; my favourite links.

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The Malaysia Blog No One Cared About

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My blog was unavailable the past 3-4 days due to a dumb mistake I made unconsciously. Any reader who came to my blog during the time would see the landing page above (click image for larger). It was what I’d call; my BRB page, instead of under construction. And believe me, nothing was under construction. I was busy reinstalling my blog and restoring all my 605 posts.

So why would it take me 3-4 days to restore everything? It takes less than 5 minutes to setup WordPress, right? Well, yes it took me less than 2 minutes to get WordPress up and running. But I spent a half-day figuring out why my imported WordPress WXR backup file wasn’t importing right. Then, I spent more than 2 hours splitting up the backup file (I’ll explain later) in preparation to import. But it gets better.

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