27 August 2011
Supported Fonts in Slideshare
Slideshare does support all fonts – including custom fonts that you download. I was told that the slides only support certain standard fonts, but I wasn't satisfied with the answer, and so…
24 August 2011
Developed a Voice App in 3 Hours
I have recently developed a Voice Polling app , which polled users on who is the cutest presidential candidate . This app was at first created as a demo to a client.…
11 August 2011
Most Popular Web Browsers in Singapore
Statistics in the past 12 months: Clearly, IE is dropping with less than 40% market share. So dear Singapore government, please improve your sucky websites .
9 August 2011
PaC@Gov Website Sucks. It needs BIG Progress!
PaC@Gov is a government website for 200,000 Singapore servants to view their pay slips and submit claims. It is of course a very important website to so many Singapore servants. Yet, the…
8 August 2011
How to Send Free Message to Anyone in LinkedIn
No doubt LinkedIn is the biggest social network for working professionals. LinkedIn is very useful for finding people with job opportunities, or connecting for business partnership. However, it doesn't come cheap to…
5 August 2011
SMS Spreader – Run SMS Campaigns using Google Spreadsheet
There are many online websites that helps SMS marketers send thousands of SMS. You have to upload an excel file containing the mobile numbers, then configure to run the campaign. It was…
20 July 2011
OS X Lion can install on multiple Mac with a single purchase
In case you are wondering if you need to pay $29.99 for every Mac that you own, you don’t. Purchase a single copy using the same iTunes account, and all your authorized…
20 July 2011
Fix: Error from Mail client: "Web login required …”
I encountered an error from my Mail client, a couple of times. The error message is Error from Mail client: "Web login required: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78754 (Failure)" I am not exactly sure what is…
17 July 2011
How to ALWAYS earn $10 for each Groupon deal
Groupon has a rewards program that rewards you $10 when you introduce a new customer AND the new customer purchase a deal This is a trick, or a hack, to ALWAYS earn…
17 July 2011
Adding live chat to your blog/website
Adding live chat to your blog/website gives you another means to communicate with your website visitor. It is especially useful for e-commerce website whereby product support is much needed. A live chat…
17 July 2011
A method to easily create multiple email accounts (gmail)
There is a method to easily create multiple, or thousands, of email accounts! All it requires is 1 real gmail account. Let’s say you have 1 gmail account – Then you already…
9 July 2011
Play! Framework + App Engine Tutorial
This is a tutorial: creating a barebone Play! app and deploying on the free Google App Engine . Steps to setting up Play! with App Engine 1. Download Play framework (latest is…
6 July 2011
How to get invited to Google+ (workaround method)
Google+ is a new social network application that Google has recently introduced. It is like both Facebook and twitter, yet even more awesome. With killer features such as hangout , where several…
8 June 2011
How to update to iOS 5 beta?
You have probably heard about iOS 5 from the recent Apple’s WWDC keynote . It includes 200 new features – iMessage, Notification Center, twitter integration, Reminders, taking pictures with volume key, etc..…
2 June 2011
Marketing APIs to Developers
The last post I summed up an Introduction to API Business . This post, I am summing up another whitepaper by Apigee on attracting developers to your API . 1. Marketing is…
30 May 2011
Setting PATH variable in Mac permanently
This post I will highlight 3 ways to change to your PATH variable . 1. The quick way Firstly, check your current PATH echo $PATH If the directory (eg. /my/new/path/) you want…
23 May 2011
Introduction to API Business
Apigee has written a pretty comprehensive whitepaper on API business . These are some good pointers from the whitepaper. 1. Understand the API users Who are using the API? What are they…
24 April 2011
iPhone tracks your location. See it on map yourself.
It was recently revealed by 2 researchers that iPhone is secretly tracking where you go! Download this Mac app, iPhone Tracker , which will read a file stored on your Mac when…
22 April 2011
How to view a website that has been deleted?
Sometimes, people delete their blog/website to protect their privacy. For example, during Singapore Election, when Nicole Seah of NSP (National Solidarity Party) is nominated as a candidate, and she instantly becomes a…
25 March 2011
App Store Most Popular Category
Unsurprisingly, the most most popular apps are Messaging, Voice and Social Networking. And remember: LBS has high potential to shift right. App Store refers to app store of all major smartphone platform,…