Translated from French, tête-à-tête means having a face-to-face private conversation between two people. Tête-à-Tête is also what a group of individuals in Singapore, who are interested in linguistics, have called themselves. The group organises sessions on learning different languages, and the sessions are free and open to anyone to register! I found out about their … Continue reading »
Watched them on YouTube, but ever wanted to see them in person? The YouTube FanFest powered by HP is a two-night ‘live’ showcase from 20-21 May 2013, presenting 18 YouTube stars from all over the globe! I was excited to receive invites from Jamshed (@jamshedwadia) for the first night of the YouTube FanFest, which featured … Continue reading »
Walkabout Singapore returned for its second year on May 17th and boasted a line-up of even more tech companies and start-ups that opened their doors for visits! The event originated with Walkabout New York City, and attempts to replicate the open-door, collaborative nature of Silicon Valley in Singapore’s bustling start-up scene. Anyone is welcome to … Continue reading »
CreativeMornings Singapore is a series of monthly breakfast talks or lectures attended by anyone interested in creativity. Event doors open at 8AM where people are free to meet and chat, the talk kicks off at 8:30AM, and everything is wrapped up by 9:30AM for the regular boring folk (like me) to head to work. I’m … Continue reading »
Aki Taha is a self-professed talent geek. He’s been in HR roles that have hired junior and senior roles in Google, Dropbox, and other high-growth companies. I was at a talk by Aki as he shared some of the good, bad, and ugly hiring lessons from working with some of the top Silicon Valley tech … Continue reading »
I wanted to share my fantastic experience on taking part in the IDEO Make-a-thon Singapore last week – the first ever make-a-thon in Asia! We Are Social received the invitation from Philip at IDEO, and I immediately volunteered to take part in it. Though it meant spending a Friday afternoon and the entire of Saturday … Continue reading »
Credits: Getty Images Though I am by no means a serious photographer, I do enjoy photography and messing around with cameras. So when the We Are Social team received invites to the Getty Images: Behind the Lens presentation describing the event as… Continue reading »
Credits: The Next Web I heard about the Facebook Publishing Garage program while I was working on the PR account for Facebook last year. Last week, I was really stoked to have the awesome opportunity of attending a workshop as a participant, thank… Continue reading »
