Sham Jul 12, 2008 03:11AM Just arrived. Rather early, registration was a breeze. now waiting for food to be served. Will update all plurks from easier for easier sear
Sham Jul 12, 2008 03:12AM now, i shall go out to see if food is ready. will leave laptop here at keynote area.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 04:52AM www.zopim.com - i could use this for an upcoming new website, for interaction with Hotline/Helpline kind.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 04:56AM www.hibernater.com - this tool is useful when working on several files and URLs, and when i hv to switch comps.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 04:57AM caveat for hibernater is ... i must (1) own the comp (2) have an open access network as the application uses open ports.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 05:28AM Keynote was started by Daniel Ingitaraj - Director, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
Sham Jul 12, 2008 05:45AM He started out pretty boring and stale, but i think he's getting the crowd's interest
Sham Jul 12, 2008 05:53AM Ok now, he's showing a device called the RoundTable, which is an IP-based conference device
Sham Jul 12, 2008 05:54AM The RoundTable is a 360 degrees camera, it follows the speakers as they speak, and switches accordingly
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:01AM to refresh, Daniel is talking abt 3 items, User Experience, Collaboration and Cloud Computing
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:06AM i wanted to iframe this plurk update so i could embed in mhisham.org but could not do so.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:07AM Daniel ended with the session saying that Microsoft supports StartUps - www.microsoft.com/startup
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:11AM Q&A - Daniel deflected a question about MS innovation promises compared to Open Source pretty deftly
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:23AM first product is gothere.sg - a MUCH faster directions & mapping company for Singapore. cool site! no mobile support yet tho
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:28AM other than just typing locations, you can move the pointers around. and theres a NEW option to AVOID ERP area! cool!
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:31AM next is a Scrafone - an online service to turn your tunes into hiphop scratches and then downloaded as ringtones
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:34AM so ScraTone, lets customer makes music and then sell it back to them. sounds like SG take water from MY, process & sell it back1
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:40AM Next up is homespace.sg - I used this, if you guys remember to list my Home for sale for half-a-mil. no takers yet. lolx
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:48AM ive been to their site, so far no updates yet. ridz did say newer stable core will be coming up soon. all ive used are translations!
Sham Jul 12, 2008 06:57AM URL is www.phlook.com - caveat emptor, uploaded content belong to PHLOOK, i've verified with the folks. :p
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:08AM the shows within Podfire network is geekgoddess.tv sgba.tv podfire.sg/dogslivetv
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:13AM next is ZOPIM. url is zopim.com - ive used this before for one of my sites, and will use it for a new site.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:13AM ZOPIM is a live communication platform for administrators to engage web site visitors
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:14AM ZOPIM have a new function where they allow visitors to interact with each other.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:22AM QWEKI URL is qweki.com - its a new form of search and has a few social media applications that has been embedded
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:24AM QWEKI is guiding you away from what you usually use Search for. you are compelled to spend more time in QWEKI.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:28AM Next up is PatSnap - tagline: Patents in a Snap - targeted users are researchers, marketers, scientist, investigators
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:29AM URL for patsnap patsnap.com - this site helps you to find patents so that you don't infringe
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:37AM Next up is Hibernater - one of my favourite new apps. www.hibernater.com - you can scroll up for the explanation or check it out!
Sham Jul 12, 2008 07:44AM the idea of UnConference is very different than a normal Conference session. yer free to enter & exit any rooms.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 08:07AM yum.sg is doing a PREVIEW of its new site! expect more useability,user interactions & a platform for restaurants to manage content
Sham Jul 12, 2008 08:26AM Ok, not my interest, will move to Room 2, Difficulty in investing i Internet Companies.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 08:30AM uhmmm ... some people are saying VCs are not really interested in Web 2.0 as they may not bring in much profits.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 08:38AM AIM - alternate investment market. Fund managers will get upstarts in bulk and get investors to invest as a single fund.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 09:30AM for startups in oct, there will be a startup offering from microsoft with FULL licenses, not just express licenses.
Sham Jul 12, 2008 10:00AM Mail to Chris from Microsoft, a developer who has worked on PHP before, at t-chism@microsoft.com