Meet Malcom Gladwell in Singapore- and a deal for ChasingTheStorm readers

Attended the Search Engine Marketing Expo in Singapore on 2nd and 3rd of July. Some good and some not-so-good stuff. Though there are many search engine companies around, there are few people who know their stuff. I have always maintained that what this market needs is evangelists and champions- with experience in not only the discipline but also the region- Pictures and snippets- read more>>

Here’s a quickie- and since pictures speak louder than words, I have 3 of them here- less words more pix.
Got a chance to hobnob with the who’s who in the Mobile Marketing space- on the eve of mobile marketing association’s Asia conference- read on…

A brief round up of the un-conference- Barcamp at Singapore – the third season- lots of interesting topics- some beyond the digital media domain and covering things of interest like- music. Check some photos taken on the location and the attendees

Two events in two days and both pretty good.
Podcamp Singapore held at SMU was an eye opener for me- in more ways than one- highlighted below. Met some great guys over the course of two days of mingling.
Events like these could be likened to small woodstocks- people don’t come here for the free food and beer- they come to be a part of it- as organizers. They collaborate and participate for the sheer passion and get thrills out of conversing and contributing. Of course there are a few that come …

There is an almost sudden deluge of news articles about Online media. Forget about articles, there are new magazines launched (my guess is in the last one year or so) specifically for the new media- Internet and Mobile. This is specifically in Singapore and Hong Kong  though I’m sure the trend replicates elsewhere in Asia as well.
Every other day, someone is found propagating the virtues of online media, and with me there have been instances where mainstream advertising people think Online is going to eat up all other media in the …