Community Blogs: Tete-A-Tech

Digital David slays MSM Goliath? (Part 2)

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:38 +0800

Part 2 of this post explores my thoughts on how to realistically attempt to reform MSM in Malaysia.�

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Successfully reforming the habits and ways of the MSM is, ...

Digital David slays MSM Goliath? (Part 1)

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:05:03 +0800

Long post today again--editor says I must learn to post shorter but it's a hard habit to break, much like the newspaper! To make it easier to read, I've split this ...

Oi, YB, get a BlackBerry

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:04:02 +0800

Recently, the Star and the Sun both (independently?) ran stories on how much a Member of Parliament in Malaysia earns. I have to say, I was shocked.

Not at how ...

Malaysian love U-turns

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:04:08 +0800

Yes, our roads are replete with U-turns.

But, political U-turns tend to be as rare as a Dodo on a summer's day. So it's especially interesting when this little news ...

Bloggers rule, newspapers drool?

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:04:27 +0800

From the stance that bloggers are unprintables (variously, of Darwinian origins, being mostly of the XX gene pool and fringe lunatics), suddenly, bloggers have street cred.

From the time the ...

The PM replies!

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:03:55 +0800

Actually, he doesn't personally reply, but someone replies. Which helps to at least kill the notion that emails to the Prime Minister (and the Government in general) go off into cyberspace, ...

Malaysia's digital revolution--the death knell for The Star, and the rise of the e-news portal?

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:35 +0800

Long post guys, sorry... but history arguably doesn't deserve brevity ...

Reams of new space have been devoted to the impact of the Internet in Malaysia's recent General Election ...

And the winner is... the Internet, SMS and MALAYSIA (Part 1)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:03:29 +0800

It's Tuesday, and Malaysians will be getting back down to the order of business after an extremely exciting weekend of the 2008 General Elections. I still have election fever!

What ...

Virtual politikus (2)

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:03:35 +0800

We are now three days away from the big day for Malaysia's General Election. I've been watching the electronic press and the blogs this last week to see how much of ...

Malaysiakini.com GOES FREE!

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:03:11 +0800

Just received an SMS at 7.36 pm this evening that Malaysiakini.com, Malaysia's main online subscription-based news portal is going FREE for one week.

This is an interesting twist and brand new development ...