How To Use Ping.FM To Update Multiple Social Media Accounts and Become a Social Media Ninja!
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
About Ping.FM Chances are you have more than 1 social media presence and that number will keep growing. Twitter and Facebook are most likely. You may also have a blog or Tumblr site. Perhaps you’re into photography and have a Flickr or PhotoBucket account. If you’re a social media Ninja like me, then you may [...]
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A Simple Way To Make Your WordPress Blog iPhone Friendly With The Free WPTouch Plugin
Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Did you know that it is really easy to create a mobile web browser friendly version of your WordPress blog? This is what my blog looks like on the iPhone before and after installing the WPTouch Plugin I found two options – the WPTouch mobile WordPress theme and the Wapple Architect. As an iPhone user, [...]
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Social Media Addicts Association (S.M.A.A.) Meeting
Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Funny Video: I do wonder if it helped Sony sell any more laptops or if it had the opposite effect? What do you think?
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Blogging from My Phone With WordPress iPhone App
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
This post was written entirely from my iPhone. Why? Well, I am trying to get a feel for blogging on my iPhone using the WordPress iPhone app. So far, I am not convinced that I will be able to use this regularly unless I am posting under very specific circumstances. I have found it difficult [...]
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My Love Hate Relationship With Google Adsense
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
When I first started my blog, I really had no specific ideas or plans for it. I started with a free blogger.com blog, then I moved to a free wordpress.com blog. I’m not sure whether that is still the case, but at the time wordpress.com hosted blogs did not allow Adsense or other forms of [...]
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Running With Vibram’s 5 Fingers “Barefoot” Shoes
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Last month, I bought a pair of Vibram Five Fingers shoes. These shoes are touted as “barefoot technology” to allow you to enjoy the benefits of being barefoot while still having basic protection for your feet. What’s so great about being barefoot you ask? According to the company, these are the reasons: 1. Strengthens Muscles [...]
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Hey Apple, I Wonder If This is Safe?
Posted on 12. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
The Problem I love Macs but be warned, the quality of the power charger really needs some attention. (Are you listening Apple?). In the last 5 years of being an Apple MacBook Pro user, I’ve seen THREE of my power adapters experience the dreaded burn and melt! And only after the standard warranty expires. Now [...]
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Google Real Time Search and Tiger Woods
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Since December 7th, Google has been in the process of rolling out its real-time search feature globally on all English pages. How does this work? You search for a keyword or location and a dynamic scrolling area will appear among your search results. This area delivers relevant results will be displayed. This search is made [...]
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My “Google Me” Business Card
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Last week, I posted a poll about my new business card idea. The results: 78% surveyed liked it while 22% thought it was tacky. See below: I did think the additional text on the card were kind of unprofessional so the search for to right design continued. Also, David brought up the idea of whether [...]
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5 Reasons Why My New Sony DSC-HX1 Camera Rocks!
Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by Brian Wong.
With the birth of my youngest son Tristan, I went camera shopping to upgrade from my old Canon point-and-shoot. Price was not really an issue as I really wanted a camera that could give me the ability to capture more family magic moments more vividly. You know, the time at home, playing with my son, [...]
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Poll: My New Business Card Design
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Can you help me? I’m not sure if this new business card design is a good idea. Can you help by letting me know what you think in the poll below? A lot of business cards just end up in the trash. My idea was to make a card that actually get’s the recipient to [...]
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Facebook Marketing Case Study: Ikea
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Brian Wong.
Here’s an interesting and recent case study of a traditional brick and mortar company using social media as a new marketing medium in an innovative way. In this case, some bright spark at an ad agency designed a way for Ikea to use their existing inventory and an existing feature in Facebook – photo tagging [...]
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WordPress Tip: How To Post to Facebook Pages Instead of Profile Pages
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Brian Wong.
There are many WordPress plugins that allow you to post an update to social media sites. But when it comes to Facebook, its a little tricky. That’s because you can have a Facebook Profile page and a Facebook Public Profile page a.k.a. Facebook Fan Pages. Because your Facebook “Friends” are different from your “Fans” – [...]
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Great Fatherly Advice..
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Brian Wong.
This is a video excerpt taken from the movie “In Pursuit of Happyness” starring Wil Smith and his son Jaden Smith. I found this movie really inspiring because its based on the real life rags to riches story of Christopher Gardner in 1981. I think I enjoyed it more because I can relate to the [...]










