Perception

Having the chance to develop and deploy a Google Wave gadget as part of a school assignment is something I’d never thought I’ll write about. I begun using Wave pretty much since it was available, but not to the extent that my daily workflow was dependent on it. It has been really convenient to discuss [...]

Tags: CSS, Google Wave, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, sgBEAT

[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
The ad-hoc lecture on ‘Grades, Scholarships and Meritocracy” was an interesting hour of discussion on the Singapore education system as well as the Civil Service. In a certain segment of the presentation, a pyramid concept was described to explain how the meritocratic system of the government is [...]

Tags: Civil Service, CS3216, Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew Effect, Outliers, Robert K. Merton

[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
The video conferencing session with Google Wave’s Pamela Fox truly underlined the excitement of taking this module. To have a core member of the Wave team review our applications and personally share with us the new attractive APIs sweetened the deal of being in this awesome class.
It [...]

Tags: Active Bots API, AJAX, Ben Leong, CS3216, Google Wave, Human-Computer Interaction, Pamela Fox