Connecting people and technology with design.
[Note: This entry was written for the module, CS3216]
One of the most common mistakes in any endeavour is doing more than necessary. This doesn’t sound particularly bad on the surface, but at times, overdoing something can have detrimental effects that hamper the objectives of the initial endeavour.
Two subsets of the above behaviour are redundancy and [...]
Tags: Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Ben Leong, CS3216, Evan Williams, Sand & Stars, Twitter, Wind
It’s been just over a hundred days since sgBEAT launched into public Beta, and over this time we’ve witnessed a substantial growth of our user base. I’m personally delighted that so many Singaporeans have found the service useful, as this has always been my motivation working on this project.
While watching this increase in users has [...]
I had been working with my brothers on sgBEAT these past few months, and I had avoided writing about it because we hadn’t gone into public Beta yet.
sgBEAT is essentially a microblogging platform specifically dedicated to Singaporeans, where users can share updates of their lives via the Web or SMS. Another aim of our [...]
Tags: Design, sgBEAT, Twitter, Whisk Technologies
