Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian

Personal rules for managing 'noise' during crisis situations

NOTICE: This commentary mentions the H1N1 outbreak but it is not an update of the crisis per se. You should treat this post as potential 'noise' by default.First, let me say there's a Charity Fun Day...

QQ*librarian shares her "What is Britannica?" story

Here's the lastest QQ*librarian story from her real-life front-desk experience:She claimed she has tried Google, Wikipedia and everything (yes, Google and Wikipedia is equivalent to everything to...

Twitter Telepathy: Researchers Turn Thoughts Into Tweets

[Reposted from sgLEAD]From Wired, 20 Apr 09 (the article explains why Twitter works better than trying to get patients to email):Early on the afternoon of April 1, Adam Wilson posted a message to...

Creative Commons License

[Updated: 1 Mar 09]Unless otherwise stated, this work by Ivan Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Singapore License.AS LONG AS YOU ATTRIBUTE MY WORK TO ME (Ivan Chew,...

Thoughts about Creative Commons (CC) and CC adoption in Singapore

An NUS student, Jackson Tan (referred to me by Giorgos), is collecting information about Creative Commons (CC) adoption in Singapore. Specifically, he's writing an article on the different factors...

One Singapore librarian's quest to raise $200,000 for The Spastic Children's Association (part 2)

[From Part 1]I plan to travel 200km over 3 days (21-23 Apr09) within Singapore on a battery powered wheelchair, covering places like East Coast Park, MacRitchie Nature Reserves, Orchard, Shenton Way,...

One Singapore librarian's quest to raise $200,000 for The Spastic Children's Association (part 1)

Arrgh. I'm sorry I didn't post this earlier.A few months ago, my librarian colleague, Mr. Dennis Kweh, hatched the idea of raising funds for the Singapore Spastic Children's Association...

CNA article: Bloggers, moderators can help ease public fears in crises

From Channelnewsasia (18 Apr 09):SINGAPORE: The Internet has made possible the rapid spread of fear in a crisis, said Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng.But he said...

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

Watching this segment of Britain's Got Talent made me realise how we've been raised to unconsciously accept that beauty is a requisite for talent.Regrettably I'm no exception, as I realised after...

"THE GREAT REPRICING: What The Current Crisis Represents"

A friend pointed me to this insightful speech by Minister George Yeo. His commentary and views of what the current global financial/ economic crisis mean for governments, economies, politics, China,...