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“It’s not offensive.” That was the overwhelming response to our poll on the large poster for Abercrombie and Fitch which was recently displayed on a building in Orchard Road, Singapore’s main shopping thoroughfare. It showed a tasteful shot of a man naked to his lower torso, the rest hidden…

I’m writing this within an hour of the announcement on CNN of the death of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. He was just 56. He’d battled cancer for eight years and his resignation a month or two back suggested…

Part of my job is to attend and report on conferences related to the advertising and related industries. It often takes me around the region from to Japan to Bangladesh and I even get invites to shows in the Middle East, France, UK and USA…

It was sad to hear the news that Steve Jobs was to resign his position as CEO of Apple. Of course, we all knew of his health problems but hoped he would fully recover. I suspect as a man he wasn’t that easy to work with. One got glimpses of arrogance and certainly he didn’t mind stepping on toes when an Apple development did not meet…

At the Singapore National Day, a young female Member of Parliament was caught on the Channel 5 news camera SMSing on her smartphone instead of standing to attention and singing while the National Anthem was being played. Within hours the clip was up on the social media sites much to the embarrassment…

I have spent quite some time in the last few months conducting training or organising training for people involved in advertising and marketing. And really enjoyed interacting with the participants. It made me realise…

I have just returned from the Asian Publishers Convention in Bangkok. Next week I fly to Cambodia to initiate the building of a school though my charity Neighbours in need. The APC is a great annual event not to be missed by those in the publishing industry. Speaker after speaker touched on the changes digital media is forcing on the publishers…

I have just spent two days at the ad:tech show 2011 held in Suntec International Exhibition and Convention Centre in Singapore. Two days where ideas are explored and debated on various aspects of digital media ranging…

A report published in the The Straits Times on 30th May from a survey of Singaporeans revealed that 61% of professionals planned to job hop in the next three months. Most dread going in…

In my last outpouring in this column, I did express my concerns about the loss of privacy in the digital world and included the mobile phone in this. I am pleased to say…