The Digital Edge: People Development through Simple Technologies

Full disclosure: I admit I am a technology geek and, unabashedly, a Google fanboy. I am always fiddling with my gadget of choice (my Google Nexus One phone), customising my Google Chrome browser and I constantly try to outsmart the office’s laptop and its ‘restrictions’. You may ask why do I spend valuable time and effort on activities like these?

Well, I demand technology to work for me, to get the most value out of pieces of technology I own or paid good money for. But most simple technologies are made available to me for free, so being Singaporean, free is holy. But, above all, the driving motivation for this is to increased productivity and efficiency, both for my personal and professional uses. (Particularly useful when I was studying too).

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On the Reading List

These are actual books in my reading queue..

1. Groundswell: Charlene Li & Josh Bernhoff

2. The New Language of Marketing 2.0: Sandy Carter

3. Permission Marketing (Seth Godin)

4. The One to One Future: Don Peppers & Martha Rogers

5. Planet Google: Randall Stross

6. The Search : John Batelle (another Google story book)

7. Tipping Point: Malcolm Galdwell

Question is, when can i get any reading done?

'Google' Shoes

Certainly a current obsession…can’t wait to get my hands on them…

‘Google Shoes’ by Adidas (don’t sue me)

I know, Lauren, these ‘blind’ you, haha

But they’ll make me run faster, like the Wave..

Ps. Thanks, wifey, for being a ‘sporting’ model.