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Ethan Zuckerman: Listening To Global Voices

I love watching videos from Ted.com, it always inspires me. Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices | Video on TED.com As I have spent last year testing out the theory of creating niche networks and subgroups. I always thought it was an inevitable and positive direction. This lecture has pointed out that it is also increasing our ignorance towards other cultures and ideas. Being a xenophile, I've always liked that I have one foot in traditional asian ideals and one in modern western mentality. I see myself as the 'Bridge figure' that Ethan refers to. One from two worlds and endowed with the translating ability between worlds, in my case, at least five worlds. " Language is the access key to knowledge" this quote rings true for me as I know that after learning Mandarin and its writing, you understand how it shapes culture, how it sets the foundation for interaction between humans. I think Ethan makes a very good point that we're all generating this ...

Mobile Coupons

With the new Iphone apps and the world of portable technology coming up, I wondered how could I bend this little channel/platform to my advantage. Seeing that mobile coupons are not something new, and the advent of the Smartphones have taken hold of daily life, Can CLUMFF get a hold of the shares before it plummets into outdated-ness. Here's an interesting article I just read. http://gigaom.com/2010/03/12/are-mobile-coupons-finally-ready-for-prime-time/ I've also just downloaded mobiQpon and Sherpa coupons and a few others  ( http://www.mobilecoupons ) that I shall test out in this week, to learn how they currently work and also as a benchmark for the CLUMFF app to work towards. I will report my findings in a weeks time, giving a day to each discount app to get a feel for their system. Ideally I hope to achieve the interactivity of the Foursquare app, the addictiveness of Ebay and the communal support of traffic tracker app.