I have a slightly obsessive relationship with background music while working. I like to match beats to brainwaves.
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FOMO Friendly Fire
It was supposed to be a casual meet up but we ended up poisoning each other.
Last Sunday, three friends (me included) wandered into a digital mall in PJ, armed with credit cards and lethal doses of persuasive skills. You see, when marketing folks shop together, we don’t just encourage each other– we deploy the same psychological tactics we typically reserve for work.
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“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
I wish I could claim that nugget of wisdom as my own, but unfortunately, some Harvard Business School professor beat me to it decades ago.
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Scrolling through my phone, I nearly choked on my kueh kapit when I stumbled upon the latest tech drama. DeepSeek’s R1 model had apparently crashed the AI party like an uncle showing up to your wedding with a portable karaoke machine.
Continue reading “Deeply seeking intelligence”Foolproof Food-Finding Formula (Almost)
Not being a local food connoisseur of the Pulau Tikus market, I relied on my trusty Foolproof Food-Finding Formula to sniff out the best eats.
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Let’s be real: interstate family reunions are magical but the journey to get there? Not so much.
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