the(new)mediaslut

It is very interesting to learn a thing or two about mob mentality from World of Warcraft.

themediasult was being ganked looking for some Yeti fur.

Upon rezzing, themediaslut asked a guild mate to gank the Horde members who were still camping around themediaslut’s body.

A level 60 guild member decided to help us.

In that short 15mins, the whole guild came and we were attacking Tauren Mill at Southshore.

Soon, it turned into a 15 man raid party.

The guild vs Horde battle lasted 3 hours.

Just as the herd appear, when one of member left.. the whole team soon disbanded in five minutes.

Finalists announced for the MediaConnect Asia Technology Journalists Awards sponsored by Vignette
 

MediaConnect Asia launched these awards several months ago, and they have been very well received by the publishing and journalist communities with entries flooding in leading up to the deadline.

The recent addition of Vignette as the major sponsor of the event has also ensured the success of the awards and demonstrated Vignette’s commitment to recognizing editorial excellence.

Following the submission of about 100 nominations for the inaugural Asia Technology Journalist Awards, finalists in the 8 categories have been decided.

The preliminary judging panel – Jeremy Torr, former editor for PCMag Singapore and KrisFlyer, Darren Ellis, former editor for PCMag Singapore, Adrian Lee, former editor of MediaMind and former marketing manager at MSN, Glen Myles, managing director for MediaConnect Asia and Aaron Koh, editor for MediaConnect Asia - made their final choices after a marathon six-hour stint of judging.

All finalists will receive a ticket to the event.

Other tickets to the event will be on sale soon and for more information please contact glen@mediaconnectasia.com

Finalists for the Best Tech Media Website (in alphabetical order)

a. CNET Asia (Asia.cnet.com), Singapore
b. Computerworld Hong Kong (www.cwhk.com), Hong Kong
c. TechPlanet Asia (www.techplanetasia.com), Singapore
d. The Bangkok Post (www.bangkokpost.net), Thailand
e. SMBEdge (www.smbedg.com), Singapore
f. ZDNET Asia (www.zdnetasia.com), Singapore

Finalists for the Publication Awards (in alphabetical order)

Best Consumer Technology Title

a. Digital Life
b. PC.com Malaysia
c. PC Magazine Singapore
d. PhotoVideoi
e. Stuff Singapore
f. South China Morning Post - Tech Section

Note: Darren Ellis did not judge this category because nominated issues from PC Magazine Singapore were all edited by Ellis during his tenure at PC Magazine Singapore.

Best Business Technology Title

a. CIO Asia
b. Computerworld Hong Kong
c. Computerworld Singapore
d. MIS Asia
e. South China Morning Post - Technology Section
f. The Business Times, BizIT

Best Technology Industry Title

a. Digital Life
b. HardwareMag Malaysia
c. HardwareMag Singapore
d. MIS Tech
e. South China Morning Post - Technology Section

Finalists for the Best Journalists Awards (in alphabetical order)

The Best Technology Industry Journalist

a. Amit Roy Choudhury, for The Business Times, BizIT, Singapore
b. Don Sambandaraksa, for The Bangkok Post, Thailand
c. Eileen Yu, for ZDNET Asia, Singapore
d. Grace Chng, for Digital Life, Singapore
e. Jennifer Tan, for Reuters, Singapore
f. Raj Chotrani, for Asian Mobile News, Singapore

The Best Business Technology Journalist

a. Bien Perez, for South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
b. Geoff Leong, for Enterprise Networks Asia, Hong Kong
c. Gerald Wee, for CIO Asia, Singapore
d. Irene Tham, for MIS Asia, Singapore
e. Stefan Hammond, for Computerworld Hong Kong, Hong Kong
f. Stuart Biggs, for South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

a. Darius Chang, for CNET Asia, Singapore
b. Farihan Bahrin, for Tech3C, Singapore
c. John Nieves, for Gadgets Magazine, Phillippines
d. Justin Ong, for Hardwarezone.com, Singapore
e. Phillip Wong, for CNET Asia, Singapore

The Best Gaming Journalist

a. Alexander Villafania, for INQ7, Phillippines
b. Blake Hoo, GameAxis Malaysia, Malaysia
c. Jaczie Lo, GameAxis.com, Phillippines
d. Leung Wai-Leng, for Digital Life, Singapore

As expected, STOMP made the front page news of The Straits Times today.

However, Aaron Koh, for ITJourno Asia, wrote an interesting headline that might change the landscape between the Singapore blogging community and the local mainstream media.

Headline: The Straits Times editor says: Its time to accept blogs and be part of the phenomenon

Why did Koh write that?

Because Koh quoted Han Fook Kwang, editor for The Straits Times, to say “I don’t blog and I don’t rule out blogging in the future.”

“My children blog and it’s a new phenomenon,” said Han.

“We have to accept to it, get use to it and be part of it.”

For rest of the story, you would have to visit www.itjournoasia.com , but access is only allowed via subscription only.

themediaslut wonders if this is the new peace between the Singapore blogging community and the local mainstream media.

Other blogs that posted entries on STOMP:

http://mooiness.com/2006/06/14/stomp-star-blog/
http://www.justinlee.name/2006/06/15/straits-times-stompcomsg-launches-a-short-review/
http://www.jeffooi.com/2006/06/web20_both_sides_of_the_causew.php
http://miyagi.sg/?p=1129
http://www.adrianlee.info/2006/06/15/rant-stomp-is-kinda-lame/

themediaslut was at the launch of STOMP.com.sg today.

STOMP stands for Straits Times Online Media and Print.

You will most likely see this photo tomorrow as Han Fook Kwang, editor for The Straits Times, and Jennifer Lewis, cross media editor for STOMP, launches the site with the Astra Opel behind as one of the prizes for a lucky draw at the site.

 

Flanking the car are STOMP’s star bloggers,  Dawn Yang, MTV twins May and Choy, SPH’s Nick Fang and Ju Len.

 

 

 

The followin photo may not be fit for print in The Straits Times though…

 

Before the photoshoot, there was a press conference on the launch of STOMP.com.sg.

 

Jennifer Lewis, cross media editor for STOMP, introducin the site.

The Star Bloggers for STOMP

 

 

themediaslut knows some readers out there have a thing for Dawn Yang

 

MTV Twins Choy and May being interviewed

themediaslut was playing with Google’s blog search when themediaslut came across this link.

http://technoadoption.typepad.com/english/2006/04/the_killer_appl.html

Compare this with what themediaslut wrote earlier –> http://themediaslut.com/2006/04/326

So who copied who?
From "Lisa’s"  blog, the entry is about 3G in Europe and yet there is mention of Starhub and Singtel.. geez… 

Also if you do a search on that entry, you can find the classic themediaslut third person approach to posting the entries.

At least, if you want to cut and paste from other blogs, give them some credit and link it back to the original site.