Interviews

Xiaxue, Blogger: Wendy Cheng

Sometimes, big things happens to us out of the blue whilst we’re doing something as mundane as writing an online diary for the watchful eyes of a few friends.Next thing you know 10,000 strangers log on to read your daily musings and your face is splashed across newspapers across Asia.Meet 21 year old Wendy Cheng, winner of Asia Blog 2005 and Singapore’s own online Superpower. Love her or hate her, you just can’t avoid her. She can be the nice little girl next door, but step on her pedicured toes and you might just end up as toast on her next blog entry. more »

Be an Ebay Powerseller

UNDER THE EBAY HAMMER: There must be something good with eBay if over 400,000 people around the world have chucked in their dayjobs to do it full time.So just how do you make a living out of eBay? Put the words ‘Internet’ and ‘Auction’ together and the first and only name that comes up is eBay. For whilst most dot coms went dot bomb, eBay has consistently racked up billion dollar sales and become the darling of what a successful, global Internet company should be. more »

Nickson Fong: Animation Maestro

ENTER THE GECKO: For the most of us, the closest we’ll ever get involved in Hollywood style special effects is by renting a film like ‘The Matrix’.For the chosen few, however, the closest they get is actually making the special effects in films like ‘The Matrix’. more »

R. Ian Lloyd: Photographer

He has made a name for himself shooting for National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Business Week and with over 30 books to his name.This Singapore based Canadian has also built one of the most successful Stock Photography firms in Singapore (with Bill Gates’ Corbis being another one).We chat with him on how a newbie can shoot for National Geographic and where his more exotic travels has taken him. more »

Alex Ow: Wizards of Light Photographer

Young, daring, talented and entrepreneurial. That’s just the tip of the iceberg to describe this photo-wiz who has achieved so much in a short space of time.And that makes him our Digital Hero for this month. Read on... more »