Podcamp Singapore v2.0 – Melvin Yuan

At SMU now. We’re starting!

Melvin Yuan

• Speeches no longer one sided – “welcome to the world of social media. It’s all about Conversations.”
• social media only impacted Singapore in 2008
• previously talking about “new media” early days
• 2007 – beginnings of discussion on social media
• 2008 – impact of social media
• What’s ahead for 2009? Melvin’s take
  • 80% web services going to face pressure to bring in revenue
  • Poorly run services will die off
  • Good web services will remain
  • more collaboration between agencies – sharing of information
• Social media in Singapore has changed our lives in 2008
  • Doors have opened, thru blogs secured jobs, thru social networks
• Social Media – The Good, The Bad and the “Boh Liao”
  • The Good
    • Friendships
    • Empowerment – new channels
    • Collaboration
  • The Bad
    • Loss of privacy
    • Inability of knowing the dangers of being online
  • The Boh Liao
    • Should I continue Plurking? Stay online to raise karma
    • Pressure to keep existing online – just because we need to
    • Preston Fosback (?spelling?) ustream obama sign – in few days 40,000 users 24/7 surveillance

There’s alot more to social media than we now realise. What are we going to do with social media in 2009?