Photos from Social Mixer V39.0

Whilst I'm at it, here's the photos from Web Wednesday Social Mixer V39.0.

Photos from Social Mixer V41.0

Don't be shy, you were there. Come spot yourself at the last Web Wednesday Social Mixer (V41.0).



Also available on Facebook and our Flickr Group (flickr.com/groups/webwednesday.

Real-Time Journalism - Social Mixer V41.0 (Oct 27)

Calling all Hong Kong Digerati!

As Typhoon Megi bypasses Hong Kong and denies us a day off, time to plan for another social mixer where you get to meet the crème de la crème of Hong Kong's internet community.

This month's gathering (Web Wednesday HK V41.0) will take place on Wednesday 27th October and we'll be talking about "the effects of the real-time web on journalism". Let us know you're coming by signing up on Facebook or on this blog.

Our guest speaker is Kevin Drew, editor/correspondent for The New York Times’ global editions, based in Hong Kong and working on the Times' Continuous News Desk, where he focuses on breaking news for the Web sites and newspapers.

The event will kick off at 6:30pm and wind up around 9:30pm, with the interview starting at 7:15pm at Volar Bar & Club, Basement, 38-44 D'Aguilar Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central, Hong Kong.

As per usual, there's a HK$100 entrance fee, including one complimentary drink and the chance to win incredibly slinky lucky draw prizes sponsored by Dejavu Lingerie, a local Hong Kong start-up set up by two regular Web Wednesday guests, who happen to be ex-models (yes, we attract all types, not just geeks!).

Our lovely assistant, Vivian, will issue receipts if you need one. (For students, you can get in for HK$50 without free booze). Thereafter, all standard drinks will be charged at special happy hour prices. 10% of entrance fees will be donated to Oxfam Hong Kong.

Looking forward to seeing old faces and meeting many more new ones!

Jakarta Tweet-Up: Inspiring!

Thanks to Marcel Ekkel (Twitter.com/marcelekkel) who introduced me to Della Wijaya (twitter.com/della_w), the community manager of Yahoo! Koprol, I met an inspiring group of Indonesian digerati at a Tweet-Up in Jakarta last night. With a witty twinkle in her eye, Della set up the hashtag for the event, "#BiggsTU"! See the related tweets (and some photos) here.

As my Flip was at hand, I thought it'd be fitting to quickly introduce everyone. So here they are in full glory (slightly pixelated by the video transfer):



You can follow some of them on Twitter, which has taken Indonesia by storm. Now it is the third largest community on Twitter after the US and Japan.

@della_w, @NicoAlyus, @FarahMangun, @nilatanzil, @AdityaSani, @pitra, @alderina, @wiwikwae, @aulia, @thomasarie, @aulia and @auliamasna.

Communication Shutdown Revealed

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Facebook fatique? Come Shutdown!

Something mysterious is afoot. And it happening on October 1st. No. it's not the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China...it's to do with addiction... [Correction: I've been fooled, it's actually happening on November 1st. Keep your eyes peeled!]




Visit Communications Shutdown on the web, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Pumping soundtrack by star DJ David Guetta.

Magic - Web Wednesday hits 40!

Web Wednesday has hit 40 (months old)! To celebrate, we will have the funniest magician in Hong Kong, Andy Comic (andycomic.com), wooing the audience with his bilingual, impromptu show at our next social mixer on Thursday 16th September. [Yes, Web Wednesday is in denial but we couldn't afford the red sports car so thought that magic would fit in nicely with the topic of "The Dark Art of Search". Besides, Andy tells me that when he's not doing magic, he's programming PHP!]