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I need to see Si Pin pinned down for his blatant errors. He is the son of Lim Keng Yaik, the ex-minister in charge of Internet governance in Malaysia. He lost to Tian Chua by over 9,000 votes in the Batu parliamentary seat during the recent general election.
This is what was printed on Page 6 of theSun yesterday (April 14, 2008):
It's factually wrong for Si Pin to imply that my blog -- Screenshots -- was "only set up three years ago", or circa 2005.
And for that matter, Shahrir Samad, when he started to have a web presence as a laundryman-turned-golf-equipment supplier, he didn't have a blog. He just had a personal website. Online observers all know this.
Social-political blogging started in Malaysia on January 1, 2003 with Oon Yeoh taking the lead. I started mine one day AFTER his, on January 2, 2003. Oon is still alive to testify this.
I first started Screenshots on blogger.com, then migrated to my own server in May the same year, after visitor traffic increased tremendously.
Umno mouthpiece Berita Harian was swift to hammer me the blogger in October 2004. Blogosphere then took to a new dimension in 2006 when journalist started to blog with eyes open, and names open. After GE2008, even monkeys who used to call bloggers monkeys are now monkeying with blogs.
The rest, like they say, is history, but Si Pin is not part of it.
Just a wild thought. Perhaps, one way to make this son-of-an-ex-minister look smart is to, as soon as possible, get someone throw him a 20% shareholding in one wireless WiMAX company, and another 30% in another wireless WiMAX company, plus perhaps a business radio license to boot. Then we talk blogs.
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According to wikipedia, the first printed newspaper was available in Beijing in 700 A.D.
Perhaps, blog will be around for at least the next 1000 years even though it's a ten-year-old 'technology'.
Blogging is like a race. It doesn't matter how well you start but how well you end. I think See Pin will not know that until he starts to blog.
So, YB Jeff. Keep the blog rolling.
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April 15, 2008 09:03 AM
Jeff,
Another point of contention. There were no blogs on the internet ten years ago (1998). You may want to note that too.
Obviously See Pin needs to be corrected for his ignorance. It's time we stopped the blind from leading the masses.
SM
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April 15, 2008 09:25 AM
hi jeff
i do not think you should get too hot and bothered about what si pin said. he may have got some facts and his time frames wrong but that is about all. ok, you have corrected him as to the facts. and so that's that. i do not think he meant any affront to you personally, YB.
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April 15, 2008 09:33 AM
What about FreeMalaysia.com? That was started shortly after Anwar got his sacking in 1998. It was just short of a blog. Articles and we sent in our e-mails and mine got published almost always. It did not take the blog approach to communicating though.
But then again Jeff..why waste precious bytes on little boys who were chasing bubbles when these things happened anyway?
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April 15, 2008 10:49 AM
Jeff Ooi The YB (Yang Burung)?
Recently i found out that this jeff Ooi is really tooooooooooo much, u know why, he keep claiming how good he is in Internet world , what the hell -by setting up a blog in 2003, what so BIG jeff, i been running a online solution company in singapore for more than 9 years, a blog just a kid playing toy OK, what making u so special, just becoz in Malaysia blog is a new thing and the Barisan National government is helping you to popularise your blog by slowing down the introduction of internet broadband and the Malaysia IT exposure is less popular at that time, in singapore is already so popular and normal.
Secondly , u are abusing the blog to shoot the government which most of people like to hear so much, but hello yang burung do remember, now a day u already a burung, do not movie around again OK, do your job properly, not movieing around in the internet world again, we as a tax payer of malaysia, we have right to ensure u doing your job properly.
DO NOT wasting our tax payer money by acting in internet world, for your information my IT company got awarded spirit of enterprise in Singapore 2006, what u have claimed in your blog that u have highhit rate is rubbish for me, u know why ? 200,000 hits ?
JEFF OOI says: How did you invesnt this, Sniper?
bullshit lah are they a unique visitor ? proved it lah, bullshiting with public maybe is easy, but with me u better dun talk tooooooooooooo loud in IT world i ready and stand by watching your performance, further i see you bullshitting in the blog i will sniper u OK
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April 29, 2008 01:03 AM