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The reason to focus on simplicity

• Posted by Tengku Zahasman on March 12th, 2008 filed in Ramblings, Web2.0, Strategy


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… because the big players did it and it worked better than the other smaller players who built complicated bulky apps …

Thanks to StuffThatHappens for the illustration and to FunkyKaraoke for sharing it!

Malaysian politics and Web 2.0 campaign

• Posted by Tengku Zahasman on March 7th, 2008 filed in Viral Marketing, Web2.0


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Well, I’m no fan of local politics, but a post in Profy today caught my eye.

Seems like this 89-years-old gradma turned to the Internet to reach voters in her political campaign as a free candidate for the coming election day (oh wait… it’s tommorrow ). Not only does she has her own campaign blog, she also makes use of Youtube channels, Picasa photo album, and even created a Facebook group to reach out for supporters.

Telling by her age (and the way she gives that “blank stare” into the LCD ), I’m sure someone else is maintaining those online campaign stuffs for her. But I don’t care if she’s gonna nail the election or not (considering her age and background, and what was the name of her party again?), she’s definitely one step ahead than most other candidates out there who still relies solely on traditional street-side posters and a few talks to attract voters. This grandma records herself and posts her videos into Youtube. She pose for pictures and uploaded them to Picasa. She fully utilizes Web 2.0 to do her viral marketing campaign.

You rock grandma!