Eyes & Ears On Social Media

Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2 - The Success Part

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Yesterday was SMB:Singapore 2, which was great because we had the unveiling of the first version of the logo (which was printed out on all the name tags), just under 60 people appearing, pretty good food and what I thought was a nice cozy venue at Cafe Domus.

For me, it was really good meeting people like Siok Siok and Krisandro, Rony Thomas in person, and finally getting to meet Preetam, as well as interesting conversations with Su Min, Jayden, Hun Boon and many more. I also had a kick ass time being interviewed for Geek Goddess TV together with Sheylara and Derrick. (Mic, please make me look good in post!)

As always, great meeting the (by now) usual crew of Nadia, Tech 65 guys, Yuhui, Ridz, Hisham, Supriya, Brian, Daphne, Nicole, Coleman, Claudia, Peter, Miccheng, Bernard and Shannon. I’m sure I’ve missed out people and I apologise! This crazy linking is hard work, but I like generating linklove.

If you came for SMB and we didn’t manage to connect, do drop me a comment or look for me on Twitter (@uniquefrequency) or on Facebook, and we can start a whole new conversation there! Just drop me a note so I know you’re not some random person looking to add me.

You might notice this post says “The Success Part”, more on “The Failure” part later today. Also, I’ll be putting up a post consolidating all the media coverage of SMB2, so if you have a blog post, pictures, video, audio, anything, drop me a comment so I can link you!.

And now, on to the pictures (mouseover for captions):

Ennn & Christina, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Cafe Domus decor, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Ridz, Derrick, Brian, Yuhui, Daphne, NTT, Plaktoz & Jean, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Supriya, Shannon, Sheylara & Wanlyn, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Cafe Domus\'s stairs (& my shoe!), Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Cafe Domus\'s alcohol (cranked out as early as 11:45), Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Farinelli, Nadia, Jayden & Krisandro, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Dominic blending in with Cafe Domus\'s wall, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Melvin, Sham, Peter, Daniel, Bernard, Coleman & DK, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Kelvin, Brian, NTT & Melvin, Melvin, Sham, Peter, Daniel, Bernard, Coleman & DK, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

Food at Cafe Domus, Social Media Breakfast: Singapore 2

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Unveiling The Social Media Breakfast: Singapore Logo!

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I know you guys secretly laugh at my “logo” that we’ve been using for Social Media Breakfast: Singapore so far (the picture of the airline food bun), so I approached my friend of 11 years, Shermeen, to do up a proper one. And here it is:

Now before you go “that’s just a cup”, check out the writeup from Shermeen:

The logo’s a coffee cup, with the handle and saucer forming the acronym “SMB”. It can also look like a person having a bright idea..with the face/head having 3/4 profile. I’ve opted for sketchy lines, so the logo looks professional enough, yet informal enough to be fun.

Did you see the “SMB” being formed from the handle and saucer? I certainly didn’t! I love that it’s a simple, elegant logo, yet with these intricacies behind it! Awesome.

If you’re interested, Shermeen will be posting her full thought process and inspiration behind the logo on her blog at http://inthespace.wordpress.com, it’s not up yet so the easiest way is to subscribe! Alternatively, you can contact her directly via email at shermeen.t[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

See you guys on Saturday!

Edit: Claudia suggested printing these on the nametags as well, it probably will be tight for this weekend, but you can definitely look forward to seeing that happen for SMB3!

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