http://thetributum.com a panegyric on the simple pleasures of life Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:14:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I received a text message from the hall's web team vice-head today demanding for an updated status of the web site. Tech-savvy folks understand that the crux of web design lies not on the aesthetics alone. A good user experience comprises more of than the usual eye-candy; information architecture, for instance, ... http://thetributum.com/2008/12/29/fundamentals/ Over the pre-Christmas weekend, I took a short break at Kuala Lumpur (KL) with two of my friends. It was a mistake, though a minor one, to travel in threes and I should have known better because to be left constantly out of the pack while the duo engaged in ... http://thetributum.com/2008/12/22/mortal-interventions/ While on our way back from the web meeting, I was bewailing on the strong political movements that exist within the walls of Temasek Hall. While I'm not new to politics -- work in the SAF camps and my short stint in KPMG had given me quite an insight -- ... http://thetributum.com/2008/11/01/inequalities/ A reason why I'm not a fan of project meetings is because precious time is so often spent wasting on group brainstorming sessions instead of idea pitching or sharing. Yesterday's meeting was a classical example of such a sin committed; three hours spent watching members staring at each other while I ... http://thetributum.com/2008/10/31/i-heart-meetings-not/ As the entire campus shifts towards the semester's crunch period, your project members naturally display signs of dissatisfaction they have for you. My project members (not all) do that. I have spent three hours brainstorming on ideas which were not taken into consideration. No hard feelings about that. But it does ... http://thetributum.com/2008/10/30/belittling-mates/ For the past weekend, I find myself in the company of friends who I did not have the chance to meet up with. These meet ups always ended up as a time to present one another with individual results slips of sorts. We compared. The comparison was on how I was faring ... http://thetributum.com/2008/10/24/seasonal-comparison-and-seasonal-friends/ Several weeks ago, I made the shift to stay on campus. I'm back to being a Temasekian. Communal living isn't new; there's just a few adjustments that I need to get used to. For one, being housed on level one has its pros and cons. Unlike the other residents who get ... http://thetributum.com/2008/10/16/e-triple-one/ You know when you stopped blogging for a while, the next time you open up your firefox browser, the feeling is always marked with some form of trepidation. And this is somewhat true when your media writing tutor confirms one of your greatest fears; assignments came back with a huge ... http://thetributum.com/2008/10/14/bad-grammar-hampers-writing/ It hits with a hard clank on the ground, the black well-tarred road to be precise. I wasn't at all lethargic, but I lost the grip on the leather strap anyways. There were scratches at its corners. Some were minor, but there's this glaring one that pierced through my heart whenever ... http://thetributum.com/2008/09/15/hit-the-ground/ I'm getting better now. Definitely not an easy feat to ride through storms, especially when they come directly for you one after another. I had a conversation with Jasper some days ago when I casually mentioned that this blog had been appearing to have more melancholic entries than euphoric ones. Just like ... http://thetributum.com/2008/09/07/moving-on/