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“Hazman is sharing life quotes o Facebook’s profile with Dean Ali.”
The Commented Story

Dean Ali at 11:52am November 22

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit with on a porch swing, never saying a word, and then walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

Hazman Aziz at 12:02pm November 22

Walking away might just be a temporary solution, but it does not mitigated the situation. Walking back with a peace of mind after the Shesha and Kebabs at Arab St, reminds me of the sweet memories lane that the future that we want to build as a young Singaporean bloke, living in the concreted city with a local girl. City of passion and ambitions.

Siti Suhaila Solaimih at 12:18pm November 22

ok ok… awwwwww… hehehe. “the best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch swing, never saying a word, and then walk away feeling that was the bect conversation you’ve ever had”….- NICE ONE!!. i love that.

Hazman Aziz at 12:27pm November 22

yup, agree … the precaution, we have to be awared too, Suhaila. That is why life is a reciprocity chain.

Dean Ali at 12:36pm November 22

Thanks Suhaila…
Friends are like pockets, everyone needs them

Siti Suhaila Solaimih at 1:08pm November 22

you guys just made my day with a wide smile. i love your quotes. keep on going. good day!

Hazman Aziz at 5:45pm November 22

Dean, from a birds eyes view, pockets from an isolation of island, that if we were to bring these pockets together, it form a vibrant community. A community of knowledge sharing and caring, support one another to shine and build a meaning place to live and enjoy.

Suhaila, sure no worries, we are glad that you are smiling. These words of quote are true and it comes from both our recent experiences at the office, relationships as well as at play.

We don’t mind sharing what our thoughts are. As long the idea is challenge in a positive way, and not as an individual.

Dean Ali at 4:31am November 23

We come to love not by finding a perfect person,
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Hazman Aziz at 7:03am November 23

If a person if so prefect with no attribute of negativity,
Why do we need to love him or even learning to love him?

He is as good as to be a dead corpse that is remained as a memory in mind.

:: My take on this commented feed ::

It begins of with a mircoblogging (ping.fm to all the various podcasts mash up with my knowledge concierge model). Dean is the liaison officer for L’ Hexagone French Club and blogs at http://lfca.hazmanaziz.com. Siti Suhaila is a Facebook pal, and she blogs at http://stuffwithlove.blogspot.com/.

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Recently, I have been involved in a number of New Media projects. Here , might be an article that will interest you your research.

Here is the Research Summary
Social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites, and gadgets such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture. They have so permeated young lives that it is hard to believe that less than a decade ago these technologies barely existed. Today’s youth may be coming of age and struggling for autonomy and identity as did their predecessors, but they are doing so amid new worlds for communication, friendship, play, and self-expression.

This research is by Ito, Mizuko, Heather A. Horst, Matteo Bittanti, danah boyd, Becky Herr-Stephenson, Patricia G. Lange, C.J. Pascoe, and Laura Robinson (with Sonja Baumer, Rachel Cody, Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Martínez, Dan Perkel, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp.) Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning, November 2008.

Two Distinctive Categories of Teen Engagement with Digital Media: Friendship-Driven and Interest-Driven
The researchers identified two distinctive categories of teen engagement with digital media: friendship-driven and interest-driven. While friendship-driven participation centered on “hanging out” with existing friends, interest-driven participation involved accessing online information and communities that may not be present in the local peer group. Significant findings include: –

1) There is a generation gap in how youth and adults view the value of online activity.

• Adults tend to be in the dark about what youth are doing online, and often view online activity as risky or an unproductive distraction.
• Youth understand the social value of online activity and are generally highly motivated to participate.

2) Youth are navigating complex social and technical worlds by participating online.

• Young people are learning basic social and technical skills that they need to fully participate in contemporary society.
• The social worlds that youth are negotiating have new kinds of dynamics, as online socializing is permanent, public, involves managing elaborate networks of friends and acquaintances, and is always on.

3) Young people are motivated to learn from their peers online.

• The Internet provides new kinds of public spaces for youth to interact and receive feedback from one another.
• Young people respect each other’s authority online and are more motivated to learn from each other than from adults.

4) Most youth use the Internet socially, but other learning opportunities exist.

• Youth can connect with people in different locations and of different ages who share their interests, making it possible to pursue interests that might not be popular or valued with their local peer groups.
• “Geeked-out” learning opportunities are abundant – subjects like astronomy, creative writing, and foreign languages.
• Most youth are not taking full advantage of the learning opportunities of the Internet.

How can I get this paper

1. Download a two-page overview of the study (PDF)
2. Download the 30-page white paper (PDF)
3. Read the full study on the Digital Youth Project’s website
4. MacArthur’s digital media & learning website
5. Spotlight blog for digital media & learning
6. Major New Study Shatters Stereotypes About Teens and Video Games

Does Hazman Aziz Labs, Inc. involves in any New Media Projects

Yes, currently there are 2 projects on-going in Hazman Aziz Labs, Inc.;

1. New Media Focus Group – Melayu 2.0
   Our Community, Your Stories, The Value of Knowledge
   Url: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44012463155
2. L’Hexagone French Club Alumni – Visual In The Virtual Community
   Adopting The New Media To Outreach The Community In Singapore – French Cultural
   Url: http://lfca.hazmanaziz.com

What is the main roles in this project

Specifically for New Media Focus Group – Melayu 2.0, I am tasked to bring the pocket of community to a point and create the hype of the interest topic, using a basic framework :

Awareness >> Knowledge >> Experimentation >> Immersion

While for L’Hexagone French Club Alumni’s, new media technology adopted from the open source communty with be introduced and implemented in here.

For more intromation, you can drop us an email.

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Mendaki has organised an interesting dialogue session for youths actively involved in the New Media arena in the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore. The session will be chaired by MP Mr Zaqy Mohamad. MP Dr. Fatimah Lateef, MP Dr. Md. Faishal Ibrahim & also Mr Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad (Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Home Affairs) attended the dialogue session. I was invited by the extended welcome of a new friend, Hazrul Azhar Jamari, who blogs at TypeCanvas Mag.

This was my first time upfront with the Malay communities leaders (politicians) to discuss bout New Media arena  and how organisation such as Mendaki is able to deliver a media education on the social impact (or implication) in the Singapore ’s region.

In the session, we discussed:

1. The New Media Landscape
2. Opportunities for Malay/Muslim community to embrace new media to gain knowledge in social knowledge issues, such as family matters, social issues & cultural advocacy
3. Where are these people in the social sphere actually, the virtual community
4. The relevance channels for media literacy

My take:
This time, my presence towards local scene (the Malay community) really impressed me with the guys’ passion and contributions towards the new media and selling away their creative passion. They really pushed their limits to the sky with the passion zeal in them and sharing their ideas to contribute the social knowledge networks. Their main forecast is promoting the Malay/Muslim advocacy in a numbers of way using New Media channel.

Usually, I have been interacting with the information professional from the academia scene. Now, the experience is difference as the focus switch to the heartlands and the grassroots leaders – the Member of Parliament (Malay community)

A lot of stuffs, I learn from both side.

Who has joined me in this session?

Dean Ali has joined me in this session, representing L’Hexagone French Club Alumni (LFCA). And, Imam Kautsar has joined me, representing Prima Consultants Group. Both LFCA and Prima are using the platform development by Hazman Aziz Labs. The platform is built using an info-conceirge model to target the right community for each business operation, align to the technology use in a strategic way.

How can new media address this issue?

We have the technology, but it is the content. The content is the problem. What are we supposed to do? Ponder, ponder ponder.

And, here are their works too …

1. Hazrul Jamari – http://mag.typecanvas.com
2. Dr. Fatimah Lateef – http://www.p65.sg/
3. Hazman Aziz – http://hazmanaziz.com
4. Dean Ali – http://lfca.hazmanaziz.com
5. Mr Zaqy Mohamad – http://www.p65.sg/
6. Fadzuli Wahab – http://www.fadzuli.com
7. Mr Masagos Zulkifi
8. Nurhafidz Nor – http://www.hafihz.com
9. Zakaria Zainal – http://enquirer.sg
10. Imam Kaustar – http://prima-consultant.com/
11. Shahib Amin – http://dyntv.com

Please visit us at Facebook too:

1. Facebook Group - This is a group of New Media Experts, Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Researchers, Practitioners and Students. Not your average Melayu.comThe group exists as a platform for discussion, advocacy and action to uplift, improve, and perhaps solve Singapore Malay issues using New Media.
2. Facebook Page - Update soon.

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November 4, 2008 will mark a new era for technology and election. A recent study covered on Chronicle of Higher Education recently described that social-networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube, has changed the way people access and share political information. One remarkable example is on the US election this year as we have been following and observing “How Barack Obama running his presidential election for the race to White House”.

“Online social networking is playing a major role in a presidential election for the first time this campaign, Mr. Haridakis said in an interview, and without any quantitative research so far it’s possible that the effect of social networking on voter activism may be overstated. Although many Web users may have read a news article posted by a friend, for example, fewer may have gone so far as to post their own content. “It might mean they’re just getting more information, not more empowerment,” he said.

A recent poll of college students in four battleground states that was conducted by The Chronicle, CBS News, and UWIRE, found that a relatively small portion of undergraduates were becoming online activists. Sixty-eight percent of respondents said they have watched a YouTube clip about a candidate, but only 2 percent said they had posted a political video on the site. Similarly, 65 percent have visited a candidate’s Web page, but only 28 percent have forwarded an e-mail message or commentary about a candidate to a friend or family member.”

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

Below are a number of reports that NTU Business Library has in her digital collection for the NTU community. Please note that you might not able to access this resource directly. You must access the below resources via NTU Library Database page and search for the articles mentioned.

Jupiter Research (url)

Political Communication: Mobilizing Online Voters
By Barry Parr
News & Information
February 25, 2008 – Concept Report
The 2008 presidential primary season is now in full swing, and later in the year, the parties’ chosen candidates will face off for the presidency. Online media are key elements in all the presidential campaigns, but everyone is still trying to understand how to use them….

Site and Network Navigation: Trends Force New Paradigm
David Card
Online Media & Programming
December 28, 2007 – Vision Report
Even in the user-driven, on-demand, search-facilitated environment of Internet media, content programmers can steer their audiences. But, in the Web 2.0 world, that task is more like herding cats than sheep….

Blogging: A Growing Medium for Information Distribution
Andrea Wood
Advertising & Branding
March 8, 2005 – Concept Report
Since the 2004 US Presidential Election, weblogs have exploded in popularity. Prior to this event, six percent of the online adult population read weblogs, while two percent created and maintained a weblog….

Government: Benchmarking the Industry Online
Robert Rakowitz
Online Media & Programming
August 22, 2001 – Vision Report
Government Web sites show a propensity toward learning from private-sector Web site strategies and adopting them as their own. In 2000, Jupiter found that most government Web sites lacked a clear strategy; often, each department within a given Web site had its own navigation schemes and offerings. Now, gover…

Garner.com (url)

Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008
1 August 2008 | Pages: 48
The Social Software Hype Cycle highlights the most important technologies that support rich social interactions. Use our assessment of their business relevance and maturity to guide your investment decisions.

Related Topics: Emerging Technologies; Social Software

Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2008
9 July 2008 | Pages: 38
Technologies and trends at or approaching the Hype Cycle peak include green IT, cloud computing and social networking platforms. Corporate use of virtual worlds and Web 2.0 are slipping into the Trough of Disillusionment, while SOA begins its ascent of the Slope of Enlightenment.

Related Topics: Emerging Technologies; Emerging Technology Management

Web 2.0 Applications: From the People to the People
29 October 2008

Web 2.0 in Government: Blessing or Curse?
30 November 2007

A Business Librarian’s Takes

Personally, I have been observing and following Obama’s election and comparing to the previous election in 2004. The previous election racing, the main highlights the presidential rally. But, this time around, the race has brought into the virtual platform, into the social sites. The impact of outreach and viral voices give both candidates a new breadth to restrategise their race to the White House. On the other hand, we can roughly observe the supporters (fans) of each candidate, the figures, the demographics and also as far into their creativity and initiative just to give their support to their favourite candidate. Election has now become transparency and the power of information access is now accessibility. A couple of questions that bring the ponders to my mind:

• Do these politicians have become some sort of celebrities?
• What is the sustainability of the technology used by these politicians could prolong?
• What is the aftermath when the politician has achieved their seats?
• How much does these cost to do such things and what is the return of investment – a seat at the White House?

Well, let’s check if there is any availability of book in the NTU Business Library’s Catalogue:

Inside the future : surviving the technology revolution
Author: Lucas, Henry C.
Call number: HC79.I55L933N
Copy Material: 1
Location: Book Library 2, Open shelf books

Trends in Malaysia : election assessment
Zakaria Haji Ahmad, 1947-
Call number: DS520.5.T794 NO.2000-1
Copy Material: 1
Location: Book Library 2, Open shelf books

If you need more resources, please drop an email to Hazman Aziz. This is a cross posting from NTU Business Library’s Blog.

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A couple of things that I need to touch up on this paper. A number of us are still wondering if Wikipedia is one of the relevant source for university students to use it as a reference. While, there is a number of academic librarians are against of using Wikipedia. Wikipedia, not Wikis. They are two difference means.

• Wikipedia:

Wikipedia (IPA: or () is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the web site.

• Wiki:

A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively.

Hence, I have decided to take a mini study on this with my friends, Cheng Kian Hong and Yew Kia Liang, Daniel. Both are my postgraduate mates doing in Master of Information Science. Kian Hong is my colleague, from Acquisition Division and Daniel is lecturer from Institute of Technical Education, Singapore.

Abstract:
The discussion in this term paper is compiled from a survey conducted to introduce one of the Internet Communities’ tools to a pool of technical students taking basic Information Technology module in one of the local institute of technology education centre. The main objective of this paper is to identify user interaction issues and to measure the level of initial acceptance, such as perceived usefulness and ease of use for the target users. A total of 40 participants have taken part and also shared their views with regards on their diversity background (including education and interest level) towards the usage of Wikipedia. Using the initial components of Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989) (external variables), and survey instrumental approaches, data were captured and studied. The results show that, even Wikipedia is known as one of the fastest interesting tool in the Internet Communities, there is still room of improvements for the Wikipedia’s practitioners to consider when building, maintaining or contributing information (articles) to the site. Interest, and perception were identified to have the strong measurement capabilities in the acceptance model, whereas

Discussion on User Interaction Issues in Wikipedia

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