Campus on NewsRadio 93.8 hits SMU

If you were late for work today and happened to be listening in to 93.8FM between 9 am to 10 am, you might have heard some interesting stuff. There was a discussion between SMU students and a panel of guests on the motion, "How Technology Impacts Social Life"

Pretty mundane GP stuff if you ask me.

But it turned out fun. We had

A/P Kirpal Singh, Associate Professor of Literature, SMU
Mr Francis Kan, Deputy Business Editor, TODAY
Mr Lee Kwok Cheong, CEO, National Computer Systems & President, Singapore Computer Society
Mr Ted Skewes, Trainer/Consultant/CEO of WritingPlus, Australia

Quite a nice mix. The chat ranged from setting up a business to make technology more human-friendly to the issue of contraceptives and how new technologies may degrade morals.

Oh yeah and Eddie said he was a virgin on air. Sorry dude, that was too hilarious for me.

Obviously I had to add in my 2 cents.

"Hi my name is Firdaus and
i would like to comment on blogs, the point that francis kan raised.

i think the blog is the new arena for unabated, unrestrained political discussions. however i think its less that the we do not trust the current media but that the blog offers us the easiest means of publishing our views and opinions, unedited.

i think this phenomenon is a positive one as it acts as a vent for writers, individuals who hold passionate views about things. the view, opinion then matures through discussion and through the internet creates awareness among the rest of the blogosphere.

and that point on layers of identity, just to say that most blog owners do state their identities. they don't state their views and then hide behind a nick or persona. i dont think this is kind of alienation but rather a kind of growth, a kind of coming together but just in a different form."

My 2 cents.. must angkat the local blogosphere abit also la.. heh heh..