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We are a bunch of technology journalists and ex-journalists from Singapore who share a common love for all things geeky and digital, from cellphones to graphics cards to games. Together, we’ve had decades of experience covering news and reviews from the early 1990s.

Why are we blogging? Simply to discuss tech issues that are often not mainstream but pique the interest of tech users nonetheless. We hope you will enjoy the very Singaporean flavour we bring to our stories here.

All of us have day jobs in addition to running this, but we will endeavour to update the site as often as we can. Please feel free to drop us a line anytime — we love feedback.

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The three mad geeks

>>Alfred Siew is currently a specialist writer and media consultant. He was previously the Technology Correspondent for the The Straits Times newspaper in Singapore and had covered the beat for a decade. Areas that pique his interest include broadband/telecoms, wireless, high-def TV, handheld gizmos, games, hardcore PC components, and recently, hi-fi as well.

>>Ong Boon Kiat is an ex-Apple Newton crazy and now a Business Times technology scribe. The ex-Computer Times, ex-CNET, ex-Questex, ex-CMP writer has been just about everywhere in tech publishing. He has also been a 3D digital animator, traveled with National Geographic, and worked in IT in past lives. The audiophile has just completed the arduous chore of re-ripping all his CDs into uncompressed format. Gah!

>>Oo Gin Lee , an ex-lawyer-turned-journalist, has extensive experience covering technology since the 1990s. He is now with The Straits Times’ Digital Life magazine’s desk. He really just wants to do nothing but play games all day but his BMI of 34 and need to feed his family make work an absolute necessity.

Fellow crazy geeks

>>Aaron Tan had been a technology journalist for the last four years, specialising in business technology. In his most recent role, he was a Senior Journalist at CNET Networks based in Singapore. He has contributed stories to ZDNet Asia and BusinessMobile Asia on a broad range of business technology areas including enterprise software, communications and security. He’s currently pursuing an MLIS at Syracuse University.

>>Roland Lim, aka limbeer, is a former business and technology hack at The Business Times who’s now based in Hong Kong and loves to come back for more good beers with fellow goondus. Past lives include a stint at IDC as an analyst. He is currently working as PR/comms for a telco.

>>Chan Chi-Loong is an unsettled nomad with a varied past: he was a technology journalist in The Straits Times Digital Life as well as CMP trade media, worked in a technology start-up, and until very recently worked as AR/PR for a telco. Currently freelancing as a writer, the avid MMOG geek is constantly looking for good games to play.

>>Stephanie Gwee now studies at the Singapore Management University, and contributes to Digital Life in The Straits Times. She was an intern in the newspaper.

>>Edvarcl Heng is absolutely loony over bites, bytes and the big, bad Web. A food reporter turned senior writer and video host at CNET Networks, he’s now a product manager at a localized search engine while still writing on occasion for The Straits Times and hosting a video or two.