About

Techgoondu.com is published by Goondu Media Pte Ltd, which is based in Singapore.

The site was originally founded by Ong Boon Kiat, Oo Gin Lee and Alfred Siew in June 2008, when the three men were all technology journalists in Singapore Press Holdings.

The “goondus” have always been 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.

Got a tip for us? Love our geeky takes, or simply can’t stand our goondu tastes in gadgets? Simply comment on the posts or drop us an e-mail.

If you are a tech firm or media relations company interested to show us your newfangled gizmos, drop us a note at contact@techgoondu.com

So, who are these goondus?

	>>Alfred Siew is currently a writer and blogger who now teaches an undergraduate course on news reporting at the National University of Singapore. Also the brains behind Singapore’s independent UNWIRED conference, 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.
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	>>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.
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	>>Aaron Tan had been a technology journalist for the last four years, specializing in enterprise technology at ZDNet Asia and The Straits Times Digital Life. He is currently involved in R&D in the information services industry.
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	>>Chan Chi-Loong is an unsettled, ever-curious nomad with a varied past: He was a technology journalist in The Straits Times Digital Life as well as CMP online trade media, worked in a technology start-up as a coder and database designer, and did Asia Pacific analyst relations / SE Asia media communications for a telco. He currently works at a social media insights firm doing business development.
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	>>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, as well as writing for the IDG family of tech trade publications. He is currently working in PR/comms at a telco.
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	>>Raymond Lau is currently pursuing a degree in Communications & New Media at NUS. He is passionate about all things digital, especially new media (as you can probably guess), and is dreaming of starting his own web enterprise someday.