Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen
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Ideal bedtime reading for IT pros: Safari Books Online

I've recently discovered that Safari Books Online is a great way to keep myself up-to-date on the ever-changing world of IT. For US$60 a month, you get over 20,000 books online, covering the latest programming tools and languages, the newest software packages, and even useful books on soft skills such as:

Savvy: Dealing with People, Power and Politics at Work
Why.....

3 weeks ago in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

Microsoft Excel is my best helper

Over the years no other software tool has helped my daily work as much as Microsoft Excel. I don't use Excel for financial work, but rather I use it for all kinds of computing tasks:

It's very handy for doing network bandwidth computation. When you have the right fomulae set up, just type in the numbers and get the results instantly.

Often,.....

March 1st, 2012 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen 1 Comment

Cloudy forecast for 2012

January 2012 has proven to be an exciting month of new product launches at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and elsewhere around the world. As I tested these new products in the past month, I realized many of the new gadgets had one thing in common--they are meant to work with cloud computing:

Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note: These are.....

January 31st, 2012 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

More Asian ideas, startups needed

Two weeks ago, I had the honor to represent Singapore at the Asia-Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards. The event showcased the best ICT products created by Asians for Asians, as we celebrated the most innovative ideas and startups across the region.

My team's product, exCite TV, earned a "Special Mention" commendation at the event. exCite TV is uniquely Asian because.....

November 28th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen 1 Comment

My first impression of the iPhone 4S

Last week I received the iPhone 4S that I pre-ordered from the Apple Web site and started using it as my work phone. Here's my first impression of the iPhone 4S:
The iPhone 4S looks and feels very similar to my old iPhone 4. Some screens load slightly faster, due to the faster dual-core CPU in the new phone.
I'm glad Apple.....

October 24th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

Lessons learnt on driving innovation

I have been a member of my company's innovation unit for over two years now, helping to create various cutting-edge products. I've learnt that innovation is hard work and the chances of creating a successful product are very slim, but I feel that with the right process and the right people, the innovation team can produce significant results for the.....

September 10th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

Have you set up 'Find My iPhone/iPad' yet?

I have heard too many horror stories about my coworkers and friends losing their iPhones and iPads.

There's an easy solution for that--just set up "Find My iPhone/iPad" on your device. It lets you track down the location of your device and send a popup message to the device with a loud alert tone. If your device contains sensitive data,.....

August 13th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

Using SMS for your corporate events

SMS is a useful tool for engaging audiences in conferences and other corporate events. I have been running SMS activities in my company events for the past 10 years:

SMS Registration and Check-In: Send an SMS to sign up for events and report your attendance

SMS Q&A: Send a question or idea via SMS.

SMS Polling: Poll the audience for their opinions.....

July 30th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

First impression of Samsung Galaxy S II

For the past week I have been using the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone as my main Android phone, switching over from Samsung Nexus S. Based on my first week's experience with the phone, here's what I like about it:

Large, bright, vivid 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Screen: The screen is simply gorgeous compared to the iPhone 4; colours are so bright.....

July 11th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen 1 Comment

Document your work with Camtasia Studio

Like everybody else, I find it a chore writing documents to capture the work that I have done.

Recently, I have been using screen recording software like Camtasia Studio to document my work. So while I'm doing a complicated piece of work on my PC, I would use Camtasia to record the screen with my narration as I click and.....

June 30th, 2011 in Mister Tech by Lee Lup Yuen Comment

Lee Lup Yuen

Lee Lup Yuen Lee Lup Yuen is passionate about mobile phones and PDAs, as he is constantly buying new gadgets and programming them in J2ME, .NET, Symbian and AppForge.
He has developed commercial applications with mobile technologies like SMS, MMS, WAP, 3G video streaming and location-based services.

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Boy, you've opened a can of worms now.

Wait for the rants & raves.

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I was puzzling before this whether to replicate the success formula we executed for a financial institute, and come out with a standard s...

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