tag:engineers.sg,2005:/episodes?page=160Engineers.SG2024-03-19T02:59:02Ztag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/11032016-09-13T23:35:41Z2024-01-06T13:01:44ZFriday Hacks #116 - What We Learnt In Our Internships - NUS Hackers<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RsY69mqrZyk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Ng Zhi An</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/Vh9C/">http://amara.org/v/Vh9C/</a></p>Engineers.SGtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/11042016-09-13T23:34:50Z2024-03-17T16:00:52ZFriday Hacks #116 - My Experiences In Zurich - NUS Hackers<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qcndda0SYx4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Yeo Quan Yang</p>
<p>Quan Yang speaks about his experiences in Google Zurich and beyond.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/Vh9B/">http://amara.org/v/Vh9B/</a></p>Engineers.SGtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/11052016-09-13T23:33:46Z2024-02-18T16:00:30ZFriday Hacks #116 - Internships and why you should do them - NUS Hackers<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QyXp_BsY3Ic" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speakers: Vishnu Prem, Ng Zhi An</p>
<p>Learn why you should do internships, how to choose, and of course, how to get them!</p>
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<p>Slides: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/burnflare/project-intern-2016">http://www.slideshare.net/burnflare/project-intern-2016</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/Vhcl/">http://amara.org/v/Vhcl/</a></p>Vishnu Premtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/11022016-09-13T16:33:36Z2024-01-07T07:01:43ZGetting started with Cross Stitch by DMC Asia Pacific - Creative Crew<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AFYeQWtq_h4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Diana Toh</p>
<p>Since 1746, generations of stitchers have selected DMC needlework threads to create cherished heirlooms. DMC Mouline Stranded Cotton, which is also known as the king of threads, is the most widely used threads by millions of stitches around the world. </p>
<p>This 1-hour session will talk how DMC Mouliné Stranded Cotton has become one of the most popular thread and how cross stitch has evolved and modernise with technology today. </p>
<p>The talk will also include a Custom by me! demonstration. For more information, go to <a href="http://www.dmc.sg">www.dmc.sg</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/Vi1p/">http://amara.org/v/Vi1p/</a></p>Diana Tohtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/11002016-09-12T07:57:52Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZUsing WordPress for Interdisciplinary Research - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gPGqSihpfZQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Hedren Sum</p>
<p>Research and scholarship are constantly evolving, becoming more collaborative and interdisciplinary. Supporting an interactive media-rich environment, WordPress is a versatile and easy to use platform to document and showcase interdisciplinary research that produces various types of research output.</p>
<p>In this talk, we will be sharing about a digital archive developed for the Digital Intangible Heritage of Asia (DIHA) research cluster at NTU College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.</p>
<p>This DIHA archive helps to engage different interest groups on intangible heritage which covers languages, festivals, cuisines and traditional craftsmanship. The research outputs, which include publications, photographs and datasets, are captured, organised, annotated and preserved in the digital archive.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Hedren Sum is a New Media and Art Librarian at Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Libraries. He works very closely with faculty in several curatorial and research teams as a collaborator, providing research assistance and building digital collections. Hedren can also be recognised for using an array of digital tools in his work to visualise and communicate information.</p>
<p>Event Page: <a href="https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/">https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF0/">http://amara.org/v/VfF0/</a></p>Hedren Sumtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10992016-09-12T07:57:09Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZManaging Multiple Authors/Contributors in WordPress - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D5qQzhdaZNc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Damien Oh</p>
<p>While WordPress is easy to use, it can be a headache to manage multiple authors for the site. This topic will cover the various way and tools I use to manage author’s post, collaboration, editorial issue, payment issues and more.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Damien Oh is the Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier (<a href="https://www.maketecheasier.com">https://www.maketecheasier.com</a>).</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF1/">http://amara.org/v/VfF1/</a></p>Damien Ohtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10982016-09-12T07:56:00Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZCourting Controversy - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dyQ2WZcFFiY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Courting Controversy: Creating Blog Posts that Get People Talking on Social Media, without getting into trouble</p>
<p>Speaker: Kenneth Lee</p>
<p>Content creators often want to create compelling content that will incite debate among their social media audience, but run the risk of bearing the brunt of backlash from the public/policy makers.</p>
<p>I will be sharing my content creation techniques, processes and philosophy behind creating blog posts that touch on hot-button social issues, guiding the conversation beyond that, while avoiding pitfalls that come with the territory.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Kenneth Lee writes at 5meanders.com, Daily Vanity and Avenue One Magazine. He specialises in creating provocative content that touches on hot-button social issues, in a bid to influence opinions and drive public change.</p>
<p>Event Page: <a href="https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/">https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF2/">http://amara.org/v/VfF2/</a></p>Kenneth Leetag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10972016-09-12T07:54:50Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZHow to DIY basic digital marketing on WordPress - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qFOvfSCkqlE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Nicole Tan</p>
<p>The digital and mobile spaces are where your marketing needs to go today. So what can you do even if you don’t have a marketing person/team? It all starts with your website.</p>
<p>Highly experienced in marketing in all areas and having built three websites using just basic frontend knowledge, Nicole will share how you can DIY basic digital marketing to help your business/brand.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Nicole Tan is the travelling digital marketer who runs Pink Tangent, her own marketing and digital communication company. She is currently making her mark at Sakura Sky, a company dedicated to creating the most impactful digital solutions. Drawing on a strong international expertise in digital media, marketing, public relations and event management, she believes in helping organisations use the digital space to catalyse communication for their business needs. Being a digital nomad and major traveller, she loves travel blogging, co-working and startups!</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF3/">http://amara.org/v/VfF3/</a></p>Nicole Tantag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10962016-09-12T07:54:11Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZThe Jugaad Way: WordPress Code for Non-Developers - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ouQbQ7VyJ-c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Mahangu Weerasinghe</p>
<p>In this talk, I explore how customisable WordPress is by design, and show, with examples, how easy it is for non-developers to dive into WordPress coding. Thanks to WordPress hooks, and how well they are documented in the Codex, it’s possible to begin playing with WordPress code, even if you have little or no knowledge of PHP.</p>
<p>The Jugaad Way is just that: using existing resources and a task-based approach to get into WordPress code. It’s an approach that only requires that you know how to cut and paste, and is how I myself got into WordPress code.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Mahangu Weerasinghe hails from Colombo, Sri Lanka. He first found WordPress when he stumbled upon 0.70 in the dark recesses of #wordpress on Freenode. He has used and provided support for every major release of the software, and is excited about the impact the platform can have on South Asia.</p>
<p>Though once a high school English teacher, his desire to make online publishing more democratic led him to Automattic, where he now works as a Happiness Engineer. He sincerely believes that stellar support will play a pivotal role in helping WordPress power the next 26% of the web!</p>
<p>Event Page: <a href="https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/">https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF5/">http://amara.org/v/VfF5/</a></p>Mahangu Weerasinghetag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10952016-09-12T07:54:05Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZOpen Source Studio - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8IZbWKqA7yE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Open Source Studio: Learning and Content Management For Online Education In The Arts</p>
<p>Speaker: Vishaka Mantri</p>
<p>Open Source Studio (OSS) is a collaborative, online software environment designed to meet the needs of studio-based teaching at the School of Art, Design and Media in Nanyang Technological University. OSS has been developed as a prototypical multi-site WordPress content management system situated on the school’s network.</p>
<p>Open Source Studio centralises content management at the class level using custom plugins that aggregate individual work into a class site. This way, students document their own work within the context of their studies so that faculty can efficiently gather and organise student projects. When students are taught to apply standardised taxonomies and other efficient database techniques to their documentation, media work is more easily retrieved, presented, and evaluated.</p>
<p>Using WordPress at its heart OSS tries to create a virtual studio where students and faculty can collaborate on projects in an online social space that encourages transparency and cooperative learning. Once the goal of providing online workspace for all students has been achieved, we hope to organise an institutional portfolio: a curated gallery that effectively represents the art and design work produced by the school.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Vishaka Mantri is the Assistant Project Manager for a WordPress-based learning and content management system called Open Source Studio. She is also a graphic and learning designer who has recently graduated from The School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.</p>
<p>Event Page: <a href="https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/">https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF6/">http://amara.org/v/VfF6/</a></p>Vishaka Mantritag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10942016-09-12T07:53:59Z2024-03-19T02:30:31Z5 Tips To Optimise WordPress To Be Faster and More Secure - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6M-wc_z_xY4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Rui Hang Foo</p>
<p>There are many WordPress sites are powered by Vodien, and we are gonna share some insights, such as common traps like unoptimised themes and plugins causing site slowdowns and hacks.</p>
<p>We will also share why its important to work with a web developer or a reputable theme publisher for your website. Furthermore, we will provide our recommendations on a few plugins that cover different aspects, such as for security and speed.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Rui Hang Foo is the Digital Marketer of Vodien Internet Solutions, which provides managed cloud hosting solutions for businesses across the region. WordPress is a huge part of Vodien’s customers; with over 34% of Vodien’s customers running WordPress.</p>
<p>Rui Hang has knowledge and experience with using and optimising WordPress for blogs and websites. He takes joy in experimenting with various plugins and configurations, and advocates the use of WordPress for businesses or individuals to create their very own online presence.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF7/">http://amara.org/v/VfF7/</a></p>Rui Hang Footag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10932016-09-12T07:53:27Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZOptimising the website with Google Tag Manager - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ehYtlFyqc4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Tony Bui</p>
<p>Building an online business starts with understanding behavior of users on the website. Google Tag Manager & Google Analytics combined are great tools to achieve that goal and improve the website’s conversion.</p>
<p>In this topic I’d like to share hard lessons learned with Google Tag Manager and what things newbies like myself can avoid. I will be sharing my experiences as a non-tech guy.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Tony Bui is 30 years old, married, and with a daughter. He was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, grew up and lived in Moscow, Russia for 16 years. Now, he has returned back to Vietnam and travels from time to time. He is addicted to traction, and uses Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for now.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF8/">http://amara.org/v/VfF8/</a></p>Tony Buitag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10922016-09-12T07:53:20Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZUsing blogs in Classrooms: an NTU case study - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NKZiIuufiSY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Felipe Garcia, Joan Wee</p>
<p>The use of blogs as a teaching tool in a course is nothing new and as shown in many literature, it is a popular tool with the present generation of professors and students who are increasingly very familiar and comfortable with using online technology for documenting and tracking of a student learning reflection, personal review and participation.</p>
<p>However, the success and degree of online engagement between the instructor and students is possible only with careful strategizing and close integration with the course curriculum.</p>
<p>Our session shares the use of WordPress to support a undergraduate class in chemistry and how the online activities were carefully planned to compliment the face-to-face time with the Professor and classmates.</p>
<p>About the speakers:</p>
<p>Felipe Garcia is an Assistant Professor with the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University. He obtained his PhD from University of Cambridge in 2004, and has been passionate in his research in inorganic chemistry and organometallics.</p>
<p>In teaching, Felipe believes that students should be active participants on their own learning. In his teaching pedagogy, he believes in using appropriate technologies to stimulate peer-to-peer-learning, and in helping students acquiring other softer skills like communicating and team work.</p>
<p>Joan Wee is a Senior Librarian at the Nanyang Technology University (NTU) Library (New Media Group and Economics) where she tracks relevant emerging technologies and trends in the higher education landscape. She collaborates closely with faculty and other users to design blogs, and provides consultation and training on applying appropriate social media tools and strategies that support the teaching, research, community building and marketing needs of the users.</p>
<p>She graduated from National University of Singapore with a degree in Arts and Social Sciences, majoring in Economics and General Mathematics, and received her master’s degree in Library Science from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfF9/">http://amara.org/v/VfF9/</a></p>Felipe Garciatag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10912016-09-12T07:53:12Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZUsing WordPress for an editorial team - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bY45prYg084" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Using WordPress for an editorial team of 15 writers getting 1.4 million pageviews a month</p>
<p>Speaker: Terence Lee</p>
<p>Tech in Asia has a team of about 15 writers who writes 5 to 15 articles a day and get 1.4 million pageviews a month. This talk focuses on our editorial workflow and how WordPress is a part of it. I’ll also discuss what we like and dislike about WordPress, and how it can keep up with the evolving media landscape.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Terence Lee has been a WordPress user for 8 years. He was an editor with political blog The Online Citizen, founded satirical news site New Nation, and is now the managing editor of Tech in Asia.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfFa/">http://amara.org/v/VfFa/</a></p>Terence Leetag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10902016-09-12T07:53:05Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZStruggling to promote your theme/plugin? Don’t! - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pRpeAo1HFpM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Shilpa Shah</p>
<p>Simple but effective strategies to promote your WordPress themes / plugins – based on our experiences through success and failure.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Shilpa Shah is a co-founder of Hummingbird Web Solutions — as part of her responsibilities there, she manages the sites that they own — CyberChimps, SlideDeck, WPeka and several other WordPress theme and plugin stores.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfFb/">http://amara.org/v/VfFb/</a></p>Shilpa Shahtag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10892016-09-12T07:52:57Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZContributing to Calypso - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjjnrywvSGw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Hafiz Rahman</p>
<p>A getting started guide to working with Calypso, how to get around Github, how to submit issues, and how to contribute your own fixes or additions.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Hafiz Rahman is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfFc/">http://amara.org/v/VfFc/</a></p>Hafiz Rahmantag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10882016-09-12T07:52:50Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZWhat is the responsibility of plugin developers? - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Fhm05TMLek" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Takayuki Miyoshi</p>
<p>I believe we, plugin developers, is responsible to the WordPress community. We must keep plugins secure. We must make it available for every user. I’d like to talk about principles that WordPress plugin developers should keep in mind.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Takayuki Miyoshi is a WordPress plugin developer. He has developed Contact Form 7, Really Simple CAPTCHA, Flamingo, Bogo, and so on. He lives in Fukuoka, Japan.</p>
<p>Event Page: <a href="https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/">https://2016.singapore.wordcamp.org/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfFd/">http://amara.org/v/VfFd/</a></p>Takayuki Miyoshitag:engineers.sg,2005:Episode/10872016-09-12T07:52:43Z2024-03-19T02:30:31ZAmazon Alexa + WP REST API = GUI-Less WordPress Application - WordCamp Singapore 2016<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AcbClojfA8I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>Speaker: Okamoto Hidetaka</p>
<p>Do you know Amazon Alexa? / What is Amazon Alexa?</p>
<p>Amazon Alexa is a speech recognition service provided by Amazon.
<br>By combining various AWS applications, you can use it in many ways imaginable.
<br>Our team developed the applications by combining Alexa and WP REST API to control WordPress without using any GUI.</p>
<p>In the session, we’ll introduce GUI-less application and how to combine speech recognition service + WP REST API and how to control WordPress without any GUI.</p>
<p>About the speaker:</p>
<p>Okamoto Hidetaka works at DigitalCube (<a href="https://en.digitalcube.jp/about/community-contribution/">https://en.digitalcube.jp/about/community-contribution/</a>) as an engineer. He also organizes the local WordPress community in Kyoto, Japan.</p>
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<p><a href="http://amara.org/v/VfFe/">http://amara.org/v/VfFe/</a></p>Okamoto Hidetaka