{"id":2994,"date":"2014-12-12T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2014-12-15T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T14:46:46","slug":"the-malaysian-scene-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/12\/12\/the-malaysian-scene-begins","title":{"rendered":"The Malaysian Scene begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been following MaGIC on & off since late 2013. I was very excited with it’s initial launch but with mostly everything Malaysian, I usually end up with having more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

While shuttling between hotel lounges in Germany back in October, I started a thread<\/a> on my Facebook wall, which garnered over 185 comments & numerous private messages. The discussion was initially positive till someone hijacked it on a tangent; it turned out he just didn’t comprehend the English language.<\/p>\n

My simple reason for wanting to care again: I’m a proud Malaysian & want to see my country succeed. There are no shortcuts to success; it’s going to require a lot of work, not rah-rah smoke & mirror operations. I see a lack of critical thinking & reportage on this topic.<\/p>\n

I believe in sustainable movements that have learned from history. After all, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I believe in fixing things from the core – I may sound like an idealist, but multiple businesses & participation in distributed opensource communities has taught me to be a pragmatic idealist.<\/p>\n

Time these days is limited, with me spending increasing amounts of time on the road. I’ve been wanting to write more for a long time, so why not reboot it here on the blog? Comments here (via Disqus) are a lot more manageable than Facebook’s system (no threading, hard to stop people from being silly, etc). Search is also a lot better. Who remembers the time we fought the Computing Professionals Bill (CPB2011)? Probably no one, since most of the work was spread on Google Docs and a lot of the \u201cactivism\u201d was done via Twitter & physical meetings \u2013 we just forgot to catalogue\/write about it.<\/p>\n

So, with that, here’s a new category: The Malaysian Scene<\/strong><\/a>. I intend to cover technology, business (entrepreneurship) & policy thoughts in this area.<\/p>\n

I’m open to topic suggestions – via comments here or via email. Sharing with me via private messaging will always ensure your anonymity.<\/p>\n

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