PopTeeVee : What is it?
Popfolio : Who is behind it?
The Fairly Current Show : What is it?
The Fairly Current Show : Who is behind it?
20 Questions : What is it?
20 Questions : Who is behind it?
Some Information on INFORMATION
Information needs to be free, and information wants to be free.
Humanity for the longest time has had to grapple with the issue of inequality, but the underlining issue facing humanity in the current and future information economy is one of accessibility.
It can be argued that accessibility is a prerequisite to equality. We all consume information and through this process, new information is created. Some of it useful, some of it not quite.
This is the end of the era of the singular expert - gatekeepers of knowledge; and the dawn of the generalists. For the first time in human history, we literally have all the information we want at the tips of our fingers. Everybody knows something, and that something has value for someone.
The access to that information, however, is still handicapped by our media structure. Funny, how the promise of media hasn't really come to pass! So, we need to start again, and this time we will shun media, and create wedia. Though we haven't cracked the accessibility problem as yet, we are certainly working on it.
In the meantime, we'd like to facilitate the birth of information; Information that doesn't flow top-down nor bottom-up, but sideways, peer to peer. We'd like to facilitate the creation and distribution of this information, but not control the information itself. We may or may not succeed, but we certainly can't do any worse than mainstream media.
One final word on censorship.
Granted that managing information can be tricky and people abuse it all the time. Information is a tool and how people use such a tool is really a matter best left to our education system. The lack of an educated public cannot form the basis for controlling media. Media companies should strive to provide access to information in the most efficient way possible, without having to entertain censorship issues.
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PopTeeVee : What is it?
PopTeeVee (www.popteevee.net) is a web TV network developed by Popfolio Sdn Bhd.
Our primary objective is to engage with young Malaysians to help create a far more democratic media space. Rather than being reduced to mere consumers, we'd like to see young Malaysians create their own media experience. We do this by collaborating with creative producers to develop individual shows. PopTeeVee provides the resources to create and distribute this programming. This separation between platform and creativity will hopefully help create a more engaging media experience.
PopTeeVee is the network carrying individual channels such as The Fairly Current Show and The Weekend Sessions. The plan is to set up 5 channels, with one channel updated every day of the week. This proves to be a pretty efficient model. Every channel is developed with an independent creative team. Each team need only work to have one new episode per week, but the viewer will get to watch new content every day. The 3 remaining channels will be developed in stages over the rest of the year.
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Popfolio : Who is behind it?
Popfolio, founded by Hardesh Singh & Adam William, is a portfolio of pop-centric virtual estates. Its current network includes the Popfolio.net social music network, the Poptopus widget and PopTeeVee.
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Hardesh Singh is a music producer turned technopreneur who holds a degree in
Telecommunications Engineering. He began his music career 7 years ago as
founder of 'The 50 Cents Jazz Club', a progressive jazz band that earned a
reputation for its genre defying music.
Hardesh founded SoundWorks Productions in 2003, carving a name for himself locally and internationally with albums for local pop, rock and R&B artists as well as remix releases in Germany. He has scored for numerous commercials and international award-winning films.
In 2007, he co-founded Popfolio Sdn Bhd, a semi-stealth technology startup focusing on developing solutions to help humanity traverse and exploit the limitless possibilities of the new information age. Hardesh was recently selected as one of 10 finalists from emerging economies for the International Young Music Entrepreneur 2008 award organised by the British Council.
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Adam William graduated at the top of his class in civil engineering from the
University of Tasmania, Australia in 2000. Having operated his own successful tech
support business while still at university, Adam quickly turned his skills
to engineering web applications instead. A key player in an Australian software
company for several years, Adam wasted no time in growing a whole new
department - web development, in addition to his main role of leading tech support.
In 2004, merging his twin backgrounds of engineering and customer service, Adam founded his own Kuala Lumpur-based international web development business that boasts an impressively diverse clientele from all over the world. Having developed solutions in industries ranging from real estate to e-learning, recruitment to news, and logistics to gaming, his main focus is now on new media, particularly in applying modern technology to the age-old challenges facing musicians, music and listeners in an everyday context.
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The Fairly Current Show : What is it?
The Fairly Current Show was launched on PopTeeVee on 12 June 2008.
The concept is simple - every week, we invite a guest on for 7 minutes to talk about quirky and current affairs in Malaysia. A new interview is released every Thursday. Features on the site (www.popteevee.net) allow viewers possibilities for embedding, high resolution downloads, and an archive of past episodes.
So far, our bilingual show has featured thought-provoking interviews with landscape architect Ng Sek San; KLue and Junk publisher Adrian Yap; musician-playwright Shanon Shah; journalist Jacqueline Ann Surin; singer-songwriter Pete Teo; film director Yasmin Ahmad; first-time state assemblyperson for Subang Jaya, Hannah Yeoh; urban planning lawyer Derek Fernandez; actress Ida Nerina; and fishermen from Pulau Batu Puteh, amongst many others.
The Fairly Current Show : Who is behind it?
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Fahmi Fadzil is a performer and writer. He received his Bachelors' degree in
Chemical Engineering from Purdue University, Indiana, USA, but has since left that
profession to work in the Malaysian arts and culture scene. He is a member of arts
collective Five Arts Centre, a principal coordinator for wayang experimentation group
Projek Wayang and helps run Bright Lights At Midnight, a graphic design and
multimedia studio. He maintains columns and contributes articles to various print
and online publications, including KLue magazine, TheSun daily, arts and culture
portal Kakiseni.com, and news site TheNutGraph.com.
Fahmi has performed in numerous award-winning theatre productions, including Second Link: Riding the Nice Bus (2006) and Dua, Tiga Dalang Berlari (2007), and was the recipient of the Mandarin Oriental Fan of the Arts Most Promising Artist Award at the 5th Annual BOH Cameronian Arts Awards 2006. He was also a finalist in the theatre section for the 2008/9 cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative.
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Mark Teh is a theatre worker, researcher and educator who is particularly concerned
with issues of Malaysian history, youth and participation. He is a member of Five
Arts Centre, and teaches at The One Academy of Communication Design and the
Department of Performance + Media, Sunway University College.
Collaborative projects over the years have included co-curating the upcoming EMERGENCY FESTIVAL and Asian Youth Artsmall; directing Baling (membaling) and Dua, Tiga Dalang Berlari; producing Fahmi Reza's Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka and the upcoming Revolusi '48; performing in productions by Akshen, Chee Sek Thim and Marion D'Cruz as well as being involved with initiating participatory and community projects such as Taman Medan Community Arts Project, Chow Kit Fest and Let Arts Move You (LAMU).
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20 Questions : What is it?
The basis on which new web talk show 20 Questions was created is simple: Change perceptions, change the world.
20 Questions features young, ambitious and passionate people who love their jobs. The fact that this is a rarity in our modern day society is alarming and distressing; indicative of a workforce that is resigned to a mediocre and very likely inadequate life. With 20 Questions, we hope to dispel the preconceived notion that work cannot be play.
While 20 Questions is fun and can be enjoyed by all ages, the show is mainly aimed at high school and college students. Since they will soon join the workforce, we hope to help create a more vibrant and innovative generation of young Malaysians who are not afraid to break out of the mould to pursue their true passions.
20 Questions is 7 minutes packed with inspiring information, genuine passion and a lot of laughs. The show features two segments; the first being the interview, the second featuring a game where our highlighted guest is asked 20 questions about his/her job and is required to answer them in 2 minutes.
20 Questions is hosted by David Yeow and Joel Loi, a very fun and funny duo who are talented and inspiring youths themselves.
20 Questions : Who is behind it?
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Mia Palencia is a woman of many talents. Singer songwriter, jazz crooner, voice actor, public speaker and occasionally a theatre personality, she kicked off her career as the other half of well-known local jazz act Double Take at the age of 14, with whom she has released two albums.
She has sung for kings, travelled the world as a public speaker and a vocalist, and, most recently, begun exploring the world of cartoons as a voice actor.
Mia released her first solo single, Sayang in September 2006. Her much anticipated first solo album, Finding My Way, was recently released in April 2008 and features all original music.
A self-employed Malaysian herself, Mia has become increasingly concerned with the lack of drive amongst the 9-to-5ers. She is very passionate about working with young people, and has been invited on numerous occasions to share her thoughts on living and working, most recently at the 2008 Malaysian Youth Conference as well as at Digi's wonderfully innovative program for young Malaysians, Spark.
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