Startup Saturday Hong Kong. Probably one of the big tech event for this summer in Hong Kong. I am really happy the I.T. start-up scene is alive and maybe thriving.

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The second day. Nothing to shout about. The attendance was weak by my standard. Less than one hundred attendees.

Seniors blogger. This was a ‘Wow’ moment for me. Some of them are 90 years old and they are power blogger. Their blog average 1,000 page view a day. Put me to shame….

Sharing their blogging journeys and what have change since they started blogging. One common denominator after they started blogging were bringing their families closer together. That was touching…

Handicap blogger – sharing their thought and blogging journey.

Another session on the third floor, I just stop by and took a pix. Did not stay long enough to listen.

Education sectors and parents talk about social network and blogging.

I left around noon. Maybe the afternoon session was more exciting. I don’t know.

Overall, I was disappointed.

First, The attendance – This is supposed to be Asia events but the audience was less than one hundred on both days. Second, overseas blogger – I did not see name tag prominently display. Example, name, blog, countries their are from. Third, speakers – most of the speakers sat on their chair to give their talks. To me, it’s so damn not professional. Public speaking is about standing in front of the audience, have hand motion, walking around and shares your thought. A boss sit and dictate. That was what I felt. The speakers were dictating his/her intent to me. NOT Sharing.

Well, enough of my rambling. Maybe I am the only one that was disappointed. Everyone seems to have a good time. I don’t know.

Some slides below for your enjoyment.

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I went to check out the blogfest asia day 1. Is there a ‘WOW’ excitement? Well… not for me. Maybe for others.

Global Voices Online talk about their stuff.

This one. The most talked about Pc. Cheapest or something. I got a look up close.

Not crowded at all. Maybe its was too early.

Godaddy.com t-shirt. They are one of the sponsor.

Tweeting…

Blogfest t-shirt.

Dr. Winnie Tang(left) and Edmon Chung, CEO, DotAsia(right). I don’t know the girl in the middle. If someone know her name, I will tag her name.

Charles Mok introducing the second speaker Charlesc.

Charlesc on MA19 — Case study of Ma Ying Jeou 2008 Online Campaign.

I left after the introduction of the second speaker. The talk is not for me. Most of the speakers are from NGO or social political blogger. Out of my league.

Moreover, the talk lasted for almost an hour on the first talk and the second talk probably will last about that time. Half an hour is ok. Anything more than that is too much for me.

At this moment, my benchmark is Punch Party talk. 7 minutes on the talk. You can score a touch down, have sex, complete a 1 mile run, 3 1/2 round of heavy weight boxing and etc. A lot can be done in 7 minutes.

Blogfest. What the word mean? Is it blogger festival in full? What does festival mean? Do I feel that it’s a blogger festival?

Let see what day 2 brings.

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I attended the iPhone party organized by mobileradio.hk. Like I said on my previous post, I am not an iPhone user but I like to hang out with iPhone users.

They start off with some stats which they gathered. Need to give Kudos to mobileradio.hk team. Doing survey is not an easy task.

This is about how much will an iPhone user spend on Apps Store.

What type of stuff they usually buy at apps store.

The next talk was about how to set up foreign apps store account. I did not know apps store is countries centric. Now, I know.

This talk about an apps that exchange biz card that mobileradio.hk recommend.

Next, comes the break, before the break, they talk about google latitude but I did not take any pix because there was extensive media coverage on what google latitude is all about.

Everyone clamoring to take the picture of the cake.

This the second anniversary of mobileradio.hk. Happy Birthday… Not an easy task to maintain an internet radio at these trying times.

Want to make you iPhone look like this? Made by the DaSillyThink.

I like this one, too..

Took a shot at the atrium of Innocentre.

From the outside, Innocentre at Kowloon Tong.

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