Aiyah, as long as we had a good time, does it really matter how it was reported? Especially since other papers had a more positive report. Protesting to the Sunday Times only reinforces the idea that what that paper says is the definitive word on things.

What the hey, even our own poll says some people didn't like Bloggers.sg, so the original report reflects one point of view. But the Sunday Times' point of view is just one voice among many others.

Exactly. Can't we just accept that there are differences opinion?? Why get so agitated over ONE review? I will never understand the vehemence thrown in the direction of the yawn review, especially from the blogosphere which is supposed to be all about everyone having their own say. Positive reviews are revered, and less than glorious ones trampled. Vive la difference. There are many different kinds of blogs, we don't like them all, but we don't start lambasting them do we?

And this is the same Yu-Hui as the Yu-Hui who did the banner. Know your bloggers, people.

Also the same Yuhui consistently on your list of top contributors.

I believe it's important to correct the Straits Times of the prevailing opinion - the Straits Times may be one voice but it's one -important- voice.

Actually, the Straits Times liked Bloggers.sg; it was the Sunday Times that didn't. If all the news outlets had reported that the convention was something very different from our experience, or if they had reported facts wrongly, that would be worrying, but the Sunday Times' report was more like a concert review - a couple of people's opinions.

I guess the Straits Times reporter didn't have luck picking up blogger chicks, which was more what he was doing, so he write bad article. Blogger chicks probably write better than the crap reporters at ST anyway.

http://yuhuibc.blogspot.com/
This is his URL

YuHui's sister, Tym has informed that it was her brother who wrote to the ST. Probably the surname got me confused. No, it definitely was the surname that totally scrambled my signals. Haha.

Nice one, Yuhui!

Juz an additional to the definitions (from SACEOS, Professional Conference Management Course, by Emily Yap, Director of Learning Edge International):

Congress:
- meeting of an inductry or professional association for discussion and decision
- has a social programme
- a delegate will participate in the whole
Convention:
- a meeting of an industry or professional
- usually involves a general session & supplementary smaller sessions
- strong social programme
- repeats
Conference:
- attend to consult, discuss and ask questions
- dedrived from Latin, 'confer' - to converse / consult addresses topics related to theme
- plenary & breakout sessions
- national, regional or international
- delegates may participate in whole or part
Workshop:
- usually small groups that deal with specific problems for instruction or training
- characterised by face-to-face dealing with great deal of participation by all

hi NatsuUmi,

just fyi, this page on Tomorrow.sg calls it a conference.

"We announced earlier that Bloggers.SG, the Singapore bloggers' conference, would be held at the Woodlands Regional Library. However, we found that we needed more space..."

"....Or do all of it: Queue up for Harry Potter in the morning, conference at DXO, eat at Glutton's Bay....."

"Singapore Bloggers Conference Morning Event In addition the conference starting at 2 PM, we also have a morning session targeted at parents and teachers.

Granted, there are a heap of times, in Tomorrow.sg when it was called a convention also. Which one is it? Could it be both?