In a country where Valentine's Day bears broad similarities to Prom Night, romance is serious business.
Hence there's a bit of hubbub about the first Khmer-language 'friend finder' (wink wink) / dating app 'Matchstix', going strong since its July launch.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/swipe-right-bringing-hook-apps-cambodia
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13885/matchstix-delivers-cambodia---s-first----friend-finder----app/
Tinder-style functionality in Khmer language? Many parents will be appalled at the ...
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Posted in cambodia, information technology on Sep 17th, 2015
Due to a recent talk to drum up interest in Barcamp Phnom Penh 2015, I've dredged up some old photos:
Looking back to Cambodia's very first BarCamp (Sept 2008), following on the heels of our 2007 Blogger summit.
As with the prior meeting, we were amazed regarding the enthusiasm, as many people ...
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It's not an understatement to say that Mekong ICT Camp changed my life.
I attended in 2010, made new friends, and learned cool new things.
Oh, also: under a year later, I got a job based on the knowledge I'd acquired there.
I returned in 2013 to share what I learned with Open ...
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In the (ancient) days before Facebook dominated Cambodia, our small but tiny community of bloggers (AKA 'Cloggers') was full of enthusiasm.
Many of them became 'trainers of trainers' via the 'Personal Information Technology Workshop', holding weekend workshops for university students and getting them started on email & basic blogging.
These included Hou ...
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Let's see if I can live up to this hype. :)
Join us: http://2014.barcampphnompenh.org
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