Singapore’s leader says we need to digg

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Benjamin Koe

CNA and TODAY ran a really interesting transcript of Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew speaking with US columnist Tom Plate and new media expert Jeffrey Cole.

What I got out of it was: Print is getting old and slow, online is fast and overflowing. Newspapers got to do deep with analytics and web needs services like digg.

The only thing I don’t get is, why even bother with environmentally unfriendly print? It’s not about the physical medium but the content. Good deep analytics can be placed online too. In fact, it is better online because hypertext makes everything a lot more deeper. Case in point: Wikipedia vs any print encyclopedia.

I’m totally on the MM’s side when he says that we need to filter to get that credibility and overcome information overload.

The quote that made my day:

… But if we don’t use this [new technology], then we are just one hand tied behind us …

Hat tip to Siva for the find.

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3 Responses to “Singapore’s leader says we need to digg”

  1. jer, on October 15th, 2007 at 4:05 pm Said:

    then digg we shall!

  2. jer, on October 15th, 2007 at 4:12 pm Said:

    here we go!

  3. Stanley, on October 17th, 2007 at 4:01 pm Said:

    The Old Man mentioned newspapers need high credibility to stay in business. I seem to get the feeling that he is trying to say that the new media is less credible somehow.

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