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Thanks to an invitation from Daryl of uniquefrequency.com, I am involved in my first ever podcast.

It’s called ‘The GennY Podcast” and it’s a group of people from Generation Y (Gen Ys) coming together to talk about what Gen Ys are known for. Ourselves.

Wahahahahahaha~!!!

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The initial voices in the pilot episode are of Daryl, Dorothy, Yin, Yinqi and myself and future episodes will most likely have other Gen Ys taking part depending on who is available.

Here is the 1st episode!

[podcast]http://www.krisandro.com/podcast/the-genny-podcast/Genny_Episode_001.mp3[/podcast]

The show notes:

• 00:00 – Krisandro starts us off – introductions all round
• 00:53 – The topic: How is Gen Y different in the work force?
• 01:28 – Will Gen Y mindset change during the recession?
• 02:26 – Gen Y has no qualms with changing jobs, even in a recession
• 03:39 – Perhaps Gen Y feels there isn’t enough recognition at work
• 05:08 – Did the media influence Gen Y’s outlook on life?
• 07:56 – How is Gen Y different outside the workspace in peer-to-peer interactions?
• 09:57 – How does online interaction affect offline interaction?
• 10:51 – Krisandro claims he’s 19
• 11:01 – Are there different norms that apply online and offline?
• 11:58 – Maybe it’s easier for us to verify if people are weirdos online
• 15:10 – Blooper!

It was definitely a fun experience, especially when all of us are very new to this. I totally hate my voice as usual. I can’t sing and I can’t even talk without sounding like a frog with limited vocal tones!

Any feedback or suggestions on what topic to cover is most welcomed!

Nokia has officially launched their ‘Comes with Music‘ service in Singapore on the 27th February.

The service brings you unlimited downloads of music for 12 months from their ‘Comes with Music’ store, which boasts an extensive library of 4 million (and counting) tracks from huge music labels and even some asian labels such as Ocean Butterflies and Rock Records.

The catch for such a good deal is that you must own one of their ‘Comes with Music’ handsets. There are 6 of them as of now and they are the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5220 XpressMusic, N96, N85 and N79. Users can download from the ‘Comes with Music’ store right off most of the mentioned handsets or on their PCs through an application.

There is no subscription fee or download limit to speak of if you are wondering about that. Users can also keep their music after their 12 months of free, unlimited downloads.

I got to attend their media event held at Zouk prior to ‘Earn Your Stripes’ party thanks to the awesome folks at Text 100 who remembered that I am was an avid user of the Nokia N95 8GB. It’s kinda ironic attending a Nokia event based on that fact, seeing that I have move to the Apple iPhone after a decade of using Nokia products like the indestructable Nokia 3210.

Pictures of the event.

Funny Hosts – Vernon and Justin

The All-American Rejects who sat 3 feet from me!

The issue of DRM is pretty important for users like me and unfortunately, Nokia ‘Comes with Music’ isn’t DRM free. The good news is that Nokia is working to change that. If this is materialized, users will definitely benefit seeing that there isn’t even a hint of the Apple iTunes music store being made available to Singapore.

I still love Nokia and seeing Nokia bring a legal music download service to Singapore ahead of Apple, brings much joy to a Nokia fanboy.