TC's Portfolio 1

Here are some of TC's output in writing, editorial, publication design and production. As can be clearly seen, TC's interests cover a wide variety of subjects. He's the curious sort (what to do, born like that). (Please read captions for greater detail on each work. This is NOT an exhaustive list though. Contact him for a complete portfolio, including workshops and conferences he has organised and run. Thank you. ;-)

"I think folks write for three reasons: 1) To put in print what is on their minds; 2) To entertain; 3) To make the difficult or obscure, accessible."

"I've always enjoyed technical writing. You have some of the best English language technical writers in the US and UK, folks who themselves are engineers like me, but who write with such clarity and oftentimes, humor. Topics are only so dry if you make them out to be. And many times, stuff are designed with reason, intellect, and perhaps grace." 

Contributing writer on all things Science, Medical and Tech.

Chief Editor of PC World Singapore and Malaysia. Writing features, testing PCs, printer and other gadgets.

Contributing humour writer to He Says, She Says, and other features (like car testing!).

Contributed features on Facility Asset Management.

(See above.)

Wrote feature on medical-tech use during 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami rescue mission. 

Was features writer, columnist, editor and research manager.

Researched, wrote and produced this for Cisco/Linksys. A manual on how to effectively deploy home-office routers and receivers (all models).

A booklet of speeches by 13 chapter presidents of the Singapore IT Federation ((which I ghost-wrote to 100% approval)  to commemorate the Intelligent Network 2015 event by IDA. 

A "for customer/sales agent" diary book that has pages explaining Intel's virtualisation technology and server-centric designs.

Wrote travel and shopping articles for a trade event at Suntec City.

Helmed any write-ups for new cars and new parts availability. A marketing thing and newsletter for Saab car owners.

Researched, wrote, designed and produced Singapore Institute of Directors first publication on good corporate governance.

Produced, wrote and supervised the design of local bank's first Electronic Banking Handbook. 

Researched, wrote and approved design of this activity trail book for a Pixar public exhibition. 

A guide book on toy-making, for a course on, er, innovative toy making.

Various product manuals for a large local systems house. I wrote and illustrated all the manuals.

Copywrote and supervised the production of over 80 defence-tech related posters for Defence Science Organisation (Singapore's national defence lab). Had to make the complex technologies easy to grasp for secondary and JC students. Easy peasy.

Invited to write about the future of the information highway for prestigious British Telecom's Information Exchange magazine. Distributed worldwide.

Research reports done and sold while as Research Unit manager.

Wrote and designed marketing slides for Adaptec's Marketing Director (paid job). Adaptec was IT industry's premier network interface card maker then.

(See above.)

Designed and produced this brochure for a facility asset management client. Also came up with their corporate technology philosophy. Designed and produced their website as well.

(See above. Main web page.)

(See above. Client technological solutions made logical and easy to grasp (i.e. a coherent corp philosophy for them.)   

Me as conference manager produced this region-first ISDN/B-ISDN conference for the telecom industry.

I worked with this NUS professor to edit his book on Chinese period architecture during the Tang Dynasty.

Wrote and supervised the production of this thick UTAC company annual.  

As case writer for a few interesting case studies aimed at Master-level Public Policy civil-servant students. And qualified to teach cases there.

Wrote up and supervised website revamp for major local marine shipbuilder and solutions provider. Had to make it more international and professional in language and feel.

Given many workshops on Innovation - the latest inventions, the most curious, etc. As a primer to creative thinking on new products and solutions.