Daily Twitter Posts - 07/22/2011 - 07/29/2011

Submitted by tomo on July 29, 2011 - 11:45am

07/28 08:05 @fisheggtree Subtitling some select programs might help (in Vietnamese even!) #
07/27 11:59 Honored! @Vietnam720: Just given my very 1st to @tomosaigon. My very 1st Google +1'd for his article on #BarCampSaigon -http://bit.ly/qeZDuD #
07/27 06:55 Correction: Vietnamese are stealing each other @vantuly #
07/27 06:16 Chinese are stealing Vietnamese people RT @vantuly: Chinese police rescue dozens of infants from traffickers - http://t.co/Pg04oeI #
07/27 05:20 @ericburdette Follow the link: The Perry nuclear plant on Lake Erie outside
Cleveland, Ohio. #
07/27 04:43 5 lessons learnt from #barcampsaigon 2011: http://goo.gl/89KVD #
07/26 11:25 @MienHPham I was hoping Firefox 4 would finally let me open dozens of tabs without crawling to a halt but it still doesn't. #addicted2chrome #
07/26 10:30 @caligarn @dynamicscholar There is already software for online jamming (musical collaboration) - RiffWorks, built by some good friends #
07/25 11:47 Thinking about doing business on Facebook? Do you have Facebook insurance? #
07/24 11:48 @andrewduck Likewise, enjoyed chatting with you about your big plan for Vietnam! #
07/24 10:28 Really great, thx everyone! RT @barcampSaigon: barcampSaigon: Great! More than 570 participants showed up today at #barcampsaigon #
07/23 19:50 #barcampsaigon weather update: pouring down rain over Binh Thanh and Phu Nhuan. let's hope it lets up soon. #
07/23 13:48 Hackers! Check out Code For America today - http://on.fb.me/qKjxCZ - Code For Vietnam tomorrow? #
07/23 01:38 #barcampsaigon pre-party tonight! At Milwaukee Grill 277 Pham Ngu Lao D1, from 7:30PM http://goo.gl/ZSlwR #
07/22 12:28 #barcampsaigon There will be an informal welcoming party in D1 tomorrow night so stay tuned to barcampsaigon.com for details! #
07/22 06:50 @TylerWatts Math is hard. Let's go shopping! #
07/22 06:50 @Conversoul Would you rather buy gasoline or horse feed? :) #
07/22 06:21 Future Gmail: "You appear to be trashed. Sending delayed until you pick the ugly girls from this lineup." (A better captcha also?) #
07/22 05:55 If you mention "attached file" in a gmail w/o attaching a file, gmail will ask you to confirm before sending. Neat. #
07/22 05:33 On increasing ineffectiveness of new Vietnamese regulations/laws: http://bit.ly/nEI90o thx @wigjefferson #

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Asian-American expat living in Vietnam over 3 years. I am involved in tech startups and do Drupal consulting. I choose to live in Saigon and Vietnam and I want to see the city and its people reach their true potential.

Where is Saigon?

It's not wrong to wonder where in the world Saigon is.

Saigon is the name of the city now officially known as Ho Chi Minh City. But most people who call Saigon home call their home Saigon and it's mostly tourists who I hear refer to it as Ho Chi Minh City (or Ho Chi Minh Ville for the French).

After the Vietnam/American War ended in 1975, many place names ceased to exist such as Saigon, South Vietnam, and plenty of street names.

Tu Do is now Dong Khoi, Thong Nhat is Le Duan. And Tan Son Nhut Airport is now Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Rue Paul Blanchy has been Hai Ba Trung since the 1950s.

Those who haven't seen Vietnam for decades will be confused not just by the geographical changes but the incredible amount of development and modernization that has since taken place.

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