keynote speaker, facilitator & writer on Internet, leadership
& wellness (singapore, asia, australia, europe & americas)
Journalism, TV & Radio Hosting
Seamus has over 20 years of writing experience, from technical documentation, training programs, to journalistic expressions. He has published hundreds of technical and business articles, and authored 4 books (including bestselling "This Body This Life" and Amazon bestseller "The Internet Webmaster Logbook"), 2 e-books, audio CD and video training products. Find out more about him at SeamusPhan.com. Seamus has co-authored his latest book, Dot ZEN, with Ter Hui Peng. Dot ZEN is a guide book to help entrepreneurs and business executives understand the non-aggressive techniques and philosophy of doing business.
Seamus has worked with daily newspapers, technology and business magazines as an independent journalist and editor. Editors who work with Seamus often rely on him completely, since Seamus often produce analytical and news features that are newsy, insightful, and highly readable.
Like to watch a rare interview Seamus did with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (Woz)? Areas and products that interest Seamus include:
- Internet software and appliances
- Internet security software and appliances
- E-learning and knowledge management
- E-business software and implementations
- Wireless handsets and wireless networking
- Macintosh hardware and software
- Gadgets related to the Internet lifestyle
- Biotech, life sciences and pharmaceuticals
- Holistic health and naturopathy
- Statistics on trends in Asia
Seamus is especially interested in doing product reviews and comparison studies.
Seamus is also the first Asia member of the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) , a prestigious non-profit organization in the USA, as well as previously a long-time member of the National Writers Union (NWU), the leading journalism union.
Interview Sample (CEO/Visionary)
Seamus interviewed many top CEOs, directors of multinational corporations, and industry visionaries. Here is one sample of his one-to-one interview with philanthropist, engineer and educator, and Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak. Seamus asked some questions and Woz answered them succinctly in this rare interview.
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Q1: Has the trend of low-level programming, to today's high-level programming (rule or object-based), changed fundamentally?
Q2: How has engineering, whether hardware or software, changed from your early years compared to now? Q3: Who do you think has the greatest potential to change the world - engineer, philanthropist, or educator? Q4: Your philosophy seems to be 'gracefully simplify things to perform', which is the opposite many vendors are moving to. What is your take? Q5: With students more empowered with access to tech and info via the Internet, what is the best way forward for teachers and educators? Q6: What is your game plan for making wOz GPS solutions more competitive compared to RFID solutions? Q7: For entrepreneurs bent on financing, mortgages and maxing out their credit cards, what is your advice on sustainability without pain? Q8: If you have to repeat your earlier life all over again, would you change anything? |
| Entire interview of Steve Wozniak (Woz) by Seamus Phan: VIDEO - WMV9 VIDEO (Note: 5.4MB) |
| Entire interview of Steve Wozniak (Woz) by Seamus Phan: MP3 AUDIO - MP3 AUDIO (4.5MB) |
| Entire interview of Steve Wozniak (Woz) by Seamus Phan: WMA AUDIO - WMA AUDIO (1.6MB) |
| Entire interview transcript of Steve Wozniak (Woz) by Seamus Phan |
Editorial feature samples
Seamus has written hundreds of technical and business features and commentaries, as well as interviewed many top executives and visionaries. If you are keen to see his portfolio samples, contact Seamus. Here are a very small selection of old samples.
Business and marketing features
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The View from Singapore (National Writer, cover feature, PDF)
- Rejuvenating aging brands (AllAboutBranding.com, cover feature)
- Ethics of disclosure - a study of SARS (Ethix Magazine, feature, PDF)
- Antitrust issues in Asia, translated into Chinese (Navigator, Motorola, PDF)
Business technology features
- Internet-Based Education and Its Impact on Developing Nations (BWW Society, feature)
- The Chief Knowledge Officer as the guardian of knowledge (Cnet Asia, feature)
- Wireless Sun rises in the East (TechTV feature, PDF)
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Who needs a PC?
(Business 2.0, cover feature, On how wireless Internet, specifically on wireless technology is changing the lives of people in Asia. You can also download the PDF file (440k).
Complex technology features
- Trimming Costs? Shrink the Motherboard (NC Asia, analysis feature)
- The clan of C languages (NC Asia, feature)
- Recent security holes (NC Asia, feature)
- VPN circa 2002 (NC Asia, feature)
- Mail server landscape (NC Asia, feature)
- Fooling biometrics (NC Asia, feature)
- Optimizing Java code and C# (NC Asia, feature)
- Squid configuration (NC Asia, feature)
- Tidying up HTML code for XML (NC Asia, feature)
- Identity crisis (NC Asia, feature)
- 64-bit computing revisited (NC Asia, feature)
- PHP and ZEND - tips and tricks (NC Asia, feature)
- Disable gopher (NC Asia, feature)
- Satellite broadband (NC Asia, feature)
- Using Perl to fight spam (NC Asia, feature)
- Patching wireless holes (NC Asia, feature)
- Antivirus tech frontiers (NC Asia, feature)
- Multicast methods (NC Asia, feature)
- Step up on spectrum (NC Asia, feature)
- Beware of those MP3s (NC Asia, feature)
- OS Shootout of Solaris, OS X & Win XP (NC Asia, feature)
- Satellite Internet (NC Asia, feature)
- Systems block of Asia domains (NC Asia, feature)
- The right stuff (NC Asia, cover story)
- Un-tethered learning with wireless (NC Asia, feature)
- No forms, please (NC Asia, feature)
- DIY Wireless - Base station not required? (NC Asia, feature)
- IPSec and MPLS: Which VPN is Right For You? (NC Asia, feature)
- Slowing down spam (NC Asia, feature)
- Works with CMP Media earlier have been archived.
For Editors and Publishers
If you like to assign stories to Seamus Phan, do email him directly at
seamus@seamusphan.com.
You can download a standard contract by National Writers Union (NWU) as reference. You may have your own contract and we are happy to work out the details with you.
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Independent TV & Radio journalism and film-making
Seamus Phan is a great broadcast face and voice for TV and radio stations that require a reassuring voice or personality with soothing and learned authority, and a discernible optimism.
Seamus has been using his professional voice since 1987, in corporate training, professional speaking, meeting facilitation, and subsequently, also TV and radio hosting for international broadcast media. Unlike "pure" radio voices and TV faces, Seamus is a highly experienced business consultant and executive, as well as technology and biotech expert. If you are in specialized fields such as information technology, Internet, biotech, medicine, pharmaceuticals, sciences, and anything high-tech, you can be sure that Seamus can lend a powerful, compelling, believable and credible voice to your TV and radio programs.
Like to see some of his past work for TV, radio and professional speaking? Visit the "News & Videos" page.
Seamus has previously co-hosted on USA's ZDTV Radio, TechTV Radio, and TechTV Live. And internationally, Seamus has co-hosted segments on NewsRadio 93.8FM and Capital 95.8FM (Mandarin), as well as interviewed on 5AA AM Australia.
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Seamus Phan
Asia Tel: +65.6324.8301
seamus@seamusphan.com
keynote speaker . meeting facilitator . emcee . Internet strategist . writer
Singapore & USA - available for assignments worldwide
Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, Branding, Media Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Internet Security, Blogging, Knowledge Management, Health, Wellness, Non-Profits
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