Yesterday, I met Casey Chiang and Kang Ngee, founders of CodeJam Pte Ltd, known for their flagship product, MemoriesOnTV, a friendly application that allows you to create photo slides playable on CD/DVD. CodeJam has been around for 4 years, and MemoriesOnTV has been downloaded over 700,000 times on download.com; and they are growing, they just moved to a new office. It has a meeting room!! :)

They bumped into BookJetty through a link that I unashamely posted on a dicussion forum. They think that what I have done for the community through BookJetty is a nice gesture, so they invited me for a friendly visit and a chat.

We shared our lows and highs, our pains and struggles as software startups, and we had a good laugh and an enjoyable session. They gave me some invaluable advices and about the plans I have for Pluit Solutions, and encourage me not to let the flame in me being put off. We parted with a promise that we will keep in touch.

I think CodeJam can be a good inspiration for the software startups in Singapore; to be creative, let loose, and fulfill the core value of programming, to improve the quality of life. Let that spirit lives within us, and let’s help each other out, if not money, let it be an encouragement.

15 Sep 06 - CodeJam is looking for a good C++ developer, if you are one, find out more here.