Quite a lot have been happening for us lately, so much so we’ve pretty much haven’t had the time to sit down and update this blog. We apologise for the lack of news.

As you’ve of course heard, we’ve officially launched EzyPzy in Malaysia! You have absolutey no idea how psyched we were of that, and how relieved we were after it all happened!

WICT 2008 was quite an experience. We had this little kiosk under the MSC Malaysia Pavillion, nice spot that had quite a bit of traffic passing by. It wasn’t without some glitches, though. We discovered on that Monday morning, the first day of the event, that the broadband provided was not enough to cater for us all the exhibitors and guests present. Imagine what kind of problem that gave us, as EzyPzy is a web-based product! And like total doofs we didn’t install a local copy, thinking what was provided should be good enough - world class event and all that. We quickly rectified that by making sure the iMac we used as a display unit had EzyPzy installed locally. Problem solved.

The Prime Minister stopped by to check EzyPzy out! It was part of his WICT tour, and he spent a minute listening to Aaron tell him what’s so EzyPzy. That was about noon on Day One, and we were pretty shocked and excited about the encounter. So shocked and excited, that I totally missed taking a photo of that highlight moment! Sorry, Aaron!

The other days were alright. Lots of people came by. We kind of developed a system of marketing. Mei Fern, our temp promoter, would stand in front of the booth and give out our interesting looking flyers, and when the person showed interest, she’d direct them to me or Aaron for a more detailed explanation. She was not bad, and I joked that if WICT was five days long she’d be getting everyone she talked to signing up by the fifth day. Aaron and I would take turns being at the booth.

Most of the people who came by were pretty impressed with EzyPzy. One or two even came up with good ideas for expansions, future features, and usages. One dude said he could use it while he’s overseas; for example, if he were in the States and wanted to send an SMS to his parents back in Malaysia… and not need to pay the extra roaming charges! Pretty nifty idea, especially for students.

And then came our launch! We were a bit worried and running around frantic before the event, setting things up, some worries here and there. But thankfully, it all went good. Mohanna did great as Emcee, and Encik Roslan gave a pretty cool speech (”I’m just gonna wing it!” he said!). Check out the videos!

So well, we’re all out there, launched and ready. Next stop, Singapore.

I’ll keep this blog post short, but next, I’ll have to talk about the day RTM came by our office and did an interview for a series they had going! Stay tuned!

Part One - Introduction

Part Two - Speech from Chief Ezy, Aaron Gill

Part Three - Demonstration

Part Four - Continuation of Demo

Part Five - Intermission

Part Six - Speech from Head of Technopreneur Development Division, MDeC, Mr Roslan Bakri Zakaria

Part Seven - Giving of goodie bag, and close