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My childhood was distinctly marked by improvisation. In the days before screens and social media, we played masak-masak and make-believe, using the everyday things around us to bring our imaginary worlds to life. The corridors of our HDB block became a makeshift supermarket aisle, a blanket transformed into a fort,
There's something magical about childhood snacks. They're time machines wrapped in crinkly packages, portals to simpler days when 20 cents could buy happiness and sticky fingers were badges of honour, rather than inconveniences to be sanitised away. When I think about my own skittish excitement licking
As the competition for quality content and organic reach continues to get stiffer by the day, things can feel overwhelming, especially…
Kathy is our resident mariner and writer at Kontinentalist. She covers marine and environmental topics and her life is very closely…
In this edition of Humans of Konti, we catch up with Phoebe. Phoebe interned at Kontinentalist for a month from January-February this year…
From apps like Uber and Snapchat, to storytelling platforms like National Geographic’s Geostories, the map has increasingly taken centre…
Recently we were invited by the Data Vis Singapore Meetup group to present our story on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in China. This…
Setting up a website from scratch may be easier than building Rome, but Kontinentalist wasn’t built in a day as well. Our Wayfinder / lead developer Dylan details his journey in making v1.0 happen. When I first joined Kontinentalist, my primary task as the head developer was to set
The first thing that must be understood about writing, is that anyone and everyone can write. The key question is: how do we write well?
Hi Griselda, when did you join Kontinentalist?
Exactly a month ago, we published this map to show the distribution of lottery winners across Singapore Pools outlets in anticipation of…
My name is Ying Xuan and I am currently a third-year student at the National University of Singapore, majoring in Environmental Studies…
The story of how did we migrate to Docker as a development environment. Let’s get to know more now!
In this edition of Humans of Konti, we catch up with Ying Xuan. Ying Xuan interned at Kontinentalist for a month from December last year…