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- July 4, 2014
Unique Value Proposition
As mentioned in my first post, one of the main challenges we are facing with CodifyMe is to create our Unique Value Proposition (UVP). In other words, what makes CodifyMe different and worth getting attention? Ever since I found out there is a direct competitor to our product, I have been struggling with this question. […]
- June 30, 2014
The Journey Starts Here
I have decided to start blogging about my experience building CodifyMe. I am not sure where this road will lead to or how this journey will end. But I be damned if I don’t learn something from it. And the best way to learn is by documenting my thoughts and experience in real time when […]
- June 16, 2014
Science, the Mythbuster Edition (Sort of)
10 scientific ideas that scientists wish you would stop misusing. While I agree with a few of them, read it with a pinch of salt though. This article does a pretty good job at clarifying some of them. But if there is one takeaway from this article, let it be this: The fact that science […]
- June 15, 2014
Turn Detroit into Drone Valley
Very interesting article by the ever so brilliant Mark Andreessen on how best to address the problem we have with cloning silicon valley. We’re either going top-down by focusing primarily on infrastructure—plunking down an office park next to a university—or bottom-up by focusing on just the networks. None of these efforts successfully pursue both paths […]
- June 14, 2014
Google’s Push Past Search
Google’s answer to solve the ‘search’ problem on mobile. In short, traditional search (pull method) is not working on mobile. So Google is moving towards content curation based on context, using highly sophisticated algorithms and extensive machine learning (based on information we inadvertently give up about ourselves when using google products) to predict what a […]
- June 3, 2014
“一路有你” (The Journey) 观后感
在往悉尼的飞机上看了“一路有你” （The Journey)。真好看。电影拍得诚挚感人，看得我眼泪直流。那演爸爸的演员演得真好。 华人父母对子女伟大又含蓄内敛的爱，是外国人很难明白的。我一定要和Glenn看这部电影，让他明白这种爱。期望他至少能稍微体会我一直以来很难跟他形容明白的我和爸爸妈妈之间的感情。
- June 2, 2014
Hello there, Sydney
Arrived to a sunny winter in Sydney. Hi there, new life. I have also started a “A Photo A Day” project on Tumblr as a keepsake of our lives in Sydney. My goal is to keep this up and alive for at least 365 days. #determined http://yilinghwong.tumblr.com/
- May 28, 2014
Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends Report
30% Of All Mobile Users Are Now Smartphone Users (so if you are only making money on the web, you are in trouble). Tablet usage is growing faster than PCs ever did Mobile now accounts for 25% of all web usage Internet Advertising Grew 16% This Year. Mobile grew 47% yet still makes up just […]
- May 24, 2014
Digital Dualism
The term digital dualism stems from the notion that our physical and virtual worlds are separate. Digital dualists believe that the digital world is “virtual” and the physical world “real.” Is digital dualism a fallacy now that these two worlds are so inextricably entangled to the point where distinction is becoming increasingly irrelevant? our reality […]
- May 16, 2014
The Price is Right
Some good points on pricing strategy: One reason for this [saying the product can save the customer hundreds of thousands, yet it is priced as if it is saving thousands] is assuming the need to price and program similarly to competitive products. With a potentially disruptive product, however, falling into the trap of pricing like […]
- May 8, 2014
Things I Learn from the Internet – 6
Note: Things I Learn from the Internet is a series of post containing snippets of wisdom collected from stuff I read on the WWW which do not warrant a post in itself. 14 things to do after installing Ubuntu 14.04: most of them also applicable for earlier or future versions of Ubuntu. Aberdeencloud: high performance […]
- May 1, 2014
Twitter is Not Dying
Interesting points to ponder: People who say Twitter has a growth problem are making a mistake by comparing it to Facebook. Twitter is not a social network. Not primarily, anyway. It’s better described as a social media platform, with the emphasis on “media platform.” And media platforms should not be judged by the same metrics […]