I look at my calendar for this weekend and my head swarms. There are visitors galore – all cool people who I want to see – and I plan to see as many of them as possible. However, I can’t help but get slightly anxious, knowing that running from one social engagement to the next…
What am I actually doing? People ask me that a lot. I don’t have a straight answer. I am making no money, am essentially “jobless”, and have no particular path. One could say I am a freelancer, though that’s really just a euphemism for being unemployed since I float between various projects at minimal (sometimes…
At an interview with a startup incubator today, our team was asked, “One year from now, you’ve failed. What are the reason(s)?” I was a little taken aback, mainly by how the question was framed. There were no conditions; the statement was definite, as if failure was inevitable. They say something like 75% of startups…
Shout-out to Obama, our president for the next 4 years. Now on with my selfish lamenting… Yesterday, I was telling a friend about the number of projects I’m involved with. “I can’t handle them all! I feel like I’m not being the best version of myself in anything.” She responded, “When you attempt too many…
My father recently won second place in an essay contest about the American Dream. The contest was sponsored by the Asian supermarket Hmart, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year. It just so happens that my parents are also celebrating their 30 year anniversary of living in the United States. In 1982, they emigrated from…
What’s the most appealing part of a journey: the beginning, middle, or end? For me, it’s the beginning because you can go anywhere from there. I’m a dreamer. For others it’s the end because they can marvel at the results. These are goal-driven executers. Who chooses the middle? The journeymen, the ultimate learners. For them,…
I’m in Boston visiting a friend, so this post will be brief. I’m always trying to find a balance between dedication to craft (usually performed best in isolation), and dedication to friends and community (a largely social activity). Today should be strictly about the latter. But since I’ve decided to be diligent about this daily…
Today I walked a 5K’s worth, not for charity, but to catch a bus to Boston. I left Park Slope at 8:16 am, stopped for coffee and chocolate banana bread, walked straight west on Flatbush across the Manhattan bridge, and arrived at Fung Wah on Canal at 9:40 am. Give or take, it took…
Day 1: Strategy I’ve been drafting these things called ‘Content Strategy Docs’. These are digital design, development, and copy suggestions for companies to increase engagement with their customer base. In short, a way for companies who care about their bottom line to appear that they care about other things, like you. The most successful businesses…
“Jia bung!” This magic Taiwanese phrase had me running with dogged devotion to the kitchen table. Translating literally to ‘eat food’, ‘Jia Bung’ was a signal for family and guests to gather for a meal or social occasion. At five years old, I would gleefully respond to this open invitation with the only other Taiwanese phrase…
The Social Files 