If we want to become a physically fit person, then the better chance of success is to join a community. The search for community could be a series of trial and error. Begin with signing up for a nearby gym membership, but give up in a few months. Later find a much enjoyable experience in […]
We profile the company that we do business with. We might even profile the key contact person’s interest and birthday for gift. Why don’t we do that to our friends and family? Recently while visiting an old friend, I added ‘cooks dinner for the kid’ and ‘enjoys noodle more than rice’ in to his profile
Spin caps are great for night journals, the seconds it takes to spin the cap off provides a time to recap the day. It enhances the ceremonial process. Snap caps are great for work. The reality is, the time to spin the cap off and adjust the grip is enough to cost an idea or
55In retrospect, I realize that we did not exhaust all the options available to us…..I was young and impatient, and did not see any virtue in waiting. Escape seemed the only way. 84We were not different people with separate languages; we were one people, with different tongues. 182I saw how my own people had remained
As an engineering student walking in campus, you’re given a handout by a middle age man on the sidewalk. The handout read “Challenge on French Translation”. Out of boredom after the final exam, you pull out Google Translate and ChatGPT to kill the time. A week later, dean of school called. From this point on,
The feeling of running out of ink in a middle of a meeting and trying to touch the paper lightly to squeeze its last ink drop is disturbing. That made Lamy Safari a fountain pen worth constant revisiting. It’s a bless not having to unscrew the pen and flip it upside down to check the
Like many, I watched Jon’s TED talk years ago; before I was married, before I had a kid. I have been feeling trapped, at work and at family, these 2 years. That gave me the motive to attend his speech in Taipei. Being poor and suffer Poor in the city The system (capitalism) and fear
Recently at work, I found members sitting idle on a task longer than planned. This pattern happens when they’re in a project for more than 2 to 3 weeks. During the first few weeks, information pile up quickly. Over flooded with information on the project, judgement becomes more difficult because the considerations increased. The idea
They gamified my life and satisfied my OCD of tracking every aspect of my life, although the benefit and medical reliability is questionable. The fact it shines every time I turn my wrist is extremely annoying during light out. That half second delay between my wrist position and screen display. Maybe my nitpicking is the
When I asked my wife whether buying a ASUS ProArt PA248QV monitor for work is out of necessity or impulse, she reminded me the wish list I have recently. The list falls into these categories and moments:
