49: Time to pause
Lately I, like many other people in the world, are under lock down and social distance order, so I have been staying at home and […]
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48: Web may eventually disappear
Web may eventually disappear… Hmm, did I say “Web”? I actually mean Web browsing may eventually…did I say disappear? OK, now I got your full […]
Continue reading »47: Fantastic interfaces and where to find them
This is the second part of the previous post: 46: Define Interface With everything happening around the world lately, I think it is important to do […]
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I had an enlightening discussion with someone last week on how to solve a problem without jumping into a solution with interface. Unfortunately, at least […]
Continue reading »45: Another feature Strava is missing
This is another episode of missing features in Strava. Here is the list of past episodes: 26: Missing Feature in Strava 35: Another missing feature […]
Continue reading »44: Book vending machine – a terrible idea?
Origin I had a trip recently. I was wandering in the airport before my flight, and realized one thing: Why is bookstore in airport still […]
Continue reading »43: There should have an auto-archive machine for outdated Internet content
First, I converted HongInCanada.com to Blazor hosted model. Took me a few days due to some unexpected issues. I wanted to something simple, so I […]
Continue reading »42: How to identify the breed of a cat?
A simple idea: How can I identify the breed of a cat? I mean, any cat. It is trivial to differentiate dogs from cats. There […]
Continue reading »41: OurCraving – an old idea of restaurants lookup with friends – and year-end summary
This was my old idea from 2012, and I built OurCraving.com back in 2013. I published a long post of my research, motivation and design […]
Continue reading »40: I need an AdBlock on smart device when playing music
Seriously, this is very much needed. I was trying to listen to calm sleeping music for a nap. Just after one song, the ad came […]
Continue reading »39: Can Smart Home devices have a drill mode?
First, there are tons of recommendations about turning off your phone before going to bed, such as: this: Put the Phone Away! 3 Reasons Why […]
Continue reading »38: Is it possible to setup reminder automatically, without me telling it?
Honestly, busy at work in the last few weeks, and then another surprise with tight deadline a week ago. My whole team had to drop […]
Continue reading »37: Review-based shopping is annoying, try bad-experience-based shopping
First, let’s walk through 3 types of shopping experiences I had Buying Mattress Online A few months ago, we decided to replace our 15-year old […]
Continue reading »36: AI-selected president candidates
Earlier I came up with an idea of 16: Interview for a city leader. The other day during a water cooler chatting, a coworker suggested that […]
Continue reading »35: Another missing feature in Strava
I have previously posted an idea about a missing feature in Strava. Lately I have been feeling another feature missing there. Today I read a […]
Continue reading »34: My next year’s costume
This year I decided to DIY my costume, so I found an inspiration online and then made this: My little one helped some parts of […]
Continue reading »32: Retail is not really dead – Part Two
This is the second part of the previous idea: 31: Retail is not really dead – Part One First, I would like to mention that I […]
Continue reading »33: Here is my first comic attempt
First, 32 was still in a draft, discussing an idea about retail, extended from 31: Retail is not really dead – Part One. Therefore, this is […]
Continue reading »31: Retail is not really dead – Part One
My child wanted a hula hoop. You have no idea how hard to find such a thing. We went to 2 Walmart, 2 Targets, and […]
Continue reading »30: To be a successful storyteller, one must include PIZZA
This is not a typical Sunday, when usually the family will drive the car to do grocery shopping or spend some time in a mall […]
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