Posts by Allen Cheung
The Modularization of Microsoft
All the interesting news coming out of Microsoft from their Build conference revolves around interoperation. Across desktop and mobile, they’re courting developers with initiatives – Visual Studio in OS X, Android apps running in Windows, cross-compilation of Objective-C…
Why Unicorns Exist
I just listened to an excellent, thought-provoking conversation hosted by the a16z podcast on Venture Capital and unicorn private companies: Good Bubbles, Bad Bubbles – and Where Unicorns Come from It’s worth listening to the entire thing, especially the…
Not Being Kind
I shared this awesome blog post by Andrew Bosworth (early Facebook employee, now a VP there) on Twitter: Be Kind The message to resonated with a lot of folks, and I was impressed by the frankness and humility in sharing…
The 10x Manager
I threw this out on Twitter: @StartupLJackson If a manager can get 2x out of a team of 10, that’s 10x right there. — Allen Cheung (@allenmhc) May 12, 2015 Despite how it sounds, I wasn’t being flippant, but…
More Options for Photos in the Cloud
Since I last wrote about the many different ways of managing a photo collection, there’s been two pretty good developments that provide even more options. iCloud Photo Library, I think, existed in beta form when I wrote the post,…
The Art of Knowing What to Learn, When
Common wisdom tells us that software development requires constant learning. Particularly, client-side development (web and mobile) iterates so fast that its designers, engineers, and product folk have to stay up-to-date with the latest advances. “Expertise” is not…
