Posts by Allen Cheung
The Magic of Communication
My dad just forwarded me the latest family photo email. It's something that parents like to do. And as I watch the email crash my phone from sheer payload size, I began to wonder: why not just connect…
Inverted World
I used to be a astrophysics nerd wannabe. The "wannabe" part is an apt qualifier: I was into the more popular culture and easily digestible aspects of astrophysics, but never quite pursued the college education that would vindicate…
Wisdom from Engineering Managers
As I continue figuring out the work to manage engineers, I've asked other, more experienced and better managers to give me whatever advice and commentary they have on a job that's both less discussed and less…
Amazon, the Destroyer of Companies
Amazon is a scary company. At least, that's the story told by The Everything Store, a recounting of the Amazon founding and growth story leading up to its present-day conglomeration of e-commerce, mobile devices, and cloud platforms. The…
Exemplary Touch Gaming
Gaming on phones and tablets have certainly come a long way from that poker game that Apple released with the first App Store. There is, if not a particularly healthy ecosystem of games, at least a flood of them of…
A Book on a Video Game
There aren't that many books on video games; I've probably read most of them. For a medium and industry that pulls in almost $100 billion, it's still seen as little more than a casual…
