Posts by Allen Cheung
How to get Front-End Developers
Javascript has won the internet. It beat out Actionscript/Flex in mobile, while a new breed of MVC, client-side frameworks are taking over jobs that used to employ server-side code (e.g., your Rails's, Djangos, and…
New Year, New Theme
Hi 2012, nice to meet you. I took a small break from writing this blog at the end of last year to revise the design a bit. Now that I have a few months' worth of work experience under…
The Luxury of Simple
I've been spending the past fews days helping my parents unpack after their first move in over a dozen years. On top of the weekend I spent over Thanksgiving moving out of my old room and the subsequent…
Mobile First
I was at the Event Apart conference today, sitting amongst design and front end web geeks trying to take in lessons from what passes as celebrity in our circles. A lot of it is highfalutin philosophies and principles (in contrast,…
Good UI Begets Great UI
With the recent updates to apps like Flipboard and Path[1] (not to mention the existing base of well-designed apps on iOS), it's about time iOS developers are breaking away from the standard mobile app UI. They&…
From the Armchair
I came across this article yesterday, provocatively titled "If Everyone Else is Such an Idiot, How Come You're Not Rich?". She makes a few good points: armchair generals point out the obvious, company leaders have to…
