Posts by Allen Cheung
A Bifurcation in Photography
Parenting catalyzes photography. I had dabbled with point-and-shoot cameras in the past, but those devices offered little once smartphone cameras took good enough pictures for most. When the kids came along, the cliche that the best camera is the one…
Review: Chaos Monkeys
I picked up Chaos Monkeys curious about how it would portray the same Silicon Valley that I've been a part of for over a dozen years. In particular, one of the characters in the narrative—Gokul Rajaram—had…
A Counsyl Retrospective
It started when I was thinking about how technology has failed. Or, to be more accurate, where it has failed. Post-Square, I had approached my job hunt slightly differently than in years past. Opportunity and role were still the most…
A Future of Mesh Routers
Of all the new computing hardware that was announced in 2016, I was most excited to get my hands on two upgrades: the new MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar, and Google's take on a Wifi mesh network.…
Knocking Off the Apple Design Pedestal
It starts, as usual, by having to correct someone being wrong on the internet: Ignores fact that Google search is one of the best products of all time. Iteration is not design Innovator https://t.co/ZRALVXHFWT — Allen Cheung (@allenmhc)…
Citibank's Terrible, Customer-Hostile Security Measures
This is going to be a rant about how horrible Citibank's customer experience is, particularly around their security measures that's meant to protect their users. I'm still in disbelief on how misguided their systems…
