Posts by Allen Cheung
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…
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…
Reflecting on Final Fantasy XV
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy games, by my count, for the past 24 years. It’s the premiere Japanese RPG series, one that guarantees high production values and solid gameplay, spectacles equivalent of long-running summer blockbuster sequels[1]…
How Lightweight is a Lightweight Process?
A couple weeks back, as I was reading another big-mailing-list email about how we’re instituting a new set of processes to meet a set of implied standards, I saw that the author reassuringly stated that his implementation…
