Posts by Allen Cheung
Software as a Core Competency
Techies like writing about Tesla. Beyond the perhaps oversimplified comparisons to Apple, the company also feels like it’s a disruptive force, one taking on the old establishment of major car companies and their dealership cartels. It embodies the startup…
Friendship Available for Rent
I came across an interesting article on a few lesser known social services in Japan: The Incredibly True Story of Renting a Friend in Tokyo On the surface, it sounds and feels like another “Japanese culture is weird” observation from…
Accelerated Mobile Pages
On my to-do list, under the “software” category, there was an item on enabling Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) on this blog. I figured it’d take some research plus a bit of coding and styling, seeing how the standard is…
Data Sync Not Invented Here
You’d think that data syncing is a solved problem for applications. Dropbox has been around for close to 10 years , and they came up with a product model — a local folder whose files (usually) silently merge with upstream servers…
Tesla's Hype in Defining the Future
Tesla has been called the Apple of cars, and the comparison does work in a few ways: * Both companies are known for their minimalistic and simple designs, * They both target the middle-high end of their respective consumer markets, * Both emphasize…
Evernote → OneNote
Late last year, I was investigating whether to migrate over from Evernote to OneNote. I had been an Evernote user for years, but recent questions on the health of the company have prompted me to look for alternatives. OneNote looked…
