Posts by Allen Cheung
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…
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…
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…
The Cafe Workspace
Our team just had an offsite brainstorming meeting at the Workshop Cafe in the heart of the financial district in San Francisco. It is this neat little coffee shop attached to a spacious co-working space, with a mobile website…
Transitioning to Management is Trial by Fire
A couple months back, I wrote about how promotions typically work inside of midsized to large companies. In short, they’re usually descriptive in nature, so the individual only gets the new level and title after they’re essentially doing…
