Posts by Allen Cheung
Life as Tetris
I found a fun article a couple of days ago that tries to compare Tetris to life over Chess as the appropriate gaming analog. As a former addict to Tetris DS as well as a founder of my high school’…
Review: Seveneves
Seveneves would probably be better as a movie. Seveneves is the latest novel from Neal Stephenson, and it’s a story that starts with an unexplained event which causes the breakup of the moon, but quickly spirals into global crisis…
Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Promotions
There are two schools of thought on how promotions should work. They can be summarized as prescriptive and descriptive: * Prescriptive promotions are given to folks that have worked hard and deserve recognition. They come with a new set of responsibilities,…
Review: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
An acquaintance referred me to The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. As much as I like to peruse self-help and self-improvement books, I admit that I probably would not have been interested in this one without a recommendation. Turns out,…
You Want a Lower Valuation Joining an Established Startup
I saw a piece coming from Bloomberg a couple of weeks ago about how — with the downward trend of tech IPOs in 2015 heading into this year — employees aren’t reaping the rewards they had been expecting or were implied…
Small Screens for Reading, Large Screens for Immersion
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is happening right now in Vegas, and I spent a few minutes today looking at all the latest hardware and gadgetry developments which are supposed to define consumer technology in 2016. There look to be…
