Posts by Allen Cheung
Quick Thoughts on the New Wordpress Single-Page App
This blog started its life as a Wordpress blog, but on a previous site, I had actually migrated from my custom blog framework over to Wordpress back in 2008 or so. Even back then, Wordpress had taken over the blogging…
Geeking out on Keyboards, Part II
This is Part II of me talking about keyboards. ReadPart I for more context. It’s been a couple of months since I’ve converted to using the Kinesis Advantage on both my desks at work and at home. It’…
Checking Emails on Vacation
Common advice for people going on vacation is to just don’t do it. Seeing that most workers have a lot of trouble unplugging from work as it is, keeping the email app closed is one strategy to stop yourself…
The New Withings Steel Watch
Chalk it up to bad purchase timing. A week after I decided to wear a watch and went with the Whitings Activité, they announce a new, cheaper watch in the Withings Activité Steel: basically the same watch, with a cheaper…
Bringing the Technological Hammer Down on Cars
It seems inevitable that cars will be the next victim in the technologicalization of everything™. Tesla has successfully shown incumbant car manufacturers one way to look beyond fossil fuels—though they still have a ways to go to produce profitable…
The Slightly Smart Feature Watch
I have to credit the Apple Watch. Even though I don’t think the current iterations of smartwatches make much sense—low battery life, weak apps, and mostly gaudy[1] and ugly designs—they have made me think about wearing…
