Posts by Allen Cheung
Apps don't Magically Increase Reach
Apps are supposed to be magical. Well, not so much magical as they are a supposedly a requirement for most businesses, the main way to get in front of users whose time is increasingly dominated by mobile. Admittedly, I feel…
Retina is Driving PC Hardware
Nope, couldn’t do it. I took the new Macbook “upgrade” that I bought a few weeks ago back to the Apple store and told them that I’d stick with my 4-year-old battleship for now. Quick aside – Apple’s…
What Happens when Houses are too Expensive to Afford?
I get notifications from Redfin every day on the houses for sale in the neighborhood. Like Louis Gray, I’m often astounded by how much the cost of real estate has been raising in the Bay Area, going from merely…
Progressive Web Apps
I read an interesting article a few days ago on the idea of building web apps “progressively”, in that they take on more characteristics of native apps but still retain the flexibility and reach of the web. The key differentiation…
Can Free Mobile Content Survive?
Facebook Instant Articles. Apple News powered by iAds. These are the ways that tech companies are telling us that the web is not good enough for text and images anymore, and that full native is still the holy grail for…
The Chronicles of E-Sports History
E-sports aren’t quite mainstream yet. Despite ESPN airing tournaments on one of its major channels (though not without controversy), virtual sports are very far removed in scope and mindshare compared to physical sports, most of which have had centuries…
