Earlier this year, my son Jack chose to study Computer Science at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien, Taiwan. In a way, it could have been so much easier for him to study CS at DigiPen in Redmond, WA. He can live at home and commute 15 minutes to school…

XiaoLiuQiu (小琉球), or XLQ for short, is a small coral island southwest of the main island of Taiwan. It’s a sleepy remote island that has gotten a lot more popular lately. As two random data points, both my dad and my childhood classmate have never been there. After Jack started…

Have you seen Hustle, the latest movie by Adam Sandler on Netflix? I think it’s a great movie. On the surface, it’s a feel good sports movie about a young basketball player. But once again, a movie helped me understand something about myself. Maybe it can help you too. Synopsis Hustle…

Did you know that you can submit user feedback within any Google product? Google Meet has “Report a problem”, which allows you to send a screenshot and a text description to the engineering team. Wonder what happens behind the curtains? I will tell you all about it. Besides creating Google…

Many of you may have seen the movie The Internship by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Let me tell you, that’s nothing like a real internship experience at Google. The movie is funny, but it’s fiction. Let me tell you about one of the internships on the Google Meet team…

Hello there. Sorry for taking a week off. I was busy with something else last week, and I hope I can share more about it with you soon. A month ago you may have read Bucking the US College System, where our son Jack chose to study Computer Science in…

It’s happening! After ordering a Model Y last year in November, we finally got our VIN, and we are taking delivery on Tuesday 6/21. Allyson has waited a long time for her electric SUV, and thanks to Elon and the team for creating this car. In 1997, I met my…

A couple things have happened recently where it made sense for me to explain this. It would help clear up some misunderstandings, and also make a lot more sense about my articles in the future. The Innocent When I started writing in mid 2021, it was on LinkedIn. Mostly it was to…