For all friends etc, FYI our wedding date is set for August 31st in the Bay Area. We will also send out proper invitations soon, but since it looks like everyone else is making summer (and, for some of you, wedding!) plans, we figured we should get the date out as soon as possible.

(cross posted from fb & g+, in case anybody still reads just my lj anymore):

So for years I've wanted to blog about things like interactive dynamic techniques, but have never quite been sure what the intersection between what interests me and what other people would actually find useful (and bother reading a dozen paragraphs of text for). I finally ( Read more... )

I have always been knowing for having strong desire, or wishing, or values as a theme in my life and interactions.  Frequently, when these things come up, my friends turn and say, "well, that seems like your sort of thing".  I've always identified as someone who knows what I want.  Even strangers, after brief conversations with me, characterize me ( Read more... )

I'm staying for a couple nights at the Orange Hotel (#8 of a chain), a boutique hotel in Beijing.  Every room comes with its own fish-and-rubix-cube duo.  Also, the privacy sign on my door reads in English, on one side, " Go Away (please) " and on the other " tidy up, NOW! "

So funny terminology story this evening ( Read more... )

( Every time I come back to China, I find myself thinking about economics. )

So I've mentioned before that I have this poofy cousin named Yang Yang who is male, half a year younger than me, and my aunt's son on my father's side, which is currently where I am right now in Bao Ding. He was the one whose wedding took place several years ago that I LJ'd about.

It turns out that in the past couple years, he started a game store ( Read more... )

I think part of the reason that business/industry makes so little sense to me is that I just don't understand the way that people think about products.

( Product vs Experience )

When we were young, we wanted the world to be a more magical place.  For many/most of us, it was what drew us together.  It was how we found each other in new places with strangers.  There wasn't a lot we could do, but we did what we could by telling stories, and we sure wished life could be more dramatic, gorgeous, and cool.

Now, that is a pressure ( Read more... )

( People who know me often think I'm crazy on (among others) this one point, which is that I can't tell the difference between honest misunderstanding and malicious misinterpretation. )