This summer represents the first time I’ll have to look for a job, after spending 2 summers with the Police. The internship search process has been an eye-opener, especially to someone whose only experience being evaluated was through the scholarship selection process. The two processes are as different as they can be.
One of the first things that I had to do was design a resume, something I had never done before (apart from a …Continue Reading →
I’ve just spent the last 9 hours recovering this blog from the Pharma hack. I was hit by a far more vicious variant- instead of just making the results visible to search engines, it embedded Viagra and Cialis links in every single blog post. Worse, it embedded it in HTML- arbitrarily, breaking HTML img tags, and Youtube embeds.
There are 2 definitive blog posts from people who experienced the original variant of the hack, which you …Continue Reading →
Driptech: A case of design for extreme affordability
Designing for extreme affordability brought Banny Banerjee of the Stanford Design School, Krista Donaldson of D.Rev, and Peter Frykman of Driptech in one panel. I had heard Peter speak years earlier as a freshman, and it was fascinating to see how Driptech had grown over the last 3 years.
The design thinking process was ultimately the topic of the day- prototyping, testing, and dealing with ambiguity. What …Continue Reading →
Attended the Stanford Association for International Development’s (SAID) conference yesterday. I had joined SAID earlier in the year and helped out with the conference website, and it was great seeing the conference bring together speakers and people interested in development together.
I wasn’t able to listen to all the speakers, but dropped in on the Extreme Affordability panel, as well as the Communication Technologies panel. Central to both was the two fields of technology and …Continue Reading →
I’ve been following American football since coming to the US, having read about it in Singapore, and playing flag football (a non contact version of football) with my friends. Stanford’s amazing prowess at football this year, where our team won the Orange Bowl, has definitely played a part as well.
I had the opportunity to play fantasy football with a bunch of friends this year, which started out as “hm let’s just …Continue Reading →
(This is the first idea that I’m posting, as part of my new approach to ideas. Please take this idea if it’s good, or call bullshit if I’m wrong!)
The working world- what next? (Source: SFC)
I met up with a friend in Singapore, who had recently completed his studies and was back in Singapore to serve his bond of six years. He was sharing with me that he missed the intellectual excitement …Continue Reading →
View from my room at the Stanford Guesthouse
I’ve flown back to the US early to go on sort of a personal retreat, on the outskirts on Stanford. It has been a good time to take stock of life, and plan for the future.
I’ve also had the chance to go the almost 3 month backlog of entries in my notebook, to organize them into my reference system. These three months have been an …Continue Reading →
A few years back in JC2, I made a set of H3 economics notes in preparation for the A levels. I hadn’t touched it since then, till I was surprised to read about it again recently. A group of current students had downloaded it and added on to it, sharing it with each other before the final exam. This resulted in a set of notes which was much better than the garbage I had put …Continue Reading →
Am back in Singapore, and will be here for the next 2 weeks or so. Coming back was a pretty last minute decision, but it was well worth the plane ticket to spend time with family and friends as I might not be back in Singapore for a while.
Life has been up and down recently- I have become better in my academics, though certain recent events have given me a certain heaviness of heart. …Continue Reading →
This article, from 37signals, says that there’s no space for the “idea guy” in many projects as they aren’t able to contribute to the actual creation process. It’s reflective of a mindset in Silicon Valley, something which goes along the lines of “if-you-can’t-code-you-are-useless”. The article has drawn quite a bit of flak, like this response post from a UI designer.
It, however, describes the major reason why I’m now doing engineering. I’ve always been …Continue Reading →
Daniel Onggunhao (王君豪) is currently at Stanford University. I work at the intersection of computer science, design and the social sciences, to build stuff that can be used for social good.
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