georgechen

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by georgechen 11y ago
I have a theory about large (and well known) cooperation reguarding brands. Google re-branded themseleve just last year (before the Alphabet switch over). People hated the new typeface etc, etc. but that doesn't stop anyone from using
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by georgechen 11y ago
Convoluted pitches and creative ideas exited all along. The problem is no one (from either the client nor the agency side) is willing to come out and call bullshit on bad ideas.
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by georgechen 11y ago
The current My Little Pony TV show (and the 3 feature length films) is still primarily put together via Flash 8.
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by georgechen 11y ago
That's correct. The Powerbook 100.
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by georgechen 11y ago
Or worse, became in pawn in the Ad Wars between Google, Apple, and Facebook. Let's face it, AdBlock on the Web only benefit closed network like Facebook, which also has plenty of PII. If the Web dies as as an Ad platform (because of Ad
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by georgechen 12y ago
You can support the developer via In-app purchase to get rid of those ads you know.
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by georgechen 12y ago
I believe she is now a visiting professor of Journalism at the University of Michigan through a grant by the Knight-Wallace Foundation. Truly misses her voice on the radio and reporting from China.
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by georgechen 12y ago
Off-topic slightly, but it's worth mentioning Louisa Lim, former NPR / BBC's China correspondent had recently published the book The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited. It's worth a read. It covered t
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All Your Choices Belong to Us(medium.com)
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by georgechen 13y ago
Of note: the original PowerBook 100 was design by Apple and manufactured by Sony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_100
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by georgechen 13y ago
Wo-jis-ki.
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by georgechen 13y ago
Indeed. And the irony, is, the real hipsters already move beyond their vintage typewriters, and Lomo camera. What the promotion video just shows us some cliches what the team think is cool. Not me.
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by georgechen 13y ago
I'm at North of Berkeley. Just check. Doesn't go that far yet.
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by georgechen 13y ago
Tom Clancy can be somewhat spot on with "predicting" the future of Geopolitics. In the 2006 Ghost Recon game: Advanced Warfighter (took place in 2013) was about heavy US entanglement in Mexico. Mexican mafia are getting pretty str
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by georgechen 13y ago
This seems like a great supplement for folks couldn't get to go to WWDC because it was sold out.... WWDC on Tour basically....
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by georgechen 13y ago
My rep. actually voted NO to the bill, and I didn't like it. Guess what? I've since emailed my rep. so he now know how I feel. Next time, if similar vote comes up, I'll call my rep... That's how democracy work.
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by georgechen 14y ago
personally it doesn't reminds me of G+. It reminds me of Tumblr actually.....
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by georgechen 14y ago
The new design language speaks "banking" to me. At one point I was mistaken the site for the American Express site which shares very similar color palette. The design also "feel" very Square (payment system) like to me. I am surprised this
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by georgechen 14y ago
I once had an opportunity to present to Mr. Moritz (just last year). He adores the idea of entrepreneurship, and idolize great entrepreneur in general. He was friendly, and very, very nice to our team. Gave us some ideas on what we should w
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by georgechen 14y ago
I think team dinning is important, but going to lunch as a group (or the group has a fav. place for take out) usually is a much better option. Our little story of AdMob is this: There's this Teriyaki take out place at downtown San Mateo.
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by georgechen 15y ago
I will! Thanks! I assume that's new in ICS?
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by georgechen 15y ago
Thanks. Nice. But since Big. G. is heavily pushing ICS, they should really put the ICS files up there.
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by georgechen 15y ago
Am I missing something? I'd like to get my hands on the templates, mocks, wirefames, etc. Let me play with those (as a designer) and I'll be able to better follow the specs and guidelines. Note: Microsoft (for once) actually one-up Big G. h
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by georgechen 15y ago
Jobs did task himself to make / fix icons with the original Macintosh launch. Fairly well documented he had a hand in everything.
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by georgechen 16y ago
Good portfolio except it's a bit too Web centric. Apps, Mobile interaction should be a part of it if this person is serious about working at Instagram.