The Fire Hose vs. The Stream

There are two recurring questions that I find myself answering. The two are different but related:

1. "Why would I want to know every little detail about what my friends are doing from Twitter/Facebook/Friendfeed?"


2. "How do you not get overwhelmed by all the …

Kamekame-huh?

I grew up on anime. In particular, like every teenager in Asia, I grew up watching, reading and in my case, drawing Dragonball Z. It was easily the most popular series in its time (the equivalent title nowadays would be Naruto). So when I found out there was going to be …

Slumdog Millionaire

I think between Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, I've definitely become a Danny Boyle fan. I think the genius of this film is the juxtaposition of something as inane and shallow as a game show with the harsh reality of a life growing up in the slums. The pacing and …

Twinkle Hijacks Twitter Usernames

When iPhone apps first came out, there were two iPhone apps people tended to go with for accessing and posting to the popular Twitter service: Twinkle and Twitterific. Since then, superior applications such as TwitterFon and Tweetie have hit the market but the first to …

Milk

I watched The Times of Harvey Milk documentary (which is on Hulu) before watching this movie. It's interesting to see the same story told twice, once from afar and once as though you were a part of it. One thing is certainly allows for is a reference point to recognize …

Best Hoodie Evar

I'm a big fan of hoodies. They're versatile, warm, casual and extremely comfortable. There's also a lot of really great designs for hoodies out there. For example, there's a full zip up Storm Tropper hoodie.

Last Christmas, I received a hoodie from my friend Diana. It …

How to Convert Music to MP3, AAC, AIFF or WAV With iTunes

I was trying to create an iPhone ringtone using Rogue Amoeba's MakeiPhoneRingTone application. This applicaiton requires AAC files to be dragged in. "No problem," I thought, "iTunes does AAC conversions." And it does but apparently, the interface to get there has become …

Eagle vs. Shark

If you're a fan of the Flight of the Conchords, you may have found this old full length film from New Zealand starring Jemaine Clement. It's a romantic comedy of sorts between two equally quirky, slightly awkward people. Jemaine seems to play the same character as …

For Your Ears: The Little Ones and Goh Nakamura

I've got two artists that I'd like to recommend, both of whom happened to feature Asian-American roots. The first is a friend and fellow San Franciscan Goh Nakamura. In his words,

Goh Nakamura is a San Francisco Bay Area based musician who writes ditties about …

Engaged

Originally, a blog post with a title of "Engaged" might have referred to the excellent conference I attended last weekend in Montr

Raptr Launches in Public Beta

Raptr, the startup I joined at the beginning of the year, has gone into public beta. If you play any sort of video games - even casual Flash games like Who's Got the Biggest Brain on Facebook (my current obsession) - I hope you try it out. I'm very fortunate and proud …

Facebook Has License to Sell Your Photos

I'm seeing two trends lately. The first is that more people are posting with to Facebook exclusively or both to Facebook and Flickr. The second is an increasing number of my photographer friends using Facebook to promote their photography by posting their photos there. …

Sex and the City

Honestly, I think for a guy to watch this, he should watch it on the opening night when all the girls are dressed up like Carrie Bradshaw and co. I didn't, I saw it the second day with a large group of mostly female viewers. I laughed at many of the jokes in the movie …

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Easily the worst Indiana Jones movie. Perhaps it had simply been too long since the last one and I'd forgotten how campy the series was or perhaps the Star Wars prequels revealed just how poor of a scriptwriter Lucas was. The movie felt like it was designed to be …

I'm Writing a Book!

photo by chotda

After two years of discussions with Lou Rosenfeld, I've finally signed with his publishing company, Rosenfeld Media, to write a book entitled See What I Mean: How to Use Comics to Communicate Ideas. For those that don't know, Rosenfeld Media is like an …

Balls of Fury

A movie that has ping pong in the style of Mortal Kombat and stars Christopher Walken. It's as good - and bad - as you expect. [imdb link]

Cloverfield

When I saw the Blair Witch Project, I was sleep deprived and ended up getting motion sickness because instead of turning away, I thought I had to really focus more to "get in character" and feel like I was there. I puked after the movie. Remember to turn away when you …

The Assassination of Jesse James

Casey Affleck is a really really creepy guy - or at least he does a really good job of playing someone who is that and innocent, idealistic, nervous, scheming, twitchy, angry and bitter all in one. The movie runs a bit long and could have done with some more editing. …

Iron Man

Many people were surprised that Robert Downey Jr. was playing Iron Man. Personally, I instantly thought it was a perfect fit. Tony Stark is a celebrity with great hubris and revels in women, wine and fast cars. Robert Downey Jr. is a talented actor and recovered drug …

Wall

You won't hear anything new here. It's a beautifully done film and illustrates just how much can be communicated without words. I often talk about how the eyebrows and mouth are all you need to show emotion. The EVE character proves you only need the eyes. [imdb link]