I dismissed someone, and it was not because of COVID19 The cadence of delivery. Last month, I dismissed the employment of a software developer who oversold himself during the interview phase. He turned out to be on the lowest rung of the software
feelings Stop; think; breathe We learned drown-proofing as a trainee in the Naval Diving Unit. Throughout the training, we were drilled to remember three words - Stop; think; breathe. Whether above the water surface or 20 meters
sharedhere The only certainty in life is uncertainty The title is apt in these times. I experienced a database corruption, and I can't seem to find the backup for it. I can fix it by starting anew again, but if that
Startup News in Singapore for 2nd March 2020 In this series, I will begin writing my thoughts on startup news in Singapore/Asia. Here are the news today! With fresh funding, Snapask expands tech-driven learning across Asia This post seems like
Desperate times call for desperate measures I just had the revenue carpet that I stood on, pulled out under me. It is sudden, but not unexpected. I started feeling exasperated, but over the evening, it turned into anger, then
indonesia Indonesia Walk down Chinatown, and you will see a row of shophouses that says OCBC. OCBC owns them. Major business owners, with some foresight, made their wealth when they bought in a chunk of
Introducing ShareDong.id ShareDong is SharedHere for Indonesia. In Indonesian, it is a casual way of asking for a link. I would approximate it to the English phrase to "share the link!". Like SharedHere, ShareDong will
sharedhere I got blocked from posting on Facebook I tried sharing some news on Facebook today, and I got blocked from posting in other groups. I had figured that I needed a better growth engine instead of over-sharing on Facebook, so
sharedhere The work for tomorrow's growth begins today With a clear and discrete objective for SharedHere of 66k views per day, I am working hard to achieve a 10% day on day growth on pageviews. The first week started fine, but
Sustainable marketing Let's start with something I got wrong in my last post. I mentioned that my efforts in growth hacking led to 1000 views. I was wrong. It was a 1000 unique visitors. As
Just fucking do it The difference between fifteen minutes of sleep and getting one last piece of todo item checked amounted to 1000 views for SharedHere.com. Yesterday, I posted a thread on Hardwarezone forums just before
sharedhere Getting to 66,000 views per day Which works out to be 2 million views per month if you do the math. A figure I believe will bring SharedHere to profitability. It is day two since launch, and it has
sharedhere SharedHere goes public today! Premium content, previously guarded by paywalls, is now readily available on SharedHere.com. These include premium articles from Straits Times and TechInAsia. Any content that can be shared with a screenshot, will be
I keep falling into this trap I had lunch with my CEO friend, who runs Ubersnap. I'm helping him to take the business into Indonesia, and Ubersnap Indonesia is up against Holograil. Ubersnap researched and developed their Aura photo-booth
I gave up I have been trying to grow high end ridiculously expensive hei bi (Cantonese for shrimps) for almost a year now. These shrimps that are no larger than 0.7cm cost $3 to $15
I admit that some Facebook comments that were posted on my posts got to me Something devastating happened to me lately. I conformed. Fuck. I admit that some Facebook comments that were posted on my posts got to me. The commotion on the comment section hated click baits.
The Black Virus The Chinese market opened today with a sharp -9.6% tear with no thanks to Wuhan's Coronavirus. The coronavirus is a disaster through and through. Just last week, I came across an article
I dished out a personal attack today The problem with the author-reader relationship is the implied authoritarian role. The writer as the expert, and the reader as the student. I will like to debunk this fallacy with this post that
We have a Google Form for leave application. Wow, right? When I was younger and naive, I believed that companies should have a flat hierarchy. I also thought that rules were archaic and are a syndrome of corporate sluggishness. I still agree. I
The chinaman I hired that sneered, heckled, and mocked me In 2011, I left Singapore for Sweden for an overseas exchange and internship programme. And in my short year there, I found Sweden to be a homogeneous and egalitarian society. I came back
Nobody changes I was reading the comments on this Reddit thread on the culture that pushes Singaporeans to work overtime (OT). The third highest ranked comment says: This is one of the problems that I
Failed an audit, here's why It is a funny sight when tech-illiterate CEOs attempt to build tech companies. They thump the beat by appending or prepending buzzwords in their elevator pitch. But any developer worth their salt will
The opposite of earning your trust My company is a place of pleasant surprises for great employees. The bad hires relish with equal glee. Right after the first week, the poor hires must count their lucky stars as they
bach-tales Drama in the board game world I have had my heads (and fingers) down writing all day, all night in the past few days. The reason why you have not seen my recent posts is that the words are
Deliberate practice and First-Order Priorities Hey, I started a post with a non-clickbait title that sounds more sophisticated than it should. But guess what, I am betting that the usual trolls are not reading this and hating on
