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How Hannah Montana taught me to Dig Deeper
The year was 2007. MySpace was the number one social network in America. Hannah Montana was emerging as one of Disney’s most commercially successful…
Apr 16
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Chao Lam
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March 2024
A Study of Feelings: Turning Adjectives into Nouns
I’m a stereotypical male: I don’t like to talk about feelings. Actually, that’s not entirely true. When designing apps and services, I often think about…
Mar 26
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Chao Lam
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Scribedinger's Cat
I read Chris Wong ‘s note about his fear of launching a business and was going to post a rah-rah encouraging post that he should just ship his…
Mar 23
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Chao Lam
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February 2024
Thoughts from a Meta Raybans User Study
I’m taking Rick Lewis’s 52V challenge, to make a video once a week for a year. Not sure I’m going to make it, but this is my first cringe inducing…
Feb 6
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Chao Lam
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December 2023
Lunch Buddy
I have a dear old lunch buddy that I've known since high school. Even though we have much in common, our political compasses have drifted over the…
Dec 22, 2023
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Chao Lam
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A Bike Ride to Breakwater BBQ
I was headed for a BBQ lunch to meet up with a couple of my fave Write of Passage friends. I decided to park a few miles ahead and bike along my…
Dec 17, 2023
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Chao Lam
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October 2023
Let a thousand Chaos bloom
When Chao introduced himself to our Small Bets community I didn’t threaten to sue the poor guy.. That would be totally ridiculous, right? Instead, I…
Oct 25, 2023
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Chao Lam
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What do Large Language Models tell us about ourselves?
I was so proud of myself. I had the foresight to request my local library for the very trendy Elon Musk biography even before it was released. But now…
Oct 11, 2023
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Chao Lam
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August 2023
Saturday Morning with Rick Lewis
"Do you still feel emotionally blocked, Chao?" That’s the question Rick Lewis asked me on Saturday morning during his Pivot to the Podium masterclass…
Aug 23, 2023
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Chao Lam
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My trip down Nigerian scams
Why are Nigerian scams filled with typos and grammatical errors? The smug may think the scammers are just ignorant, but the most convincing reason I've…
Aug 14, 2023
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Chao Lam
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July 2023
Writing vs Coding
When I deploy/publish software, there's usually nobody using it (just like my writing), but when eventually somebody actually uses it, I get to see what…
Jul 28, 2023
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Chao Lam
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May 2023
In praise of rabbit holes
"When I grow up, I want to be just like Chris Wong ." I know, I know coming from a nearly 60 year-old man this sounds facetious, but in a…
May 25, 2023
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Chao Lam
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