I drew these based on reference photos taken a while ago around the Adobe San Jose campus.
April 10, 2020
April 6, 2020
Pay for individual articles instead of whole publications
Recently I noticed a few interesting articles that I would like to read but are behind paywalls that asked me to subscribe to the encompassing publications.
Since not all articles of a given publication are of sufficient quality or interests to me, and different readers can have different preferences anyway, I wonder if it would make more sense to pay for individual articles instead of entire publications.
The publishers may be able to charge more per article and yet readers can choose to pay what they need.
The readers, writers and even advertisers can be better aligned, rewarding good individual writers and articles over bad ones.
Unbundling is already happening for music and academic papers, and could be more prevalent for news.
Virtual museum
I visited a few virtual museum exhibitions during the weekend.
The experiences worked better in some types of artworks, such as films, photographs, and paintings, but less so for other types such as sculptures or interactive installations.
I can sit comfortably at home without being constrained by commutes and museum hours.
But I also missed the ambient environment and serendipitous encounters beyond the individual artworks.
April 4, 2020
Virtual machines
When I was a grad student at Stanford I thought the idea of virtual machines was entirely crazy. And then came cloud computing.
This CACM article nicely summarized the background story.
April 3, 2020
The pandemic world war
When this is all over,
The disease will dissipate,
The economy will recover,
But the world order will be very different.
April 1, 2020
Peak Asian American
This is the best time to be an Asian American.
Half a century before, it was better to be an American.
Half a century after, it would better to be an Asian.