The whole article can be found here, but gist is to do what you really love.
It is that simple, repeated elsewhere, and applicable to different professions.
2015-02-11
Jeff Bezos shares his best advice to entrepreneurs
2015-02-02
Pause the future
I was watching Super Bowl XLIX on my tablet using NBC’s live sports app, but had to attend a meeting during the middle of the third quarter.
So I paused the game, hoping to resume it later without spoiler.
Fortunately, nobody in Hong Kong mentioned anything about the game to me, and the app is robust enough to replay everything, including commercials.
After the meeting I went straight to solitary confinement and finished the rest of the game around midnight Arizona time.
Tom Brady threw his second interception when I paused the game; the world knew the rest before I resumed it.
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I wonder if this can be an interesting HCI research topic.
2014-12-31
Frame of motivation
As a game of self-motivation, I used to frame and hang rejection letters on the wall and remove them only after getting even.
Today while cleaning my office I found the very last one sitting in a corner. Looking at it feels like a guy bumping into his high school crush who rejected him years ago but now appears totally fat and ugly.
With amused satisfaction, I threw the letter away but kept the frame. Time to fill it with another motivation.
2014-12-20
Minimal quality bar to become my internal student
You should be able to understand and implement an existing research paper (e.g. SIGGRAPH) or software system (e.g. a renderer/simulator) as well as reproduce the corresponding results.
Otherwise, you are not ready for a research or even a development position.
As a reference point, my first HKU PhD student, Jun Xing, once managed to reproduce 3 SIGGRAPH papers in a span of about 5 days (for sports).
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2014-12-14
Flight delay
Dear airlines:
Passengers would be much happier if they can enjoy the in-flight entertainment uninterrupted by your announcements about delays.
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2014-12-11
Street credit
Coauthors revealed a secret in a recent paper that gave us all street credits.
:v
(It is in plain sight for anyone to see, so I won’t tell.)
2014-12-10
First computer programmer
On Ada Lovelace’s birthday, I would like to thank the all-girl trio – Jolly, Min, and Yanlin, for helping me teach the (100+ students) introductory programming class.
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2014-12-08
2014-11-26
Why Silicon Valley does not trust guys in suits
It is a sign of conformity and misplaced priority.
