Teaching anything to little kids is always a challenge. When I say little, I’m talking about 4-6 year olds. They have really short attention spans and usually lots of energy. It’s hard to get them to do anything for any length of time. My approach for the really little kids was to just keep them [...]
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Pek Joins Roundarch Team
I’d like to announce that I am no longer in the employ of Accenture Technology Labs. After more than four and a half years, I’ve finally decided to make a career move back into the consulting world. I am now gainfully employed at Roundarch, a consulting company founded by Deloitte, which unites creative, marketing, and [...]
MK vs DC E3 2008 Trailer is out
I’ve been waiting for this forever. Actually I’d rather see the cinematic intro, but short of that – the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2008 is going on right now and Midway Games finally has a new trailer for the new kid on the block – Mortal Kombat vs DC Comics.
Keep an eye out for the Sonya [...]
Video Wars: Episode IV. BLOCKBUSTER’S DOOM
It is a period of great uncertainty. For generations, the people of Earth have consumed movies and film. With the Internet generation becoming increasingly ADD, and the demand of instant gratification increases, the old brick and mortar video rentals have become increasingly irrelevant. Several factions have risen and are fighting to gain control of the [...]
How To Stay Motivated for Sports, Training, and Fitness
When you’re engaged in a sport or a fitness activity for a long period of time, it is very easy to get demotivated. This is especially true if you’ve hit a plateau and feel like you’re not making any progress. I’ve been doing wushu for almost 10 years now, and I’ve gone through many periods [...]
About Me
Pek Pongpaet is an internet entrepreneur. Pongpaet’s expertise ranges from product design and development, user experience, and martial arts. Pongpaet worked at Accenture Technology Labs in the research department coming up with next generation user interfaces. At Roundarch, a technology and strategy consulting firm, Pongpaet’s work included envisioning and designing the dashboard of the future for the Tesla Model S electric car. He has given talks at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and University of Chicago on topics such as Design, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.
Pongpaet is a (retired) world class martial artist and performed motion capture work for 6 Mortal Kombat video games. He also is a medalist in international wushu competition in Beijing and currently teaches at two martial arts schools.
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My name is Pek Pongpaet and I'm an entrepreneur, developer, designer, tech geek, martial artist, mac enthusiast, tinkerer, foodie, and blogger.











