I’m no chef by any stretch of the word, but occasionally I am called upon to create something in the kitchen. I’m pretty lazy so I like to create something quick and easy. I’m not the type to open a cookbook and follow directions to the T. I like to improvise and I don’t necessarily [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Takeaways from “Speaking of Success” with Jason Fried of 37signals
Just got back from a great talk hosted at Chicago’s ITA TechNexus on 200 S Wacker. The speaker for this event was Jason Fried, co-founder and President of 37signals, a private Chicago based software company whose products include, Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack and Campfire to name a few.
The question was posed of how Jason became so [...]
Set Up Papervision 2.0 for Flex 3 in 3 Minutes Flat
Anybody who knows me knows that I’m all about quick and dirty, get it done, up and running and worry about it later. I don’t like to waste time and I’m sure you don’t either. If you want to set up Papervision Great White for Flex fast, you’ve come to the right place. You got [...]
5 Questions with Sachin Agarwal, CEO of Dawdle
I recently connected with a young entrepreneur named Sachin Agarwal who’s got a pretty cool website. His brainchild, Dawdle.com, is an online market place to buy and sell used games. It’s also a bit more than that. It allows mom and pop game stores who do not or cannot afford to have an e-presence to [...]
Why I Won’t Be Switching To Google Chrome Anytime Soon
About a week ago, Google entered the browser wars by releasing their own web browser named Chrome. Unfortunately it’s available only for Windows. Remember a while ago Apple made a play by releasing their web browser Safari onto the Windows platform. Judging by the response and the numbers, Google Chrome has been doing pretty well. [...]
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.











