We’re hiring like crazy. Roundarch is a consultancy specializing in Rich Internet Applications. Here are some open positions: .NET Developer at Roundarch Inc. | Chicago, IL, United States Art Director at Roundarch Inc. | New York, NY, United States Art Director at Roundarch Inc. | Chicago, IL, United States C2/Sr. Developer (J2EE) at Roundarch Inc. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Pek Red Couch Interview at SXSWi
Level 3 Communications does these Red Couch interviews at various tech events. This one was shot at SXSW Interactive, a yearly technology conference in Austin Texas. I…sound…like…a…child. I guess I don’t realize how I sound to other people and in my mind I sound very different from what I am hearing in this interview. No [...]
AutoDesk Project Dragonfly Lead Developer Interviewed
My friend Shelly Mujtaba, lead developer of Project Dragonfly, was interviewed over the web. Dragofly is a free online 2D/3D home layout design Rich Internet Application created by AutoDesk. Check out the video series here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D2617D775224DEBF Read a review of it I posted earlier this year here.
Extreme Kung Fu (and Pek) on Slant TV
Slant TV is Chicago’s Asian American cultural TV show on local cable channel KBC-TV. A couple weeks ago, they came to Extreme Kung Fu Martial Arts school run by Tony Marquez of Mortal Kombat fame to do a segment on the school. I think it’s a great idea. I’m glad they came over to give [...]
Concept Virtual Corkboard With Handwriting Recognition for Large Interactive Walls
I’ve been playing with the idea of an inexpensive large collaborative wall. Part of the requirements for my large interactive touch screen is that it has to be multitouch and provide a more natural way of interfacing with it other than mouse and keyboard. Johnny Lee has shown that you can build one pretty cheaply. [...]
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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.











