Roundarch is looking for a few good men (and women)

Posted by Pek in Sunday, July 11th 2010 under: Business Tags: chicago, jobs, newyork

Roundarch is always looking for great people. We do some great work and some of our clients include: US Air Force, Northern Trust, Tesla Motors, Avis, Motorola and more. It’s an awesome place to work as I can personally attest to. We have a very casual environment even though we work very hard. Here are [...]

Recap of Day of Mobile

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, March 10th 2010 under: Technology Tags: android, chicago, dayofmobile, iphone

Organizers of the Day of Mobile sent out a newsletter to follow up after the conference. Here are the hackathon results: Best Overall App: Novarra Team Best Overall Runner Up: Runner up: Ravi Singh (@code4ever) Best Open Source App – Mike Laurence (@mikelaurence) Best Student App – Knapp Lab Team (IIT) Best iPhone App – [...]

Masters Demo Videos

Posted by Pek in Monday, February 22nd 2010 under: Martial Arts Tags: chicago, martial arts, wushu

Today I participated in the Chicago Shaolin Kungfu/Wushu Tournament as chief judge of the contemporary wushu division. Students from All Star Kung Fu, Chicago Wushu, and Extreme Kungfu were present. It was great to see the next generation of martial artists perform. One of the things that many look forward to at these events are [...]

What is Wushu Class Like?

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, January 20th 2010 under: Martial Arts Tags: chicago, martial arts, wushu

For people who are interested in the classes that I take, here’s a peak at Extreme Kung Fu. At any martial arts class, I usually try to get there early – usually to stretch, warm up, and to do some calisthenics or conditioning exercises. At Extreme, warm up is part of the class. This part [...]

On Innovation

Posted by Pek in Saturday, January 9th 2010 under: Business, Technology Tags: Business, chicago, discussion, innovation

I’ve recently been invited to speak at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business at their Innovation Club in the spring of 2010. The question that was posed to me was How do I innovate? How do I come up with innovation? What is the thought process? That’s a really hard question for me, [...]