How I Made $200 Writing a Blog Post

Posted by Pek in Thursday, August 6th 2009 under: Business, Technology Tags: blogging, books, roundarch, success, usability

Ok, before you go on reading thinking someone paid me $200 to WRITE a blog post, let me be clear. That wasn’t the case. I wrote a blog post for an online contest and won 1st prize which was $200 worth of UX (User Experience) books. However, I had to get your attention somehow so [...]

Hack T-Shirt Designer

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, July 29th 2009 under: Business Tags: contest, design, graphics, roundarch, tshirt

Roundarch (my employer) is having a t-shirt design contest for the summer company annual event. The winner will not only enjoy seeing her work being worn by all her colleagues but she will also win an Amazon Kindle.
I’m not really a graphic designer, but I decided to throw my hat into the game. If [...]

Pek Blogs for Roundarch

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, March 11th 2009 under: Business, Technology Tags: blogging, roundarch, ux

Starting today I will also be blogging for Roundarch. This is very exciting for me since I get to represent Roundarch from a UX perspective. Something must give, so as I result, I won’t be posting here as much but I remain committed to putting up quality posts that reflect my interests in technology, startups, [...]

Adobe Max 2008 Session: Lazy Innovation

Posted by Pek in Tuesday, November 18th 2008 under: Technology Tags: 2008, adobe, max, roundarch

This was a Designer track session – whoooohh, I already feel the creative vibe. Lazy innovation is about innovation that comes from people not wanting to have to do redundant tasks or inefficient tasks. Laziness in this sense is not about idle laziness. A great quote I got out of this talk:
When faced with a [...]

Pek @ Adobe Max – General Session

Posted by Pek in Tuesday, November 18th 2008 under: Technology Tags: 2008, adobe, air, flash, max, roundarch

So I’m here in San Francisco where my peoples built the railroads and dug the mines. Fortunately though I had to do neither of that. I’m here on Roundarch dime for Adobe Max, a yearly 3 day conference where people who use Adobe products in their daily work lives come to meet other Adobe whores [...]