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My experience at HackYVR event

Tech Startup scene in Vancouver seems to be very promising these days. The past long weekend there were TWO events that drew great crowds for working on some cool projects. The more famous one of the two is Startup Vancouver, which seemed to get quite a buzz from local social media. The one that I went to was called Vancouver Hackathon (#hackyvr) – and was hosted by The Network Hub.
At the end of the weekend, great friendship was forged and we will continue to work on this project. So keep a close eye on Facecred! [...]

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Software Design for Sustainability - Apps for Climate Action

This is interesting. Government of BC is putting a competition for sustainability software development.

I have got some ideas, if you’re interested to get into this competition as a team, give me a shout!

Design fun and innovative climate action apps using government [...]

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Some suggestions for Vancouver's Translink System

After coming back to Vancouver, I had a great aspiration to be more green in my life.  One of the areas in focus is the transportation.  Having lived in Beijing the last few years, and without a car, I am very used to traveling by public transit.   Of course, it also helps that the [...]

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CloudCamp Vancouver Recap

I went to the Cloudcamp Vancouver event last Saturday – a little bit technnical to my taste – but here are what I learned for the day:

cloud computing has existed as long as the internet existed. Gmail, hotmail are long using the cloud technology.
Why was it called Cloud computing? Because in any network maps, we don’t really care how the data outside of our world is like, and we always draw a big cloud indicating that “things just works!”
There are 3 layers of the cloud [...]

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