Author: Tony Tam
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Mural On SF Truck
This truck was parked on 14th and Folsom intersection. I love the fluid lines and the vivid colors.
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WSJ : When the Whole Family Is Staring at Screens, Time to Try a Tech Detox
from WSJ: Your BlackBerry or Your Wife 10 Signs Your Devices Are Hurting Your Relationships: 1. You can’t get through a meal without emailing, texting or talking on the phone. 2. You look at more than one screen at a time, checking email while watching television, for example. 3. You regularly email or text, other…
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NYT: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology +2 Of My Own
This article from NYT has been on the top 10 technology most emailed since December 29, 2010. Almost 16 days now. Read it at 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology Here is my take and I’ve added 2 more 1. GET A SMARTPHONE Also Why: I use my Blackberry for calendar, music…
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Done With Moving Old Yahoo! 360 Blogs Into WordPress
I’m done with manually copy-pasting 649 blog entries from my old Yahoo! 360 blog entries which were imported into Yahoo! Pulse. I deleted a bunch of posts that was not worth moving. Here is the breakdown of the number of entries in each category. coffee 16 engineer 42 exercise 65 food 27 inspiration 78 parenting…
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My New Role At Yahoo! : Solution Architect
Today I have formally taken up the role of a Solution Architect to help Yahoo! properties on board with a new solution that I help create for Global News My role is defined as follows Solution Architect Expediter – identifies support needed Expert – determines the best solution for a given engagement Consultant – identifies…
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Mondays : Thumbs Up Or Thumbs Down?
Do you look forward to Mondays ? If you do not look forward to Mondays, is it because you will miss spending time with family and friends? Or is it because you don’t look forward to going into work? If you dread going into work, perhaps you can actively look into how to improve the…
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Profile Of a Typical Yahoo! Engineer (2005)
The Typical Yahoo! Engineer from this point known as Y!E. (this is all my personal ramblings, if it doesn’t fit you, sorry.. it fits me) Y!E is someone who drools when his needs to design his software to work for 30 millions users. Potentially growing at 40% every year. Y!E designs software with no upper…
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Daily Life Of A Yahoo! Engineer (2005)
(Bringing back an old post from 2005) A Yahoo! Engineer (Y!E) is a very lucky person. Y!E gets into the office anywhere from 6:00am to 10:00am. If this was a bell curve, 80% fall under 9:30-10 Y!E gets to eat freshly cooked omelettes, hot cereal for under $3.00 Y!E gets free espresso drinks all day…
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Why Am I Still Working At Y! News After 8 Years? (2007)
I have been getting the same question recently. Wow, you have been around for 8 years at Yahoo News? What makes you stay? I think I’ll have to write it down to clear it up for myself. The grass is not always greener over at Google, Amazon, the next startup. Look yourself in the mirror…
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Since I’m a Yahoo! Employee… (from 2008)
1. there is so much potential upside to the stock and for the company. It’s still the #1 (2008) web property in the world and lots of new projects and direction changes only can mean good things in the future 2. there is so much to do, for someone who can take the initiative, he…