One year as an operator angel
Investing in tech startups has been in interest of mine since the beginning. I vividly remembering a product I worked on featured at Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Festival in 2012. My product studio did the design and development for the iPad-first product. The experience was so inspiring seeing ambitious founders take the stage to demo their product. I had the pleasure of attending other LAUNCH festivals, seeing companies like Robinhood get their start. At the time, being an investor seemed s...
One year as an operator angel
Investing in tech startups has been in interest of mine since the beginning. I vividly remembering a product I worked on featured at Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Festival in 2012. My product studio did the design and development for the iPad-first product. The experience was so inspiring seeing ambitious founders take the stage to demo their product. I had the pleasure of attending other LAUNCH festivals, seeing companies like Robinhood get their start. At the time, being an investor seemed s...
A farewell love letter to Quartz Composer
Dear Quartz Composer, During this year’s virtual WWDC, you were officially deprecated. I never thought my heart would ache for the deprecation software. However, to be honest, I owe so much to you in my life, and it’s no exaggeration. Is this a love letter, or a farewell letter? Like many great loves that aren’t meant to last forever, it’s a bit of both. We met many times, but you weren’t my first love. To say you were my first love would be a lie. Before we met, there was HyperCard and Dream...
A farewell love letter to Quartz Composer
Dear Quartz Composer, During this year’s virtual WWDC, you were officially deprecated. I never thought my heart would ache for the deprecation software. However, to be honest, I owe so much to you in my life, and it’s no exaggeration. Is this a love letter, or a farewell letter? Like many great loves that aren’t meant to last forever, it’s a bit of both. We met many times, but you weren’t my first love. To say you were my first love would be a lie. Before we met, there was HyperCard and Dream...
