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  • Excellent Advice for Living
    Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    Key takeaways from short pieces advice Kevin Kelly has collected over decades. I've turned those into different categories of advice that has resonated with me.
    Filed: 📖 Books
    Book cover for Excellent Advice for Living
  • This month at Craft By Zen, May 2023
    Posted

    Major website updates, new collections, fixed bugs, and more!

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
    🔖 website   updates
  • Writing for Software Developers
    Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    "Writing for Software Developers focuses on teaching you how to envision, create, and publish mid-length technical tutorials and articles, but the principles and practices you’ll develop will help you write anything from a short README to an entire technical book. And regardless of why you write, this guide aims to provide you with the techniques you will need to reach your goals."
    Filed: 📖 Books
    Book cover for Writing for Software Developers
  • Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
    Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    "Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston."
    Filed: 📖 Books
    Book cover for Coders At Work
  • 2023-05-30

    📍 Location: Hayward, CA

    Finishing up the book, Laws of UX. It’s a great primer on the topic and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my team. Also reading “Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock” by Jenny O’Dell.

    Slowly moving to San Jose, California. The apartment has been finalized, and we have two months to move in. Also, planning my wedding for May 2024.

    Deployed and continually making improvements to this website. I’m using Astro.js and re-learning Svelte along the way.

    I’m nearly done with playing through Hogwarts Legacy.

    Filed: ⌚ Now
  • Daily Review Journal
    Posted

    My current daily review journal for work, as of 2023.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
    🔖 essay   review   daily   habits
  • My Current Favorite Questions
    Posted

    An exercise where I lay out my favorite questions. These questions are long-term problems without easy answers.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
    🔖 essay   reflection
  • A Room With A View
    Posted
    Director: James Ivory, Released: 1986
    One of those picturesque romance movies from a Merchany-Ivory production of an E. M. Forrester novel. And a punchable performance from Daniel-Day Lewis.
    Filed: 🎞️ Films
    A Room With A View
  • TÁR
    Posted
    Director: Todd Field, Released: 2022
    Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, chief conductor of a major German orchestra. In a strongly, yet still and resounding piece that leaves you contemplating why we stopped tolerating bad people making good art, and if that's ok.
    Filed: 🎞️ Films
    Film Poster for TÁR
  • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
    Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    A challenge to conventional time management advice, highlighting the finite nature of life and urging readers to prioritize meaningful experiences. The book emphasizes intentional living, encouraging a shift from constant busyness to a purpose-driven approach.
    Filed: 📖 Books
    Book cover for Four Thousand Weeks
  • A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up
    Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    The author recounts her experiences in Bhutan and how it relates back to how the Bhutanese feel towards happiness and other contemplative thoughts on life.
    Filed: 📖 Books
    Book cover for Field Guide to Happiness
  • Solid state memory, photographed by Liam Briese
    What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory
    Created by: Ulrich Drepper
    A paper which provides an extensive exploration of memory, covering topics such as management, organization, and optimization. Despite being over a decade old, the paper remains highly relevant to software engineering today, as some of its insights and concepts continue to be applicable for optimal code performance.
  • Courtesy of Vulture
    Ira Glass on Storytelling
    Created by: Ira Glass
    Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, shared his insights on storytelling in a short 30 minute interview revolving around the importance of engaging the audience, using vivid language, and focusing on the structure and characters of the story.
  • Year of Challenges (32)
    Posted

    Annual Review for Age 32

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
    🔖 essay   reflection
  • Website Re-write 2023
    Posted

    Migrating from Jekyll to Astro

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
    🔖 essay   programming   website   updates
  • Craft By Zen Redesign
    Last updated
    Previous official "Craft By Zen" Website changelog. Officially retired 2024-07-25.

    Originally published

    Filed: 🚢 Playground
    This website as a screenshot
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I'm currently leading application development at Clear Labs.

I write essays on eclectic topics, from programming, cooking, and strange habit of collecting obituaries.

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I have put back together my newsletter after years of absense! These are primarily updates on my blog, "Craft By Zen", and maybe some highlights to the new articles I've written. There might be some life updates as well. I'm doing away with the old format of weekly longform essays, and trying some new things with my newsletter.

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