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Blog: Tech x Taste

Blog: Tech x Taste

My own thoughts on tech, taste, and culture. Some personal anecdotes here and there. Let me know if you find these useful 🙂

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  • Topical: ai leadership mentalhealth productivity storytelling tool
  • Personal: personalgrowth corememory introspect
  • Dec 07, 2025

    After 15 years of exclusively reading e-books, this is my current setup

    Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of me giving up reading paper books for e-books, and I never looked back.

    • personalgrowth
    • productivity
    • tool
  • Oct 15, 2025

    You probably need this book

    If you're looking to understand Western culture for any reason, I highly recommend it.

    • personalgrowth
  • Aug 26, 2025

    The Wizard sells a pen

    Let’s say: you want to tell your audience a story, with lasting impact.

    • leadership
    • storytelling
  • Aug 01, 2025

    Launching my new project: PushThroo 🚀

    This is a gift for everyone who has big ambitions but is currently stuck somewhere, unable to overcome it.

    • ai
    • mentalhealth
    • productivity
    • tool
  • May 26, 2025

    I proposed to Giang, my girlfriend of 9 years, during Saigonteu's Improv section, earlier this week

    Some details on how I planned the surprise ☺️☺️

    • corememory
  • Apr 26, 2025

    I dry squirm everyday

    Knowing WHY you’re suffering, WHAT to do, but still CAN’T escape the feeling?

    • mentalhealth
  • Jan 25, 2025

    How to set recurring Lunar Calendar event on modern calendars

    💐 Ever missed a loved one’s memorial date because it’s on the Lunar Calendar?

    • productivity
    • tool
  • Jan 01, 2025

    New Year Resolution (2025)

    I’ve decided to do something new: share ALL of my knowledge online.

    • personalgrowth
    • productivity
  • Nov 11, 2024

    The fate of all passengers in my hand!

    I was given permission by the captain to pilot a catamaran (Artemis Lagoon 450F) with my friends from Sitia to Mochlos (Greece).

    • personalgrowth
  • Oct 17, 2024

    11,000 meters above sea level

    Night. Over 11,000 meters above sea level. I was on a flight from Bangkok to Vienna, Austria. Something caught my eye outside the window.

    • corememory
  • Sep 20, 2024

    confession of a narcissist

    I like to point out when people make excuses. It feels right, I'm helping them. Until: "I've noticed that you make a lot of excuses" - a friend of mine told me.

    • introspect
  • Apr 15, 2024

    An antidote to mind-numbing content: the humble essay

    In search of respectful writing (starting with myself)

    • productivity
  • Dec 17, 2023

    not knowing

    An introspective entry; my thoughts on the unknown, mental wounds, and how to deal with all of them.

    • introspect
    • mentalhealth
  • Jul 06, 2023

    A handcrafted blog in the age of AI

    I sometimes find myself hating AI-generated content. It feels like a waste of time: the writer of this piece is trying to fool me into doing something, so much that they employ the biggest companies on earth to help them.

    • ai
  • Jul 14, 2022

    Should I Build This? A Modern Survival Guide

    I'm still young and probably stupid, but I do think I have something to offer.

    • introspect
  • Jul 29, 2020

    2020-07-29

    Tôi thấy bà tôi ngồi sụp trước cửa nhà tang lễ bệnh viện 354. Tôi đoán, bà cũng vừa nghe tin ông mất.

    • corememory
  • Jan 13, 2020

    Toronto

    I was sleeping. Like everyone else in my place.

    • corememory
  • Dec 25, 2019

    10 Years: A Look Back

    It feels just like yesterday.

    • introspect
  • Oct 21, 2019

    Free time

    Today someone asked me what I do in my free time, and I couldn't answer. Suddenly I realized, the idea of free time hasn't existed for me for a while now.

    • introspect
  • Sep 10, 2019

    I just ran 18.17km (11.3 miles)

    Today I did something I never thought I could do

    • personalgrowth
    • introspect
  • Mar 17, 2019

    No one checks your GPA in the career fair if you are an employer

    University at Buffalo Career Fair. Same place, 4 years apart.

    • introspect
    • personalgrowth
  • Jan 13, 2019

    How Ditching the Social News Feed Led to My Most Productive Year

    If you feel, life was much simpler and more care free back then, you are not alone. The long term effects of information overload are just kicking in for this generation.

    • productivity
  • Dec 27, 2018

    Near death experience

    For a moment today, I thought I was going to die.

    • corememory
  • Nov 11, 2018

    "Let's be realistic"

    is probably the most destructive thing that ever happened to my life.

    • introspect
  • Sep 04, 2018

    TRUTH & LIES

    ALL MY LIFE I LIVED IN FEAR

    • introspect
  • May 21, 2018

    Graduation

    Around this time 2 years ago, I was wondering if I can even graduate.

    • personalgrowth

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