How to be mindful when choosing your meditation apps Yay, you finally decided to do meditations! It seems to be what everyone is talking about these days. Not surprisingly, it has been proved to have many mental and physical health benefits like improved sleep and reduced stress. But where do…

Will people still “drop-into” conversations when we’re no longer stuck at home? Below is an adapted expert of a group project I did for the Quantic MBA program. Specifically, I wrote about the current states of Clubhouse and the social media industry landscape with a focus on social-audio apps. …

Collaborators, not coders — Building products is hard; not having your own engineering team makes it harder. In the ideal world, software engineers are a cornerstone in building software. They collaborate closely with other team functions(PM, Design, etc) and contribute their brainpower. Yet, for different reasons (budget, culture), not all product teams have their…

To go far, go together — When I first started working as a product designer, I knew little about what’s happening outside the “core” product team (i.e. Product Management, Product Design, Software Engineering). A few years later, I have had the opportunity to work with verticals outside the product bubble, for which I am tremendously grateful…

TL;DR: Over-preparation and building connections — Doing user research with international audience is both a challenge and a privilege. I’d like to share a few things I learned through my personal experiences in the past few months. I hope it proves helpful to anyone in the future in the same shoes. 1. Figure out logistics thoroughly and well in advance. This should be a no…

In my limited amount of time in the professional world, I have had the opportunity to get a taste in both software development and user experience(UX) design. I came to notice the differences and connections between the two fields, and I’d like to share some of my personal observations. When…