Re-posted from my newsletter. (Yes, I’m back doing newsletters. Subscribe for the latest — I’ll be writing more there.) GPT-3 has been heralded as the next frontier in AI writing. It’s capable of “writing” op-eds, songs, Elon Musk poems in the style of Dr. Seuss, and mimic Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”…

First, I’m excited to share my new title at Reach Capital: Head of Platform! It captures the essence of the many things I love doing, with 60% fewer syllables than my last title. Succinctness is a virtue, after all, especially for someone prone to verbal stumbles like me. Naturally, you’ll…

The markets are cooling. But one wouldn’t know it during this week’s ASU GSV conference. Crowded hallways, jam-packed sessions, and happy hours around the clock attest that the energy is alive and well. Judging by the hustle and bustle of sports coats and suits scurrying to and fro, one might…

What is family? An obvious answer is the one we were born into, but don’t always keep close, as we age. Sometimes family is the company you keep, which for much of the past 10 years has been the company I helped start. And then there’s the family you start. …

It all started with a newsletter 10 years ago. Unable to sleep one night, I picked up the phone, checked my email and saw an opening in Issue 25 of the EdSurge newsletter for a part-time editorial assistant. I pecked out a few thoughts with my thumbs and eventually dozed…

I read nine books last year and thought it would be a modest but attainable goal to hit a dozen in 2020. A pandemic and a California lockdown should have worked in my favor, but suffice to say I limped across the finish line. Working from home (or rather, sleeping…

In February 1992, my family immigrated from Hong Kong. My parents were worried about what would happen when the city returned to Chinese rule, and we were privileged and fortunate to be able to move to Los Angeles, where we had relatives. A month later, Rodney King was violently beaten…

I don’t read very many books. When I do, I read them like I eat: terribly slowly. Just as I like to give tasty morsels an extra chew, I like to read and re-read eloquent sentences, elegant metaphors and witty punchlines. Then I usually forget about them. (A short memory…