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How I conduct UX copy reviews
Sometimes the challenge of UX writing is not what to write, but how we write our copy. Here I share how I streamlined the UX copy review process for my team based on Dr. Katharina Grimm’s methods, aiming to reduce cognitive friction in UX writing.
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What I learned in Malaysian history class
Malaysian secondary history classes have changed so much, so I am not sure what is being studied now. But during my time, we studied the history of Malaysia (of course), world history, which includes Islamic civilisations, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. We didn’t go in depth with all of them; we just learned their big…
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Linkblog March 12, 2026: Platform blues
In this issue I share Chinese culture, technology and how it impacts society.
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The Writing Community’s AI Panic
A New York Times article about Coral Hart, an indie romance author that generates 200 novels using AI has gotten most of the writing community clutching their pearls. Me? I’m just tired of this cycle of unproductive outrage.
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Linkblog Feb 26, 2026: The Chinese issue
China’s attitudes towards AI, and how China, Chinese culture continues to fascinate.
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Sometimes things disappear and reappear mysteriously in my life … and I’m kinda freaked out by it
Today, an object mysteriously reappears in my bag weeks after I lost it, far from the original place I lost it. I have zero explanation for this. Even more that this is the THIRD time I’ve experienced this.
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Is it me, or is it just more difficult to find good fiction these days?
This may seem like a clickbait title, but I really wonder if this is a trend because I saw a book blogger ranting that she’s fed up with books being released today and she’s going back to read classic fiction and finding more satisfaction there. It’s kinda me too. 🤔 Currently, I am reading (extremely…
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Hong Kong Wang Fuk Court Fire: Thoughts & links
On 26 November 2025, a deadly fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong. My thoughts and links to various articles, social media posts from China, and videos about this tragedy.
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How to use Notebook Navigator (Obsidian Community plug-in)
A simple, straightforward Users’ Guide to Obsidian community plug-in Notebook Navigator.
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Does AI help you work faster or is it just hype?
Whether AI makes you more productive really depends on whether you know what the heck you’re doing.
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Conversations about AI are different in Asia
In Asia, the real conversations and developments around AI are focused on practical applications for industry. They are quiet, hardly talked about and are not trendy.
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After Charlie Kirk: Reflections from Malaysia
We Malaysians have learned over the last few painful decades: you need to be united as a people to effect any effective change in your country.
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My blood will spill on this land
On being Malaysian. A bittersweet love letter to Malaysia.
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Should we bring up China’s Nanjing Massacre today?
As the movie Dead to Rights (Nanjing Photo Studio)《南京照相馆》gains attention in China and globally, some critics wonder: Why bring it up now?
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Guide to writing fiction with AI
A guide to how I’m writing fiction with AI. It lists all my reflections, essays and more about this experiment.
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Fiction writing: What tasks will I outsource to AI?
Writing fiction with AI – most people think it’s letting AI generate the text, slapping it together into an e-book and publishing it. In this article I will show you that this is far from the truth, at least for me.
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What my AI fiction writing experiment taught me about my creative process
The experiment illuminated what gave me joy … and what didn’t.
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What if using AI to write fiction isn’t an evil act?
My quest for more nuanced discussions about the use of AI in fiction writing.
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