Sino Francisco · Stephen Wang’s notebook
Professional notes on technology, products, movies, China, and the internet—written across California, China, and Singapore.
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May 13, 2019
I started Design Reactor in June 1997 with my partner Patrick Lee. Design Reactor eventually morphed in to Rotten Tomatoes (same team, same office) which I remained with until 2005 when I moved to China. Here a
Read entryJuly 30, 2018
This is a fourth entry in my retrospective on stories from our early years founding Rotten Tomatoes as part of my #RottenTomatoesTurns20 20th anniversary series. Most entrepreneur stories generally talk about t
Read entryJuly 23, 2018
With Rotten Tomatoes ’ 20th anniversary rapidly approaching, I’ve decided to chronicle some old tales from when we were fresh, young tomatoes full of vigor and energy. My last blog entry covered the early, whir
Read entryJuly 11, 2018
How watching the mediocre movie made me build something GREAT
Read entryJuly 6, 2018
I thought I'd first contribute clips of the three times that Steve Jobs demo'd new Apple products using Rotten Tomatoes
Read entryMarch 16, 2016
1. Mad Max: Fury Road Since childhood, the Road Warrior series has existed in the same realm of mythic action blockbusters as the Star Wars original trilogy, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, etc... even thoug
Read entryNovember 18, 2014
Below is a presentation that I delivered to aspiring entrepreneurs at the Cross Straits Startup Weekend event in Xiamen, China. The presentation is in Chinese, but the metrics hopefully can be used for products
Read entryApril 5, 2013
I'd like to share some of my personal memories with Roger Ebert upon hearing of his passing this morning: • Witnessing a slightly tipsy Roger break out into a broadway song medley at the piano during the close
Read entryFebruary 17, 2013
Update (April 3, 2013): I've had a chance to go back and watch many additional films that were formerly on my "must watch" list. I'm so happy to discover some surprisingly good gems which I've now added to my F
Read entryAugust 10, 2012
I recently delivered an impromptu talk on "Growth Hacking". Rather than speaking of specific, current tactics, I decided to give it a more long-term strategic views on how to approach product marketing from a "
Read entryAugust 24, 2011
It's been a radical summer building out Alive.cn . It's been a while since I've been back to the nuts and bolts of startup life doing everything from programming to hiring to sales to taking out the trash. I've
Read entryJuly 20, 2011
It's been a fast three months since we first came across the idea of launching a new addition to our company. To tell the truth, while we're going to keep alivenotdead.com up-and-running, the launch of alive.cn
Read entryMay 29, 2011
A great story on Techcrunch today regarding Oren Jacob, a former CTO of one of my favorite companies in the world, Pixar: "... In the winter of 1991, Pixar had some major layoffs and the company shrank to less
Read entryMay 25, 2011
Starting a company is like having a baby -- it's an amazing thing to look back upon to the point when the company was only just an "idea" in your head and then see it grow as more and more people join the compa
Read entryMarch 1, 2011
While I'm still relatively new to mongoDB, I'm taking the opportunity to give some insights on building a new multi-lingual, comprehensive entertainment database using linked open data. The presentation will go
Read entryFebruary 27, 2011
Below is my list of my favorite films of 2010. The list is all over the place (reflecting my diverse taste in films). Unfortunately, I didn't really watch any Chinese films this year that caught my fancy. My gu
Read entryFebruary 23, 2011
The internet start-up community can be pretty insular, so sometimes it requires ideas and memes from outside this small group of very driven, goal-oriented people. My original passion has always been films (eve
Read entryFebruary 17, 2011
Yesterday was my first day returning to my Beijing office after a long break away for the Chinese New Year. Leaving work and entering the subway station, I came across a welcome surprise. San Francisco apparel
Read entryFebruary 15, 2011
In line with my recent blog mentioning OpenCalais, the topic extraction tool, DBpedia, one of the awesome linked open data projects I've been using a bunch for Alive.cn, just released their own topic extraction
Read entryFebruary 15, 2011
It's the probably the most public test of the advances in linked open structured data and semantic text analysis, I'm really following closely this tournament pitting IBM's super-computer Watson against the two
Read entryFebruary 15, 2011
Don't use a hammer to do as screwdriver's job. While their intentions are honorable, lawmakers shouldn't be trying to compel Facebook to change their real names rules when more anonymous, popular alternatives a
Read entryFebruary 15, 2011
mongoDB is one of the hot new NoSQL databases that have recently come out and is the database platform for new Alive.cn , the new multilingual entertainment database that I've been constructing. I've been a MyS
Read entryFebruary 14, 2011
I was born in the United States in Toledo, Ohio to Taiwanese parents, but eventually landed in Columbia, Maryland where I grew up. As a child, I would spend summer in Alhambra, California (near Los Angeles) whe
Read entryFebruary 14, 2011
We started a social network supporting artists called Alive Not Dead in Hong Kong in partnership with several prominent Hong Kong actors. The site now has over a thousand artists and 600 thousand registered mem
Read entryFebruary 14, 2011
After departing Rotten Tomatoes and IGN, I moved to Xiamen, China to help my friends Patrick and Jimmy with their internet startup, Xiaban.com. Now it has become XMFish.com, the leading online community in Xiam
Read entryFebruary 13, 2011
Stories of my brief stint managing the transition for Rotten Tomatoes after acquisition by IGN Entertainment and attempts at starting a new office for IGN in Shanghai, China. Eventually, IGN was acquired by New
Read entryFebruary 13, 2011
How I co-founded Rotten Tomatoes, the popular movie reviews web site and stories of managing the dot-com bust and eventually selling the company.
Read entryFebruary 13, 2011
Note: This post is part of an extended auto-biography which is collected in my About page . Late in my senior year of college in 1997, I met with Patrick Lee , a college classmate who had similarly started a gr
Read entryFebruary 13, 2011
The story of getting my early passion into the internet and web development while attending University of California, Berkeley, becoming the webmaster for the Haas School of Business, and starting Go! Designs,
Read entryJanuary 13, 2009
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Read entryJanuary 11, 2009
Every young boy (and some old ones, too) have dreams of flying like Superman.... This video shows how you can do it.... amazing amazing stuff...View the original embedded media
Read entryJanuary 10, 2009
Call me a geek, but the most anticipated piece of entertainment for me and several of my friends this year has got to be the NEW episodes of manga/anime classic, Hajime No Ippo -- hands down the best sports man
Read entryJanuary 1, 2009
I have alot of photos from the past several weeks that I should post up, but in the meanwhile, I wanted to wish everyone a very happy new year. I know that 2008 was really tough for alot of people financially,
Read entryDecember 30, 2008
Most brilliant Nike ad of all time... Makes me seriously consider more about going to Tokyo over January 10th weekend for a friend's birthday and general tom-foolery... Akiba + NikeView the original embedded me
Read entryOctober 31, 2008
Happy Halloween everyone! It's my favorite holiday and we'll begin rolling with the DEAD NOT ALIVE Halloween Party in about four hours. I need to go home and assemble the last parts of my costume (BIG and BLUE)
Read entryOctober 23, 2008
My favorite holiday of the year is fast approaching so now is a time to reflect on Halloween's past... I'm still planning and assembling my costume, but I'm not sure that I'll be able to out do my previous best
Read entryJune 14, 2008
Hi guys -- I have about two months of updates with photos and videos to perform. In the meanwhile, though, I wanted everyone to give a warm welcome to Cerina da Graca (嘉碧儀), one of the new official artists. Dro
Read entryMay 25, 2008
Okay, not "EXACTLY" the intended title to this post, but I wanted to get people's attention. Director Quentin Lee is a good friend to the Alivenotdead.com crew (Go Bears!) and is in the process of making his ne
Read entryJanuary 10, 2008
For those of you who are interested in the state of the indie and foreign-spread music industry within China, here's a very good starter article that I read which might help you understand the basics... Good re
Read entryDecember 26, 2007
Happy holidays to everyone. It's back to work here at [alive not dead], but in the meanwhile, I wanted to encourage everyone here in Hong Kong to come to our first [alive not dead] public event, a DJ showcase f
Read entryDecember 23, 2007
Happy birthday, Jeebus! I'll be in Hong Kong for the first time this Christmas and those of us [alive not dead] people who are still here in Hong Kong will be having a good ol' potluck with friends from abroad.
Read entryDecember 17, 2007
Another mashup music recommendation... This tracks back to my other mashup recommendations from before...Not all mashups have to be kitschy mix-ups. I really like both of these songs even if they're both a bit
Read entryDecember 17, 2007
Yup... I've been going to ALOT of concerts recently so here are a couple of fun videos of [alive not dead] artists on-stage and in action...First: Here's a long-overdue musical montage of Audiotraffic at two di
Read entryDecember 9, 2007
Something amazing about this month... let's just say that the Rebel Alliance has scored a minor victory in our battle against the Death Star.這個月有一個很特色的意思。 。 。可能我們可以說我們的革命開始進步。If you're in Hong Kong, be sure to
Read entryNovember 22, 2007
Man -- I feel really lucky to have such good friends... I'm taking a short break away from the site for a couple of days to celebrate my birthday. It's more difficult these days because I've been moving around
Read entryNovember 14, 2007
Pamelyn Chee also posted another short from this collection of shorts about Paris by famous directors. Tell me what you think about this one... Be patient and watch it to the end...Video: http://www.youtube.com
Read entryNovember 14, 2007
To catch up with the every higher backlog of artists who have been trying to join [alive not dead]'s official artists list, we've set up a general template for alot of the new artists so that they can quickly g
Read entryNovember 12, 2007
Hey guys, as you probably know, we're trying our hardest to keep this community POSITIVE and free of anything remotely hinting STALKING, FRIEND COLLECTORS (i.e. collecting strangers as "friends"), etc... I'm es
Read entryNovember 12, 2007
Alot of people are probably already acquainted with "mashups" or taking two or more completely different songs and creatively putting them together. Alot of people see it as copying, but I've been listening to
Read entryNovember 10, 2007
I'm about to head out to the Hong Kong's Battle of the Bands finals featuring Audiotraffic (2004 winners).不久要过去参加香港乐队比赛 --去看很多新的乐队和audiotraffic (2004年因的)...I spent today finishing off a new feature which I thin
Read entryNovember 9, 2007
Part of the reason why I'm working on [alive not dead] is that, despite being professionally a web expert, my true love still resides with watching movies movies movies. It's part of the reason I worked so hard
Read entryNovember 8, 2007
Hey guys, while I was in Hawaii, probably the most enjoyable movie I saw was "West 32nd", the new Korean-American thriller directed by [alive not dead] artist Michael Kang and starring John Cho (Harold & Kumar)
Read entryNovember 7, 2007
heh heh... now that you can register new email addresses on Microsoft Windows Live, I grabbed the address most appropriate for [alive not dead]....哈哈 -- microsoft 的 live.com刚开了，可以注册新的@live.com电子邮件地址。。。所以我注册了一个很
Read entryNovember 7, 2007
Cooler than the Google's Android mobile OS platform announcement, and definitely cooler than Facebook's "SocialAds" (note: it's the beginning of the end when MBAs begin invading your company's product meetings)
Read entryNovember 6, 2007
This weekend I went with a bunch of friends to travel to the southeast most corner of Hong Kong Island -- time to hike Dragon's Back near Shek O. Can you believe that there is a beautiful piece of scenery just
Read entryOctober 31, 2007
My laptop died... DEAD ... i.e. probably something died with the power or the motherboard.I rushed out and bought the new version of the same laptop... but with Windows Vista installed.I can tell you now, insta
Read entryOctober 29, 2007
大家好!大概一年前我从厦门搬到香港，之前在厦门我做了一个很有意思的项目：帮朋友拍摄电影《基因决定我爱你》的厦门场景。现在这部电影在厦门明发广场的金逸国际电影城开始上映，我要特别推荐朋友们都去看。麻烦告诉你的朋友 -- 这部电影去年在厦门拍摄，是特别可爱、有趣的爱情电影。 电影院: http://www.jyxm.com.cn/shownews.asp?id=141&type=1 电影官方网站: http://www.
Read entryOctober 28, 2007
In case you haven't seen them already, I've posted up my photos from our adventurous [alive not dead] Hawaiian vacation. [Hawaii Days] [Hawaii Nights] Wow -- talk about a whirlwind several days. The only thing
Read entryOctober 17, 2007
Nothing particularly original or funny to say, but the AnD team (well, most of us) are off to Hawaii for the Hawaii Film Festival so I might not be much online... In the meanwhile, digest the following clever G
Read entryOctober 15, 2007
It's only three days before the bulk of the [alive not dead] team fly off to Hawaii for a week. I'm not completely sure whether or not we'll have frequent access to the internet -- perhaps it'd be good to unplu
Read entryOctober 12, 2007
Last night at the Diesel/[alive not dead] party, I was having a really happy time from all of the great music, the plentiful beer, the loads of friends and newly met friends... It was an all-around great time.I
Read entryOctober 11, 2007
As some of you might already know, prior to [alive not dead], alot of us AnD people have been working together for many years and we used to throw annual Halloween parties in San Francisco for our friends. Each
Read entryOctober 10, 2007
I wanted to talk about two concerts that I attended here in Hong Kong not so recently (really, I've been lazy at blogging!).我要介绍两个我最近参加的香港夜场会 (我最近真的太懒惰).First, Nine Inch Nails put on a MEGA-CONCERT at the Asia
Read entrySeptember 24, 2007
Hey guys, I want to introduce you to a really promising new director that we're lucky enough to have featured here on [alive not dead], Derek Tsang. Some of you might know Derek from his acting work on movies l
Read entrySeptember 13, 2007
Hey guys, I'm going to be in Xiamen this weekend (looking forward to it alot!) but if you're in Hong Kong this weekend, then I highly encourage you to check out Emily perform at the finals of BROADWAY IDOL on S
Read entryAugust 29, 2007
最近我平常只写了英文的blog所以我这次要再练习我的中文 -- 在香港已经退步了很快因为我没有每天用. 其实如果我要练习别的语言,应该先写中文的blog然后以后翻译到英文的. 这样子比较辛苦可是还比较好.I've recently been writing mostly English-only blogs so I think I need to begin practicing my ever-worsening
Read entryAugust 28, 2007
I've noticed that my posts have gotten a bit overly serious recently, so I wanted to post something which we can ALL enjoy...It's an unholy pairing: Korean longtime K-pop diva Lee Hyori with Jessica Alba.Video:
Read entryAugust 27, 2007
I'm feeling like making lists today... I'll pull a "High Fidelity" and put out a 'Top Five' As you can tell below, my new musical tastes pretty much stopped in the late 90's... I'm sure that I'll new bands to t
Read entryAugust 23, 2007
Many of us have been waiting for the sequel and it seems like it's coming to us soon... I present to you... Harold and Kumar 2:很多的朋友等这个电影 -- Harold and Kumar 2 ... 看出来不久要开...Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Read entryAugust 23, 2007
I still need to catch up on ten pages or so of blog entries from friends so I'll be brief.Read an enormously interesting article on Time magazine on the upcoming book which posthumously publishes Mother Teresa'
Read entryAugust 22, 2007
Ack! I've been kind of hiding in my tornado recently and been kind of less-social than usual. This means that I've been less active on the site writing or commenting on people's profiles. The big project I'm su
Read entryAugust 21, 2007
If you're seeing this posting, then it appears that the server transfer from Hong Kong to Dallas, Texas was a success. Hurray! I'm hungry...
Read entryAugust 17, 2007
Things that bring color to many consecutive days spent programming on a computer: good music, good movies, and good live performances... One of the benefits of this job is that I get to practice my skills in bu
Read entryAugust 17, 2007
I was rudely derailed from getting an early and good night's sleep last night when, around 1:20am, I was unable to connect to alivenotdead. After about fifteen minutes of diagnosing what the problem is (and sim
Read entryAugust 13, 2007
I know that alot of people have posted about the 24 Herbs concert so now I feel really late in posting my own photos and videos.... Nonetheless, I think the video sound quality turned out quite well...My favori
Read entryAugust 6, 2007
As you guys have noticed in my Admin Bear postings, we've been building alot of tools to help you find your friends on Alive Not Dead including the contact importer, the members tab, the 2nd-degree friends page
Read entryAugust 1, 2007
Oh... In the midst of all of my blog posting, I forgot to post this video from the Yo Park Music Festival three weeks ago with Josie Ho performing live (and Adrian from Audiotraffic on guitar. It's actually qui
Read entryAugust 1, 2007
Just got back from our first brief classroom course for scuba certification. Patrick, Boon, Raffi, and I are all getting our scuba certification together so that we can be prepared for our HAWAIIAN VACATION...
Read entryJuly 31, 2007
This is our first of what we hope to be many giveaway opportunities to bring our [alive not dead] fans in touch with our artists.Also, we've made some important improvements to the contest, so those of you who
Read entryJuly 27, 2007
So at our semi-regular Poker Night, relative newcomer JTo finally splits the final pot with frequent winner 'A'... Congrats, Jason! Pretty amazing after learning poker just two or three months ago. I think he w
Read entryJuly 24, 2007
An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual lan
Read entryJuly 24, 2007
Hey guys! A bunch of the Alive Not Dead crew (err... the web site, not the band) will be at the Ani-Con/Game Fair in Hong Kong this weekend. It's a big comics, anime, and video games convention at the Wanchai C
Read entryJuly 23, 2007
Man, I've been pretty tardy about updating my photo album, but this month has been a really good month for capturing some nice, relaxing photos.Just for fun, I'll go in reverse chronology because this weekend w
Read entryJuly 19, 2007
People know that I am a treasure trove of Simpsons trivia, so I'm happy to say that I've now achieved one of my life goals of being animated on the Simpsons...Actually, I'm just kidding. You can Simpsonize your
Read entryJuly 16, 2007
UPDATED: Well, they took down the version on Metacafe, but luckily I found a copy on Youtube. We'll see how long it stays up there...Well, Ratatouille doesn't come out here in Hong Kong until NEXT month, so unt
Read entryJuly 15, 2007
This great music video is directed by my friend Kit Hui and stars Jason Tobin ("Better Luck Tomorrow", "Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift"). Why do I like this video so much? Well, I like the band, Audiotraffic,
Read entryJuly 12, 2007
I am SO getting this when it comes out... Wii Fit ... the new fitness game for the Wii...Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH4fUW3iQfgOkay... it looks a little dorky, but I still think it's going to sell li
Read entryJuly 12, 2007
Heh... I like the new editor alot...In any case, there's a new Halo 3 trailer for E3 out and it drool-worthy. It's too big to upload here (about 100MB of 720p HD-goodness), but I took some nice screenshots...Ma
Read entryJuly 7, 2007
July 4th is one of my favorite holidays for one reason: BBQ. I love BBQ so much and it's not just about the food. It's also about getting a bunch of friends together and drinking beer, eating good food, and jus
Read entryJuly 1, 2007
Another panda video... On a panda roll (actually, that's a good name for a sushi dish)...Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhlpvzV9E6AI'm probably going to go catch the fireworks over at TST for the Hong Ko
Read entryJune 29, 2007
Here's one for Rancho... take five seconds out of your day to marvel...Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8922875251875301807View the original embedded media
Read entryJune 28, 2007
From Xinhua:Wang has overtaken Li as the most common surname in China, according to figures released by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). In the largest ever survey of its kind, based on data from the nati
Read entryJune 27, 2007
I have alot of catch up to do blog-wise, but I wanted to get the most important (well, important to me, at least) item posted first -- my oldest brother David just recently got married and I attended the weddin
Read entryJune 22, 2007
Hi everyone! Sorry that I've been MIA for the last week, but I've been in the U.S. for the past two days. Two nights ago, I flew into San Francisco from Hong Kong and hung out with my ex Tomato, Paul. We grabbe
Read entryJune 15, 2007
Thanks to Steph Song for posting this one... hilarious... I think I'm gonna play this for Valentine's Day...Video: "Business Time", Flight of the ConchordsAnd I just watched all of the rest of their videos and
Read entryJune 15, 2007
I've seen dozens now on Youtube and other video sharing sites. They make perfect 5-minute breaks during your work day as you laugh your ass off in the middle of your office... View the original embedded mediaJa
Read entryJune 14, 2007
Thanks to Wong Wong for posting this amazing video... After watching the first minute, I was thinking "WTH????????". Pretty amazing stuff... 谢谢Wong Wong发这个很厉害的视频... 我看了第一分钟,就觉得 "??????天啊!!!"View the original em
Read entryJune 14, 2007
I wanna give a big shoutout to our homegirl, Eugenia: artist, actor... and bringer of baked goods to the Alive Not Dead offices.我要给我们的好朋友, Eugenia, 感谢 -- 她是艺术家, 演员 ... 与很多好吃的考品带来了在alive not dead的办公室. Her homeco
Read entryJune 13, 2007
I walk around Central in Hong Kong and I've never seen so many young men in finely tailored suits. Suits everywhere. French cuffed, fine wool material, tightly knotted ties...But it's the middle of summer and a
Read entryJune 11, 2007
Okay... Off of Jess's suggestion, here are my explicit results on the survey.Some comments...Okay, I agree that I'm a bit extreme when it comes to spatial relationships (map directions) and visual references --
Read entryJune 11, 2007
Okay... so it's not Alive Not Dead-related (at least not directly), but since four out of ten of us are ex-Tomatoes (but always Tomatoes in our hearts), I'll mention i anyways:Steve Jobs just finished presentin
Read entryJune 11, 2007
Okay... so Jojo tagged me to answer these questions, but, like Pat, I'm not going to spread this virus so I'll answer, but not pass it on. My written Chinese is pretty bad, but I'm going to try to dual translat
Read entryJune 11, 2007
The fish tank in our office provides us hours of endless fun and relaxation. Actually, it was left behind by our former officemate, Kim, and was an overgrown, disgusting tank of green mold as witnessed in this
Read entryJune 8, 2007
Video: Alive Not Dead promo video Help spread it around -- post it in your AnD blog or add a posted item in you Facebook:Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSBRi_nN97oor copy-and-paste this code into you
Read entryJune 7, 2007
Hello world!I got back from Chengdu last Monday and I STILL haven't been posted about it because I've been busy with all of the new site improvements. Well, at least I can post up while 'autosave' is enabled.In
Read entryJune 4, 2007
Just arrived back in Hong Kong from my weekend trip hiking around Chengdu. Chengdu is most famous for it's spicy Sichuan/Szechuan cuisine... I'll post more pics and a descrīption of my hiking adventures later,
Read entryMay 31, 2007
meme: def. an idea, behavīor, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture This month, it seems that everywhere is the popular Japanese author Haruki Murakami... I've run in to people rea
Read entryMay 29, 2007
I present to you... the Wild Cats of Hong Kong...For those of you who might have seen the San Francisco documentary, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, I think there's a movie in the making about the dozens of
Read entryMay 25, 2007
I watch alot of anime of alot of different genres. Right now, I'm in the middle of four ongoing series -- Death Note (9/10), Bleach (started out as 9/10 and is now 6/10), Naruto Shippuden (6/10), and Nodame Can
Read entryMay 21, 2007
I'm thinking of going to Chengdu over the June 1st weekend. Annie will be there for two weeks for meetings and I thought it be fun to go over the weekend since I've never been to Sichuan. Has anyone been there?
Read entryMay 21, 2007
I'm sure it's posted elsewhere, but I still find it hilarious... Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es4_0Jm_18cTo you crazy Rain fans, it's only a joke...
Read entryMay 19, 2007
I'm bubbling with excitement... A new Smashing Pumpkins album -- unfortunately, without James Iha or D'arcy, but still with Billy Corrigan and Jimmy Chamberlain."Tarantula", Smashing PumpkinsThe track is a move
Read entryMay 18, 2007
From TIME Magazine:Populations of seven species have had dramatic declines across the continent since West Nile emerged in the United States in 1999 ... In some places, such as Maryland, crow loss was at 45 per
Read entryMay 17, 2007
My plane back to Hong Kong is delayed so I have a few minutes to type out the contents of my quick trip back to Xiamen. In my attempt to get rid of most of my worldly possessions and consolidate what little I h
Read entryMay 16, 2007
Alive Not Dead (http://www.alivenotdead.com) is an online artistic community for artists and fans to share their artistic creations and get to know each other better. We hope that our users will communicate wit
Read entryMay 14, 2007
I think alot of us agree that if you attended the "Let's Fight" concert last weekend, there was something special in the air and that this concert has some kind of importance to it as a landmark a gathering of
Read entryMay 11, 2007
My first time in nearly a year! After stepping off the plane in San Francisco, I suddently remembered why I miss SF so much -- clear air, good living, happy people. Basically, the polar opposite of Central in H
Read entryMay 9, 2007
While the Alive boys were visiting San Francisco, another special celebrity was in town: Conan O'Brien was filming Late Night at the Warfield theater...Here's his touristy little clip of San Francisco...Video:
Read entryMay 6, 2007
After watching Finishing the Game at the Los Angeles VC Asian Am Film Festival and talking to some filmmakers, I drove back to San Francisco to do my final preparation to return to Hong Kong on late Sunday nigh
Read entryApril 30, 2007
Okay, not so many photos because my camera was going very wiggy...Outside the CastroMore photos in my photo album... here...
Read entryApril 30, 2007
My grandfather, Wang Lia Min (1914-2007): Born and grew up in Dalian, China, a beautiful coastal city in the northeast of China which I'd been lucky enough to visit multiple times last year.Married to my grandm
Read entryApril 27, 2007
Hi guys... Just to let you know, I'm going to be a bit slower responding to feature requests and improvements to the alive not dead web site for the next couple of days. Right now, I'm working up fixes to regis
Read entryApril 18, 2007
Hi guys, it's ironic that I spend so much time programming this platform, but I have not so much time to post new entries. I'm slogging through the list of bugs and trying to fix them as we go along. Good progr
Read entryDecember 21, 2006
I'm recruiting web developers for a new project in Hong Kong MOOD: Excited I'm sorry to my friends who might be getting this two or three times, but I really need to get the word out there. Patrick, Mark and I
Read entryOctober 3, 2005
Rotten Tomatoes Senior Web Engineer Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com ), the leading movie reviews and previews destination, is seeking an energetic, organized, and self-starting web engineer to h
Read entryMarch 5, 2005
Rotten Tomatoes presents FREE SCREENINGS of Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle That's right! It's the first in a series of free screenings that we're going to be conducting nationwide and I really need YOUR help to
Read entryOctober 8, 2004
Hey guys, as you probably know, IGN acquiried Rotten Tomatoes several months back and now we really need help in our ad operations unit. There are a bunch of open positions that need filling so if you have inte
Read entryAugust 10, 2004
Hey guys, We now have MULTIPLE job openings at Rotten Tomatoes and it's very important that we staff up quickly with nice people that we can work with in our team. These job postings aren't going up publicly fo
Read entryJuly 9, 2003
Rotten Tomatoes Project: Quizlets Schedule: NOW to September Rotten Tomatoes is seeking talented, literate, and sassy writers for a new project that we're implementing for a client. We are seeking freelance wri
Read entryMay 18, 2003
Woohoo! New laptop... A sub-5 lbs. Fujitsu S6000 with a Centrino design. I was hoping the battery life would be better -- looks like it lasts around 3hrs. when I'm using Wi-Fi. Nonetheless, I'm really happy wit
Read entryMay 11, 2003
Heh! I know it's still early, but The Matrix Reloaded is now sitting at 57% Rotten on the Tomatometer. I suspect that this movie might turn out like Star Wars: Episode 2 where it teeter-tottered between fresh a
Read entryApril 25, 2003
I'm going to have to be short tonight. I'm currently at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign for Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival which Rotten Tomatoes is "sort of" sponsoring. I say "sort of" bec
Read entryApril 15, 2003
Did you watch Better Luck Tomorrow yet? Currently, it's 86% FRESH on the Tomatometer. If you haven't, you SHOULD DAMMIT! Okay, I won't be so pushy, but I do have a selfish reason for it. Rotten Tomatoes is host
Read entryApril 8, 2003
Rotten Tomatoes was nominated for a Webby Award in the film category ! Please click here and vote for Rotten Tomatoes, thereby justifying my means of existence for the past three years. Be sure to tell your fri
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Slashdot | Spirited Away Set for 800 Theatre Rerelease Woohoo! Rotten Tomatoes got /.'d today! This is the first time that we have actually been mentioned by name in a slashdot posting. For those of you who don
Read entryMarch 21, 2003
I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that the 24/7 news coverage has me addicted like I'm on crack or something. As I've said before, I'm really a news junkie, but there's a certain point where you realize that you're
Read entryFebruary 21, 2003
Today was like a flashback. I spent the day firefighting server problems on Rotten Tomatoes while simultaneously juggling phone calls from business partners, sending out faxes, and fixing ad campaigns. It felt
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