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18 Jul 2018

This Modern Love

Reno, domestic violence, queerness, marriage.

25 Jun 2018

Soul Story

Soul Story makes incredible Korean skincare that I swear by. Help a woman-run business expand.

18 Jun 2018

Rediscovering Video Games

I started playing video games again. They are not for kids, not anymore. So many video games I love have taught me so much: about storytelling, life and hopes and dreams.

05 Apr 2018

Road, Gravel, Mud

What running a startup for a couple of years felt like. Muddy.

26 Nov 2017

So You Want To Be A Startup Founder

Sometimes, I speak at universities that want me to 'inspire their young'.

23 Aug 2017

I was a startup founder for several years. Most of that time was unglamorous, terrible and difficult. It was one of the hardest things I'd done. I wanted to share, at that point, what that was all about.

18 Jul 2017

Munduk

Something mushy I wrote when I met my wife.

11 Apr 2017

Do What You Don't Know

Do things you don't know how to do, I like to say. At different points in life, I have had the privilege of doing just that.

10 Mar 2017

Shaken Not Stirred

When you work at Wobe, you’re bound to have conversations like these at some point:

10 Feb 2017

Randomization

As the cofounder and CEO of a tech startup working to improve financial inclusion in one of the world’s largest countries that is also one…

02 Feb 2017

The Last Mile

How to create products for emerging markets

09 Dec 2016

How to Build Something

Wobe’s founder on the basics for technical success

21 Nov 2016

On The Spectrum

I found out, as an adult, that I was on the autism spectrum. That helped me make sense of the world, of why I struggled so much as a child.

18 Oct 2016

Wordpress to Jekyll

A brief flirtation with Jekyll, my first static site generator. I've moved on to happier tools since.

10 Oct 2016

What 31 Feels Like

Discovering that birthdays in your 30s are rather different.

01 Oct 2016

My article on Indonesia in Brink, last month

An article I wrote about the Indonesian middle class and tech

14 Jun 2016

Panic at the Disco

Why the Orlando gay club shooting in 2016 hit close to home for every queer person around the world. It certainly did for me.

31 May 2016

Kolkata Kalling

In 2004 I came to Kolkata for the first time. To say it made an impression would be an understatement. From time to time, I still return to it.

27 Apr 2016

In Small Rooms with Betawi Women

I lived in Jakarta for a couple of very happy years. The old women there was my favorite people.

21 Apr 2016

When I Was Young

For most of the '10s I was perpetually in transit. It was more romantic on paper than it really was.