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Dissolution

After almost 4 months, we are finally getting to the end of dissolving Rokenten Supply. The process was not difficult once I figured out the right question to ask and the right person to ask the question. Still the experience was not at all a pleasant one.

In a partnership relationship. One must voice and address the concerns clearly and persist on a resolution. Everyone is looking for for their own interest.

The most critical first step in a successful startup is finding the right partner/co-founder. If anything feels off, don’t do it.

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AI/Robots

Two interesting AI/Robotic books, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and The Fourth Age by Byron Reese. Los of parallels between the two books. Robots with artificial intelligent are replacing human workers, in a good way. Take the Robot Jobs Test to determine whether a robot will take your job.

One thing to clarify, the movie, I, Robot, was inspired by the book, but hardly based on the book. Besides a few characters with the same names, the stories are entirely different. Still, my favorite line from the movie “my response is limited, you must ask the right question” is even more relevant to the AI application today.

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Tasks and Tools

Tasks and tools for starting a new project:

  • Name / domain name
  • Project Management – Trello, Asana, Jira, Basecamp, Monday
  • Messaging – Slack
  • Sketching – Miro, Lucidchart
  • Google Workspace – gmail, drive, chat, meet
  • Legal entity – Legalzoom
  • Banking – Chase, BMO
  • Book keeping – Quickbooks, Xero
  • Repo – Github, Bitbucket
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自由潛水 / Free Dive

暑假在台灣的時候，姪女提起她在自由潛水。這幾年，台灣的選手在國際自由潛水競賽得好幾面獎牌。台灣是個潛水的好地方，無論是浮潛，自由潛水，還是水肺潛水。美麗的海洋世界吸引了世界各地的人來台灣潛水。我自己只有在綠島浮潛過一次，有機會一定要去深一點的水肺潛水。

At a family dinner in Taiwan over the summer, my niece mentioned that she is free diving. Free divers from Taiwan had won many metals in recent years. Not surprising the sport is becoming popular among the young generations. Taiwan is a great place for diving, either scuba diving, snorkeling or free diving. The pristine water and breath taking underwater scenery had drawn drivers around the world to come to Taiwan. My fascination about free dive started when I watched the 1988 movie The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu)

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Idea Bank

Keep a notebook of startup ideas. Any ideas, big or small, jot them down as they come to mind. Overtime, there will be a lot of random ideas. Review them occasionally to generate new ideas, or combine some into a different idea.

一個創業人，要有細膩的觀察力，豐富的想像力，還要很有創意。隨時帶一個創業主意記事本。不管什麼樣的主意，無論大小，不管好壞。把所有的創業主意記下來。有時候回顧一下，把原有的主意補充、修改，或者合併幾個成為新主意。

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Morning Coffee

Spend the 20-30 minutes, while having the morning coffee, reading and learning something new, everyday. Focus one few topics and deep dive into a couple of articles. My current interests are in Distributed Work, Web3 and Blockchain. Plus the always present Software Engineering.

每天早上利用喝咖啡，或茶，的二、三十分鐘，學一點新東西。快速的看過幾個網站，專注幾個主題，選一兩篇再深入閱讀。我目前專注的主題是Distributed Work, Web3 and Blockchain，當然還有持續不停更新的軟體工程。

Pages I scan with my morning coffee:

Tip: use Tab Session Manager to create a morning coffee set and a work set to keep track of all the pages I need to start my day.

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Serendipity and luck

Elizabeth Yin in one of the most loved VC in the startup world. She is the founder of Hustle Fund based in SF. Her tweets are filled with down to earth, practical advice for entrepreneurs new and old. Her blog is worth reading by everyone on the startup path. I agree with Elizabeth’s sentiments on “Serendipity and luck trump everything.” My own career is marked with many chance encounters, even now. The biggest trick is to recognize them when they are in front of us.

Some reflections on turning 40

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唔吖

應吃客要求，今天做有餡的，一個肉鬆，一個花生醬。

作法

準備酵母

124g牛奶溶入10g糖，加溫到37ºC後，灑入6g酵母，放置10分鐘到表面發泡即可

製作中種麵糰

  • 480g高筋麵粉加入260g牛奶及以上酵母
  • 把材料用手工混合後，用mixer把麵糰打均勻，到鍋壁不沾麵粉的程度
  • 把麵糰整理好，發酵50分鐘左右，體積膨脹大約三倍
  • 麵糰再整理放一下，放入冰箱，低溫發酵12-20小時

隔天

  • 無鹽奶油切小塊，放軟
  • 從冰箱拿出中種麵糰，馬上分成小塊，混入高筋麵粉、牛奶、糖、鹽，先打勻，再混入無鹽奶油，再打到不沾鍋壁的程度
  • 麵糰分成兩大塊，發酵50分鐘
  • 勻分成六塊，放10分鐘鬆弛一下
  • 桿麵棍桿開，翻面，加肉鬆、或花生醬，捲成長條，放10分鐘鬆弛一下
  • 再桿開，翻面，捲成蝸牛形狀，放入烤盒
  • 放入37°C的烤箱作最後發酵。方烤盒達到九成滿時，蓋上蓋子。山型的就不管咯
  • 烤箱加溫到200°C，烤30分鐘左右
  • 從烤箱拿出立刻倒出烤盒，放在架子上放冷。小心被偷吃😛

材料 (gram)

中種麵團:

  • 高筋麵粉 (bread flour) 480
  • 牛奶 (whole mile) 384
  • 糖 (sugar) 10
  • 乾酵母 (dry yeast) 6

主麵團:

  • 高筋麵粉 (bread flour) 120
  • 牛奶 (whole mile) 96
  • 糖 (sugar) 30
  • 鹽 (salt) 10
  • 無鹽奶油 (unsalted butter) 50
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玉山 – 攀登

兩天一夜的攀登路程。單程將近11公里。也有不少年輕體壯的在一天內完成來回22公里的玉山登頂之旅。

前一天 – Day 0

從塔塔加排雲登山服務中心到塔塔加鞍部登山口大約2.5公里，可以步行兩小時。或搭接駁車，大約15分鐘。接駁車從早上6:30開始在排雲登山服務中心門口發車。為了儘早出發，前一天最好住在東埔山莊，離排雲登山服務中心才幾百公尺。

到了東埔山莊，我們先去排雲登山服務中心繳交排雲山莊的費用，再到旁邊的派出所繳入山証申請書。明天一早我們就可以直接去排接駁車。天黑前在附近的幾個步道走走，算是為明天暖身吧。

第一天 – Day 1

第一天的目標是排雲山莊。距離塔塔加鞍部登山口8.5公里，高差800公尺。預計大概6-7小時。

一早趕上第一班接駁車，到了塔塔加鞍部登山口當然是先拍照。

快到排雲山莊的最後半公里，開始下午後陣雨。到排雲山莊時已經是濕透了的落湯雞。

第二天 – Day 2

一大早兩點起床，兩點半早餐，三點出發。距離2.5公里，高差550公尺，預計2.5小時。目標，衝到峰頂看日出。

在峰頂待了快一個小時，開始下山。九點回到排雲山莊，整理一下背包，上路回塔塔加。快到塔塔加登山口時又是午後陣雨，到了登山口，居然有好多人在排接駁車。等了快半個小時，接駁車還是來。有人打電話詢問，他們的回答居然是，因為天氣不好，不開車。又等了15分鐘，終於搭到接駁車。後來才知道剛剛登山口還下了大冰雹。