http://rexchung.com Sydney, Hong Kong, China Beautiful Web Development Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:19:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There’s alot of startup activities in Hong Kong and not many people know about it. Since I didnt have much time myself during the year I’ll try to summarize what I know in one post and also making some predictions for 2010. In 2009 there’s some successes, some fell into ... http://rexchung.com/2009/12/24/hk-startup-summary-2009/ reposted from vidcompare.com A short-list of success factors we’ve seen in the Online Video Platform space so far in 2009. Of course it should include Ankoder's launch: - VMIX raised $2 million in a B-1 round to grow sales and extend reach - Ooyala hired an outside CEO, Jay Fulcher, and raised ... http://rexchung.com/2009/12/17/online-video-platform-successes-in-2009/ Grab this code, I've added it to my sidebar. You can always create one, of course http://twitter.com/goodies/widget_profile Use the profile: @hkitevents Who is @hkitevents? It is not a person, it is a robot. It posts the upcoming event 1 day before hand. It reads the events from the google calendar that I setup ... http://rexchung.com/2009/10/21/want-to-put-the-upcoming-hk-it-events-to-your-blog/ Since I've launched Ankoder, I started to think alot more about marketing, especially online. The biggest question is how to get more people clicking onto your site? Well, I'm going to start a little experiment by adding a play button looking icon on my gravatar and see if that makes ... http://rexchung.com/2009/10/20/gravatar-experiment/ Just a quick post about our successful exhibition at Web Direction South 09. It was great to hear the responses and indication of interests from the developers that were attending. I had a good time standing for 12 hours 2 days in a row, not something familiar to a ... http://rexchung.com/2009/10/20/ankoder-web-direction-south/ I was invited by Vinko to join a Wave conversation with "all" of the, 50 (that we know of) Google Wave users located in Hong Kong. It turned out to be a massive wave with blips and stuff. Most people, including myself, probably doesn't know how to best use it. ... http://rexchung.com/2009/10/19/google-wave-users-gathering-in-hong-kong/ Well I'm proud to announce that Ankoder is launched. I can finally say that it is working as I wished it had. It was 200% on Ankoder because we completed 1 yr's work in 6 months. Life as an entrepreneur is tough. There's been so many difficult decision making, emotional roller ... http://rexchung.com/2009/09/23/last-6-months-200-on-ankoder/ Presentation I did to IVE computing students at TsingYi. Cloud Computing Online VideoView more presentations from Rex Chung. http://rexchung.com/2009/03/23/introduction-to-cloud-computing/ Starting a business is easy, keeping the spirit and not giving up is the difficult part. I've seen this repeating in many other entrepreneurial articles - "hard work, never give up and believe in yourself". I actually heard of this analogy speaking to another entrepreneur last year. Starting a business ... http://rexchung.com/2009/01/29/i-am-planting-a-tree/ Recently read Malcolm Gladwell's new book - 'Outliers' on the flight to HK. He's answered some of the questions I've been asking myself. How do genuises become so successful. Apart from hardwork, alot of it has to do with doing the right things at the right time. He started ... http://rexchung.com/2009/01/15/are-you-an-outlier/