September 2011
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Liz Leopard ;): Narrow-Minded People Piss Me Off. →
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No idea why I’m even arguing with this guy, but it all started because i said i didn’t like vietnamese music (he’s vietnamese). He said that it was really unattractive and that i lost my roots and that you keep your roots no matter what race you are…uhm okay? Really because music is the vital… Read More
Dear Liz,
Nationalism is ingrained into the Vietnamese historical...
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August 2011
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VSA Service Product Development and Service Grants
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In San Jose I was invited by a group called Viet Second Chance Family who is restarting itself to pursue their mission of providing a safe space to address the huge need for mental wellness within the Vietnamese American community, that issue that meets great challenge because of the difference in culture as well as a stigma associated with mental health. The group is at...
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Vietnamese American Community Center Status Update
My goal is to serve as a board member to multiple organizations who oversee their own Vietnamese American space, and then to unify them through an organization dedicated to providing support. I’m still wary of the idea of a single organization overseeing these different centers because of the possibilities of a strong centralized administration overpowering the creative ingenuity of unique,...
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Kelly Truong Banh: Miss California, Miss... →
Go San Jose!
Kelly Truong Banh, 24 years old native of San Jose, California and alumni of the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), was recently crowded Miss Congeniality and 2nd Runner-Up at the Miss National US Scholarship Pageant. She also received the President’s Award from the president and staff of Miss National US Incorporated (MNUS) for being the contestant whom MNUS thought...
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The Future of Music in the Park in San Jose is... →
Scott Knies, executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association, admits that one of the nation’s biggest and oldest free concert series is at a crossroads. Complaints from downtown business owners and residents have increased this summer, and attendees at an Aug. 12 association meeting expressed the view that while everyone enjoys Music in the Park, the concerts now attract an “undesirable...
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Web Design for Old Browsers
Ugh, I can’t believe some of you still use Internet Explorer 6, and Firefox 3.6. I mean, I’m thankful at least it’s not anything older. MAYBE. But still, I almost want to couple you guys with text-based browsers like Lynx, just so I don’t have to deal with having to figure out whether the website looks right on your browser, because I have to spend twice as much time...
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Who Decides the Colors of the Vietnamese Flag?
The Vietnamese flag is one of those symbols that has such a complicated and rich history and sociopolitical ramifications. Most people should be aware that there are two flags: one of the current government of Vietnam, and the other of the former South Vietnam, but which is still part of the overseas Vietnamese public consciousness. But today, as a graphic designer, I’d like to delve into...
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EM Radio website gets refreshed to align with new... →
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August 23, 2011 - San Jose, CA - EM Radio unveils its new website as the program aligns itself to a new mission. What was once the “Voice of Vietnamese American Youth” has become “EMpowering the Vietnamese American Community” to better align itself to its listenership. EM Radio will focus more on…
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I feel like shuffling my feet in the electric blue...
Jackfroot Announces Their First 2 Officially...
My friends over at Jackfroot recently launched an entertainment & media agency, and they have some great news in the Asian American Pacific Islander entertainment space. —baohouse
San Jose, CA, August 22, 2011 - After launching just a little over two months ago, Jackfroot has grown dramatically as a website and a company thanks to the help of our friends, family, staff, and fans. Our goal...
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Is gray really gray? Color spaces for printing
We spent nearly a week, hours of labor, and hundreds of dollars (if not thousands) of wasted material trying to please a client with wrapping their truck with a vehicle ad. The problem lies with their source photo: it contains a lot of grays. The problem with grays is that it is the most trickiest “color” to work with.
One problem is that gray interacts with the colors around...
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Watchmikeberggren:
Add one part techno with two parts of “what… the… #$&%?!?!”. Mix well.
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Making Your Custom-Domain Tumblr a Little More...
One of Tumblr’s server went down today. It happens to be the one which is used to dish out webpages for those of us using a custom domain name (e.g. www.baohouse.net as opposed to baohouse.tumblr.com). Tumblr isn’t as fault-tolerant as I thought it was. However, there were other Tumblr servers that were still running fine.
So here’s a technique they don’t tell you that...
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Inspirational Vietnamese Americans Project
I started compiling biographies of local Vietnamese Americans who have accomplished interesting things in their lives: Inspiring Vietnamese Americans in Northern California
The purpose of the project was to serve the needs of the Vietnamese American youth in dire need of role models. It is simply not enough to be a “doctor, lawyer, engineer” (though we can add businessperson to the...
Left-Handed: Why Groupon will be the Poster Boy... →
As someone who does marketing and branding all day, if you’re trying to sustain a business with people who had no interest in the first place, you’re in the wrong business, or you’re not serving a need.
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Groupon is going to be the poster boy of 2010’s tech bubble burst. The business in unsustainable based on two simple facts: 1) easy to clone 2) unhappy clients. The...
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Miss Vietnam Pageants
My mom in her college days doing a pageant (she is in deep blue).
My opinion is that pageants don’t excite me. Maybe feminism has influenced my thinking. But I would say that I am more concerned about philanthropy than feminism. Philanthropy can be defined as follows (source):
Philanthropy, from the root “love” and “human,” is about love in its most essential form....
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Unconventional Guilde - Practical Resources for... →
work for yourself | travel anywhere | change the world
I thought this would be of great use to my friends who dream of traveling the world doing amazing things.
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Oooh... learning management systems
Huy Duong and I spearheaded UNAVSA Knowledge system, the purpose of which was to help store the vast amount of valuable knowledge gained through leadership in the Vietnamese student/youth community. Currently the system runs on TWiki, a wiki system, but I feel TWiki is just TOO unstructured for my taste, and I think the wiki paradigm just hasn’t caught on with this community. I just...
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I Love You Are For Vietnamese People →
OK Go has a cool interactive music video. I created a custom message with it. By: OK Go x Pilobolus - “All Is Not Lost” #notlost
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Out With the Old - In With the New: Creating... →
Had a friend who forwarded me her résumé for review. When I read it, I saw a major fundamental problem: all her descriptions of past experience sounded like a job description, rather than what I was really looking for: what did you specifically do that no other person could claim the same on their résumé? I was looking for something like “Installed new system software and reduced account...
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The Entropy of Social Networks: Google Plus vs... →
Yes, we have a new social network and I am a proud profile carrying member of the new elite created by an artificial scarcity of invites. A technique now pretty much a requirement for launching anything new that’s social with 2 benefits, the obvious buzz factor and the ability to iterate and learn before you expand.
But this post is about history of civilizations on the internet. While...
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How to Do Good and Prove It: Integrate Social... →
Philanthropist Kevin Starr demands great ideas, scalability, and eight-word mission statements. It’s all part of a Design for Impact approach.
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Stay agile. Be a scrum.
Stay agile. Be a scrum. If I could offer one advice to keep your life moving: nothing will ever be as perfect as you or any of us would like it to be. This is wisdom I’ve learned as a software developer. It holds true as much to software-making as it does to life-living.
Everything is in beta. There is always room for improvement. Make gradual, continuous improvements everyday, so that the...
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The Minority Model: The Not-It Girl →
A look at Asian American models in the fashion & entertainment industry. I could’ve put an image of a model. But I’m not promoting the model so much as the understanding of the industry scene. Yes, I am boring like that. Intellectuals for the win!
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WORDS FIRST: a solo performance showcase
Produced and curated by: Thao P. Nguyen and Vanessa Alabarces
Wednesday, September 7th, 7:30pm
CounterPULSE: 1310 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103
WORDS FIRST is a monthly series featuring a rotating cast of Bay Area solo stars. Each performance showcases a dynamic line-up of several short pieces, written and performed by the solo artists themselves. Join us on the first Wednesday of...
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Driving to the Airport
surnameviet:
(My mom is a backseat driver and enjoys barking at me to turn left as I’m turning left or grabbing my arm when I brake)
Me: Mom. Calm down. I know how to drive. Mom: (nostrils flaring) You know how to drive, huh?? I know how to đẻ you.
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Farewell Flash? Adobe Launches HTML5 Web... →
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NY Times Opinion: The Elusive Big Idea →
Really? Thinking is being crowded out? I guess all the more important for me to challenge assumptions.
THE July/August issue of The Atlantic trumpets the “14 Biggest Ideas of the Year.” Take a deep breath. The ideas include “The Players Own the Game” (No. 12), “Wall Street: Same as it Ever Was” (No. 6), “Nothing Stays Secret” (No. 2), and the very biggest idea of the year, “The Rise of the Middle...
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Viet Nam is Not a War: a creative writing workshop
Sunday, August 21, 12:00PM to 2:00PM 1440 Broadway, Suite 301 (off of 12th St. BART), Oakland, CA Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=243933215624418
As a part of VietUnity’s effort to hold monthly community events, we invite you to….
Viet Nam is Not a War: a creative writing workshop
Cultural production through art and writing has always been an integral part of...
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Moon Festival Network
I’m starting a mailing list to track multiple moon festivals across Northern California. Information about the various festivals can be found at http://www.cayda.org/proposals/moon-festival-network
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Moon Festival Silicon Valley offers Grants for...
The Moon Festival of Silicon Valley is offering grants for free space for nonprofits to host their own booths to provide activities for families and children and to showcase their programs.
The Moon Festival celebrates the tradition of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, celebrated by both the Chinese and Vietnamese cultures, a season traditionally involving the harvest season. It has become a time for...
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UVSA Brand Identity Design
The United Vietnamese Student Associations of Northern California (UVSA) is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 2002 as a means for youth to organize socially and civically in Northern California. Committed to cultural awareness, educating youth, and community service, UVSA is composed of volunteers—including young professionals, college students, and high school...
Web App Development Community; Disaster-Resilient...
So a few days ago I posted a list of folks who I talk to who might be able to help aspiring entrepreneurs in the web app development space. Mobile, web, app/UI design, entrepreneurship, and capital are all part of this space. Yesterday I visited the Vietnamese American Community Center of East Bay, and spoke with Doan, one of the day-to-day managers of the center which hosts a suite of services...
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CayDa Summer Internship Concludes
CayDa Foundation wishes to thank Karen Tang and Ngoc Pham for participating in the inaugural Summer Internship. Their work consisted of compiling program/service resources that could be promoted to the Vietnamese American community for the public good. The two will be transferring to San Jose State University in the fall. Both are planning to major in Social Work.
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