Thought Garden
Welcome to my thought garden. A public notebook. A space to learn in public. A place to share my perspectives on design, coding, tech, mindset, and parenting.
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2025 Thoughts
✦ March
Apple Design Principles
On April 2021, Apple approached Carousell for a education workshop about Apple design principles and how we can apply it
2025 Thoughts
✦ March
Develop your taste and craft in the AI age
Will AI replace designers’ jobs? Well, yes and no.
2025 Thoughts
✦ March
My personal website design philosophy
Simple, humble, writing-first
2024 Thoughts
✦ February
Design Tips, Visually
2023 Thoughts
✦ July
Different High-level Designs
The more senior the designer, the more abstract the problem they should be solving.
Designer Lvl 1: Design a form
2023 Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Being a generalist helps you find the right career choice
Being a self-taught designer has been something that made me unconfident.
I hated how I never specialized in anything in
2023 Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Children who are later talkers
🌱 Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in New York City. He’s a famous physicist, but many people know
2023 Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Feynman
Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist born in 1918 in New York City.
Feynman was a very late talker—
2023 Thoughts
✦ March
🌱 Fall in love with the process over outcomes
If you are like me and many other creatives, you have many interests and want to do many things. You’
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
🌱 You can improve anything with 30 min a day for 30 days
🌱 The Seinfeld strategy — Don’t break the chain encourages us to use a big calendar that has a whole year
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
STAR Interview Method for Product Designers
STAR interview method is a powerful tool that product designers can use to showcase skills during job interviews.
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
🌱 Atomic essays
Have you heard of the term "atomic essay" coined by the Ship-30-by-30 creators? It's a fascinating
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
And I got an offer 🎉
Oh Yeah. I got an offer.
After almost 3 months of unemployment and many rejections, I got an offer. I
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
iA Presenter is impressive
The execution of iA Presenter is fantastic! I believe they will go much further soon.
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
📗 A company I'm interviewing at has conducted a layoff
Do you believe that?
Yeah, it's the truth. Anything can happen, mah.
I was in the middle of
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
How to prepare for your Facebook product design interview
Highlights from Lily Konings’s sharing on how to land a product design job at Facebook
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 Ask for quick sharing right after every user interview
Doing this will help you synthesize user research 2x faster.
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 📗 Whiteboard challenge Step-by-Step & Tips
Some companies will have a whiteboard design challenge. I will have one session next week. It will be a case
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 Building a product isn't about whether it can be built
But about if people need it.
Learning to code might be wise. I think everyone should learn to code nowadays.
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
🌱 Moving my website to Ghost
I’m building an entirely new website with Ghost. My goal is ambitious — to make it my primary website.
It
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
📗 Interviewing & Rejection
Yesterday I had only one interview with a designer from a big crypto company.
The interviewer is very nice, kind,
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
Powerful life hacks for career, health, and relationship
Sahil Bloom is my greatest resource for learning. His newsletter and Twitter content always give me new and powerful lessons.
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Write first, present later
Writing first and presenting later is one of the best pieces of advice I get in my career.
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
📗 Two more chats with HR, and it was good
But today, I got two chats with HR from two new companies.
Both are crypto companies, one is a startup,
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
📗 Chat with Viki Recruiter
I had a Chat with a recruiter from Rakuten this morning. He's very nice and warm. Talking with
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
📨 Letter from Audience #01
💌Hi Trong,
I am Yurong, a product designer based in Singapore. I chanced upon your article on LinkedIn and when
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Harmonize the Web Experience
The story of how I improved the buying experience on the web for vertical categories.
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
📗 Chat with a crypto company and ex-colleagues
I’ve had a chat with HR from a crypto company. He set up a 1-hour interview, but it only
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Perfecting Browse Experience for Buyers
Rethinking the browsing experience for the classified marketplace in Southeast Asia.
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
Premium eCommerce Website
How do I improve a beauty & fashion commercial retailer website?
2022 Thoughts
✦ December
📗 Chat with a recruiter from a 3D AI Startup
Today I will have two chats with HR. I did one this morning with E. Their product is innovative. Building