Ricky Yang

TechTrek West 2019. Ice cream enthusiast.

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

So this video has been sort of blowing up recently. A guy spent a week only in VR. Really good editing and pretty interesting. Not sure of the message but it definitely made me think. #BCSTT

https://t.co/dLbkfYSdq9

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@HuangduBC @Matt_Allen1998 Pretty sure lionfish is an invasive species in a good amount of areas and they have dangerous thorns. Usually they have to be caught by divers and get cooked in restaurants I think #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@tomolsen91 #BCSTT Now I see why Nuro also needed 941 million in funding... apparently it wasn't just to stock up on LaCroix, bummer.

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@SiyuanMelanieWu @patrick_twomey pretty... pretty... pretty good. #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

All I can say is... hmmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 interesting. I shall act like this means nothing. #BCSTT

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[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

If I learned one thing from this trip it is that you cannot call yourself a company without having a fridge stock full of LaCroix. Silicon Valley needs LaCroix #BCSTT

[Forbes @Forbes]

The owner of LaCroix sparkling water lost $500 million within hours of making head-scratching remarks about his company’s performance—calling disappointing sales an “injustice"
https://t.co/51Ll85ZLf7

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

So what were the highlights of the trip? Apple? Airbnb? Facebook? Nahhh. How about the fact that freaking ROBLOX is a unicorn worth 2.5 billion! And we were right there ugh! Add it to Techtrek 2020 @profkane ?? #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

One more day in this amazing trip. Safe to say a day at Apple and Sequoia will suffice 🤷‍♂️ #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

After all the visits today, @Wonolo was something really special. Inspiring stories and lessons from CEO @yongkookkim and the rest of the staff is why we're on this trip! #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

Yes I'm tired, yes it's been a long day, but that's what I hope to feel at the end of special days like today. Let's get back at this bright and early tomorrow! #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@MikeVPerry @BostonCollege Grateful for the opportunity to be around great people #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

For anyone like me who's now self conscious about their handshaking skills #BCSTT

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[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@WuCeciliawu0421 ... it’ll be beautiful to someone. Different strokes for different folks.

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

Forget foldable phones, this is the future. The phone's basically an "in case you need it" phone. 48+ hrs of continuous video playback... in case you need it. Does the weirder tech mean we're closer to another big breakthrough or will it amount to nothing? #BCSTT #D

[Engadget @engadget]

Energizer made a phone with an 18,000mAH battery

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@jolivieri_ This is pretty cool. Haven't used it yet. Just curious about the pin you enter to get the package. That's not a private pin or something you're using right? Cuz shouldn't the text be asterik'd then? No idea how it works so just wondering.

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

Been trying to read up more about blockchain since that last class we had and found an entertaining read explaining it with Pokemon cards. It's the optimal way to educate the masses... #BCSTT

https://t.co/XGTEK2rdPI

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@HuangduBC @Jingttj They're all gen1 products and might not be likely to sell like crazy so why not give it a high price to show that it's a premier type of product for future purposes. I could see the gen2 upgraded 5G versions selling quite well though (assuming lower price from competition) #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

@WuCeciliawu0421 @Matt_Allen1998 It's an enterprise product and probably the most advanced AR headset (they're not really glasses, more like visors) so they aren't really intending to sell it to regular consumers. For businesses that also use Microsoft cloud and what not, it carries more value as well. #BCSTT

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

The new hololens looks pretty impressive. Expensive, but really cool. Some at the company aren't happy about the military contract, but it's currently an enterprise product so they need to find ways to sell it. #BCSTT

https://t.co/VMdHEakoTk

[Ricky Yang @rickyyang987]

Ooooh things are about to get a little more interesting. #BCSTT

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Instagram is threatening to attack Pinterest just as it files to go public https://t.co/jTYAIOODWi