Research, Technology, and Teamwork blog by Susie Wee -

Ten Tech Thoughts for the 2010's

New Year’s Day is always a time for reflection, especially when the new year ends in a 0. This morning I tweeted some tech thoughts I have on the 2010’s. I’ll follow up with blog posts dedicated to some of these topics. In the mean time...

Published 01-02-2010 4:56 AM by susie.wee

From cameraman to camerawoman in NIR imaging research

In the world of image processing research, it is important to have standard test images so people can compare their results. The cameraman image is a test image that has been used for decades. It can be found in many image processing textbooks and homework...

Published 11-14-2009 9:49 PM by susie.wee

Filed under: technology, research, Professor Sabine Susstrunk, near infrared, imaging, cameraman

Top ten tips for doing business in Asia

The NY Times published an article about President Bill Clinton’s visit to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-il about releasing the two imprisoned American reporters, Laura Ling and Euna Lee. The result was simple and surprising- they were released...

Published 08-19-2009 3:22 PM by susie.wee

Filed under: management, career tips, teamwork, asia, how to, china, business, japan

Social cloud technology in the fabric of the Internet

A shell for Twitter Remember the good old days when you had a terminal screen and you typed ls , cd , and man ? And, if you were a little more advanced, you might have used pushd , popd , cat , head , and tail . Well, there is a very alpha project called...

Published 08-15-2009 9:52 PM by susie.wee

Filed under: technology, social networking, facebook, blogging, twitter, social media

Back from sabbatical: Blogging is back, but comments and subscribers are not

I took a sabbatical from blogging for the last 1.5 years. It was not because I was making a statement. It was not because I switched to a flashier tool . It was just because I took a job that was not very conducive to blogging. In essence, I was immersed...

Published 08-14-2009 7:49 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: technology, social networking, facebook, blogging, twitter

From Work-Life Balance to Work-Life Bursts and Work-Life Teams

From Work-Life Balance to Work-Life Bursts and Work-Life Teams I was reading a colleague’s post on work-life balance , where she was referencing Jack Welch’s statement that there is no such thing . Those who know me would certainly laugh if...

Published 07-22-2009 12:20 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: management, career tips, teamwork, work life balance

My newest discovery: Secret Facebook users

I’ve been an avid facebok user for years. I started using Facebook very soon after they first opened it up to people outside of the .edu domain. I recruited lots of old people into Facebook… long before it was acceptable for old people like...

Published 07-18-2009 10:06 PM by susie.wee

Filed under: experience, social networking, facebook, middle america, batavia

Welcome to Facebook, Batavia!

I've been living in Silicon Valley for the last 12 years, and I was in Boston for 10 years before that, but I spent the first 16 years of my life growing up in a small town in western New York called Batavia . According to Google Maps, it would take...

Published 12-28-2008 10:36 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: social networking, facebook, middle america, batavia

A little July 4 post

I was in the Shanghai airport on the 4th of July to catch my flight back to San Francisco. I just finished a one-week business trip in Shanghai, so I was thinking quite a bit about how much China has changed and how bright China's future is. I was...

Published 07-05-2008 5:33 AM by susie.wee

Following from in front and Leading from behind

I had an interesting experience when going out to lunch with my team. They took me to one of their regular lunch spots where I had never been. I kind of vaguely knew where it was, but I didn’t know exactly where it was. I had to drive separately to get...

Published 06-24-2008 6:29 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: management, career tips, leadership

Toys in my sandbox: HP Touch, Mini, and Slim

One of the neat things about my new job is getting to play with, I mean, work with some cool products. Last week the HP Personal Systems Group (which I'm now in) had a big product launch in Berlin. I was happy when the launch date finally came, because...

Published 06-22-2008 3:13 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: career tips, experience

I'm back: From research to business

Sorry for my long break from blogging. Thanks to JCS for asking me to come back, as it was just the push I needed to get this post out. A few other readers have also noticed my absence from the blogosphere, thanks to all of you for your encouragement...

Published 06-09-2008 5:02 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: experience, research

Your computer: A platform, an appliance, or a browser?

I've been thinking about how different people use their computers. It occurs to me that there are at least three different ways that people use their computers: as a platform, as an appliance, or as a browser. Some people use their computer as a platform...

Published 02-23-2008 3:21 AM by susie.wee

Filed under: experience

Teamwork: Recovering from mistakes

I just played in two women's ice hockey tournaments in the last two weekends. We competed at a Women's C level in the first tournament (MLK tournament in San Jose) and at a B level in the second tournament (in Las Vegas!). Perhaps you can guess the result...

Published 01-30-2008 4:23 PM by susie.wee

Filed under: teamwork

Desktop vs. notebook: It's all about the display

I thought I had it all figured out. I'm doing a house remodel (wish me luck!), and I thought I didn't need to set up a computer area. After all, notebook computers are awesome. I bought my sister an entertainment notebook computer over the holiday break...

Published 01-06-2008 11:17 PM by susie.wee