Jun 28, 2021The Death of Richard DawkinsA short story by Steve Yegge Note, 2021: I wrote this story some years back, more or less as a 30-year-belated make-up assignment for a bad short story I wrote in high school. I don’t 100% trust Google not to lose the story by shutting down the site, so I’m…Transhumanism33 min readTranshumanism33 min read
Aug 15, 2020Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing YouGod dammit, I didn’t want to blog again. I have so much stuff to do. Blogging takes time and energy and creativity that I could be putting to good use: my novels, my music, my game, and so on. But you get me riled enough, and I have to blog. …Google Cloud Platform23 min readGoogle Cloud Platform23 min read
May 19, 2020Saying Goodbye to the Best Gig I Ever HadSaying Goodbye to the Best Gig I Ever Had Friday was my last day at Grab, and I wanted to give a quick retrospective, plus tell folks what I’m up to. I didn’t get a chance to say a proper goodbye to so many folks in Southeast Asia, due to…Grab17 min readGrab17 min read
May 18, 2019Google to Grab: One year laterBig Fat Disclaimer: I DO NOT SPEAK FOR GRAB. I work there, but these are my own opinions. Not Grab’s. It’s now been 15 months since I joined Grab, the ride-hailing and financial services Super App giant of Southeast Asia. The time has gone by so fast. I’m on a…Grab9 min readGrab9 min read
Jan 24, 2019The Song of the Golden DragonI’ve never before been inspired to write an essay about a piece of music. This is a first for me; we’ll see how it goes. Update, April 2020: I did eventually record my special version of it — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK244wAQ3Qo — enjoy! You know that feeling when you find a new…Music11 min readMusic11 min read
Nov 25, 2018Member-onlyJeff Bezos, Jack Ma, and the Quest to Kill eBayThe right — and wrong — way to compete with a locked market — This is the story of the first time Jeff Bezos got something spectacularly wrong. It’s the story of why he was wrong, what happened afterward, and what we can learn from it. It’s also the story of how Jack Ma tackled exactly the same problem a few years later, and…Amazon16 min readAmazon16 min read
May 21, 2018Get that job at GrabNote: I do not speak for my employer, Grab. These thoughts and opinions are solely my own. Ten years ago I published a blog post titled, “Get that job at Google”. …Interview16 min readInterview16 min read
Mar 12, 2018Who will steal Android from Google?Who will steal Android from Google? Disclaimers: These are my own personal opinions. A lot of them are probably wrong. I do not speak for my employer (Grab!). Take all this with a healthy grain of salt. In fact, don’t even read it. Here I am, writing a Medium post…Android13 min readAndroid13 min read
Jan 24, 2018Google doesn’t necessarily need innovationI’m getting a lot of calls from reporters, asking me for a hot take on my claim yesterday that Google has lost the ability to innovate. And since I’m busy with my new job at Grab, I don’t have time to talk to everyone. …Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Jan 24, 2018Why I left Google to join GrabNote: This is my first time using Medium. Please forgive any faux pas. Also, it’s pretty long even for me, so you might want to go grab a coffee. I’ll wait. Also, please note that these are my own personal opinions: I do not speak for my employers, old or…Google19 min readGoogle19 min read