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A forgotten airdrop became my survival fund in 2020. Eighty dollars of Lumens kept me alive, fed, and oddly hopeful. Sometimes the internet really does throw you a rope.

A year, 2,905 online sessions, and only five friends. Four gone, one left. It made me redefine what friendship means when platforms count sessions and I count the conversations that last.

The notification chimed during my Pomodoro break, showing a familiar name after ten years. Memories flooded in, sharp and layered, like a movie reel of everything left unsaid.

I’ve always felt driven by curiosity but lacked the skills to make ideas real. It’s a frustrating loop, yet awareness of it became my first step toward finishing what I start.

I volunteer as a mentor in Uxcel’s global design community, offering focused feedback that helps learners sharpen their UX, product, and AI skills while building stronger portfolios.

Contributed insights to Playbook’s 2024 creative DAM research and was quoted in a blog about going beyond basic cloud storage. The original is offline; an archived link preserves the feature.

I've been in and out of communities and this is the only platform that I check almost every day. They dub themselves as 1-on-1 English conversation practice via video chat, but recently they're emphasizing communication itself: connecting with people globally anytime, anywhere. Technically, I like this platform because it's so old-laptop friendly, like mine, lol. Others are either using Zoom or resource-heavy tech-stacks that make my device turbo go boom!

Tiny Design Club was a community for those who want to develop and expand their career as a researcher, programmer or designer. Pioneered by two well-known local designers in the e-commerce scene, access to the community was only given to those who purchased their books as career support. I contributed to the community as a host for an English practice event for professionals. It was my first hosting debut! Raw, mistake-prone, but I feel lucky enough that I got to experience it.

After spending some years on a career break, I felt disconnected from the industry, my interests, and even myself. I thought I needed something that could catapult me into a base where I could continue working on what I left off. Thus, I decided to join this paid community. It helped, sort of… being around people still actively designing reminded me this was still something I cared about.

liat.in is my personal link shortener service. The word “liatin” roughly translates to ”take a look” in English. I've had this domain for a while now, and it's been used for many things. Now, it's back to its original purpose: to embody itself as a fun, functional, and readable domain.

A public stash of things I bump into online: screenshots, articles, clips, songs. Mixed with small studies influenced by those finds, loose, personal, and sometimes the seed for new work.

Career Break

Together with SingTel, Ideoworks enabled Shopify’s rollout in Indonesia and its spread across Asia, providing payment gateway integrations, plugin support, product photography, and workshops.

Seth is one of the best product designer I’ve ever known. He mapped my love life into a design once and it turned out great and fun to see, he can convert basic ideas into something people can enjoy!

He is a trusted friend who listens with care, offers thoughtful advice, and is consistently supportive. His support is deeply valued.