It was a busy day at work at my former digital agency. In fact, it was a continuity of the previous day’s schedule (you can call it the previous month’s too since today was the first of July). Colleague Ginny Wong and I left the office at in the morning after finishing the touches on…
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Friends Forever with Rizza
When I first wrote about Rizza, it was a small, almost private testimony wishing her the best on her wedding — the kind you post quietly online hoping the right person stumbles upon it. That was twenty years ago. She has just turned fifty, and here I am, still finding reasons to write about her….
“You’ve Got Mail”: A Personal Look Back at Email’s Early Years
I still remember the thrill of those early days of email, long before smartphones and social media made constant connection feel ordinary. Back then, every new message felt like an event, and the simple phrase “You’ve got mail” sounded almost magical. Like in that eponymous film, notifications back then were pure dopamine. Each ping carried…

