jrehm

@jrehm.bsky.social

Taipei/Hong Kong. Former IDEO, Li+Fung, Onkyo, principal and teacher. Accidental rescue dog pack, trail running shop. Hong Kong, Portland, Palo Alto, China, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, France, Ecuador, Chile past lives.

Asked my newly arrived students from mainland to go out and shoot photos of Hong Kong - strictly no Xiaohongshu locations. One of them filed this from the Ladies Market, a) she nailed the brief and b) I'm sad no-one is going to get my George Takei impression in class today: "Oh my"...

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About 30 years ago Bob and I crossed paths in Jakarta. Played some pickup soccer and ultimate that was it. Fast forward to now in Taipei and I respond to a Reddit post asking for someone to toss a disc with. It’s Bob. We quickly realized the tons of mutual friends and experiences.

Opening a Treasure Box of Memories: Kwun Tong, Telephone Booths & HK Stories with Photographer Hang Tam Book Signing Event with Hang Tam Date: Sun, Sept 6, 2026 Time: 3:00–5:00 PM Venue: Blue Lotus Gallery
28 Pound Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kon Hang Tam, who will present two of his handmade photobooks.

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An AI-native startup just restricted most new hires from using AI until they actually learn their jobs. Employees were using expensive frontier models for simple work while senior people cleaned up the AI slop. They now expect token spend to fall from $15–20M to $4–5M. I feel similar pain daily.

One CEO's fix for AI-generated slop: Make new hires learn their jobs without AI

Valon's CEO said he imposed the mandate after AI overuse drove up costs and left tenured employees with AI slop to fix.

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