Aug 28, 2020Extroverted IntrovertI’ve always considered myself introverted. Back when I was nine years old, my mom would force me to talk to retail clerks so I could be comfortable having conversations with strangers. Even though the interactions would take less than a minute and everyone was extremely friendly, I dreaded each and…6 min read6 min read
Aug 28, 2020What I learned from meeting people with substance abuse disorders(This article was initially published on my personal website in 2019.) Last summer, I had the opportunity to attend an entrepreneurship camp at MIT. There, I spent four weeks creating my own startup with three other high school students. While I did learn a lot about a variety of different…4 min read4 min read
Jul 3, 2020‘Regenerative Economy’: The lesser-known part of the circular economyThe term, ‘circular economy’ is starting to be the center of more and more environmental initiatives these days. But what does this even mean? In a basic sense, a ‘circular economy’ refers to an economy that doesn’t rely on our current model of extracting materials from the environment, using them…Plastic7 min readPlastic7 min read
Jun 29, 2020Plastic Pollution: A Human CrisisWhile many of us might be familiar with the environmental impacts of plastic pollution, there’s still a whole other part of the problem that needs to be addressed: the human crisis aspect. As it turns out, there is a strong correlation between poverty and plastic pollution. In poorer communities, particularly…Plastic4 min readPlastic4 min read
Sep 8, 2019A Beginner’s Guide to TKSSo you’re starting TKS and everything probably seems really overwhelming. …Education7 min readEducation7 min read
Apr 5, 2019How Machines Are Able To Learn Just Like YouArtificial Intelligence. Two words which may invoke ideas of a Terminator-type future where machines destroy and take over the world. …Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
Feb 19, 2019Behind VR Games: Tic-Tac-ToeNow that I think about it, paper and pencil games were my childhood. I still have notebooks full of various rounds of dots & boxes and pictionary. But if there was one game which 6 year-old Ayleen enjoyed playing the most, it was tic-tac-toe (don’t ask me why). So what…Programming7 min readProgramming7 min read
Feb 12, 2019Behind VR Games: Flappy BirdEveryone has probably heard about Flappy Bird by now; a simple side scroller game of a bird flying through pipes that went viral a few years ago (if you haven’t, the game is sadly no longer available). However, while playing, I always wondered what it was like to experience the…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
Jan 30, 2019Fail, Fail, and Fail AgainI always used to think that my goal of becoming a successful CEO of some billion-dollar company was identical to my goal of becoming a Disney princess back when I was two years old: it was cute, but deep down inside I knew it was never going to happen. Growing…Startup7 min readStartup7 min read
Jan 24, 2019Behind VR Games: Fruit NinjaI’m not sure why, but slicing virtual fruit on my phone is extremely addicting. I used to love playing the Fruit Ninja app back when it came out and would spend hours trying to beat my friends’ high scores. …Virtual Reality5 min readVirtual Reality5 min read
