UX & Product Designer

Chi Wai Li



22 Rules for a great story and entrepreneurship

A few days ago I came across a wonderful article on Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling. The rules often ask the story teller to challenge what they are creating and that they should always be pushing their imagination to make a better story. Although I love a good story whether it’s through a novel, an animation […]

Confession of a Podcast Junky – what I listen to regularly

My name is Chi and I’m a media junky. I try to read a whole lot of blogs and listen to even more podcasts. I hate to waste time which is why I often listen to various podcasts on my journey to and from work and most likely whilst I’m at work. Side note, I […]

How to style a 'Choose File' Upload button

For some silly reason standard css wouldn’t allow the file upload button to be styled. Naturally the very smart people have found ways around this. Although there are various method, I like this simple one the most. The HTML <div id=”file” class=”btn”>Upload Photo</div> <input type=”file” name=”file” /> The CSS #file { display:none; }​ The Javascript […]

Battle of Cloud storage: Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and the loser Skydrive.

Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and Skydrive. With so many possibilities and options it’s not easy to know which cloud storage service would be right for you?  I’ve spent over 2 days testing out these services with the aim of finding the best tool for online storage and file backup: TL:DR The short answers For a […]

End of chapter 1 as an entrepreneurship, no big deal

Tomorrow marks the beginning to a new stage for my path to entrepreneurship. From only working on external project for cash flow I will be switching back to working full time employment. It’s a shame this has to happen but I know this is not the end. After all, one of the most famous quote […]

How was you day? An idea for measuring quality of life

So I am a bit of a weirdo, I’ve long had an interest in keeping records of my training. For over 4 years, it was only my body weight and body fat percentage. But since reading the 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss I’ve started recording even more metrics, such as bicep, chest, waist and thigh circumference. I’ve […]

5 Quick and Dirty Steps to decide if I should use something

This is a very quick and DIRTY hack I use when I need to deciding if I should try something or not. Most of the time this is to with some sort of software or service related, but I it can also be used for anything. Below is a quick step by step of my […]

Why startups should embrace Kickstarter!

I absolutely love Kickstarter! If you are asking “What is Kickstarter?” Than I’m just going to presume you are pretty new to the idea of starting your own business. Because it is an amazing crowd funding platform that give you a pretty good chance of making your ideas to a real product! (If it is good anyway) […]

My First App had 524 downloads in 16 days

The first app I ever developed all by myself has over 500 downloads in just 16 days! Now with ZERO marketing, I think this is a pretty good result. This app is the very reason I started this blog, I wanted to keep track of everything I have learnt. Hand Massage: Acupressure Health has been a long and sometimes frustrating journey, but at the end it was worth it.