๐Ÿ‘‹ Welcome to Terry’s Blog

Hi, this is Terry. I'm documenting my product ideas and learning notes in this blog. I'm interested in creating new user experiences through generative ai, focusing on synthesized content generation and actionable insight extraction.

About Me

CS & HCI @ Northwestern. Prev product @ Microsoft and TikTok. Experienced in product management and agent implementation. Right now I'm thinking about crowd intelligence, agentic workflows, and traveling the world. In my free time, I like to read. Always happy to chat ;)

Skills

Product

Prototyping, Roadmapping, Event Tracking, A/B Testing, SQL, Figma, JIRA

Programming

Python, C/C++, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Git, React.js, Node, Tensorflow, PyTorch

Growth

SEO, Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Influencer Partnerships, Lead Generation

Projects

Independent products I've shipped. For company work, see About.

CrowdListen

Finds useful insight in broad social conversations.

China Travel Guide

China travel guides based on authentic crowd opinions.

UGC Creator Matching

Matches UGC creators to brands by content fit.

Answer With Books

Answers to real questions from books worth reading.

Recent Posts

Why Don't People Read Books Anymore?

Why the decline in book reading is not only about social media stealing attention, but about a deeper shift in how people expect information to be packaged, previewed, and processed.

Tokens and Inference as Bandwidth

WIP notes on tokens, inference capacity, and why the cost and availability of model calls increasingly look like bandwidth for agentic systems.

Be Where the Change Is Happening

Lessons from Northwestern on choosing environments, being early, and putting yourself where important changes are unfolding.