I’ve been a writer for almost two years now at Kontinentalist, a data-driven editorial studio in Singapore. In that time, I’ve interviewed my fair share of prospective interns, writers, and editors. Almost always, when asked why they’re interested in the position, our interviewees answer something along the lines of, “to learn how Kontinentalist merges data […]
Author Archives: Potato
View from the Edge: Covid-19
Nearly seven hundred years before Covid-19, the Black Death, a global epidemic of bubonic plague, swept through Europe, killing an estimated one-third of its population of 100 million. For many of the survivors, this was the best thing that could have happened. Plague – unlike death, war and famine, the three other doomsday horsemen of […]
Introducing CaseStudy
Through our pilot and longest running project ‘Digi-Eskwela’, we managed to understand several problems that the staff on the ground faced. The first being transportation – the Tiwala teachers commuted between locations with items such as mobile routers, projectors, a laptop and up to 20 tablets being carried in a single backpack. Bulking up in […]
Viruses in China
Published in View from the Edge – A monthly column by Lee Han Shih, Founder of the Potato Group, featured in the CompassList newsletter. The Sailor’s Log offers analysis, insights and coverage of noteworthy trends from up-and-coming startup ecosystems. It goes out the first and third Wednesday of every month. Get the CompassList newsletter here. Two sets of […]
Final Creative Teams for Sound: A Comics Anthology
Difference Engine is impossibly excited to announce their first comics anthology featuring writers and illustrators who are unabashedly and proudly Southeast Asian. Sound: A Comics Anthology will tell stories set in the past, present, and future, from intimate personal narratives, to epic mythological tales, to insightful political observations. We can’t wait for readers to see what […]
Hukou
Published in View from the Edge – A monthly column by Lee Han Shih, Founder of the Potato Group, featured in the CompassList newsletter. The Sailor’s Log offers analysis, insights and coverage of noteworthy trends from up-and-coming startup ecosystems. It goes out the first and third Wednesday of every month. Get the CompassList newsletter here. With a stroke […]
