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Alex Dong
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Alex Dong's personal blog at alexdong.com covers programming and culture. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts explaining Choir, an audio-interface idea for use where people cannot look at a screen, such as in cars or with wearables. HN readers link it as the explainer for the Choir.io launch.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stream of Thoughts from Alex Dong. What I find interesting, intriguing or insightful.
What Hacker News says?
Have a look at my co-conspirator's blog post about Choir: http://alexdong.com/choir-dot-io-explained/ We definitely see Choir fitting in where you can't look at or interact with a screen. Cars and wearable computing are areas we're excited about. First, though, we want to experiment on the desktop, find out what makes a good audio interface, and solve our own burning needs regarding more mundane monitoring situation…
Comment linking /choir-dot-io-explained/
on “Introducing choir.io”Submitted Soulmate lost. RIP Aaron Swartz as a story · 184 points
HN discussionMany friends of mine have asked for my opinions on this. Figured now will be a good time to vent it out. About myself: http://alexdong.com/ . I grow up in China, right now staying in Shanghai, waiting for my australia immigration visa. I have to say that I feel really sad and powerless about this whole event. I think China is gradually cutting itself from outside, like what we've done in 1600. Instead of writing a l…
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