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My Ray-Ban Stories

October 14, 2021 by George Chen in Hong Kong, Facebook
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I really love my Ray-Ban Stories, a very nice addition to my Ricoh GR3 camera for street photography.

Ask any street photographer, and they will definitely tell you one of their biggest worries is to miss a moment. Timing sometimes means everything for photography.

I still carry my GR3 for photography but Ray-Ban Stories can make sure you won’t miss any moment you want to catch and the image quality proves far better than expected.

With a little bit post-shooting editing (I mean “cropping”; I don’t usually add filter effects to my photos as I want to keep them organic and natural), your photos are at least good enough for your Instagram.

Technology is amazing, as always.

Disclaimer: The author is a Facebook employee. Facebook collaborates with Ray-Ban for the smart sunglasses Ray-Ban Stories. All photos for this article are shot on Ray-Ban Stories by the author in Hong Kong; no filter.

October 14, 2021 /George Chen
Facebook, street photography, technology
Hong Kong, Facebook
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Impact, Reflection, and Appreciation

January 05, 2021 by George Chen in Facebook, Hong Kong, Public Policy, technology, Taiwan, China, Central Asia

January 4th this year marks the 5th anniversary (we call it "Faceversary") for me at Facebook.

It's been a really incredible journey: We've covered quite a number of key elections from Hong Kong, Taipei, and to Ulaanbaatar, several earthquakes and typhoons (unfortunately), social unrest and constitutional crisis, and not to mention the Covid-19 pandemic in the unprecedented year of 2020 for everyone. We also saved some lives in the real world, thanks to Facebook's suicide prevention tools and our fantastic safety partners on the ground.

For me it's a journey of impact, reflection, and appreciation. As we always say at Facebook, my journey is only 1% finished.

Thank you. Onwards.

Highlight photos:

  • I helped to design our first-ever Asia Pacific Public Policy team T-shirt in 2018.

  • Over two million people took to the streets to protest in Hong Kong in 2019. Beijing imposed the controversial National Security Law on Hong Kong in the following year.

  • Represented Facebook for a closed-door hearing held by National Communications Commission about misinformation in Taiwan in 2017.

  • Welcome Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to visit our new (and bigger) Facebook Taiwan Office in May 2019.

  • Launched Facebook’s "Made by Taiwan, Loved by the World" campaign in 2017 to put more Taiwan brands on world map.

  • Hosted Hong Kong's former Financial Secretary John Tsang to visit Facebook Hong Kong Office in 2017 as he ran for the Chief Executive election.

  • US Ambassador to Mongolia Michael Klecheski visited the Facebook booth during the ICT Expo 2020 hosted by Communications and Information Tech Authority in Ulaanbaatar.

  • A 2018 “international media tour” in Hong Kong, including a visit to CNN Asia Pacific News Centre.

  • Facebook Taiwan Office received the “Presidential Medal of Appreciation” in November 2020 for our work on the Covid-19 pandemic in Taiwan.

January 05, 2021 /George Chen
Facebook, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mongolia, Public Policy, technology
Facebook, Hong Kong, Public Policy, technology, Taiwan, China, Central Asia

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