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groups + Uber = groUber. Source code available here. groUber is aimed to help event planners create carpools and was built for To the Moon and Hack, an MLH event. (If you're going to use this project to plan your event, remember to stay 6ft apart!) Motivation This project was built by a group of 5 students from UBC in Vancouver, BC who love automating things. And one horrific task all of us have run into when planning our events is creating a workable carpool schedule. It's a great option for ge...

📅 Despite the edited date, this post was actually written and published on July 18th, 2020. It's a Friday after classes. I'm grabbing a quick bite at one of UBC's only on-campus sit-down restaurants with a close friend, and a Gmail notification appears on my phone. As soon as I saw "UBC" in the subject line, I already knew what it was going to be. Students had already been buzzing about it for the past week, and I even tweeted about it. We were finally going online. Classes are suspended at the...

A website built to connect high school students with organizations actively searching for volunteers. Here's the GitHub repository. Background In high school, I completed the IB program. For my Computer Science Internal Assessment (IA) I decided to build a website for a club I was also helping lead. The basic goal was to be able to allow organizations looking for volunteers to advertise opportunities directly to high school students. Usage Volunteers can create an account and profile. Organizati...

Upload and match CSV data. Simple, but practical! Check out the project for yourself, here. Background This project was made for Artesian software, to be used in a more large scale project. Usage A user can upload a CSV file with any data, and then can match their "headers" (the columns) to the one's anticipated by the app. With these pairings, the app then "reassigns" the user's data with the new headings and saves it to a SQLite database. Check out some screenshots below! How it's made The pro...

An AR Android application to let you view the latest Best Buy product in your home, from the comfort of your pyjamas. Background This project was developed by Michael DeMarco and Liang Liu, and backed by a business model developed by Benji Li, Daniel Frydman, and Ophir Greif. It was built at BizHacks 2020, a business-oriented hackathon sponsored by Best Buy and hosted at UBC. My team and I developed a business solution for Best Buy, and took home the 2nd place prize out of over 50 teams. Usage T...

📅 Despite the edited date, this post was actually written and published on August 10th, 2019. High school is complicated in more ways than one. From Degrassi-esque social drama to life-altering career decisions, it can be seriously difficult to maintain your grades. However, there are some simple tricks to ease the learning process and make your education systematic-that is, without all the overhead of figuring how to do this whole school thing. By following these three tips, you'll surely see ...

📅 Despite the edited date, this post was actually written and published on May 6th, 2019. Some of my readers may know that I recently decided what I'll be doing past high school: studying computer science. This is very exciting as I now feel much more focused and fulfilled. I do find now that it is strange sitting in English classes and the like and trying to stay as motivated as I was. I now know that this subject won't be consequential to my life. However, I still enjoy all of my classes and ...

📅 Despite the edited date, this post was actually written and published on March 5th, 2019. I have an addiction to e-mail newsletters. So I thought I'd put it to good use and share some of my favorites. Here are ten newsletters to brighten up your dreary inbox. The Daily Pnut… The best newsletter, hands down The Daily Pnut describes itself as a newsletter about world affairs that will "make you sound marginally more intelligent." It's my all-time favorite newsletter. With gripping and poignant ...

📅 Despite the edited date, this post was actually written and published on July 1st, 2017. Last weekend, I participated in my first ever hackathon. HackED 2019 is put on by the Computer Engineering Club at the University of Alberta, and follows a similar format to most hackathons. First, there was an opening ceremony to introduce various sponsors, prizes, and relevant information to the competition. Then, we were released into the wild for twenty-four straight hours to produce a piece of softwa...