Joon Ian Wong

Journalist and entrepreneur from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Currently enrolled in MA Interactive Media: Critical Theory and Practice at Goldsmiths College, University of London. (It’s sort of like art meets cultural theory meets technology… kind of.)

Worked and lived in Shanghai, Singapore and New York City.

BA in journalism from New York University.

Used to make and sell the unique outdoor seating solution Paperlounger.

Wrote about technology and finance, restaurants and nightlife for the Wall Street Journal, China Economic Review, Flavorpill, the South China Morning Post, KLue and many others.

Organised the technology startup conference Echelon 2011, launched Founders Drinks, and broke tech news.

President’s Design Award finalist with bloomerang despite knowing very little about design. Our product was cool enough to be included as a professors’ teaching tool in McGraw-Hill’s foundational textbook, Marketing.

Fussy dresser and constant Instapaper user.

Coworking and productivity enthusiast.

Unsuccessful CFA Level 1 candidate. Unrepentant value investor.

Started Justdancelah about 10 years ago to cover Southeast Asia’s nascent electronic dance music subculture. And Rojak Sessions because music hardware was cooler back then.

I’m @joonian on Twitter.