Defining Moments

Grade 3/4 – Going to the computer room in elementary school and learning logic. Releasing the visit was done to show how to live in the future by nice teachers and staff. Find it fun and not fun but mostly normal and fun because supposedly my mom born me a computer guy.

Grade 6 – Releasing colour defines most things here in Canada. Needed to learn computers to have some life line. Computer are gradual and logic. With no friends you turn to the computer.

Grade 7 – Write to a world pen pal. Was told to write to ‘allies’. Years later at age 35 work with Dmitry Nefedov to teach me the skills to program and do project innovative work.

Grade 13 – Realize I need to work on myself and read and study more for adulthood. Marks and social skills aren’t up, up.

2003 – 2nd year university – Realize I still need to work on myself and need to socialize and work for the next 20 years to learn how to talk and think better in groups.

2006 – Realize when travelling to Vietnam that I should take my time to finish a degree instead of rushing.

2008 – Realize I did not know how to learn. Life should be self-directed learning. You don’t need a teacher or mentor really. You should be absorbed in some kind of project that takes up your time for 2 – 3 weeks for you to learn and hopefully complete. I saw a guy make his own timed pipet for chemistry using a 3D printer that costed $10,000 back then. But you still need people too …

2009 – Realized First World subjects you like should have started when you were 9 years old. So by the time 2nd semester starts you are just there for the degree and general gradual learning to expand your mind with the aid of the teacher. You are basically on your own in life since 9 years old to make it in the First World. I messed up, I did not get the help I wanted in grade 7 to learn programming. Clock starts at 2009.

2012 – Nothing was working and found Tony Tie did what he wanted in life including his siblings. I follow. I thought life was still about caring and medicine. Decide to go back to computing.

2013 – Worked on doing logo design from learning online. Did some artwork for Carey Holzman the computer guy and YouTuber. He taught me computer technician work is never going away but computing is endless so you got to decide to go all in.

2013 – Worked with RealHardwareReviews.com doing some artwork for prizes

2014 – Launched GamerThumbs.com to make a gaming news site. Realized my skills are lacking overall and need a team of 20 staff. Needed programming skills.

2015 – Went back home to Vietnam to live and work because my older sister said so. Quickly realize life in Vietnam is OK but natural residents want you to try the American Dream until you make it.

2016 – Decide to head back to college to study from the bottom for computer programming. Take 2 courses part time. Friends and coworkers at the supermarket who are older than me told me life is to do what you want really and not slave away really.

2017 – Work part time as a writer and graphic designer for RealHardwareReviews.com while going to school. John Fleming is so nice to allow and teach me the art of computer news media. Meet Vietnamese from Vietnam and realize they are like me with their own perspectives that are self-oriented which is good mostly for a positive life in the North American culture.

2017 – Work finally at the computer repair shop AMLCSL in North Oshawa. When I was young I remember driving by this place and thinking I would work there one day. Met Allan Michael Lane the owner and he taught the unlimited mindset of computing in the world. He expanded it and made it make sense for a stable life in the West. Life became offering services to everyone to get online on the web to do their selling and activities they want.

2018 – Realize Vietnamese from Vietnam don’t really understand the racial and evolving dynamics of North America of relationships. I realize life is better off doing what I like mainly all day despite anything in the world. You only live once so you better make what you are doing happy all day. Make friends with Ben Cybulski and we launch FreeTimeTech.com as a review site at first.

2019 – Learned that practical nursing is mostly negative for a full South Vietnamese born in Oshawa, Ontario as I don’t have the medical culture or culture to help really. Return to computers in 2020 May.

2020 – Create software small tweaking apps with education from college on FreeTimeTech.com. Ben pushes the idea to do more. Get the first release of a radiobutton list Windows 10 Debloater because this topic is it on FreeTimeTech.com. Spends weeks to build it from StackOverflow snippets. William Nguyen brother of David starts BenchTweakGaming.com that offers specialized tweaking programs for triple A games too.

Late 2020 – Made a copy of our Wrapper Debloater for a more updated script from Russia. Made friends with farag2/Dmitry Nefedov the creator of Sophia Script for Windows (previously named Windows 10 Setup Script). I worked on his team for their wrapper for the next 6 – 7 years. Learned tons. He gave me the linear work to progress.

2021 – Came back to Toronto areas of the Vietnamese community showing what I have done. Realize the community is OK but quiet. I tell them my life as a 37 years old living in Oshawa working the web. Tammy Nguyen says “Hi” and we converse. Realize her family is similar to my mother’s side. We socialize and I get out the 3 tabbed Windows 11 Debloater out which is good. Sets the standard for this type of software.

2022 – Refactored Wrappers so much that it became and exercise for better healthy and mental health. Refactoring a lot gave you specialized skills, refactoring 1000x gave you growth and life and longevity if the topic is customization.

2024 – Reconnect with Tony Tie. Realize his life is OK. He pushes me to work.

2025 – Work silently trying to come up with ideas. Realize the old team dynamic works. We create new stuff with Tammy Nguyen addition.

2026 – Get Windows Debloaters out to remake them as Learning Language Tools. Still more work left.

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At the end of the day, John Fleming from RealHardwareReviews.com gave me the first chance to work in the real IT world as a real employee.

He is a true Canadian who worried about a full South Vietnamese guy born in Canada and gave him work. He opened the doors.