About

If you’ve just stumbled upon this blog  — then Welcome!

Thanks for spending the time to check things out. My name is Stuart Hill and I am the author of the content you see here, unless specified otherwise. Most of the photos included here I also took myself, again unless stated.

The banner on this blog was shot by the very talented documentary filmmaker S. Leo Chiang (http://sleochiang.com).

Note: I am happy for you to link to my blog, but if you want to re-use any of my blog content for commercial purposes, please post a comment and ask for permission; I’ll contact you.

This blog is now into its 10th year. Most of the content was developed between 2010 to 2016. I’ve had less time to work on it since then, but when story ideas arrive, I still create posts in an ad hoc way.

Since I began the blog, a lot has changed for Taiwan and in the world of blogging. In fact, I have to admit that these days it is probably easier and more entertaining to watch stories about Taiwan from YouTube. And there are some energetic and fun-to-watch presenters that cover all things Taiwan in both English and Chinese.

On this blog, you’ll find most stories are about Taiwan.

The structure of the site works like this:

• Home page: all articles listed chronologically and in full
• Taiwan Travel: links to stories offering ideas about places you can visit in Taiwan
• Taiwan Life: links to a mix of articles about things that might affect you while living in Taiwan
• Taiwan Postcards: a number of photos from various times, that hopefully reveal some things about Taipei or Taiwan, but which haven’t become a full length story
• Journal Entries: a list of article links based on various personal reflections and experiences, not necessarily about Taiwan
• About: (what you are reading now)

When I first setup the blog, I decided on this list of links approach as a good way to organize the kinds of things I like to write about. Hopefully it will make your current access and return visits easier to find. Simply click on a link to jump to a specific story. It will save time instead of scrolling endlessly through my home page.

You can subscribe to my blog and receive a summary and link to my latest posts (see RECEIVE NEW STORIES in the column on the right). If you know of others who may like to read my articles, please send them a story link.

If you have any suggestions for the blog, or feedback about an article you liked (or disliked) let me know by posting a comment. You can also rate articles by clicking on the number of stars.

If needed, you can actually check out my professional profile on LinkedIn, just look for Stuart Hill. The majority of my working life has been spent in Taiwan working within the IT industry. I spent 5 years at enterprise software company Gorilla Technology. Prior to that, I was working at PC multimedia software developer CyberLink Corp for 6.5 years and before that Acer for 3.5 years.

Anyway, thanks again for visiting the Blog. I hope you like what you see, and let me know either way, by posting your comments.