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09/08/2018

HyperAir aims to give you the smartest way to prepare your trip. Our team has come together to build a travel money search engine that is fast, intuitive and unbiased. Now, you can compare and book travel money online and get it at the shop you want, which saves you lots of time from rate checking and shop queuing!

13/04/2018

撲水 - Water for Free is featured on App Store last week in a biking collection "Pedal-powered Fun", curated by Apple editorial team! Check it out now on App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/hk/story/id1329646663?l=en

27/03/2018

Designers allow data to inform and constrain their work. Their decisions are wholly informed; implementation details carefully considered; edge cases solved. They build empathy for how their users will actually experience things in a variety of contexts.

Trying to obtain data is also one step toward practicality. Realistic data that you can obtain eventually will be the data shown on screen.

We have a lot of assumptions in the process of creating wireframes and mockups for websites & apps. As wireframes & mock-ups are not dynamic, it is easy to aware various scenarios when dummy content or placeholders are used.

15/03/2018

We're hiring! Apply now.

11/03/2018

Thank you for joining us yesterday at Cyberport! Remember to send us your CV & any relevant materials if you are interested to apply. We'll get back shortlisted candidates shortly.

More job details & requirements can view here. https://playa.hk/blog/job-posting-2018-spring/

08/03/2018

Is FTP still a thing in 2018? We helped one of our clients to migrate from FTP server recently, which totally reminds us of our journey

Read Now: https://playa.hk/blog/how-do-we-deploy-apps-a-devops-journey-from-ftp-to-kubernetes-part-1/

Recently we've been helping one of our clients to migrate their aging website to our managed hosting service. Their hosting providers instruction weirdly marked the date in 2014 , using FTP and 100MB Email account. Which totally remind us around five years ago when we first started doing business wi...

06/03/2018

Work with us to build great products! New positions including UI / UX Designer, Software Developer and Project Associate are accepting for applications before Apr 8.

Playa is a young and dynamic digital agency specialising in web and app solutions in Hong Kong. We help startups, business launch the best projects possible, strengthen their growth through design and technology. We are looking for candidates for the position of UI / UX Designer (Full-time / Part-ti...

05/03/2018

Effortless prototyping with Sketch v49

The latest update introduces Prototyping, the ability to subscribe to Shared Libraries in Sketch, and a built-in Apple UI Design Resource.

01/03/2018

A new home in Pacific Trade Centre is right between Kowloon Bay & Ngau Tau Kok station. Feel free to pay us a visit!

Everything is packed, and we got a new home! Over the past few months, we have been busy searching for a new office and renovating our new one. We have settled in Kowloon Bay. Look, there is a partial harbour view! Our new address is Unit 40, 15/F, Pacific Trade Centre, 2 Kai Hing Road, Kowloon Bay....

15/02/2018

Playa 仝人祝大家狗年快樂 🐶
新一年有新諗頭、大計劃！

25/01/2018

Join DreamCatchers by tomorrow! Win cash prize up to HKD$100,000 and iDendron co-working space membership.

Promotion video & websites crafted by Playa Web Solutions
Website: www.dreamcatchers.hku.hk & www.idendron.hku.hk

19/01/2018

When a drop-down menu could result in nuclear war in Hawaii, we need to learn about designing friction.

// Frictions allow for thinking and reduce the risk of mistakes: because of the effort necessary to overcome the friction, the decision-making process has to pause for a while, allowing people to stop and analyze. //

https://babich-biz.cdn.ampproject.org/c/babich.biz/friction-in-design/amp/

Friction raises negative thoughts in most designer’s minds. When you ask designers about friction, most of them will tell you that friction damages a UX because it slows down interactions, reduces conversions, and impedes progress. Today frictionless design is the new business goal. Designers seem...

15/01/2018

Stay tuned tonight at 8pm on TVB Pearl! "The Pearl Report" has interviewed Rachel from Water For Free & Playa's co-founder Samuel regarding Smart City.

Download Now: https://waterforfree.org/en/download-app/

21/12/2017

Getting ready to our Christmas party! 🎄🎄

20/12/2017

It's been a great year. 👨‍💻👩‍💻 Playa wishes you a merry christmas🌲and a happy new year ☃️! See you in 2018!

Big thanks to our intern Avery for making this video 👏👏👏

03/11/2017

同事午膳試玩 ，不忘測試網頁

25/09/2017

[JOIN US] Playa is seeking someone who is passionate about design and innovation and come up with creative solutions to design needs.

To be eligible for this internship you must be a currently enrolled student who is graduating in the next 1-2 years with a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in Hong Kong.

Send us your C.V. and any relevant materials to [email protected] before Oct 6.

https://playa.hk/blog/job-posting-2017-fall/

23/08/2017

The Summer vacation is about to end, and we're going to say goodbye to our intern Joni from UC Berkeley. She shared her work in Playa for the past two months. Check it out!

It has been an amazing experience interning at Playa this summer. I am a Computer Science major at UC Berkeley. Coming back to Hong Kong for the summer, I was lucky enough to find an internship at Playa. Playa is a start-up that specialises in website and mobile application development. I was given…

24/07/2017

大家或許不知道，我們最近製作的 Water For Free 撲水其實是一個 hybrid app 來的。Hybrid app 的意思即是跨平台不使用原生程式語言 （Swift, Java 等） 開發的應用程式，簡單點來說是使用製作網頁的方法去開發一個 App （HTML5, PHP)。

文中分享了我們製作 hybrid app 的過程和經驗，應用甚至獲 App Store 的青睞，獲選每周精選應用。對不少有意製作 app 的中小企來說，預算不大，新技術讓開發成本調低，已經是很好的理由去把商業計劃實行。

Recently, we helped one of our clients to develop a mobile app called 撲水 Water For Free. 撲水 Water For Free collects all the locations of water fountains throughout Hong Kong to help users to refill their water bottles while on the go. Let’s work together to reduce the millions of beverage bottles en...

18/07/2017

恭喜 撲水 - Water for Free 登上 App Store 編輯推介的欄目，並登上本地免費下載第93位！

13/07/2017

撲水的 Rachel 接受 毛記電視 的訪問，分享撲水的理念和新版 App 的功能。新 App 由 Playa 設計和製作，iOS 及 Android 已經上架，立即支持下載吧！

撲水 Water For Free 2.0
iOS: http://bit.ly/waterforfreeios
Android: http://bit.ly/waterforfreeand

20/06/2017

為撲水製作的全新手機應用程式，Android 版本已經上架。支援至 Android 7.0，新設搜尋、分享、路徑搜尋功能，應用內更可以即時匯報及建議更改飲水機資訊。

立即下載: bit.ly/waterforfreeand

#撲水

全新撲水 Android 手機應用程式2.0隆重登場，請即下載，謝謝支持。
「撲水」收集全香港可供人自備水樽免費斟水的地點，無論去到邊，只要打開「撲水」就會找到附近的飲水機，一同為減少膠樽垃圾出力！
新版本更強大，加入了多項新功能方便使用者，如：
－飲水機相片；
－冷水、熱水、室溫水資料；
－前往路徑建議；
－程式內置匯報、資料更新及建議新飲水機地點；
－輕鬆分享飲水機資料給朋友。
自資整app, 冇funding, 冇錢請PR 宣傳，承蒙幫忙轉發，感激不盡。
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.computancy.apps.waterforfree

07/06/2017

台灣總統府新版網站近日上線，不僅有公開行程、線上申請平台，也有開放數據 API 方便民間使用資訊。可惜網頁仍未採用 SSL 加密連線，使用 Google 測試工具連線的速度仍有提升空間，無論如何也比香港的好（行政長官網頁的按鍵仍然是圖片來的）。

立即瀏覽：http://www.president.gov.tw/Default.aspx

總統府新版網站於今天上午八點上線，除了蔡英文總統上任時將藍色改為湖水綠以外，總統府的網站上一次改版是在 2009 年，而這次由義美聯合電子商務公司以 519.5 萬元得標承辦。

05/05/2017

We are hiring Software Developer Summer Intern, We’re looking for you if:

-You love coding and enjoy the process making mobile and app products
-You’re techy, able to pick up new technology like a piece of cake
-You’re a problem solver
-You want to work in a small team and hate bureaucratic process
-Experience in WordPress / Laravel would be a huge plus


Our technology stacks:

– Backend: Laravel / Node.JS
– Web Technologies: HTML5 & CSS / Vue.js / Angular
– Mobile: Ionic / React Native
– Tools: Slack / Git
– DevOps: Docker / K8s

Students, Graduate are welcome to apply for this position. For candidates who are applying for internship, please note that you should able to commit at least 2 months in a flexible schedule.

28/04/2017

Playa 為香港大學將舉行的學術論壇 Citations,
Impact & International Ranking 建立網站及設計主視覺。

http://vpr.hku.hk/colloquium

Venue changed: as a result of the overwhelming registration for the Colloquium, the venue of the event will be changed to Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong. For details, please view the information about the venue in this website.

21/04/2017

恭喜莫乃光議員的網頁獲得最佳.hk網站(立法會議員)金獎！

感謝我的團隊的努力，我的網站獲得最佳.hk網站(立法會議員)金獎！
#除了社交媒體不可忘記網站呵

Website: http://www.charlesmok.hk
hk域名註冊量達28萬個　港鐵、港大、莫乃光等獲最佳網站金獎
http://www.hk01.com/article/85604