Hi! My name is Judy Y. Fong. So, I'm Judy. I really believe in open source, especially in regards to books. Therefore, I have made it my mission to make old books available to a wider reading audience, with a focus on Icelandic books first.
I also work on language technology, a.k.a. natural language processing and artificial intelligence (AI) sometimes with a current focus on financial technology to aid me in my bachelor of arts (BA) in Icelandic as a second language studies and thesis, with a minor in Business administration (Íslenska sem annað mál 120 ECTS aðalgrein með aukagrein í viðskiptafræði). I am hoping to finish my hopefully trilingual thesis by December 2024 because I have failed to finish it it in the 2023-2024 school year, a.k.a. the previous two semesters.
Additionally, I have a blog where I talk about various interests. My semi-decent projects are listed here. Extremely rough projects can be found on my GitHub profile. I have written a few academic publications and given some related talks. You can read more about my professional career on my simple(EN|IS) or verbose resume. In my free time, I have translated a few fictional stories.
- Pass my classes,
- turn in assignments in Icelandic on time,
- live a normal student life for once
- while only working part time on my business ventures.
- Finish my BA thesis for once and all finally
- Finish my further/graduate studies applications
- and my study abroad Erasmus+ scholarship applications
- Document it all so anyone can follow in my footsteps
- become friends with my friends of the past three years again
- and deal with my health such as PTSD,
- while also making fun of the University of Iceland student council (Studentaráðslið), a.k.a., shi@hi.is constantly
- and doing my best to bankrupt them as an unreliable student reporter at the open University of Iceland Student council meetings (is. Háskóli Íslands Stúdentaráðsfundunum). But hey, you heard it here first.
If you would like to request my services for your business, please contact me
at blog@judyyfong.xyz with a subject line that
indicates which service: e.g. [Website Services] Let's discuss.
Making websites is what I have been doing for over a decade as a freelancer and as a software developer. I have worked with Wordpress, Drupal, PHP, Bootstrap, various CMS, and other web development technologies.
One of my main focuses when making a website is making it responsive. This means your website will work on any device: phone, tablet, or computer. This is especially important due to web browsers’ and Google’s decision to rank websites with responsive design higher than non-responsive websites. A responsive website means, with a large number of web traffic done by mobile devices today, viewers and potential clients can access your site with ease.
I have also been a data scientist for five years. So I can work with databases, data files, and things. This means I help create a more organized and well documented space be it virtual (website) or physical (office or home).
I offer proofreading in English and Icelandic along with copy editing if you are also interested in that. My services start at 20,000 ISK per hour.
I teach Icelandic through my online school, Menntaskólinn í Hamraborg í Lautarvík við strönd og woods. I also offer tutoring at 30,000 ISK an/per hour but if you have services to offer then we can also barter.
I accept payments via GitHub sponsors and via PayPal.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dI2DL2oAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-y-fong
GitHub: https://github.com/judyfong
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jipbear
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jipbear
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/max.flan.bobo/