Recent Reflections

Adaptation Is Part of Belonging
Adaptation Is Part of Belonging
June 6, 2025
You can understand why some people in immigrant-receiving countries get frustrated with certain immigrants: no one rolled out a red carpet to help them learn about the immigrants’ language ...
Tataloo, Iran, and the Making of a Misfit
Tataloo, Iran, and the Making of a Misfit
June 2, 2025
When it comes to Amir Tataloo, I think it's important to separate the artist from the person. Artistically, I find him to be an incredibly talented songwriter, performer, and musician. His ...
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears
May 31, 2025
Hello readers! Hope you're doing well, wherever you are and whatever you're up to. This post is a little different from the ones I’ve shared before. Depending on how long you've been follow...
Bandar Abbas Explosion – The Cost of Incompetence
Bandar Abbas Explosion – The Cost of Incompetence
April 28, 2025
The pain of the Plasco disaster still lingers, and now, yet another massive tragedy strikes – this time the explosion in Bandar Abbas… (so far, 40 people killed and over 1,200 injured based...
Protected: Beta 21 is Done! – Hard Lessons, Harder Wins
Protected: Beta 21 is Done! – Hard Lessons, Harder Wins
April 17, 2025
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Happy Persian New Year – Embracing 2584 with Pride and Hope!
Happy Persian New Year – Embracing 2584 with Pride and Hope!
March 21, 2025
As we stand on the threshold of a new year, I extend my warmest wishes to all our readers celebrating Nowruz. This ancient festival, marking the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year, ...
Honoring the Memory of PS752’s Tragic Losses
Honoring the Memory of PS752’s Tragic Losses
January 7, 2025
I’ll never forget that fateful morning when news broke of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 being shot down just minutes after takeoff from Tehran, Iran. The tragedy took the lives ...
Protected: BETA 20 IS DONE!
Protected: BETA 20 IS DONE!
December 20, 2024
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Parastoo Ahmadi – Voice Against the Silence
Parastoo Ahmadi – Voice Against the Silence
December 20, 2024
Parastoo Ahmadi, a brave Iranian girl, held a symbolic YouTube concert without the obligatory hijab as an act of defiance, performing in a remote location in Iran. As far as I know, it...

About Me

Yaashaar Hadadian

  • Founder, CEO & CTO at EkipMate ™
    • Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Co-Founder and Former CEO of BCTV
    • Kuala Lumpur, KL, Malaysia

Educational

I graduated in Software Engineering from Staffordshire (UK) and APU (Malaysia). I’ve also been a Computer Science Ph.D. student/TA/RA at the University of British Columbia (Canada). I love paper and pen, hate adapting to patterns and norms, and am obsessive about creating something new, distinctive, and creative.

UBC Yaashaar Hadadian - Yashar
404 Final – (UBC – Canada, 2016)

I’ve been a software developer and graphic designer since 2002, and have worked in various areas with many different programming languages and frameworks. My areas of expertise are UX/UI design, web and mobile apps, and backend service solutions.

Professional

Having an artistic background, I worked in the show business industry for several years (2009–2013), contributing to over 200 TV episodes (BCTV) as a producer, director, video editor, presenter, and show host.

Yaashaar Hadadian - Neda - BCTV - Bit-Channel - Malaysia

BCTV ( also known as Bit-Channel) was a Persian television network I co-founded in 2010 in Malaysia. Some ex-co-workers commented on my working attitude in this video (30 Sec).

Latest Obsession

Yaashaar Hadadian - یاشار حدادیان

At my current tech company, we’re working on a large-scale social network, which requires my attention to be intensely focused on iOS, Android, hybrid, and web application development. I can’t share a link to the project’s website, as we’ve decided not to disclose anything about it until it’s nearly complete.