一座新城市，
不该只有陌生人。A new city
should not feel empty.

我是嘿岛的创始人，产品从构想到设计、开发和运营都由我独立完成。2013 年，我第一次抵达温哥华；从那一天开始，我既体验过在陌生城市里重新认识世界的兴奋，也经历过无数次因为毕业、工作、时间和距离而发生的分别。那些曾经可以随时见面的人，慢慢变成了偶尔问候的名字；每次环境改变，又要重新学习如何认识人，如何把一句“要不要一起”说出口。I am Heydao’s founder, and I have independently taken the product from concept through design, development and operations. I first arrived in Vancouver in 2013. Since then, I have known both the excitement of rebuilding a life in an unfamiliar city and the many goodbyes caused by graduation, work, time and distance. People who once felt close became names checked on occasionally, and every change of environment meant learning again how to meet someone—and how to say, “want to do this together?”

生活越来越快，我们能自由支配的时间却越来越零散。很多孤独并不是因为身边真的没有人，而是当你突然想喝一杯、散散步、唱歌或只是找个人聊聊天时，熟悉的人刚好不在，新的关系又还没有开始。Life keeps moving faster while our free time becomes more fragmented. Loneliness often does not mean nobody is nearby. It means that when you suddenly want a drink, a walk, a song, or simply someone to talk to, familiar people are unavailable and new relationships have not begun yet.

所以我想做嘿岛：让每一个孤身在海外、刚抵达一座城市，或正处在孤独时刻的年轻人，不必先经营几个月的关系，也不必把想做的事推迟到下周。打开嘿岛，就能看见此刻同一座城市里，也有人想做同一件事。一次临时的相遇可以只属于今晚，也可能让陌生的城市，第一次有了可以一起的人。That is why I wanted to build Heydao: so a young person abroad, newly arrived in a city, or caught in a lonely moment does not have to spend months building a connection or postpone life until next week. Open Heydao and see that someone in the same city wants the same thing now. An impromptu meeting can belong only to tonight—or become the first person who makes an unfamiliar city feel shared.