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The profile

Yong Taing
is the signal.

A builder, host, and connector making Baltimore feel more alive, more connected, and more like itself.

Meet Yong Explore the work
WEB + TOOLS EVENTS + CULTURE LOCAL FIRST
Yong Taing in pink sunglasses with flamingos
01 A Baltimore original
BUILDER + HOST + CONNECTOR + BALTIMORE + BUILDER + HOST + CONNECTOR + BALTIMORE +
01 The short version

Not a category.
A constellation.

Yong builds the practical systems people need, hosts the nights people remember, and keeps a sharp eye on the strange, generous energy that makes Baltimore worth showing up for.

Across web, events, civic ideas, and independent ventures, the throughline is simple: make the work useful, make the room welcoming, and keep the value close to home.

A

Builds what
people own.

Websites, tools, client portals, and local-first digital systems that fit how people actually work.

B

Makes rooms
come alive.

DJ, karaoke host, MC, and organizer with a sense for the people on the other side of the microphone.

C

Connects the
city.

Culture, community, small business, and playful civic ambition, gathered into a real Baltimore point of view.

02 The energy

Part builder.
Part host.
Fully here.

Yong is as comfortable mapping a project as he is working a room. That range is not a split personality. It is the whole point.

See the city side
Portrait of Yong Taing

Portrait from the Baltimore Famous library

03 The constellation

The work has
its own gravity.

Every project is a different way of saying the same thing: Baltimore deserves products, experiences, and stories made with real care.

01

Authority

Yong
Taing

 02

Venture studio

Flamingo
Time

 03

City culture

Baltimore
Famous

 04

Local network

Project
Smalltimore
05+

In the orbit

  • Flocalize
  • Hard Pass
  • Formingo
  • UniversiTube
  • DIY DJ Party
  • IT Space Time
  • Baltimore OS

04 Home field

Baltimore is not
a backdrop.
It is the brief.

Local business, local culture, local joy. Yong’s work starts with the people who are already here and makes more room for them to thrive.

Meet Yong’s Baltimore

05 Keep up

The next thing
is already moving.

For a new site, a better tool, a full room, a Baltimore story, or an idea that should exist, start here.

Start something with Yong