Author: Colin Devroe
-
I have several blog posts that get thousands of pageviews per week for years running. For the first time, my podcast page is in the top spot. Thanks to all those that have subscribed. More episodes coming. And improved audio too.
-
Colin Walker on personal blogging
Colin Walker: Call it an inferiority complex, a belief that my life isn’t interesting as I don’t do that much. But, as Adam says, it’s the ordinary lives, the “random glimpses into humanity” that pique your interest, not just the grand gestures. My favorite blogs tend to be those that are informal, unedited, and reflect…
-
Kentucky Bourbon Trail – October 2019
Kentucky Bourbon Trail – October 2019 Earlier this month we visited Kentucky (just about 18-months since our last visit) with some friends to explore the Kentucky Bourbon Trail again. It was a fantastic week.
-
Nick Carver on his photographs
Nick Carver, in an interview by Cody Schultz in early 2018: Certain artworks I’ve seen throughout my life have had a powerful impact on me. When I look at a painting by Kenton Nelson or a sculpture by Michael Heizer, I feel something deep in my psyche that I can’t put words to. I can’t…
-
My podcast has propagated to Overcast – which is likely many iOS users podcatcher of choice. It is interesting how many different ways to consume a podcast there are now and how you sort of have to support them all.
-
My podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts! I updated the list of places you can subscribe. More to come this week.
-
Photos from the Off to the pub episode of Photowalking with Colin
I’m unsure of the best way to share the photos for each episode of my podcast. But for now, I’ll create a post for each episode that I share photos from. Open to suggestions. Cow line Just one from this episode to share.
-
Alastair Humphreys on blogging for 18 years
Alastair Humphreys, adventurer, blogger: I wrote my stories as I cycled around the world and updated my website intermittently whenever I found an internet connection stable enough to send a bunch of text. The screech of dial-up internet and being plunged into darkness by power cuts were regular accompaniments to my early days of blogging.…
-
Thoughts on the Microsoft Surface event
I’m pretty excited for Microsoft. I’ve been excited for what they’ve been doing as a company, on several fronts, for a few years now. I won’t rehash all of the nice things I’ve been writing about them, but I can link to how I feel about Satya, the work they’ve been doing in open source…
-
Today’s Microsoft Surface event was fantastic. I have lots and lots of thoughts but I’ll wait until they refresh their site with more information.
-
Audio: Read the manual (again)
Recorded September 30, 2019 Have you already read the manual for a product you own? After you’ve used it for a while, I recommend reading it again.
-
This new logo for Sandwich Video was exactly what I needed to see this Friday.
-
Auto Draft
Just recovered 15GB of disk space after deleting the expired cache that is built by WP Fastest Cache. I’m starting to think this plugin isn’t the best one to use.
-
Cape Cod – September 2019
Cape Cod – September 2019 Eliza, her mother, and I spent the very last few days of Summer in Cape Cod – whale watching, shopping, and barbecuing.
-
iPadOS comes out tomorrow. It appears to be an incredible update. Here is an excellent video overview from Christopher Lawley.
-
As I’ve done in the past this time of year, I’m taking a social media break. I’m aiming for 60 days but it could be more or less based on my mood. Expect far less here on my blog. But I’ll still be uploading to YouTube.
-
Colin Walker on choosing the best devices
Colin Walker nails how I’m making decisions on what hardware I’m purchasing: I’m largely platform agnostic and have always been able to achieve what I wanted regardless of what device I was using. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t want to use the best tools for the task at hand. I too am platform…
-
Audio: Publishing to YouTube
Some random banter about publishing on YouTube. Links:
-
Android 10 apps that support Dark Theme
Ben Schoon: The majority of Google apps support this system-wide toggle, but few third-party developers have followed the company’s lead. Here are some non-Google apps that support Android 10’s dark mode toggle. He lists a number of apps that support the OS-level option. Outlook claims to support it, but I have it installed and updated…
-
Things about the iPhone 11 Pro that weren’t mentioned in the Keynote
…or, if they were mentioned, they were mentioned only briefly, but I found them to be intriguing. I’ll be pouring over these specs and comparing them to the Google Pixel 4 when it is released before making my final decision. But overall, I’d say this is a very solid update to iPhone.
-
Wishes for today’s Apple Event
In my Pixel 4 wish list I may have overstated my current position on my choosing Android or iOS in my next phone. I wrote: As my time to upgrade my phone comes around of course I’m left with a choice to go back to iOS or stick with Android. I’m sticking with Android. I…
-
Audio: Everyone should have a podcast?
I think it is better said; Everyone should be able to have a podcast. Links:
-
PowerToys for Windows 10
Windows PowerToys is back! And, it is open source. Brandon LeBlanc: PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. Inspired by the Windows 95 era PowerToys project, this reboot provides power users with utilities to squeeze more efficiency out of the Windows 10 shell and…
-
Rickett’s Glen Falls Trail – September 2019
Rickett’s Glen Falls Trail – September 2019
-
Andy Sylvester on making blogging a priority
Andy Sylvester: The other important part of the habit was making it a priority (I tried writing at lunch before, but ran out of time after web surfing, so I changed the order and – voila – I was able to write!). Writing first works for Andy. It also works for others like Fred Wilson…
-
Supporting OS-level Dark Mode preference using only CSS
My blog’s theme is based on Davis by Anders Norén. I’ve been using it for a while, making small tweaks here and there for my images index and other things. It has a dark theme built-in that I can toggle on and off. But it is an either/or type of thing. I can either have…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
Another bad reason not to blog \”I’m not a web developer\”
Jamie Tanna, in a post about why everyone should have a web site, and it isn’t that you have to be a web developer: Having a website and/or blog is not about being a web developer, nor about being a celebrity of sorts, but is about being a citizen of the Web. Read the entire…
-
American Herring Gull, Connecticut – August 2019
American Herring Gull, Connecticut – August 2019
-
Repost: Adam Tinworth on blogging
👉 Adam Tinworth: In an age where the shortness and speed of content, of hot takes and clickbait, there’s still a role for slower, more considered writing. And that’s why I carry on blogging.
-
Bad reasons not to blog
There are a lot of bad reasons not to blog. Here are a few of them and why they are bad. Update: See “I’m not a web developer”. If you have any desire at all to have a blog and have ever thought that any of the above bad reasons should stop you – please…
-
Jake Dahn returns to blogging
Jake Dahn, who co-authored a blog called Waking Ideas with Danny Nicolas over 10 years ago: I’ll write some thoughts in another post about why I’m getting back into blogging. But for now I wanted to say thanks to Danny and Colin who both inspired me to take the leap and to start hitting publish.…
-
My personal data sharing policy
I’ve been online since 1994. I’ve shared a lot of information here on my blog, through various social networks, and to different services like Google Maps, Untappd, and many others. That information has often included location, photos, audio and video. For decades I thought nothing of sharing my current location online. I used check-in services…
-
Finally watching Parts Unknown Season 9. Couldn’t to do so before today.
-
Sickler’s Pond to Elk Hill – August 2019
Sickler’s Pond to Elk Hill – August 2019 I still have a lot to learn about manually creating HDR images using my drone. This was my first attempt. You’ll notice the sky and foreground are both properly exposed. A nice technique to have when needed.
-
Today Eliza and I have been married for 20 years! ♥
-
Brendan Dawes on Adobe
Brendan Dawes: After twenty three years of using Adobe products in a professional capacity, I’ve now moved away from them as a company as I find there subscription model not something I can partake in, especially when they can suddenly decide to switch off older versions of the CS suite, making those programs you might…
-
Me, 1994: The Internet seems interesting. I wish it were 100x faster. 2004: The Internet has everything! I wish it were 50x faster. 2014: The Internet is everywhere! I wish it were 10x faster. Me, 2024: The Internet ruined humanity. I wish it were just a little faster.
-
What I saw this week #59: August 23, 2019
At this point, the WISTW posts are woefully inaccurately titled and inconsistent in their schedule. The following are a few things I’ve seen recently that you may enjoy – but were certainly not just from this week. Now, to think about what to rename this series of occasional links.
-
Popeyes chicken sandwich
Want to hear something weird? Last Friday Eliza and I went to New Jersey and had to grab a bite to eat in the late-afternoon. We stopped at a Popeyes in Wayne, NJ – it was on the way, and neither of us had ever had it – and we both ordered the Spicy Chicken…
-
Audio: My armchair analysis of Automattic acquiring Tumblr
Date recorded: August 19, 2019 Yesterday while driving (sorry for the audio quality) I recorded a quick audio bit to distill my thoughts on why Automattic acquired Tumblr. Short-version: Automattic sees Tumblr as an entry point for new WordPress.com customers – especially youth. For someone to go from idea to full commerce or publishing success…