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Twitter recently released an updated UI that allows you to "pin" Lists you've created to your Home timeline view. This makes it possible to swipe between each List quickly. It is a nice feature – especially for those with only a few lists or for those just starting out with them*. Since this update was released I'm noticing…
This new logo for Sandwich Video was exactly what I needed to see this Friday.
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.
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.
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 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 agnostic. See this…
Some random banter about publishing on YouTube. Links: Random 60 on YouTube
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 really like my…
…or, if they were mentioned, they were mentioned only briefly, but I found them to be intriguing. 2x more height on panoramas (63MP image) water resistance is up to 12ft for 30 minutes (compared to 6ft with iPhone 11) AirDrop understands where people are in a room in relation to you Wide lens has 100% Focus Pixels audio…
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 and cannot see…
Rickett's Glen Falls Trail – September 2019
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 customize it for…
I think it is better said; Everyone should be able to have a podcast. Links: How I Built It – by Joe Casabona
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 the dark theme…
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 and Seth Godin….
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 post for more….
👉 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.
American Herring Gull, Connecticut – August 2019
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. This makes me…
There are a lot of bad reasons not to blog. Here are a few of them and why they are bad. Someone already wrote about this. Terrible reason. You didn't write about it. And the most important component in the equation is you. In over 20 years of blogging I cannot tell you how many topics I've covered…
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 like Foursquare, Brightkite,…
Finally watching Parts Unknown Season 9. Couldn't to do so before today.
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.