The Square in Scranton – June 2018
The Square in Scranton – June 2018 An alternate view of the courthouse in Scranton. The building on the far side of the square was my old office building from 2014-2017 or…
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Chris Hannah on blogging
Chris Hannah: If you are trying to start a blog, then the best advice is to just start writing, and then press publish. Sure, it might not be the best content you’ll…
Mike Davidson on working remotely
Mike Davidson: First, let’s dispense with the easy part: despite what you may read on Twitter, remote work is neither the greatest thing in the world nor the worst. We are not…
Google Pixel 4 wishlist
Yes, I know there have been leaks galore regarding the Google Pixel 4. While I've seen the leaks I haven't paid much attention to them. I've tried to ignore them so that…
Raymondskill Falls – July 2019
Raymondskill Falls – July 2019 These loud falls run into the Delaware between Pennsylvania and New Jersey just outside of Milford, PA.
Repost: David Hobby on meeting new people
👉 David Hobby on Twitter: Takeaway: proceed on the assumption that every new person that you meet carries with them the ability to change your future in a significant way—or connect you…
Cicada Killer – July 2019
Cicada Killer – July 2019 For the last three years I've hiked 3 miles to the nesting grounds of these giant wasps. Amazing insects. (Listen to audio from 2017)
iOS creates a competition hostile environment
Below is a screenshot of the sheet you see on YouTube for iOS when tapping on a link in a video's description. They invoke this custom sheet because, like Google, Apple has…
Butterfly – July 2019
Butterfly – July 2019 Went for a hike last night to see the digger wasps again. The fields were full of butterflies.
Just figured out that Libby, the app I use to get books/audiobooks free from our local library, syncs across devices. So I’ll be able to keep my current reading pace a bit easier now.
Craig Mod on the speed of nvALT
Craig Mod, in an essay that has been linked by just about every blog I'm subscribed to: One of my most used, most speedy pieces of software is nvALT.1 It’s an oddly…
Pruned my Twitter Lists this morning. I like to shake the box periodically. I want to be sure I do not create an echo chamber for myself. I do the same for RSS feed subscriptions.
Jonnie Hallman on burn out
Jonnie Hallman, who created Cushion and a bunch of cool stuff you've probably seen, burned out building his start up: Then, on Cushion’s 5-year anniversary, I experienced my first panic attack. Read…
Finished my first ever Sherlock Holmes book — The Hound of Baskervilles. A fun read. The attention to detail is hilarious. I will likely read another in a few months. Recommendations welcome. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Microsoft invests $1B in OpenAI
Microsoft on the investment of a cool $1B in OpenAI: The companies will focus on building a computational platform in Azure of unprecedented scale, which will train and run increasingly advanced AI…
Fisherman, Lackawanna State Park – July 2019
Fisherman, Lackawanna State Park – July 2019 "I once saw a pelican out here."
On a Microsoft Surface Phone
Zac Bowden: It's fair to say that in 2019, Microsoft is "all-in" on the Android platform thanks to its efforts like the Microsoft Launcher, Edge, and Office, all first-class experiences on Android…
Hudson Valley Balloon Festival, Rhinebeck, New York – July 2019
Hudson Valley Balloon Festival, Rhinebeck, New York – July 2019 A beautiful day in New York to watch these things float away.
Eliza, sunset – September 2018
Eliza, sunset – September 2018 I remember this as a gorgeous early fall evening with Eliza and friends.
I haven’t been blogging as much. Spending a lot of free time fishing. And that is totally OK.
React is an ecosystem
Jonathan Snook, on his learning curve when joining a new organization that uses React: When people talk about learning React, I think that React, in and of itself, is relatively easy to…
Repost: Brent Simmons on blogging
👉 Brent Simmons: Here’s the thing: blogging is like any other human activity — some people stop and other people start. It’s natural.
Midway through a biography of Leonardo Da Vinci and I’m convinced if he were alive today he wouldn’t have a GitHub account. All local private repos. All unfinished. All brilliant.
Libra (the new cryptocurrency) must-reads
So Facebook, among others, announced a new cryptocurrency and blockchain called Libra. You've likely already seen the headlines. But perhaps you're wondering what it means, what makes Libra any different than, say,…
Tourists will ruin Iceland
If you go to any scenic area in the United States you'll see countless warning, prohibited, and no trespassing signs. In some areas it nearly ruins the experience of seeing some of…
Om Malik, on his photo journey
Om: I find using a 24mm wide angle lens, a 90 mm medium telephoto, or a 280 mm tele lens akin to using saffron in my rice or black salt in my…
Whenever a beta is released for a major piece of my software stack I’m tempted to update. I factor in what I’m working on and whether or not it would effect my productivity. If it would, I don’t update. If not, I roll with it and report bugs as I can.
How Micro.blog’s Discover is curated
Jean MacDonald: The Discover timeline has evolved and will continue to evolve with the community. The guidelines will evolve too. We want to have additional curators from the community. We need to…
Demoed the React app I’ve been working on to our team today. It worked! Pretty excited about what we’re making with this. Fun project. Looking forward, though, to someone taking it off my hands soon. (Could it be you?)