A tablet and a notebook in one
John Gruber: To me, an iPad in notebook mode — connected to a keyboard cover — is so much less nice than a real notebook. And the difference is more stark when…
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Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016
VR is not ready in 2016
Danny Nicolas: I hope someone is hard at work making an ubiquitous snow-crash-esq VR experience that compels everyone to rush to the stores to buy VR rigs, but 2016 was not the…
Attending TecBridge’s Entrepreneurship Institute
On Friday I was able to pop into TecBridge's Entrepreneurship Institute at Marywood University. It is an event designed to pull back the veil of starting, funding, branding, and generally running a…
Up through pines, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
Up through pines, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
E13: Switching to Windows 10 and the Surface Book, and pre-orders
Danny and I have a Saturday morning conversation about my purchase of the new Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base and switching from macOS to Windows 10. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e13.mp3 Links: Simplenote OneDrive and iCloud…
Lobby, Scranton Enterprise Center – November 2016
Lobby, Scranton Enterprise Center – November 2016
Frances Slocum Lake, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
Frances Slocum Lake, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
Rowlands Road, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
Rowlands Road, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
SAGE Awards winners
NEPA Scene: The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2016 SAGE Awards, the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence that honor outstanding local businesses for their talent,…
What I saw this week #19: November 11, 2016
Andy Baio's Waxy – Redesigned. Long live the blog. Developers Read 1 Star Reviews – From the Úll 2016 conference. Data Studio by Google – A tool to help you add some…
Parking garage, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Parking garage, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Surface Book reviews
I'm keeping an extremely close eye on all things Microsoft lately. I've even stated, publicly, that I think if they continue on their current course they are going to be beating Apple…
Sunset, Dunmore Pine Barrens – September 2016
Sunset, Dunmore Pine Barrens – September 2016
E12: The Mac, RSS feeds, Shopping, and Stranger Things
We hit our stride in this bit. Danny and I have a Sunday-evening chat about how Apple could move away from the Mac and survive, RSS feed habits, shopping for clothes (naturally)…
InterMetro offices, Wilkes-Barre, PA – October 2016
InterMetro offices, Wilkes-Barre, PA – October 2016
Saving cognitive load: Notes
In my line of work (mostly programming) it can be incredibly difficult to keep all of the details of what is going on in my brain. In fact, it is impossible. To…
Stop worrying, hit publish
Jen Simmons, on her blog: So I have nothing much to say in this post. Or more honestly, I have so freaking much to say, I don't know where to start. So…
Terptra’s excursions
Similar to my What I saw this week series of posts Brett Terpstra has his own Web Excursions series. He describes his series like this: Web excursions are select bookmarks from Brett's…
The canopy, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
The canopy, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
Tweeting for 10 years
Last week Jeremy Keith reminded me, yet again, of an anniversary I share with him. That is, we've now both been tweeting for 10 years. Here is my first tweet. Jeremy beat…
Broome Street Bar, SOHO, New York City – January 2014
Broome Street Bar, SOHO, New York City – January 2014
What I saw this week #18: November 4, 2016
My blog scheduled was knocked off tilt this week so this post is two days later than usual. It will be back on schedule this week. Cinemagraph GIFs – Take a still…
Empire State Building from Herald Square, New York City – November 2011
Empire State Building from Herald Square, New York City – November 2011
Mallard, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
Mallard, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
Mushroom, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
Mushroom, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
Experiment more
Try new things with what you already have. In 2006 I wrote a post about taking full advantage of the things you already own. Knowing every feature of your SLR or Bluray player…
Lens flare, Dumore Pine Barrens – September 2016
Lens flare, Dumore Pine Barrens – September 2016
E11: Browsers, Surfaces, MacBook Pros, and Tesla roof
Danny and I have an early Sunday morning conversation about our browsers of choice (he likes Vivaldi), Microsoft and Apple's announcements this week and the Tesla roof. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e11.mp3 Download MP3
Penn State Worthington, Scranton, PA – October 2016
Penn State Worthington, Scranton, PA – October 2016