Lately I’ve helped clients
Lately I’ve helped clients generate Excel and PDF files. Next I’ll be creating a bot that generates stone tablets. *rimshot*
Blog
Longer-form posts and essays.
Writing helps me think more clearly. This archive is longer posts; quick updates now live in notes.
Topics: AI, blogging, photography, programming, projects, Signboard
We know better now
Manton Reece, on his blog, on podcasting lock-in, the open web, silos, and more: While the open web still exists, we really dropped the ball protecting and strengthening it. Fewer people’s first choice for publishing is to start a web site hosted at their own domain. Like the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, sometimes you only know in hindsight…
The Unicode Consortium is responsible for more than emoji
Mark Davis, President of the Unicode Consortium, [on their blog](The Unicode Consortium enables people around the world to use computers in any language. Our freely-available specifications and data form the foundation for software internationalization in all major operating systems, search engines, applications, and the World Wide Web. An essential part of our mission is to educate and engage…
The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.
The iPhone SE is going to win every award it deserves. The camera is incredibly good.
The Inn at Cape May
The Inn at Cape May, May 2016
Kayaking is therapy.
Kayaking is therapy.
IFTTT recipes
Just took some time to clean up my IFTTT recipes for posting statuses, photos, audio bits, and blog posts to both Twitter and Facebook. I may need to rejigger the bits a few more times to get it right.
I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
I’m surprised the Warriors lost Game 1. I think this is going to be an incredible series.
How to fix iTunes
How to fix iTunes: Remove App Store, remove Apple Music, remove Podcasts, remove syncing to iOS. Improve OS X App Store to include iOS apps. Make Apple Music app. Make Syncing app. Make Podcasts app. iTunes now just a jukebox. As it was. Perfect.
Your blog doesn’t need to make money
Sarah Pressler, on her blog: But the thing is you can just write for the sake of sharing your thoughts with the world at large. Or mostly, just for the sake of getting your thoughts out of your own head. It is true. Your blog does not need to make money. You do not need to track analytics….
When I show
When I show http://h2ocolor.com to someone in real life they are amazed that I’ve spent countless hours over 5 years curating an online watercolor gallery. Believe me, so am I.
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett continues to take his own advice. He once said “In the short term the market is a popularity contest; in the long term it is a weighing machine.” So as Carl Icahn sells $APPL Buffet buys $APPL. Sounds about right.
Improving Photos for OS X and iOS and iCloud Photo Library
I’ll start out this post, as most empathic developers would, by saying that I realize how hard syncing is. It is incredibly hard to get right. The fact that it works at all is magic. It is amazing. And I’m tickled that I even have it. That being said, we’re a few years away from men and women…
Guy in this coffee shop
Guy in this coffee shop ends all of his dictated text messages with “ellipses”. Class act.
Cape May Island, May 2016
Cape May Island, May 2016
Yesterday was Astronomy Day and I didn’t write a word about it.
Yesterday was Astronomy Day and I didn't write a word about it. Someone is going to take away my space nerd card.
Apple Didi
You have $250. Smart friend asks for $1. Says they can turn it into at least $15. You give them $1. That's Apple’s $1B Didi investment.
Some Fridays are more Friday than other Fridays. Today is the Fridayest.
Some Fridays are more Friday than other Fridays. Today is the Fridayest.
Photos has finished syncing to iCloud Photo Library.
Photos has finished syncing to iCloud Photo Library. Yay! I started on the 29th of March and synced nearly every night that I could.
Mornings
For about 10 years now I haven’t set an alarm unless I had a plane or bus to catch. My belief is that if my body needs to sleep it will and if it doesn’t it won’t. For the most part this has worked out just fine for me. I’m not someone who needs to worry about oversleeping….
Went for a short walk. Nicest day of the year so far.
Went for a short walk. Nicest day of the year so far.
Instagram’s new look
Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram, on Medium: The evolution of the community has been inspiring, and we hope that we’ve captured some of the life, creativity, and optimism people bring to Instagram every day. Our hope is that people will see this app icon as a new creative spark — something to have fun with and make their…
How emoji get rendered
Monica Dinculescu gets all geeky about how emoji are rendered in the Chrome browser. It is a great read but she makes this very important point: Emoji does not have a plural in Japanese, so stop trying to make emojis happen. Now you know.
ear hair
I have the ear hair of a 90yr old Abe Vigoda and the chest hair of a 9yr old Macaulay Culkin. I guess it balances out?