Teams that build products for multiple platforms (web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux) should consider switching their browsers/platform choice each year if possible. It can be eye opening.
Notes
Short posts, links, photos, and working notes.
Quick updates, links, reposts, photos, and small things I learn while working.
I’m contemplating a move back to Mac within the next year or so (solely dependent on what Apple hardware and software happens in 2019). But I’d feel like I’m abandoning Windows right when things are improving so much. Inner turmoil.
Update (October 2026): Unmark’s hosted service no longer accepts new sign-ups. For my current bookmarking app, see Rinku, its free, open source, local-first successor.
I’ll have more to say soon, but we’re accepting requests for invites to Unmark – an open source to-do app for bookmarks. We’re slowly sending out invitations and are looking for people that collect/share a lot of links and willing to provide feedback.
Shopping for fishing gear. 🎣
I’ve been giving Brave a try. I converted some Bitcoin into BAT (Brave’s Attention Token) so that I can “tip” various sites. Interesting model though I can see why the ad replacement technique is controversial (if not downright criminal?). Looking forward to seeing where this evolves.
There are several single posts in my blog’s archive that get well over 1,000 hits per month. I wish all of these people became subscribers or said just hello.
In 2017 I was grateful to receive a guided tour of Scranton Craftsmen – an interesting steel and concrete fabrication business. I learned a lot.
Teams are sleeping on the Sixers.
If I were to make a thing would you like to sign up for a thing? I need beta testers. If you’d like to help send an email to colin [at] cdevroe.com
I remember when software didn’t require an internet connection.
I think I’m starting to miss Mac.
Lately it seems I start my workday with intentions to make progress on a task that I may not actually get to work on at all. I hope to buck this trend next week.
Super impressed with Notion so far. I’ve imported my Simplenotes, Trello Boards, spreadsheets, and Pinterest. One tool for all of this. Consider using this link to sign up as I’ll get credit.
TIL Mark Hamill signs his tweets Mar🐪
I’m pretty amazed that the Apple Watch business is already larger than the iPod ever was. However, I do think Series 4 or 5 will need to be another leapfrog product to stay ahead of other watches.
Taking an axe to my subscriptions, follows, etc. Going to start 2019 relatively fresh.
I would be willing to forgo any new software or hardware in 2019 if all efforts were devoted to increasing speed, battery life, and interoperability of everything we already have.
I’m very thankful when app updates have real release notes.
On a social media break through the end of the year.
So many celebrities are starting podcasts. And many of them seem to be therapy sessions for both host and guest.
Og podcasters, stick with it. They will suck up a lot of the ad oxygen for a bit but the fad will pass.
Finished Outbreak by Robin Cook. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good: Fast paced, easy read, female heroine. Meh: Predictable, love subplot, a few overt racist terms.
I don’t have analytics on my blog. So I don’t know if one topic or post has done better than another. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I blog for me.
1Password gave me a 1-year subscription that I was able to give away for free. This is such a nice way for paid services to spread to people that may never give them a try. Go beyond gifting and enable giving.
New music Friday kinda bleh this week. That Billie Eilish joint for Apple tho 👌
I was informed by a friend on Facebook that the book I just finished, Flatland, is available as a movie on YouTube. And it’s trippy.
Finished Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott. ⭐⭐⭐ A clear commentary on social, political, and spiritual topics. Aside from that I enjoyed how deep the author explained the world they created.
I’ve been very happy hosting my blog on a WordPress Droplet on Digital Ocean since April. I’d like to move The Watercolor Gallery now. Does anyone know if I should use the same Droplet or better to create a new one?
Trello’s emoji autocomplete prioritizes :thumbsup: before :thumbsdown: (even though not alphabetically correct) due to its higher usage. In Microsoft Teams they don’t. Sometimes it is the small things that make a huge difference in software UX design.
Slow internet is somehow worse than no internet.
The new Sticky Notes app on Windows 10 is actually very nice.