Speaking of contact tracing…
I saw this interesting comic posted on Kottke.org: Sounds like Apple and Google are doing something very similar with their announced BLE approach to tracing.
Continue reading →A couple of small changes to the site
Made a few small changes to the site today. First, link blog entry titles will now link out to the website I’m linking to. I also pulled in some Tumblr posts, sorry about the spam there. Since starting to try to write and link to content more, I’ve been working on ways to make it […]
Continue reading →Working from home
I’ve been working from home for the past 2 weeks now, with at least 2-3 to go. I say at least because that’s the official line as of now, but we all know that it’s going to be longer than that if you’re lucky enough to work for a company that allows for it. I […]
Continue reading →Holiday Movie Power Rankings
About 5 years ago (!) I posted my Holiday Movie Power Rankings. I still think that the list holds up. The biggest change I’d make is move A Christmas Story down a notch or two and move Elf up. As far as how much time I spend watching Christmas movies these days, that list would be […]
Continue reading →“Big Bang” releases vs. incremental value
I was surprised to see that Music fixes were rolled into the new MacOS 10.15.2 release that came out this week. While I’m pleased to see that they’re iterating on the “new” app and taking customer feedback into consideration, I’m wondering why Apple isn’t shipping releases like these incrementally. Frankly, the same could be said […]
Continue reading →Posting in December
Something I promised and failed to do earlier this year was to write more often. I stand before you again, making a similar promise. The key difference his time is that I’m smack in the middle of a posting streak. I committed to make one post a day for the month of December, no […]
Continue reading →Engineering Mangement Lessons
I became an engineering manager a few years ago now and have since moved into a role where I’m responsible for both direct ICs who report to me but also for other managers and the direction of an entire department. Titles are always funny as they’re so dependent on where you work – but one […]
Continue reading →My favorite 2019 tech things
As we head into the holiday season, I thought I’d throw my hat in the “best of the year post” ring with a list of a few of my favorite personal tech items of the year. Some of these are bigger than others, but I wanted to list out some things I’m thankful for this […]
Continue reading →Rebuilding the blogging muscle
It’s been a long time since I wrote anywhere other than in my Day One journal (which I do nearly daily at this point – I love the type of things I notice and jot down when it’s mostly for an audience of one). I’ve mostly avoided social media over the past year or two […]
Continue reading →HomePod questions
Apple has been a little late getting their HomePods out to consumers, but it looks like 2/9 is the big day. In short, it looks like these 7 inch tall speakers are Apple’s take on the smart speaker, but with a heavy focus on the speaker part and less on the assistant side. It has […]
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