Author: aoconnor

We are about a month into the Elon-ification of Twitter and I’m coming to the conclusion that Twitter seems less fun now. Now, I’d argue since around 2016, Twitter has had a completely different vibe altogether and it hasn’t always been pleasant. Since Elon took over, I’ve noticed my feed is doing 3 things: Twitter … Continue reading “Twitter Sure Does Seem Less Fun Now”

Happy Thanksgiving if that’s your thing! I have some code to write and some video games to play. Not too excited for any of the NFL games this year but that’s alright. We have some (hopefully) great college football to watch and a World Cup match against England! Anyway, happy Thanksgiving.

After almost 3 years of dodging this mess, I finally caught COVID-19. Not really sure how as I work from home and don’t go very many places, but still caught it. Had an appointment for the updated booster next week too. When folks say “it’s like a bad cold” I understand where they come from … Continue reading “I finally caught COVID”

This tweet cropped up this week. It’s a very Twitter tweet. Who was responsible for giving this power? Who is the “we”? What power are we discussing? Getting past the snarky responses that immediately come to me, I know what they mean. I am a morning person. I won’t scream “good morning” at you or … Continue reading “Morning People”

I watched Chris Pirillo’s “Would You Go Back to a Dumb Phone?” video recently and it inspired me to think about my own smartphone usage. Awhile back, I decided that I had enough of my phone pinging all of the time. I set up a profile so that I simply don’t get notifications unless its … Continue reading “The Smartphone”

The headline kind of ruins the surprise but Joslyn and I got a dog! Dani here is a mini poodle rescue and we love him very much. Excuse the mess in the photo. We weren’t great about cleaning his first couple of weeks here. We always had dogs growing up. I recognize now that I … Continue reading “So We Got a Dog”

I re-watched The Social Network last night. I hadn’t seen the film in a few years but I do recall it being a favorite of mine. I couldn’t help but think about how Facebook has changed over the years, at least from a user perspective. If you haven’t seen the film, it’s based on the … Continue reading “The Social Network”

I was working on something where I wanted to add commas to a number that didn’t have commas. I like things to be readable ya know? Turns out it’s really easy. All you need to do is set up the “toLocaleString” method and JavaScript does the heavy lifting. After reading the MDN docs on it, … Continue reading “How to add commas to a number in JavaScript”

Well, it’s been quite the summer. As I sit here on Labor Day and reflect on the summer, I recognize that it’s been busy. I’ve been fortunate to see multiple friends get married, had pretty smooth flights in a summer of crazy air travel. I’ve been lucky. As a textbook introvert, I’m looking forward to … Continue reading “And Breathe Out”

There are some things I’ve noticed that I’m interpreting as signal I’m getting older. Around 5 years ago, I completely lost sight of Top 40 music. Some of my favorite athletes are retiring or have been retired for some time. One that feels more personal, is the fact I’m really starting to feel the wheels … Continue reading “The Performative Nature of Instagram”