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I’ve written before that I’m a big fan of autumn. It’s my favorite season. Now that we are firmly into autumn territory…and close enough to the technical definition of autumn, I thought I’d blog about it a little. People tend to think of spring, or perhaps New Year’s, as a time of renewal. For me, … Continue reading “Autumn”

What color hardware do you enjoy? I’ve always liked the look of white hardware. I’m sure it’s in part due to my love of the Xbox 360. My current iPhone is white. I like that my Xbox Series S and PS5 are white. I will say that I will opt for white first, generally. However … Continue reading “White Hardware”

I had an incredibly frustrating experience this morning and felt the need to share. I wanted to know where I could watch the Notre Dame vs. Navy game. I figured it was either on NBC or on Peacock but wasn’t sure. So I Googled, “where to watch Notre Dame vs. Navy game” and received a … Continue reading “Stop Optimizing For Ad Metrics”

I think I’m going to mess around and use light mode this week. I’m 50/50 on where I use it vs. where I use dark mode. Light mode Dark Mode I think the biggest adjustment will be in VS Code. Oh well it’ll be fun. Remember when tech was fun?

I’ve had this thought kicking around in my head now…probably since early in the Covid-19 pandemic. As so much of the world has transferred into a remote or hybrid work structure, how we communicate has changed dramatically as well. I come to this thought quite frequently, “what should be an email…and what should be a … Continue reading “What Should Be an Email vs. Instant Message”

It’s been a long couple of weeks so I’m taking tomorrow off. I’m fortunate to work somewhere, where I can do that. I’ve actually been very fortunate in that regard, throughout my career. I enjoy the game of “when was the last time I set my out of office”. I always end up surprising myself … Continue reading “Out of Office”

Welcome back to another edition of “Things I Thought Were Cool”. Let’s get into it. Wyatt’s Wish The Bungie Foundation is a wonderful organization committed to helping others. A couple of weeks ago they released this video for Wyatt’s Wish. Wyatt wanted to meet some of the amazing folks who make Destiny 2 and the … Continue reading “Things I Thought Were Cool This Week – 7/16/2023 Edition”

Hello again. Welcome to another addition of Things I Thought Were Cool This Week. Let’s get into it. Threads If you exist in the tech space you simply could not avoid the news around Meta launching their Twitter competitor, Threads. I already wrote a bit about it and why I’m not terribly excited. I’m actually … Continue reading “Things I Thought Were Cool This Week – 7/9/2023 Edition”

Meta launched their Twitter competitor today. It’s called Threads. It’s not a thread I’m going to pull on in the short term. A couple of disclaimers before my rant. In the year we make contact…2023…how does any service launch without a web experience. If you go to the main Threads site, you get nothing but … Continue reading “Not Touching Threads”

David Pierce at the Verge posted an interesting opinion piece titled “So where are we all supposed to go now”. In the article, which I highly encourage you to read, David discusses how changes in places like Twitter and Reddit have opened a gap in where people spend their time online. He states “It’s the … Continue reading “A Response To David Pierce’s “So Where Are We All Supposed to go Now”.”