Two Weeks With the iPad
Two weeks ago I did something I would’ve thought unthinkable even a month ago, I replaced my personal laptop with a new Apple iPad. After more than 20 years with either a desktop or a laptop I wasn’t sure what…
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My Principles for Tech Perfection
A few weeks back I wrote about how my struggles with tech over the decades are nothing new for me. For more than 20 years I’ve been jumping from tech to tech in search of a perfection that simply doesn’t…
My Blogging Workflow With Hugo
This month marks 8 months since I moved this site off of WordPress and to Hugo. Now that I feel like I’ve got my workflow down pretty well, here’s how I write these days and how it differs from what…
Stop Autoplay Videos in Google Chrome
In upcoming versions of Google Chrome, Google promises to make it easier to disable autoplay on videos. For now, however, it’s not quite as easy to get to but still available if you know where to look. To stop the…
From Apple to Google (and more): My Adventure in Escaping the Apple Ecosystem
Yesterday I wrote about an experiment I’m doing in trying out Google Pixel and Google Fi alongside my iPhone 8+ on AT&T. While hardware has been part of the experiment it hasn’t been the only change I’ve made. In addition…
Pixel 2 XL vs iPhone 8+: A Week of Using Both
I’ve been on iOS since March of 2012 when my HTC Evo died at SXSW and Radio Shack only had an iPhone 4S in stock. For years it was great. It all worked together so well that by October of…