Book Reviews
Batched Reading Efficiencies
I'm trying a new read-it-later app, Omnivore. Alright, so trying out a new app isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It's a good excuse, though, to talk a…
The Stasis of E-Ink
I'm fond of e-ink displays and devices catering to the display type. My kitchen calendar display project was one of my favorite projects of the year: it became a combination of playing with a RaspberryPi, and learning how…
When to Value Non-Technical Work
This presentation resonates: Being Glue It's a pretty long read, but the high-level gist is that software engineers are, more often than not, evaluated primarily on hard technical chops. You know: the typical stuff that you find in…
The Dygma Defy Keyboard
Edit: I've been using this keyboard for a while now, and have updated my impressionshere. A year ago, I ordered and reviewed the Kinesis Advantage360: a modern update to the Advantage line of ergonomic keyboards[1]. As I…
Asian Real Estate Attitudes
As a first-generation Asian-American immigrant, the duality of Eastern and Western culture is a part of everyday life. There are holidays and traditions on both sides that we end up celebrating; home-cooked meals that cater to multiple styles of cooking;…
When to Code Creatively
This article caught my attention: Being "rockstars": when software was a talents/creatives industry 🎭 The post meanders quite a bit, but the central theme is that the author laments the loss of creativity in software development. Their solution,…
