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Tech Savvy Stasis
The other day, my dad forwarded me a screenshot of a Google Gemini-generated summary: some way, somehow, the capital gains tax rate for people over 55 can be 0%. Now, I'll grant that much of his excitement…
An Environment of Trust
About 2 years ago, a mini-banking crisis eventually caused several mid-sized banks to become insolvent and fail: the most notable being Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and First Republic Bank (FRB). It was a classic bank run—too many…
Financialization Endgame
2024 was a pretty rough year for the video game industry. Even though there were some great games released last year, workers continued to get laid off at a higher rate compared to 2023, and studios were unceremoniously shut down—…
Review: Shift Happens
Shift Happens is a labor of love. The author, Marcin Wichary, quit his job to start the process of writing this book[1], taking 5–6 years of research, photography, design, and writing to publish. It's a 2-…
Optimizing MacOS Screens
So I was inspired to write this post on workflow-centric computing from playing around with a couple of MacOS utilities recently: specifically, Aerospace for window and virtual desktop management, and BetterDisplay for screen resolution. I've been trying…
Workflow-Centric Computing
Depending on what you consider to be the genesis of mobile devices, it's been somewhere between 1 to 2 decades since smartphones and tablets have overtaken personal computers as the primary computing gadgets—at least for personal use.…
