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Impressions of the Supernote Nomad Tablet
So, I got some new toys this summer. Alongside the BOOX Palma e-ink phone, I also upgraded my e-ink tablet—from the Remarkable 2 my primary notetaking device since COVID, to the Supernote A6 X2 Nomad tablet released…
Exaggeration for Grievance
One rhetorical device I'll sometimes use is "exaggeration for effect." It's just another way of employing hyperbole, which is less about the precision of the description, but to create an outsized impression to make…
Typing the Classics
So one of the things you do, when you build mechanical keyboards is test for typing performance. For ergonomic keyboards in particular, custom key layouts push for a steeper learning curve, and it takes some practice reps to get used…
Review: The Fund
I read Ray Dalio's Principles back in 2018. Without much knowledge beforehand of Bridgewater Associates or its emblematic founder, I found the book to be a reasonable autobiography paired with some scattershot advice. It didn't live…
A Year with the Dygma Defy Keyboard
This post is a follow-up to the first impressions post I wrote about 9 months ago—rounded up to a year—on receiving the Dygma Defy, a high-end split ergonomic gaming keyboard. As a first-generation piece of…
A Kiddom Retrospective
When I left my role at Mystery Science in the summer of 2021, I was left…a bit wanting. I expressly wanted to explore the EdTech space as my kids came of schooling age, but my role didn't…
