Posts tagged with Apps
A Pretty Good Blogging App
For the past couple of years, I've been writing my blog posts here with Typora, a Markdown editor that I believe started initially on macOS but has since released versions for Windows and Linux as well. It was…
Luxury User Interfaces
Third-party native software is hard. They tend to offer better UI/UX than web apps and pseudo-web apps living inside of WebViews, and well-designed software tends to require additional work for interface polish. On top of that, operating systems—mobile…
Appreciation for Spreadsheets
The managerial stereotypes aren't far off the mark. I hate to admit it, but the vast majority of the time spent managing software engineers—when not synchronously communicating with people in-person—is asynchronously communicating with people through emails…
The Lock-in of Apple-only Apps
I'm using the first generation MacBook Pro 13" with a Touch Bar. My prior machine was a barge masquerading as a 17" MacBook Pro, so I jumped on the new design[1] the moment it was…
Life Organization as a Wiki
Once in a while—inspired by company intranets and wiki pages—I get the thought in my head that the same level of organization should be applied to my life overall. With most the information needed to adult (e.g.…
When Software is Good Enough
When games—and sometimes other types of software—are no longer maintained or supported, we relegate them to be abandonware: software that is preserved for historical curiosity, but they're no longer prime candidates for serious use and thus…
