Category: Links of Interest
The Office it too damn busy
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I am tempted to use time away from the office to catch up on things that I should have done at the office if I weren’t so damn busy. – David While David is reflecting on his sabbatical, I think this roles into most jobs. I recently worked most of a weekend because stuff needed…
Some Rules for Good Software Development
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Rules help set constraints on our work and while I don’t advocate rigid adherence to rules, they’re there to make you think and help you decide if you’re making the right decision. Here are 10 good ones to get you started. I like number 7 as it helps reduce needless complexity. It’s easy to wish-cast…
Chris – Blogs are for Humans
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I agree with Chris the more of the writer is in the blog the more I’m interested. Yes I want to hear about your golf weekend with kids, or your struggle with technology or your garden. Yes I do want to read your longer writing that more philosophical. I want to read interesting things from…
Glasp for reading later
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After talking about Pocket alternatives a few other options have been recommended. Including NextCloud bookmarks (which Marcel talked about in the link above) and then Glasp. Out of the gate I don’t see an extension for Firefox so I’m out on that point alone but there is something more sinister lurking…AI. Specifically the AI Clone…
Tragically Hip Discography
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This one was hard to decide, hard enough I listen to only Tragically Hip albums for 2 weeks. The Tragically Hip seem like some Canadian institution. I remember when Gord Downie died a few years ago I was disappointed that I had never got to see them in concert. After all that time I’m no…
Pocket Alternatives from Marcel
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While Marcel has been using Pocket for a long time recent instability had him check out other options. His list includes: To that list I’d add Linkwarden and even Obsidian Web Clipper. I’ll be recording a video on my experiences with Wallabag, Linkwarden and Obsidian Web Clipper in the next few days. They all have…
Thunderbird’s 20th Anniversary
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I’ve used Thunderbird off and on for years, but with my move to Fedora fulltime just over a year ago Thunderbird is again my main email client. During that year I was asked to donate when I downloaded the client, and again today on their 20th Anniversary. I donated both times and wouldn’t mind a…
WSJ Blames Spirit Bankruptcy on Biden
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Matt Stoller has an excellent takedown of the WSJ article that blames the Biden Administration for Spirit Airlines filing for bankruptcy. Specifically calling out the $3.8 million dollar retention bonus for CEO Ted Christie that was paid the week before the bankruptcy filing. The CEO of Spirit Airlines, Ted Christie, a man who presided over…
Jason Snell Apple should end the AppStore Era
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I admit I feel a bit surprised reading Jason’s takedown of the AppStore model on his preferred computing platform. Maybe I shouldn’t be, but it seems far more direct than I expected. A few highlights: Today’s computing world is also more dangerous than the one in which macOS was originally devised, so Apple cleverly built…
Apple has an upsell polishing cloth?
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Josh found out that you may need the $20USD polishing cloth for your nano texture display because the one included with his computer that he ordered with the nano texture doesn’t work on the computer it came with. This is baffling to me. If Apple has a proper cloth for the display it should come…