• Bose QC35 headphones: finally!

    I’ve long been on the quest for the perfect pair of headphones suitable for using for work and pleasure. For the past year or so…

  • My favorite things: iKlear cleaning products

    If you’ve ever worked in the same office as me you may know that I have a sort of… obsession with keeping glass screens completely…

  • Thoughts on Swift going open-source

    Swift going open-source today is for sure exciting news, but we need to temper our expectations for what that means for the language. For sure…

  • I’m so sick of hearing about microservices.

    As I walked out out of the conference hall after DHH’s RailsConf keynote this morning, I felt this vibe that people are regarding him as…

  • My favorite things: Plantronics BackBeat FIT

    There are a ton of Bluetooth headphone options out there, but for some reason none of them work that well for me. Most are earbud-style and…

  • My favorite things: Sugru

      I’ve recently introduced myself to Sugru (pronounced “sue grew”) and I’m really finding myself enamored with it.   Unlike the other products I post…

  • Thoughts and Speculation about the 12″ MacBook Air

    The leaked specs and artist’s rendering of Apple’s alleged 12″ MacBook Air are a radical move for Apple laptops, particularly in that they are getting…

  • The fucking news

    I finally finished the last episodes of The Newsroom recently, and it got me thinking and worrying about the future of journalism. I know a lot of…

  • The “I’m guilty of this too” trope

    You’ve all gotten that email or spoken message from a boss, preaching to the team about how everyone needs to break some bad habit. And…

  • When things go wrong in Apple-land

    In a previous post i discussed a way Apple could tweak its development process to make its software products more reliable. But even if Apple…