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Language skills 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Brent Simmons wrote a piece yesterday about people making careless punctuation errors: When you do, my opinion of and trust in your work goes down. I agree wholeheartedly. I see hundreds of examples...
Working in the Shed 1 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
I’m a procrastinator. I’m also easily distracted, both in the short term (incessantly checking my Twitter account) and also over longer periods. I’ll become consumed with an idea for a new project bef...
Connecting Newton devices to OS X 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
I recently acquired a beautiful piece of sixteen-year-old technology: an Apple eMate 300, running Newton OS 2.1. Like most old Apple machines, it still works perfectly. I’ll be writing more about the...
Constraints 16 Jul 2013 | 02:00 am
All technology imposes constraints . We tend to assess our devices based on an idealistic vision of the perfect machine, but in reality a strength in one area is usually a weakness in others. There a...
Not a geek 13 Jul 2013 | 02:45 am
I saw a remark recently on Neven Mrgan’s blog that resonated with me. I’ve come to the realization that I may not be a geek at all. Neven Mrgan mrgan.tumblr.com/post/… I had a similar realisation a...
iOS 7 12 Jun 2013 | 09:00 pm
Earlier this week, Apple announced and previewed iOS 7. As widely expected, it sports a new interface aesthetic characterised by strong, simple lines, areas filled with flat or gradient colours, and a...
Legacy 7 Jun 2013 | 12:00 am
A few years ago, I had a health scare. It was my heart. I was terrified, but I wasn’t surprised. I’ve always had an irrational fear of developing heart problems (I have no particular family history o...
How I Write 31 May 2013 | 09:40 pm
Yesterday, I read Shawn Blanc’s new piece, The Root of Non-Writing. Fittingly, I was procrastinating from working on an article at the time. Shawn talks about the value of gaining momentum, and the n...
The Reconstructed Man 29 May 2013 | 09:00 pm
About a year ago, I wrote an article about misogyny. Within the conclusion, I included this acknowledgement: I’ve made sexist remarks. I’ve jumped to sexist conclusions, or made sexist generalisation...
Thank you 24 May 2013 | 05:00 pm
I’d like to say thanks to you, dear reader, for your continued interest in my writing over the past year. I posted a blog retrospective in late 2011, giving traffic stats and listing the most popular ...
