Making, 2013.
Tools, hacks, side projects, this site
- Pebble: first impressions
Last week, having been inspired by (of all things) this awesome and awful samsung gear commercial, i ordered a Pebble smartwatch. I can’t remember the last time I wore a watch — maybe it was 20 years ago in high school. My standard line for the past 10 years has been “why do I need… Continue readin...
- Wanted: Partychat for Google Hangouts
I’ve been a remote or semi-remote worker for a long time now. Which has a boatload of pros (flexibility) as well as cons (distance from “the watercooler”). Over time, I’ve tried lots of things to help forge a stronger connection among my distributed or semi-distributed teams. As you would expect, ...
- My Top 5 Personal Productivity Hacks
I can’t claim to be the most disciplined or organized person, but I’m working on both. I have, however, done a lot to smooth out my moment-to-moment work process, to help me do things more quickly & easily, and to help me avoid distractions where I can. I can only hope that I win more… Continue rea...
- Chromecast: First Impressions
When we got home from vacation last night, my new Chromecast was sitting waiting for me. I’ve been really psyched to try it out. The out-of-the-box experience was clear and simple. My favorite thing about Chromecast is how small it is — it’s barely there; just a tiny little add-on to web-enable yo...
- Riding on Services
I’ve been working on an internal web app for the past few weeks. I’m not a “real” programmer, so as usual I just figure things out as I go along and make lots of mistakes, but I always learn new stuff. This is how I learned programming in the first place, got my first gigs… Continue reading
- The Indie Web, Continued
I wrote last week about the Indie Web: the way that the web has the ability to help us grow and connect as individuals in awesome new ways. Here’s my latest entry in that story: For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved doing everything by bike. As a kid, the bike was my favorite… Continue reading
- Wanted: A Dashboard for Internet Citizenship
One thing I’ve wanted for a long time now is a dashboard that helps me track the wide array of tech policy issues I follow. One place where I could check, every morning, to get a sense of what issues are trending & developing, what longer-term issues are brewing, what specific milestones are approac...
- Still looking for a smarter inbox
I am bad at email. Maybe everyone is. But I feel like I’m worse than most; or at least worse than I want to be. I feel like my inbox should do a better job helping me find emails that are important. I use Gmail and Priority Inbox, so I don’t mean “important” in that… Continue reading