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PRODUCTIVITY HACK: Spring Cleaning Dumpster Bags

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

As we head into the new year, I thought I’d share a secret… Dumpster bags. If you have a LOT of stuff to clean out during your spring cleaning and want it…

Watching Udemy Or Netflix on A MacBook Air with A DisplayLink Adapter

Posted on December 23, 2022January 16, 2023 by Greg Bulmash

I’m running a MacBook Air M2. It’s slotted into my multi-monitor desktop with a CalDigit Thunderbolt hub and an Elecable dual HDMI adapter using DisplayLink technology. I have to use DisplayLink because…

Facebook Jail… Again

Posted on November 17, 2022November 17, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

On Tuesday, I replied to a post on Facebook. A friend works for them and was recently relocated to another country. He was in the U.S. on a business trip and his…

Change bubble colors in Apple Messages / iMessage on iOS

Posted on November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

Apple Messages / iMessage on my phone was a pain in the eye… The white-on-green color scheme for outgoing SMS in Apple’s Messages app for iOS is low contrast and thus painful…

Google Drive as a One Note / Evernote Replacement

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

I love note-taking apps for organizing my thoughts and records, but my last two companies and my next use Google Workspace which just had basically Docs and Keep. I have generally found…

Fixing Adobe Commerce / Magento Dev Docs: Widen the right navbar

Posted on May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

The problem: Magento Developer Docs right navigation column is TOO narrow. I’m writing my first Magento extension. If you’re not familiar with it, it is also known as Adobe Commerce and it’s…

My first commute into Seattle since COVID

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

This past Thursday, I made my first trek into downtown Seattle in a LONG time. The last time I visited an Amazon building was over a year ago when drove in on…

Lenovo P12 Review: A Second Screen – With Caveats

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

The Lenovo P12 is advertised as being able to function as a second screen for your Windows PC or laptop. It can, but there are a LOT of caveats that make it little more than a gimmick.

Defective Quidel QuickVue COVID Tests

Posted on March 27, 2022April 6, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

Thanks to the repeal of masking mandates in our schools, our youngest already brought home a head cold. When it was at its worst for him, we took him to urgent care…

The Great American Browser Hunt

Posted on March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

I’m quitting Google Chrome (on the desktop), so what’s next? Join the journey and find out.

Chrome’s Usability Crime

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

Maybe you’ve noticed the tab search feature on Chrome (see image). It’s that down arrow. For YEARS, the leftmost icon in that group was “minimize.” Not only did Google make the Tab…

Job Hunt Diary – The End of The Job Hunt

Posted on March 15, 2022September 16, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

Hello from a hotel room in Santa Clara. I got up at 4 a.m. on Monday morning to fly down from Seattle and meet my new co-workers in person. In the past…

The truths and fallacies of “10,000 hours” for developers

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

In 2008, Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers stated that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to truly master something. That is, however, a ballpark figure and the meaning of the statement has been…

Buh-Bye Netflix… and Hulu… and Paramount… and Apple…

Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

Netflix has raised prices three times since 2017. In the last round, they knocked it up another $2 for the premium 4k service and $1.50 for the standard HD service. Since the…

Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 2

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Greg Bulmash

10 p.m. No news is no news While I did get contacts on LinkedIn from a couple of recruiters about new opportunities, nothing from the four companies still in the hunt on…

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