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…
Author: Greg Bulmash
Google Drive as a One Note / Evernote Replacement
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
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
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
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
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
I’m quitting Google Chrome (on the desktop), so what’s next? Join the journey and find out.
Chrome’s Usability Crime
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
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
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…
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
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…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 6 – Day 1
1 p.m. Everything finished up on Thursday. Slept in on Friday and got a 91 sleep score on my FitBit. Always happy when I score an A in sleep. This morning, I…
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 5
I finished up with two more companies, but one with which I had believed I was finished, emailed to ask for a presentation.
Job Hunt Diary – Week 5 – Day 4
11 a.m. Apologies again. While in the heat of interviewing and interview prep, daily blogging has not been as big a priority. Three down – two to go Quick recap: Two small…