Infrastructure and code aren't the only things in your organization that incur technical debt. Content marketing on blogs is a major offender. Here's just three things to cut down on technical debt in your content marketing on blogs. Content marketing practice to avoid: Bare URLs/URIs in content Be kind to your readers and to yourself: … Continue reading 3 ways to reduce technical debt in content: Avoid bare URLs, events and analyst content
reMarkable 2 and its unremarkable software: Substandard tools hobble excellent hardware
The reMarkable 2 is a nifty piece of engineering. It's about the size of a thin college (U.S.) notebook, responsive and feels as close to writing on paper as a tablet is likely to get. The tools, on the other hand, leave a lot to be desired. reMarkable 2 and cloud services The reMarkable 2 … Continue reading reMarkable 2 and its unremarkable software: Substandard tools hobble excellent hardware
Link-o-Rama: The ugly underneath Amazon Prime, time to ditch Chrome, analyzing music and more…
Using Chrome to buy on Amazon Prime? Maybe think twice. Want to automate your playlists? Try Bliss. Post examining what happens behind the scenes when buying from Amazon, and the anti-trust suit against Amazon accusing it of raising prices for consumers. Bliss music analyzer, an open source library to make audio playlists by evaluating distance … Continue reading Link-o-Rama: The ugly underneath Amazon Prime, time to ditch Chrome, analyzing music and more…
Remembering my father on Father’s Day
This is the second Father's Day since my father passed. In some ways it feels like the first – nothing felt quite real about his death last year after the pandemic kicked in. In other ways, I'd been letting go of my father long before he actually passed. In 2019 I talked to my father … Continue reading Remembering my father on Father’s Day
“Authenticity” is a trap
The idea of "authenticity" and "selling out" when applied to artists, musicians, and other folks is largely bullshit. Worse, it's a trap. Let me back up a sec. The other day I was on the Twitters and noticed an exchange about how some artist wasn't "authentic" anymore because they licensed their music for a commercial … Continue reading “Authenticity” is a trap
The reMarkable 2 needs reFinement: Writing, workflow and usability
I've been putting the reMarkable 2 through its paces since I got it a few days ago. In this post I'm going to jot down some thoughts about its overall usability whether it might replace my trusty paper notebooks. Spoiler alert: quite possibly! Making marks on the reMarkable 2 First consideration: How's the writing experience? … Continue reading The reMarkable 2 needs reFinement: Writing, workflow and usability
Test-driving the reMarkable 2 on Linux: paper-like or paper-weight?
Is the reMarkable 2 a suitable replacement for pen and paper? Does it work well with Linux? I hope to find out! I'll be writing about my experiences with the tablet over the next week and beyond. If you've been on the fence, feel free to follow along. (Assuming I don't absolutely hate it and … Continue reading Test-driving the reMarkable 2 on Linux: paper-like or paper-weight?
An impossible task: 100 favorite songs
A discussion came up this past week about favorite albums / songs, and having already done the 100 albums project I was able to URL-slap the chat channel with my favorite albums. (At least, my favorite albums as of about 2016. The list has changed substantially since then.) So then the question of favorite 100 … Continue reading An impossible task: 100 favorite songs
Link-o-Rama: FTP is 50, stick with email, FVWM(3) …
The unintentional theme of today's Link-o-Rama is, apparently, tech nostalgia and why old tools are the best tools. The File Transfer Protocol is now 50 years old. 50. FTP has outlasted quite a few protocols in that time, evolved a great deal, and been used to transfer Heaven only knows how many files. I hope … Continue reading Link-o-Rama: FTP is 50, stick with email, FVWM(3) …
Jukebox selections: MASTER BOOT RECORD, The Jayhawks, Paul McCartney meets Khruangbin
Been a bit between posts, so here's another run at the jukebox for all my readers looking for a few good tunes to pass the time. Some oldies, some goodies, nothing boring and all good for your soul. Zenith (Riktam Remix) by MVMB & ALL'IN - IbogaTech This is a melodic psytrance piece that runs … Continue reading Jukebox selections: MASTER BOOT RECORD, The Jayhawks, Paul McCartney meets Khruangbin