Hacking the Wetware

Working for Amazon has been a revelation to me in ways large and small.

IOS 11 Makes the iPad Pro Sing!

A while ago I wrote a post about the then new Apple iPad Pro with its awesome keyboard. I gushed about it already in that post, and that aspect hasn’t changed, but I’ve gotta say, Apple’s new version of IOS really catapults this device into new planes of usefulness.

The One Feature that Keeps Me Addicted to Chrome

I’ve been using Chrome for the last few years, and generally speaking I’m pretty happy with it. However recently Google has made some decisions (notably the on by default voice search features) that make me question the wisdom of that choice. I also very much enjoy using Firefox, a 100% open source browser that’s very […]

The Joy of DevOps (Or, Return of the Living Generalist!)

One of the things I have always enjoyed about what I do is that I have, from pretty much day 1 in the technology industry, worn many hats. No matter what my job title said, I have always done pretty much whatever needs doing whether or not it crosses into what others might consider a discipline that’s not […]

Ungagged!

A couple of weeks back I was laid off from Blue State Digital.

Sleeeepy (And old :P)

I’ve noticed that as I get older, getting enough good sleep has become more and more of an issue…

Face, meet Mr. Concrete wall.

As I mentioned here previously, my last big job search after I got laid off from MIT was decidedly Not Fun…

So, I landed in China Town!

It has been forever and a day since I posted here. I apologize for the fade, my 4 or 5 readers must be thinking I’d joined the silent masses of bloggers who can’t overcome the inertia and fail to post ever again…

Ireland trip, work business, general update stuff.

This is one of those rare occasions when I have nothing more to say than a brief status update…