Writing
Long and short posts of my learnings.
When I have something to say, I send an email. Swift in unexpected places, AI tools that earn their keep, and the long arc of shipping software for twenty-five years.
2026
- May 25Swift Barcelona Meetup Video on Meta GlassesRead →Recorded talks at the Barcelona monthly Swift meetup on YouTube.
- May 24Encouraging Effective Future Behavior through FeedbackRead →My notes from the Manager Tools Podcast on delivering effective feedback.
- May 10Reminder: Setup Legacy Contacts with your FamilyRead →Remember to setup Legacy Contacts with your Family on your Apple accounts so you can get into their accounts when they pass away.
- May 9Well formatted Swift Language ebookRead →The Swift language has a book in HTML form and here is a repository that generates PDFs and Epub versions of the book. It looks good and you can learn swift ...
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- Apr 21AI Follows List on XRead →I started to put the accounts related to AI that show up own my X feed into an X list. These are the ones that I think are worth following that are either bu...
- Apr 20Bootleg concert recordingsRead →The Internet Archive digitized one guys bootleg concert recordings. He donated over 10,000 tracks with ~2,500 digitized. I’m listening to Nick Cave and The B...
- Apr 18Points to know when applying for the Apple Developer Academy in BaliRead →Want to get into the Apple Developer Academy in Bali? Joel and I have made a short to explain some of the steps and considerations when applying since it bot...
- Apr 18Advice to a young entrepreneurRead →Advice to a young entrepreneur who inherited his father's business on whether to go to college, talking to customers, and using AI to optimize operations.
- Apr 18Tokyo Swift conference videos postedRead →Last year I was able to attend the TrySwift! conference and loved it. Going to Tokyo for such a technical conference is really worth it. They have just relea...
- Apr 17Dark things might be happening on your home networkRead →Cheap streaming boxes from China may be compromising your home network and stealing your passwords.
- Apr 11Unofficial Apple Developer CurriculumRead →This git repository is a good community recommendation for learning paths of iOS Development.
- Apr 11haptics library for SwiftRead →I found this GitHub repository for haptics patterns called Pulsar it is cross platform but supports Swift. I’m sure I’m going to need this in the future henc...
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- Apr 4Conan O’Brien and Arsenio Hall on the same podcastRead →I watched both Conan O’Brian and Arsenio Hall when I was growing up so it was very entertaining to listen to them chat about the those times on Conan’s podcast.
- Apr 1Better view on your Plex?Read →Saw this app called Coax featured on MacBreak Weekly as a better view on your Plex library. Going to give it a try as I have been annoyed with Plex suggestin...
- Mar 27Open Apps from Mac CalendarRead →I dragged a project from Omnifocus onto the macOS Calendar app and it has a little open button for Omnifocus that takes me straight to the project. Previousl...
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- Mar 24I’m going to start paying more attention to JensenRead →Exended interview with Lex Fridman and Jensen Huang.
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2025
- Oct 2024-hour Cursor Singapore hackathon weekendRead →Building Scrollodex with Cursor AI at a 24-hour Singapore hackathon — lessons on team dynamics and shipping fast.
- Aug 7Importing Solarized Theme for Mac OS TerminalRead →I was looking to add a Solarized theme to my Mac OS Terminal and I found that there is a site dedicated to themes for terminals including Ghosty which I also...
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- May 20Interview of Brent Deverman on CCTV4 half hour Chinese television programRead →In 2014 a camera crew came to Shenzhen to spend a week filming me for a China wide CCTV4 broadcast of a television show called “Foreigners in China”. They sp...
- May 20How to Schedule a Shortcut on Mac to Mute Volume Automatically at NightRead →Tired of late-night Mac notifications waking you or your partner? Learn how to schedule a Mac shortcut using launchd and Shortcuts to mute your volume automa...
- May 15Exporting Ulysses Groups to an External FolderRead →Uncover the challenges of exporting Ulysses sheets to Markdown or Textbundle with this step-by-step guide to breaking free from Ulysses dependency while pres...
- May 1Preventing Garbage Code from Entering Your Git RepositoryRead →Learn how to implement Git pre-commit hooks and automated code quality checks to prevent syntax errors and improve team velocity in development projects.
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- Mar 27Keeping Up with Ollama Model ReleasesRead →Simon Willison comes through again with using a script to monitor the Ollama models page that generates an Atom feed, which you can put in your RSS reader to...
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- Mar 20Dealing with Time Zone support in Calendar and Meeting InvitesRead →I’ve learned how to adjust meeting invite time zones by trial and error, but never really documented the options and differences in platforms. Tidbits tried ...
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- Mar 12TouchDesk Vision Pro App for Drawing on your tableRead →Played around with the Apple Vision Pro app called TouchDesk which allows you to use your desk as a writing surface. I was drawing with my finger on my desk....
- Mar 6Find Serendipitous Connections as You Travel using Mozi appRead →Discover how Mozi, created by Medium founder Ev Williams, helps travelers connect with friends and colleagues in the same city at the same time
- Mar 4Show Keyboard Presses on Screen RecordingsRead →Tidbits highlighted the free open source app Keycastr to display the keystrokes and mouse clicks you are typing while you are streaming or recording video.
- Mar 3My Cool Tools Interview with Kevin Kelly: 4 Tech Essentials RevealedRead →My Cool Tools podcast interview with Kevin Kelly covering Rust, AI coding tools, hardware, and productivity essentials.
- Mar 2Watch a Working Japanese TypewriterRead →After studying Chinese and now Japanese it is fascinating to watch someone type on this.
- Feb 27Benedict Evans Articulates clearly the deep research problemRead →Deep Research is the new feature that has been added to all the AI company LLM models. Many charging a lot for this capability. Benedict goes through a sampl...
- Feb 21Rare interview with the founder of TSMC Morris ChangRead →The key company that builds most of the processors used in your phones and devices is TSMC. The Acquired podcast flew to Taiwan and interviewed the founder o...
- Feb 20Your data goes through Ciena’s Fiber compression algorithmRead →Ciena figures out ways to increase throughput of fiber channels. The Verge Decoder podcast interviewed the CEO Gary Smith. It is one of those companies that ...
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- Feb 5Parcel Shipments stopped from China and Hong KongRead →USPS suspends inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, closing a postal loophole that fueled the drop-shipping industry.
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