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Optimizing MacOS Screens

So I was inspired to write this post on workflow-centric computing from playing around with a couple of MacOS utilities recently: specifically, Aerospace for window and virtual desktop management, and BetterDisplay for screen resolution. I&...

Developer ∩ Technologist

I got into software development from a fairly stereotypical background of video games and messing around with PCs. I distinctly remember playing through Final Fantasy VII on the original PlayStation, and having my dad tell...

The Cost of Process Evolution

There's a genre of "don't I sound smart" type of personal improvement insight that draws from the same well as the old joke, "In Soviet Russia, television watches you!" which looks something like, Control your schedule; don't let your schedule control you. I'm...

Mutual AI Escalation

One way to think about AI, at least in the short term, is that it's a mechanism for automation and adding efficiency, particularly in areas that have so far resisted automation due to domain complexity. Our current Generative AI boom was kicked off with the release of DALL·E, but was supercharged when...

A Sense of Accomplishment

Productivity is one of those ideals that is both aspirational and seemingly forever just out of reach. Like some others, I was initially elamored and motivated by the prospect of optimizing my own processes to...