Welcome to Going Paperless 2.0 I wanted to preface this post with a brief note on the newly rebooted Going Paperless series. I started writing the original series in April 2012, and continued the series through more than 120 posts, concluding it in December 2014. I ended it because I had other time commitments, and…
have a theory that the best user interfaces are those proven useful over a long period of time. User interfaces, or UIs, are most often associated with operating systems, applications, and web sites. Over the course of my career in software development, I have built quite a few UIs and I find they tend to…
recently had the opportunity to re-read all of my previously published fiction. It was not a fun experience. I don’t particularly enjoy reading the stories I have written once they are finished. To anyone but another writer that probably sounds strange. There are two reasons I don’t enjoy reading my old stories: 1. In the…
ometime in 1999 or 2000, the entire company received new office chairs. One day, a brand new Aeron chair was delivered to my office, and my old chair was taken away. Someone came by to make sure that my new chair was adjusted properly, that it was ergonomically correct. They tried to adjust my posture…
am taking the day off the blog today to celebrate Christmas with the family. Here are some pictures from my walk this morning before all of the present unwrapping chaos started this morning. And for those wondering, Kelly did get me a watch for Christmas. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
s it is Christmas Eve day, here is a list of my 8 favorite Christmas songs, listed in no particular order. Plus a bonus song. 1. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams version) 2. My Favorite Things (Andy Williams version) 3. White Christmas (Bing Crosby version) 4. I’ll Be Home for…
nce a year I voluntarily head to the outlets with Kelly and we spend some time shopping together. This year we went as soon as the outlets opened, at 9 am, and already the temperature was close to 80 ℉ and humid. We took my in-law’s Prius. The Prius is a marvel of energy efficiency—if,…
t might seem strange that, as the paperless guy, I find myself using old-fashioned notebooks more and more frequently. But that’s just what I am doing. I wrote a post over the summer about the qualities of useful paper. Since then, I have continued to use notebooks to capture quick thoughts, ideas, to-do lists and…
spend my days writing. In my day job, I write emails, I write code, I write requirements documents. Outside my day job I write stories, and articles, and blog posts. Whether I am writing code, or writing a blog post, the result is something to which I can point and say, “Hey, I made that!”…