An ongoing list of questions, bugs, and feature requests on a Pixelbook Is there a button on the keyboard to go the next or previous song? How can I remap the keys to get the same app-switching functionality as comand-tab on a Mac? How can I get more actions within the Chrome file system? What … Continue reading An ongoing list of questions, bugs, and feature requests on a Pixelbook
Thoughts on Setting up a Pixelbook Setting up Google’s New Laptop and Comparing it to the Macbook Pro and iPad So I recently got a Google Pixelbook and have been testing it out and trying to get it set up. I have been using a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro and Apple computers generally for a … Continue reading Thoughts on Setting up a Pixelbook
Fyre Festival and Theranos I recently watched the Netflix documentary on the Fyre Festival fiasco. I had also recently read the book “Bad Blood” about Theranos. When I finished the Fyre Festival documentary I couldn’t help but notice how eerily similar the themes felt to me. A Modern FableSo there is an entrepreneur — who is a visionary. … Continue reading Fyre Festival and Theranos
Talking to a TSA Agent about the Government Shutdown I’m flying from JFK airport in New York to SFO today. The longest government shutdown in US history just got put on pause for 3 weeks yesterday where 800,000 federal employees had been furloughed. I asked him how the last three weeks had been going. It sounds like he … Continue reading Talking to a TSA Agent about the Government Shutdown
Learn this Skill: How to Manage a Pipeline Overtime, as we have worked on CodeHS, I have been involved in working in all the different functional areas, from marketing to sales, to hiring to whatever random project it is. Something basic that comes up over and over and over again as a key tool is the … Continue reading Learn this Skill: How to Manage a Pipeline
Modern Distributed Software Tech Stack in 2019 Here are a few tools we are using CodeHS which I feel have become standard, or at least seem really common for software and distributed work setups. It’s hard to claim they are standard, but I think anecdotally I have seen them used in many cases. Zoom — we use this … Continue reading Modern Distributed Software Tech Stack in 2019
My Top 5 Books of 2018 The Headspace Guide to Meditation & MindfulnessBy Andy Puddicombe In this book Andy Puddicome, who is the co-founder and voice behind the Headspace app, gives an easy introduction to meditation and mindfulness. I had been using the app so much of the content was familiar, but I enjoyed the different … Continue reading My Top 5 Books of 2018
Would You Vote For Trump or a Random Citizen? For me, without a doubt, I would vote for a random citizen. If you read the Wikipedia page for Average Joe it shares some of the attributes of the “typical person” in the US. While it’s a a stereotype, it gives a sense of what some of the median … Continue reading Would You Vote For Trump or a Random Citizen?
A Few Free Product Ideas for Apple To help one of the largest companies in the world after having a bit of a drop in their stock, here are a few free product ideas for Apple, many of them very small and random. Make the computers and phones charge togetherIf you buy a phone and a … Continue reading A Few Free Product Ideas for Apple
The Absurdity of Big Companies Suing Regular People This was an idea I was thinking about as I was reading and recently completed “Bad Blood,” the book about Theranos. There’s a recurring pattern in the book, one where the company manages through pure intimidation tactics. What this looks like is them threatening people, threatening to sue … Continue reading The Absurdity of Big Companies Suing Regular People
