Recently, some prominent and respectable conservatives who dislike Trump have issued statements about voting in November. George Will wrote in June that the GOP should be voted out of office and reduced to ashes for its complicity in the current state of affairs in America. David French wrote that he prefers a more measured, thoughtful approach, […]
Designing is hard
One of the biggest hurdles I face when developing is design. Not just the graphic design, but the functional design as well. Screen flows, consistency, maintaining clarity. The coding is the easy part. But I often need to refactor my coding several times as I discover that my functional design is too flawed for even […]
Why get defensive about a funny mistake?
Trump called the CEO “Tim Apple” instead of “Tim Cook” It was a funny, and unoffensive (as far as I can see) mistake. Cook got the humor, and changed his twitter handle to “Tim ” Why does Trump go into teenager-esque unbelievable denials? He should just laugh.
Try and …
People say and write they will “try and” do things. They shouldn’t. People should write and say they will “try to” do things. “Try to” implies success isn’t assured. But “try and” implies the person is both going to try, and then succeed, at doing something, at which point the “try” part becomes superfluous.
Whose fault is it anyway?
Fox News certainly is biased when it comes to politics, so it comes as no surprise they are critical of a new book from Clinton communications director. (Disclaimer, I haven’t read the book.) Whether the book is full of excuses or not, it’s time to acknowledge some crucial facts about what happened: The “fault” for the […]
What is a Liberal?
A Liberal should be open to giving multiple viewpoints fair consideration. When I was in college, in the aftermath of Dukakis being derided for being a “Liberal,” one article offered this sentiment in a set of pro-Liberal points that it declared should have been in Dukakis’ response. To me, a Liberal is, by necessity, a […]
Google vs. Amazon vs. you
Google and Amazon recently got into a childish fight that resulted in Google devices disappearing from Amazon stores, and YouTube disappearing from Echo devices. Both of them are exercising their near monopoly power to gain leverage over the other company. There’s been lots of talk about the childish behavior of these two companies. There’s been […]
Virginia elections
There’s been a lot of rejoicing among Democrats and those who oppose Trump regarding the Virginia elections. I worry that it’s premature. Trumpism isn’t dead yet.
Taking advantage of new tech
The iPhone X is out. An people are really taking advantage of the new tech in the phone.
Outdone by Trump
It has been a while since I posted. Trump is a special case. I have disagreed with many past presidents on policy. I agree with little Trump has done. But more than that, I just feel embarrassed by his presidency. His abject failure to show any quality that I admire just makes me sad. He […]