Great Writing
Cormac McCarthy is a favorite author of mine. I find his direct, short, and almost terse style of writing to be engaging. Little did I know that he had actually weighed in on what it takes to do great scientific writing. He did!
Build and Test Analytics
One of the things I’ve been maintaining on the Quarto team is the GitHub actions that build installers, run tests, and so on. A few times over the last year, we’ve run into problems in our pipeline…
Brown Zune, Windows Live Writer, and My MacBook Pro
I’m more than a month into my conversion to a Mac, and so far I’ve adjusted nicely. The largest issue for me was the fact that I didn’t know any shortcut keys, so I was using the mouse a lot more than I’m used to. I’m overcoming that, though I…
App Store Comments Are Crappy, But Let’s Not Get All Draconian
Everyone who has spent some time on the App Store realizes that there are a large number of pointless or even harmful comments. Whether the post simply says ‘first’, disses an application that the commenter has never used, or complains about an…