Great Writing
A favorite novelist weighs in on scientific writing
Writing
Random
Science
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
Analytics
Product
Continuous Integration
Startup Ideas
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 which didn’t appear as explicit failures, but instead showed up as significant changes in the duration…
Radio Silence
iPhone
It’s been a long time since I’ve had anything to say. That’s mostly because I have been busy working on Lose It! Things are going well on that front, but I’ve been spending every free moment on it, leaving me little to say about anything else. I’m taking a few minutes to throw this out, just so everyone knows I’m…
App Store Comments Are Crappy, But Let’s Not Get All Draconian
iPhone
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…
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