Making Thimble
It's been a while since writing on here, is this microphone still on? The past few years I've been spending my spare time on a mac app - specifically a multi-touch gesture to make using design tools like Sketch, Photoshop, and SketchUp faster. If this sounds like something up your alley go sign up at thimblemac.com first, . . .
Adventures in Multifunctionalism: A Key-Holding, Bottle-Opening Wallet
A few months ago I locked myself out for the second time in a year, and my 'ripstop nylon' wallet was well, ripping apart after five years. Looking at a smorgasbord of crowdfunded 'minimalist'-themed wallets and various keychain alternatives, I stumbled upon one solution that's worked for me and others have asked . . .
Remote Worker's Guide to Ski Resort Living
How to spend a season being productive and close to the snow.
2012 was a rollercoaster. It involved getting laid off, quitting a startup, and generally feeling burned-out from several months of working hard. So in November 2012, I packed up my things in Austin and moved to Tahoe for the season.
I'm writing this to help anyone else who finds themselves in a similar situation, needs . . .
Send Texts Later using Google Voice & Boomerang for Gmail
A guide to sending scheduled messages without annoying others or yourself
You remember you need to text your friend something, and you remember it right in the middle of the work day. Sending the message now potentially means starting a whole conversation, and not sending it now means forgetting it altogether. Or you send it anyway and wait in angst for them to reply....when they eventually have free . . .
How to change your e-reader's backlight color for better sleep
A hack for backlit e-readers such as the nook glowlight / kindle paperwhite
For years, I avoided e-ink readers (kindle, nook, etc.) because I hated looking at them when I really wanted to read - at night, usually before bedtime. When they didn't have a backlight, they required me to get up to turn on a light (and eventually turn one off). Similarly, I never liked using an ipad/android tablet for books . . .
Backpack Comparison: Goruck GR1 vs. 5.11 Rush 12
This post is tailored to civilian backpack nerds and folks with the "minimalist bug", so if you travel a fair bit, or just hate boring black-colored luggage like I do, read on.
Preface - the minimalism bug and the backpack
Back in 2011, I got bit with the minimalism bug. I started getting rid of . . .
Setting up Qyoto on Mac OSX Lion
NOTE: This is an archived post originally written around August 2012.
As a tl;dr of my personal opinion, I tend to recommend folks towards investing the effort into doing UI natively or with native wrappers (such as monomac)
I recently got curious how the c# and qt bindings (a.k.a. qyoto) worked, partly for a personal idea, . . .