Is there a greater influence on my life? A product that has done more good in this world? A paradigm that has had a larger impact on work or society? Maybe? For my money, nothing beats the Mac. Forty years is both a long time and no time at all. I was ten years old when January 24, 1984 rolled around. I wouldn’t have known what a computer even was back then! But later, in high school, my first i... [Read More]

I’ve been writing software for Apple hardware for over 15 years now. It’s been a pretty wild rollercoaster of a time, actually. Apple has infused me with a massive reservoir of good will because of the Mac. It was the computer that ignited my interest in technology and turned me into the programmer I am today. There’s no question, unfortunately, that the Apple of 2024 bears little resemblance to ... [Read More]

New betas for PupperPost have just gone live, supporting two major new features. The first is a majorly-reconsidered subscription handling feature. It contends with what I’ve long considered the central problem of PupperPost’s business model: because the app offers annual subscriptions for hosting 1, 3 or 5 blogs, there needs to be a mechanism for selecting what blogs are covered! That’s exactly ... [Read More]