New watch, new discoveries
I went on a journey to get an analog field watch. I did get one I am happy with. But I learned a few interesting things along the way. Fine things are not for m...
Author: charlie
Why do ‘How-to’ Biz YouTubers think everyone can do what they do and succeed?
I’ve been on a tear these last few months, building up my Etsy store of expressive shirts for makers (you can read more about it here, and are welcome to ...
Fixing omissions in the Claude UI, using Claude
I use Claude.ai a lot. One feature that I wish Anthropic offered was to search for text _inside_ the chats.* I often come back and want to use search to review ...
Another data point on the eternal quest to not use smartphones (BONUS: data points from 2008, 2013, and 2017)
Back in 2008, I was the Editor-in-Chief for Nokia Conversations, the main Nokia blog. Like a good tech blog back then, in addition to industry news, product rev...
Getting into a groove with my Etsy store of marker-inspired t-shirt designs
Back at the start of May, I kicked off the first line of products for my haberdashery. As I mentioned before, this idea was brewing in my head for some time unt...
Is AI homogenizing our thoughts. Or are we just being idiotically lazy?
I’ve been meaning to post on this since the article came out a month ago (see link below). Back then, this article did trigger a bunch of discussion. But ...
Matthew 25:40
Whatsoever you do for the least of us, you do for me.
Project: Spotify “like” Shortcut
I built a silent, tap-based Apple Shortcut that lets me like the currently playing song on Spotify. Y’see, often my phone is in my pocket when I listen to...
I did a thing: Expressive t-shirts for makers and hackers
I’m the great-grandson of a haberdasher, as I keep telling my wife. And my mother is an obsessive maker – she used to have her own children’s ...
The ineffable Maria Popova: the Universe in verse
I find myself struggling to articulate the essence of Maria Popova’s writing – how it weaves together the delicate and the scientific, the thoughtful and ...