April 21, 2025 Some quick thoughts on the future of the iPad. Since the iPad launched in 2010, it's been the go-to device for kids. It's safe, simple, great for games, learning, and videos. These iPad kids have grown up with it as their first computer. It's estimated that a significant portion of iPad users are kids...

April 21, 2025 After realizing that I don’t need a code editor to process a new blog post in 11ty I have a new workflow: Write the post in Markdown with front matter using Drafts. Save as file to the Desktop, naming it with the post slug. Drag the file into the appropriate Dropzone folder that moves it into the...

April 20, 2025 Hey friends, I’m still learning how to use 11ty, and every now and then something clicks. I've come to the realization that I don't need to write blog posts in a code editor like VS Code. If I'm just writing a post, a regular text editor does the job just fine. All I need to do is drop the Markdown...

April 19, 2025 I’m tinkering with editors to write blog posts that integrate with my 11ty site. Posts need front matter and must be in Markdown, so the editor has to load my 11ty project and let me drop new posts into the right folder. It also needs to play nice with GitHub Desktop. Since I’m not coding anymore,just...

April 18, 2025 Hey friends, I want to share a lesson I learned today about properly managing my 11ty site repository. For a while now, I've been noticing something strange whenever I committed changes to GitHub. When I'd make edits with my development server running (npm start), my commits would include a bunch of...

April 17, 2025 I guess for us techies especially, the desire to tinker with the site comes from having a deeper interest in writing code than writing prose.[…] I also love tinkering with my website to learn new things and to make the site and its tooling even better suited for my own needs.[…] I can write my blog...

April 16, 2025 Jack Baty I need to find a way for my brain to relax. I spend entire days with a dozen apps open, each with a dozen tabs open. I click rapidly between them looking for something to focus on. I never find anything. Jack Baty I don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t care much what you think. OK, that’s not...

March 22, 2025 Emily Peck, writing for Axios: Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested this week that only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a monthly Social Security check, and that most people wouldn't mind if the government...

March 16, 2025 Blogging is a conversation. It’s a conversation with yourself and it’s a conversation with others.[…] You don’t have to be an essayist. (Though you can be one if you want!) Don’t let those essayists discourage you from blogging. Just write. Just blog. Barry Hess

March 7, 2025 getting recognized as a blogger these days is rarely going to work. People are increasingly consuming different types of content these days, and this is largely due to the way AI is changing the way we interact with the web. That said, having a blog for thinking out loud is still the best way to learn...

March 2, 2025 Writing without an audience might feel pointless. It isn’t just about being read; it’s about thinking more clearly. Putting thoughts into words forces us to process them in a way passive consumption doesn't. But most of all, write because your voice matters even if only to you. And if just one person...

February 26, 2025 Hannah Ziegler, The Washington Post Online education company Chegg sues Google, says AI is killing business A new lawsuit against Google alleges that the search giant’s artificial intelligence summaries have hurt online education company Chegg’s traffic and revenue so much that the company may not...