Checking My Inbox Every Ten Minutes for a WWDC Ticket
Apple ditched the ticket scramble for WWDC 2014 and ran a lottery instead. The notification emails went out this week, and mine was a no.
Personal
Personal
My Heartbleed Weekend: A Password Graveyard
A weekend lost to changing every password I own after Heartbleed, plus a bank site that caps passwords at 12 characters and a cat that locked me out of my credit union.
Changing Every Password I Own
Two hours, thirty passwords, and a lot of grumbling about GoDaddy's support queue after Heartbleed, plus a side rant about the four Windows XP machines still running in my office.
Google Maps, Pokémon, and Why I'm Over Corporate April Fools
Losing my morning to Google's Pokémon-themed April Fools map gag, a complaint about corporate joke fatigue, and two real stories that actually mattered this week: Office for iPad and King's rough IPO.
Twitter's Eighth Birthday and the Star Button
Twitter just turned eight, which got me thinking about favoriting, a stock I don't own, and why I finally caved and bought Titanfall.
iOS 7.1, My 4S, and the Titanfall I Can't Play
Ten days late updating to iOS 7.1, a CarPlay feature I'll never use in my '03 Civic, and Titanfall envy from the sidelines.
Pi Day, Titanfall, and a Raspberry Pi Still in Its Box
Pi day, an office pie I missed by twenty minutes, a Titanfall weekend that ate my sleep schedule, and a Raspberry Pi that's been sealed in its box since December.
Titanfall Beta Weekend Wrecked My Sleep Schedule
Some late nights and a few faceplants into walls: thoughts on the Titanfall open beta, which just wrapped up this weekend on Xbox One and PC.
The Flappy Bird Phone Gold Rush
Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion this week, but the story I cant stop thinking about is the eBay gold rush over phones with Flappy Bird still installed.
My Thumb Hurts and It's Flappy Bird's Fault
A weekend lost to Flappy Bird and a half-watched, buffering Sochi opening ceremony, plus a small aside about Facebook turning ten.
The Look Back Video Nobody Asked For
Facebook turned 10 and made everyone an unsolicited highlight reel called Look Back, mostly full of burrito photos in my case, plus a few words on the dumb little bird game eating everyone's evenings this week.
Flappy Bird Won My Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl XLVIII was a 43-8 blowout, so the second half of my Sunday night turned into Twitter jokes and a losing battle against Flappy Bird.