We’re officially a homeschooling household. We notified the school district, in writing and via email, and we enrolled in a homeschooling curriculum. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Technology
Upgrading to macOS Catalina, 10.15.4, has been a nightmarish experience on my 2018 MacBook Pro. My wife’s iMac upgraded without serious problems. Everything seems to…
Schools, from K12 to universities, rushed online after March 13, 2020. Sadly, the COVID-19 coronavirus and poor online education pedagogy and design went hand-in-hand thanks…
Blogging and vlogging (or being a “YouTuber”) have never been an easy way to earn extra income. The rare influencers with millions of followers do…
As the co-editor of Type Matters, along with Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, I argue that font designs are semiotic communication. Typefaces accrue meaning through their historical uses…
Only three applications I use remain unavailable for macOS 10.15 (Catalina). Unfortunately, these are three apps I use with some frequency and past projects are…
Apple’s macOS (formerly Mac OS, formerly OS X) generally offers good stability and outstanding security. But, every few releases Apple takes a big leap and…
Testing designs, testing software, testing documents. We need to teach students that testing is part of all product development. Instead, we focus on details that…
Dreamweaver was amazing when it first appeared on the market. I loved it, and like many Web designers, I embraced it because it was far…
Delete. Delete. Up Arrow. Delete — Darn it! Undo! That’s been the pattern of my mail sorting with a 2018 MacBook Pro. I delete a…