The week of Thanksgiving, 2023, our server suffered a catastrophic reset. Though we maintain backups of everything, restoring our various blogs and websites will take…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Software
Posts about software and apps.
Managing typefaces on computers has always been difficult. This month, support for the font management tool I have used for many years, FontExplorer X, was…
Apple Notes is my primary writing application. I write more words in Notes than in any other app. I appreciate unadorned, straightforward writing experiences. If…
Podcasting has always been a technology adventure and an expensive hobby. It can also be one frustrating experience after another. This week was one of…
We have started a major redesign and content refresh of the Tameri Guide for Writers, the parent domain for this blog and several others we…
Computer programming develops problem solving skills, helping students see that all problems — no matter how large — are sets of smaller problems. I’ve promoted…
In the not-to-distant past, I would buy every other major release of software titles. Usually, I’d upgrade when the version I owned was the last…
Microsoft Excel is one of my favorite applications. Long ago, it was Quattro Pro that displaced Lotus 1-2-3 in my heart, but Excel long ago rose…
It’s far more than an eight-hour day. It’s more than a five-day work week. “It” is trying to keep our two daughters on track academically. Because…
We are preparing for the 2021-22 school year, during which we will be homeschooling yet again. Pessimists are rarely disappointed. I’m a cynical pessimist with…