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…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Software
Posts about software and apps.
I used to consider software development one of the few careers, outside librarians and medical examiners, surely insulated from the extroverts too often in charge…
No Remote Employment. Onsite Only. Remote During COVID-19 Only. Anticipating Return to Offices. Didn’t COVID-19 teach us that tech-related jobs, and many other white-collar jobs,…
Technology helps me keep my writing and other creative projects on track. Even when I doubt that I’m being productive, my collection of software tools…
The Khan Academy website and the Khan Academic Kids app are two great supplements for reinforcing academic content. We like the Khan materials and have used…
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…
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…
The standard for document creation in business and education is Microsoft Word. In the United States, companies and government agencies expect documents in Word’s “.docx”…
MarsEdit and Blogger are not cooperating, and I’m uncertain if I will use MarsEdit past the trail period. Currently, what the application offers me is…
Mailing posts to blogs, a practice I adopted in 2005, allows a blogger like me to store copies of draft posts within an email. If…