Time Management for Senior Engineers
I recently joined LinkedIn as a Senior Staff engineer–an individual contributor role more senior than any of my previous roles. As such, I’ve been inundated with every manner of request for my time....
View ArticleA non-professional critique of the Weather Underground app
I’m not a UX expert, but I have opinions. Weather Underground is one of my most-used apps. It gathers data from thousands of neighborhood weather stations run by individuals. Here’s the new front page:...
View ArticleFind me on Micahcosmos
I haven’t been blogging as much here lately, but you can find me on Micahcosmos. That’s it. That’s the post. Click the link to continue.The post Find me on Micahcosmos first appeared on MicahLogic.
View ArticleTearing down the Xiegu GSOC
The Xiegu GSOC, marketed by Chongqing Xiegu Technology Co., Ltd, under the retail name Radioddity, gets billed as a “Universal controller” for ham radio. It boasts some impressive hardware, including a...
View ArticleCleaning Data by David Mertz now available
I’ve been a fan of David Mertz since I devoured (and practically lived out of) his book Text Processing in Python. So I was thrilled at the chance to be a technical reviewer for his new book Cleaning...
View ArticleMeetings are hard, and no software can handle it
Meetings, the cause and solution for all work-related problems, amirite? But seriously, arranging and then actually holding meetings with others, plus a dash of follow-ups, is how things get done in...
View ArticleDactyl Manuform mechanical keyboard build notes
There are a bunch of complete build logs available for the Dactyl Manuform and similar mechanical keyboards, so I wanted to focus on the specific design choices I made and why. Huge hat-tip to Zack...
View ArticleThe true meaning of Zettelkasten
Note-taking. There’s a seeming endless variety of apps as well as physical notebooks. Bullet journal, anyone? Scratch the surface and you’ll come across an unusual word–Zettelkasten. It’s the German...
View ArticleWhy almost all Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) Neopixel code is wrong
Bold title, but stay with me. Neopixels, based on the WS2812b, are great. You can string together a bunch of them with only 3 wires, and make the whole string blinky blinky. The three connections are...
View ArticleLow-level bit-twiddling in high-level languages
Most languages include bitwise operations like logical AND, OR, XOR, inversion, and shift left/right operators. And most of these are just barely evolved beyond the level of assembly language operators...
View ArticleEasy Repair: Dell Chromebook, no power on, blinking light
Putting this out there for search engines, since someone will probably need it some day. Symptom: Dell Chromebook 11 inch 3380 would not turn on, despite being on charger all night. Same effect with...
View ArticleCarol Dubinko, 1948 – 2022
Carol Dubinko died peacefully in her sleep at 11:51pm Eastern on May 28, 2022. She was 73 years old. She will be missed.The post Carol Dubinko, 1948 – 2022 first appeared on MicahLogic.
View ArticleA Twitter thread, in six tweets
On the evening of November 17, 2022, I tweeted thusly: Lesson 1: Before you ask people to be hardcore-devoted to you, first you need to demonstrate that you have the qualities of a leader. In THEIR...
View ArticleWhy XML still matters after 25 years
December 2022. There’s a definite sense that technology is accelerating. In the last six months alone, a handful of AI technologies have made incredible leaps forward in generating images and fluent...
View ArticleOpen to work: What I’m Looking For
(cross-posted to LinkedIn) To work for a company that gets acquired is a dream for many, but one of the downsides is the potential for staffing cuts–especially for someone who’s only been there a few...
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