The natural gas provider. The electricity provider. The local water utility. Phone. Internet. Municipal taxes. The bank. Credit cards. They all want to stop sending a bill via snail mail every month. Instead, “to protect the environment”, they want to bill electronically. I used to be enthusiastic about “e-statements". I’m a nerd! I love the environment! Go ahead and email me about my bill inste... [Read More]

I really enjoyed this year’s holiday film from Apple. It was actually suprisingly subversive at the start, wasn’t it? Our protagonist is shown creating a stop-motion film featuring a downtrodden grump falling victim to any number of calamities… using Apple hardware. But she’s using her gear for evil! Because it turns out these films are the outlet for her frustrations with her actual boss, who tr... [Read More]

If I’ve learned one thing while attempting to become a successful indie app developer , it’s that I’ve now reached the moment where I fail. The “fun part” is over. I’ve spent months furiously building out apps for PupperPost, making relatively-polished versions for the Mac and iOS. I’ve both contracted out and contributed myself to the Go-based backend servers, that run the API and the web hostin... [Read More]