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Android, giving Pie a try
Those of you who have followed me for quite some time know that every so often, I decide to give Android a try, to see if I can use it as my primary mobile operating system. I confess, the geek in me loves the openness of Android, the idea that I can customize just about… Read more
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Gabby’s Gifts 2018, helping kids at the children’s hospital who can’t come home over the holidays.
Since she was little, my daughter, Gabby, has had a medical condition that has required frequent visits to the children’s hospital. One of the more positive things to come out of this is that she has developed a deep sensitivity for children who don’t get to leave the hospital to spend the holidays at home. … Read more
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Blogging with WordPress again, is this thing still on?
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog entry on WordPress and so I have no idea if this thing is even still working or if there’s updates somewhere that I still need to install. For the past while, I’ve been experimenting with a service called Micro.blog and while I love Micro.blog, it has… Read more
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How Microsoft’s accessible OneNote helps me to manage a medical crisis
On April 25, our daughter, Gabrielle, was rushed to the hospital by ambulance after having a breathing episode. Gabrielle (Gabby) has a condition which unfortunately causes her to have many such episodes, however, this time was different as she had a seizure and lost consciousness, twice. To say that the weeks since have been a… Read more
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My Frustrations with Android Notifications
Notifications: They tell me when I’ve missed a call, gotten an Email, received a text message and so so much more. Notifications have become a critical part of how I work and play and without them, I sometimes wonder if I’d know where to begin. The Lock Screen On iOS, the first way I… Read more
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While all men may have been created equal, all Android devices are not.
I wanted to write about something which Android folks probably take incredibly for granted, but which might be a bit perplexing to users coming from iOS. And it’s one of these things that, as I write it, seems incredibly silly yet it’s really not. In fact, it’s one of those twist of irony things that… Read more
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Getting started with my Moto G4, pretty straight-forward, until it wasn’t.
One of the things that I’m most excited about with Android is that now, it’s possible to activate TalkBack when the device is first booted. While folks today may take this for granted, this ability to be off and running right out of the box wasn’t always the case. Back in the day, with my… Read more
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Rediscovering Android, my journey begins
While I’ve been an iOS user for many years, I’ve always been very curious about Android. Indeed, the openness of the platform and all that that entails speaks to my inner geek. I first experimented with Android back in 2011 when Android 2.1 was all the rage because way back then, it was still possible… Read more
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Gabby’s Gifts 2016, helping kids at the children’s hospital who can’t come home over the holidays.
Since she was little, my daughter, Gabby, has had a medical condition that has required occasional testing at the children’s hospital. One of the more positive things to come out of this is that she has developed a deep sensitivity for children who, unlike herself, don’t get to leave the hospital and spend the holidays… Read more
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A blind person renting a car? Apparently, that idea isn’t as shocking as I once thought
Recently, I traveled to New York where the plan was for me to connect with one of my colleagues and then travel to visit a client. Since we were arriving from different airports and since we would be needing a car, it made the most sense for us to meet up at the car rental… Read more