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Apple Live Captions, October 2024 Update

Apple released macOS Sequioa last month, as well as iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which means there's a new version of Live Captions in town. Let's see if it's improved....

New Year, New Blog

It's been a long time coming, but I've finally updated my blog's design. I've also moved off of Hugo to 11ty; rather than use a pre-made theme, I wanted to build my own. I've liked the Hugo Base16 theme that I've used for the last few years, and wanted to keep some aspects of that aesthetic....

Rands Writing Prompt, Jan29

I've been following the Rands Writing Prompts with the intention of writing occasional posts when I get a prompt that grabs me. One of the prompts this week did: "Your favorite interview question and why."...

Minor Maui Aggravations in .NET 8 and VS Code

Besides messing with Flutter on a coworkers' recommendation, I'm also making time to play with MAUI again now that dotnet 8 is out. Since Visual Studio for the Mac hits end-of-life on August 31, 2024, I figured it's a good time to test out the MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code....

CodeMash 2024 Recap

Last week I made my return to CodeMash for the first time in twelve years. I had a great time - two days of great talks and chats with friends (and coworkers!) old and new. I do not plan to wait over a decade to attend again. 😉 Some general thoughts and a session recap... Accessibility This was a mixed bag, but I'm not going to fault the organizers here...

ASP.NET 8 Best Practices - A Review

My friend and coworker, Jonathan Danylko, spent a lot of this year working hard on his first technical book. JD's a prolific blogger and loves sharing his knowledge, so I know he's been excited to get this book finished and into the world. I think it's a great book - it's a densely packed treasure trove of suggestions and best practices that will be invaluable for people who are just starting their careers, and even experienced developers will probably learn something from it. I've been in the s...

Captioning Tools Extravaganza!

In this post, I'm going to cover a wide range of automatic captioning tools based on my personal experiences with them. This is not a comprehensive list - there are far more tools than a single person can test. For context, I'm deaf, and I'm not fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), so captioning is critical in both my personal life and professional career. Since 2018 when they started to become available, I've relied heavily on automatic captioning tools in both aspects of my life. By sharing...

Some Blog Automation Notes

I've finally gotten around to something I should have done a long time ago; I've moved the blog repository over to GitHub, and since it's a public repository I finally set up GitHub Actions...

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