Best Editors of 2014 – Updated

In this case, editors means software editing tools, and 2014 means April 14, 2014. We also mean to include the three main platforms: Desktop, Browser and Android (updated: iOS). Note: I've updated this for 24 October 2014. What a difference six months makes... Other Articles on Editors Visual Studio Code Editor Multiplatform Text Editors and ... Read more

What is Indochina?

Defined by what it is not One interesting aspect of the term Indochina is that the name is derrived from the French Indochine meaning the land between India and China. That is, the name refers to what it is not. Indochina is not India and it is not China, it is the space between these ... Read more

Software Development Considerations

There are many different considerations around software development as well as the development of the software developer. My last application development experience was back in the early 2000s. Now that it is mid-2010s (apx. 12 years later), there seems to be an order of magnitude of complexity (all of course designed to simplify and accelerate ... Read more

Aging vision blurs

Aging vision blurs other senses compensate impending changes within are felt, as tremors preceding earthquakes without

Social Media for 2014

Looking back, the Social Media for 2013 post was a bit lukewarm. So, this time let's cut to the bone. Yes, there are trends, and yes there will be surprises. Let's focus on a few things that will help us get things done in 2014. Rise of Chat Not only Line and Whatsapp, and the ... Read more

Happy New Year 2557

The coming new year, 2014 or 2557 in the Buddhist calendar, augers particularly well. This will be a horse year, and therefore I will be starting my fifth cycle (of 12 years), on my 48th birthday. This is a wood element year therefore helpful to my own fire horse. With Age Comes Clarity As well, ... Read more

Michael Yon is Wrong about Thailand

For someone who clearly and unambiguously states I do not understand Thai politics the lack of understanding does not stop him from claiming that he can actually see the truth, precisely because of this lack of understanding. Lest one believe that this is some kind of sophisticated participant observation he is promulgating, please be clear ... Read more

Kindle and other Ebook Readers

The Kindle was not the first ebook reader (the Sony ebook reader came out years before but was virtually nonfunctional). And the Kindle certainly is not the only ebook reader. In addition, there are now many different models of the Kindle, not including the Kindle Fire which does not have e-ink and is more of ... Read more

Notes on Systems – Sequencing

This is a brief note on Systems Thinking. Once a totality of functional interaction is understood, that is the key moving parts to a system and how they may interact, then it is important to device the most effective sequence of events to bring that system to fruition. Totality of Functional Interaction By totality, we ... Read more

Future Proofing Note Taking / To Do Lists

After the fiasco with Evernote (which I loved for a time) and now Wunderlist (again, a temporary sweetheart), I tried a few options, including ToDo.txt. Now, I have finally determined an excellent set of note-taking tools. There is the need to future-proof this, which as far as I can tell means keeping notes and to-do ... Read more