Weird Backblaze Bug
I discovered a disturbing new Backblaze behavior this week. The events went like this Received email from Backblaze stating that my iMac had not been backed up for 14 days. Opened Backblaze preferences and...
Gears of Geek Blog
Happy New Year from Gears of Geek
It’s a new year , and we’re putting together a whole new look, exciting new content, and new tools for our readys. These will be rolled out over this year to make this site...
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland. You’ll get an overview of how the Agile methodology called Scrum works and examples of how it can be applied...
Essential Mac Apps
A new Mac user can easily become overwhelmed be the sheet number of applications that they need to sift through while looking for the best Mac apps for each task that they wish to...
Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual
Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual by John Z. Sonmez Purchasing items linked to by the article give the site a small affiliate reward and helps us keep the lights on. The Book...
‘The Phoenix Project’ Book Review
I’ve decided to start this blog by introducing you to books that greatly influenced my career and I think that you will find useful in developing your career as well. Methodology books have taught...
Migrating from Omnifocus to Reminders
The iOS 13/Catalina upgrade to Reminders made it ready for prime time for those without extremely complex projects and views in Omnifocus. I made the switch right after I upgraded to Catalina, and I...
Is it Right for you? How Size Up a Job
Introduction When I first entered the work force, I had a much different view the interview process than I do today. Back then I pictured a one-sided discussion where...
Streamlining Your Life: How to Simplify Your Accounts
Management Overhead Last year, I noticed that I spent a lot of my time on managing my finances. I moved and changed jobs twice. I created Gears of Geek domain and changed my primary...