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Putting the pieces back together

When I was younger (a couple of years ago), I fragmented all of my information. Some of the partitions were self-serving, to bucket information, compartmentalize. And then some of them were because I thought some people would get bored, or annoyed, or the like. And now, when it’s time to sit down and dump my thoughts somewhere, I’m lost across identities, accounts, domains, and even platforms.

Looking back on my life so far, it seems like the early years are foundational, the mid years were exploratory, the college and post-college years were an explosion of entropy and discovery, and now it’s time for the consolidation.

I have thoughts about everything, but I only talk about a few things.

I think about everything, but only write about a few things.

I want to do everything in my spare time, but I only have a few hobbies.

It doesn’t mean anything really changes. It just means that I have to be even more intentional about where I am looking and where I am paying attention.

Microsoft, the revenge

I used a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 over the weekend at one of their retail stores, and it felt good. It felt – and this is high praise coming from me – like an Apple product. There are some minor quibbles, like not liking the layout of buttons on the pens, or wishing it had an integrated stylus holder like my Motion Computing LS800 back in the day.

But it felt good – I’d snatch one up if I had the money.

OneNote feels even better – and since my main machine is a Mac, I end up using it on there more than on PCs.

I guess it remains to be seen what they do with their mainstay products.

And – let’s not be selective – more often than not, I do find myself encountering minor annoyances that I’m just not used to anymore.

Wifi issues on account of poorly updated drivers. Malware everywhere I look. Random bugs in the weirdest places.

But there might be some change yet.