Have you noticed that every app nowadays tries to do everything? My weather app has a news feed. My alarm app has a social network attached to it. It’s too much noise. I built XClock because I was tired of “Super Apps.” The Unix Philosophy There is a coding philosophy from the 1970s called the … Read more
I fell down a Wikipedia rabbit hole last night about how humans used to tell time, and honestly, we take it for granted. If you lived in the year 1500, you’d basically just look at the sun and guess “Eh, it’s probably around 3 PM.” The Sundial and Water Clocks Ancient Egyptians were using shadows … Read more
I realized recently that I spent more time scrolling through my playlist than actually doing burpees. I tried working out at home to save money on a gym membership, but I kept checking my phone for the time. That led to checking Instagram, which led to sitting on my yoga mat for 20 minutes doing … Read more