Jonathon Lacher

When I need to focus in a distracting or noisy environment, I use a combination of noise canceling headphones and brownian (brown) noise. I find music and spoken word to be mostly distracting, but not ... Read more →

I’ve been an Android user for the last 10 years, and for the last 3-4 years I’ve been using the Dark Sky weather app. However they recently announce they’re shutting down the Android ... Read more →

It’s a temptation in photography to ascribe gear like an expensive camera body or a fast n’ sharp lense as the the reason great photos are great. As if the gear itself will propel my ... Read more →

Pocket Casts (my preferred podcast player) says I’ve listened to 1038 hours of audio since 2015. This sounds like a lot, but per week it’s only 1038 / 5 / 52 ~ 4 hours. But it’s the ... Read more →

I’ll admit that my experience with macOS/OSX only goes back a few years, but I was instantly frustrated with window management. Most folks around me seemed to have a sea of small windows that ... Read more →

When I’m looking at property, one of the additional research steps I take is figuring out the available internet providers. Initially I would Google something like “internet options at ... Read more →

After I bought a mirrorless micro four thirds camera last year, I’ve entered the rabbit whole of media management. I started by shooting in JPEG and dumping the images I liked into Google ... Read more →

If you’re a Todoist user, you may have seen this image Even if you haven’t, the style may look familiar. 100s (1000s?) of organizations use the same style. This Quartz article elaborates ... Read more →

I’m currently searching for a second vehicle and have been trolling Craigslist postings. I have saved searches set up, but was receiving a lot of false positives because nothing stops unrelated ... Read more →

Since working from home, I’ve been using an external monitor more heavily. The light in my office changes throughout the day, and I found myself adjusting the brightness on my Macbook and ... Read more →