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A lot of the tech community knows quite a bit about tech, but not everyone out here is a developer. Not everyone knows what’s actually going on behind the scenes (even some that think they do). I’ve been going through a lot of training to develop on Apple’s platforms (just recently I became a certified Swift Developer), so I figured I would go through and talk about all of the resources I’ve utilized from Apple to be able to do all of this.

In today’s world we have some kind of login information for just about every site we visit frequently. From our email accounts, banking accounts, credit card accounts and so much more. It can be tough to memorize each and every password for each different site, especially since it’s never recommended to use the same password for more than one site.

SBCs, or single-board computers, are tiny but relatively powerful and capable mini-computers, with all the important parts built into and around a single circuit board – including the CPU, RAM, Bluetooth and WiFi support, and even USB and video-out/HDMI ports.

Taking a page from Cliff Wade’s book, I’m listing the apps software, and devices that I use daily.
I’m open to suggestions for different apps/software if you have any. Feel free to drop them in the comments below or contact me on any of my social media platforms.

In almost 45 years of tech nerdery I’ve covered a fair amount of ground software-wise. I saw a question posted online not too long ago, asking people what the “best app you’ve ever used?” and it had me thinking through everything I can remember messing with over the decades. After giving it a chunk of consideration I arrived at the answer.

So this isn’t the end all be all of the iPad finally finding its footing. I’m not going to try and pretend that it is, but at the conclusion of Apple’s Let Loose iPad event today, I’ve come away feeling like iPad is finally starting to hit a stride.

It’s no secret that Apple seriously needs to rethink the way the iPad lineup looks. There are currently 5 different screen sizes (8.3″, 9.7″, 10.9″, 11″, and 12.9″) and 4 different lines (iPad, iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad Pro). This is just a lot of different things going on and it could really stand to be streamlined quite a bit.

Nova Launcher has been around for well over 12 years at this point and has been the number one ranked 3rd party home screen replacement app in the Google Play Store for most of that time.

So we all know what happened back in 2020: Epic Games knowingly broke the terms and conditions of both the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store by linking out to an external payment processor, skirting the 30% fee that both Apple and Google take from all transactions on their stores.

Computer keyboards. Wait – aren’t they all “mechanical”? Well, sure they are, but there’s a special term that’s become prevalent in recent years to describe a particular type of keyboard sporting several factors that significantly distinguish them from the commonplace keeb sold for a buck or two at your local Goodwill, or that ships with a Dell computer, or even that is incorporated into your laptop.