Meta has moved from Java to Kotlin, for many good justifications.

 Meta has moved from Java to Kotlin, for many good justifications.

As much as I love Swift, the many platforms that use Kotlin is the reason I am currently learning it.

https://engineering.fb.com/2022/10/24/android/android-java-kotlin-migration/

This article explains it! I am attractive to the wrong sorts of critters.

This article explains it! I am attractive to the wrong sorts of critters.

I am right now on the beach, suffering from dozen of bites.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/world/mosquito-bite-attraction-smell-scn-trnd/index.html

I am humbled by the number of people reaching out after I explained that Meta had laid me off.

I am humbled by the number of people reaching out after I explained that Meta had laid me off. Thank you for all the positive thoughts and attention.  Let me reassure everyone that while I am disappointed, I am not devastated by this change in our lives.  Give me a couple of days, and I will be out searching for a new adventure.  Thank you again!

How do I start this letter?

How do I start this letter? I am one of the unfortunates at Meta who has been selected for the layoffs. I had hoped to create great ideas and products here but will have to look elsewhere for this. I still believe in the company's goals and have wanted to work on more releases from them, but the downturn in the tech industry has removed my current chance at this. All the people at Meta have been excellent, and I was with them for too short a time.

Onward to the next Adventure!

This is a bit different, one oversized monitor, but folding vertically.

This is a bit different, one oversized monitor, but folding vertically.

It saves desktop space and gives you two surfaces to look at.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/16/23308009/geminos-folding-monitor-kickstarter-mobile-pixels

A hand is not the only way to grasp something, as seen by this tentacled-style robot.

A hand is not the only way to grasp something, as seen by this tentacled-style robot.

I especially like how someone had to think outside the box to develop these ideas!

https://youtu.be/SayuM8E_WaQ

Pop Sci Article: https://www.popsci.com/technology/harvard-tentacle-robot/

For the foreseeable future, I am going to pull back from my Daily Tech Blog

For the foreseeable future, I am going to pull back from my Daily Tech Blog. I will continue to post occasionally on the areas that interest me (Apple, VR, Programming, Science, Humor), but I will no longer follow a daily posting. In truth, since I started my new job, I have been late more often than on time. Feeding this daily posting was a way for me to keep current on technology, and there are other ways to do that.