Paul Jacobson

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  • An alternative to Israel’s expensive Microsoft licensing dilemma

    An alternative to Israel’s expensive Microsoft licensing dilemma

    Interesting article on OnMSFT: Israel, scared off by Microsoft subscription deals, won’t renew Office licensing agreements: Under the current deal with Microsoft, Israel pays about $27 million a year for Office on the desktop, Windows, and server software being used across the government. The ministry issued a bold statement, saying “This will also encourage government…

  • Another terrific introduction to bash scripts

    Tania Rascia published a great introduction to bash scripting titled “How to Create and Use Bash Scripts“. https://twitter.com/taniarascia/status/1001310072453107712 I especially like her git deploy script. I’ve been thinking about writing something along these lines for a little while now. Tania creates a lot of really useful stuff, and this is just her latest contribution. If…

  • Awesome batch print trick for macOS

    Awesome batch print trick for macOS

    I came across an old, yet awesome, batch print trick for macOS yesterday. I had a series of PDFs that I needed to print and didn’t want to have to open each file to do it.

  • ISS Expedition Posters Are Gifts For Geeks

    If you consider yourself a geek, especially a space and sci-fi geek, you have to take a look at this collection of ISS Expedition Posters. They are awesome

  • Making sense of JavaScript array methods with Array Explorer

    Sarah Drasner shared her awesome Array Explorer tool on Twitter the other day. It’s design is pretty simple, and yet a powerful way to learn JavaScript arrays.

  • An awesome thread about developers’ careers

    An awesome thread about developers’ careers

    Stephanie Hurlburt asked for stories from developers about their career paths on Twitter, and it quickly became one of the best threads I’ve read in a while.

  • The Mastodon in the room

    The Mastodon in the room

    I read Patrick Hogan’s post about Mastodon titled “Mastodon makes the internet feel like home again” last week. It prompted me to install a Mastodon app on my phone again, and take another look.

  • Inspiring developers make Twitter worthwhile

    Inspiring developers make Twitter worthwhile

    Twitter has become a complicated digital space, to say the least. My “Inspiring developers” Twitter list is one of the highlights of my Twitter experience, and the developers on that list make Twitter worthwhile, despite all the cruft we see there.