@mattcampux 3.0? or 3.1 Gen 1? or 3.1 Gen 2? They all have the same cable.

USB-C is such a mess of a standard.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/…

Next up is Spectacle App for managing windows. Option + Command + F will resize your window to be full screen without entering full screen mode. Full screen mode is terrible. Option + Command + arrow keys to do half screen 🙌🏻

spectacleapp.com/

Today’s goal: Do my taxes.

Sidenote: Threads on Twitter are such a mess. Some Tweets are replies and not threads and its all so jumbled and confusing.

Thoughts on the limited ports of the MacBook Pro

Pros:
– Flexibility on which side you can charge on

Cons:
– No light indicator to see if your laptop is fully charged or not without opening it up

Under System Preferences –> General I check “Always” to show scrollbars so I can detect overflowing when doing web development. Otherwise it gets hidden until you hover over the area.

Some notable Chrome extensions:

LastPass for passwords lastpass.com/

Website IP for displaying the IP address of the page you’re visiting chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

Quick JavaScript switcher because I like to make sure things work when JS doesn’t chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…

First thing to setup, Google Chrome! Everything is all synced over automatically and good to go. How nice.

@rands Only for vanity searches.

@anthonydpaul iCloud is the worst

@round Noted. Though most of the time I’ll be using an external keyboard with the laptop closed so I won’t get too familiar with the touchbar.

Oh yea I guess I get to invest in some dongles because this thing only has 4 USB-C ports (and a headphone jack, how unbrave of Apple). I hear this hub is a good buy. amzn.to/2XtnHUv

Uhhhh I’m not liking these new arrow keys. This will take some time to get used to.

Coming from a 13″ MacBook Pro to a 15″ MacBook Pro this new computer is a little bit bigger physically but the screen is a great deal bigger. Should be nicer for multitasking with multiple windows.

I don’t mind the new butterfly keyscaps of the keyboard. It doesn’t feel that different to me right off the bat. Not looking forward to dust and crumbs getting lodged underneath them. Maybe there is a lame keyboard case cover to solve that problem by now.

Got a new computer for my new job. Figured I might as well tweet some thoughts as I go through and set things up.

@markdalgleish Nice. I just got one today for my new job. I look forward to getting everything setup and trying out this touchbar that so many people have complained about.

@fugularity