Originally published at https://blog.pagekeysolutions.com. About four months ago, in late November 2020, I finally took action on an ambitious plan that I’ve had in the back of my head for quite a while. …

Installation & Setup — Friends, we all have ideas for apps. Everyone that I’ve talked to, whether they’re interested in technology or not, has had some kind of idea for something that their phone and computer could do better, something to make their lives that much easier. Yet, getting started can be tremendously intimidating…

Over the past few months, I’ve written a fair number of technical articles (here). At first, it felt unnatural to apply what I learned in English class to the cold logic of programming and computers. Despite this, I rinsed and repeated enough times to see that it’s not such a…

Typically, people don’t go about their day thinking about design and implementation, or at least not in these terms. Such words are usually limited to the vocabulary of engineers, programmers, developers, or project managers. In spite of this, these two concepts can apply to just about everything in your daily…

Sometimes, I have trouble prioritizing my tasks. My day becomes a whirlwind of distraction; I end up talking to a lot of different people working on very different projects. This would lead to considerable stress; as soon as I’d start to work on one thing, I’d get pulled away and…

How many times have you sat down at a new Linux computer and felt like you were starting all over again? All of those aliases, every little helper file and script — gone. This new computer is a shell of its former self (pun intended). Your heart warms as you…

Ever since I started my career as a computer engineer last summer, I’ve been bombarded by lessons of all types, both from my many smart coworkers and from experience. Moving from the comfy classroom that had been my second home since kindergarten to a full-fledged professional work environment, I couldn’t…

The way people learn languages is an intriguing topic. We have plenty of resources available online to help us, but I’m most interested in the answer to one question: how can we improve upon what we already have? The future of language learning is more than the flashcard-esque fill-in-the-blank learning…

Decisions, decisions… Life is all about choices! Usually there are so many ways to go. An infinite expanse of roads and pathways stretches in front of you, an endless gradient of details; as you consider them, your head starts to spin, your eyes start to droop, your mind races, your…