Dealing With Leftover Zoom Tabs in the Browser

I wrote a quick script in response to a tweet from Brittany Smith in which she sought a solution for all the leftover Zoom tabs she had open in Safari after following a link that launched the Zoom app. I’m not in enough Zoom calls on a daily basis for this to be a real issue for me, but it was an easy enough script to whip up. I’m sharing it in case more people than just Brittany are in the same boat. applescript, safari, scripting, webdesign

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The Podcasts: Week of October 26th

So I took this week off on Systematic. I was working (really hard!) to bring on a guest who could speak well to the mood of the US right before an historic election, but it turns out that most people that I consider “credentialed” for this discussion also have a lot of other stuff to do right before an historic election. So scheduling fell through a few times, and I’ll try to connect with some of my hopefuls in a few weeks and see how things are going. In the meantime, I’m very much… overtired, podcast, systematic

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Progressive Builds for Deckset

I’m a fan of Deckset for creating presentation decks using Markdown. Being able to write out an entire presentation in plain text is slick, and doing so cuts out time spent on transitions, animations, and other frivolities that come with building a deck in Keynote or PowerPoint. One thing that I’ve always missed, though, is progressive builds for lists, where each bullet item is revealed only when you advance. markdown, service

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The Podcasts: Week of October 19th

This week on Systematic, I spoke with Jay Miller, a developer advocate for Elastic, and a guy who “builds stuff to help people who build stuff build stuff.” Which is a descriptive, albeit circumspect, way to say he makes cool stuff. He’s also one of the few Black developers I’ve had the pleasure of talking to on Systematic, a thing I’d like to make less rare. overtired, podcast, systematic

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The Podcasts: Week of September 21st

I had the pleasure of interviewing Patrice Brend’amour on Systematic #239 this week. Last time Patrice was on Systematic (2014), she was living as a man, and has since transitioned to being a proud, transgender woman. I’ve always supported trans people, but have been hesitant to ask a lot of questions I assume are stupid of trans the people in my life. Patrice gave me a chance to ask them with openness and understanding, and I learned a lot. overtired, podcast, systematic

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