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Potluck Dinners and Plasticware

Where should the condiments and plasticware go? The Problem I go to many potlucks throughout the year, and it always…

Conservation, Efficiency, Plasticware, Potluck, Waste

FaceTime 3D

Truly Immersive Communication Required The Problem The directions people look while using FaceTime, Skype, and other video chatting apps often…

Augmented Reality, Innovation, Video Chat, Virtual Reality

A Social Media Carol

We three dots of text message bring The promise of words from friends to string The thoughts and feelings, hopes…

Social Media, Text Messaging

Pairing Historical Text Messages With New Phone Numbers

Apple Messages Should Combine Old Contact Information With The New The Problem Every so often people change their phone numbers, but when those numbers…

Apple Messages, Text Messages, vCard

If The Earth Isn’t Flat, Maybe Screens Should Be Spheres

What’s The Killer App For Bendable Or Curved Screens? The Problem In recent times, a number of manufacturers have experimented…

Bendable Screens, Education, Globes, Meteorology, OLED, Science

Revamping Apple’s AirPort Time Capsule

Apple’s Backup Offerings Should Be Retooled The Problem In November 2016, a rumor was floated that suggested Apple will be exiting…

AirPort Time Capsule, Apple, Backup Software, Time Machine

Apple Messages And Long SMS Messages

Why Can’t Messages Combine Long SMS Messages That Are Sent Split Up? The Problem Even in the second half of…

140 Characters Split, Android, Apple, Data Detectors, iOS, Mac OS X, Messages, Smart Phone, SMS, Text Messages

UPS And Free Shipping—You Get What You Pay For

Many Sellers Offer Free Shipping, But When Using UPS, You Get What You Pay For The Problem When I order certain hardware…

Apple, Parcel Pending, Parcels, Security, Shipping, UPS

Unicode—It’s What Makes The World Go Round

Anglo-Centric Offshore Developers—An Oxymoron? The Problem Many companies needing software solutions turn to organizations in Asian countries since American software…

Apple, ASCII, Globalization, GUID, iOS, ISO-639-2, Localization, Mac OS X, Random, REST, Unicode, UTF-16, UTF-8, UUID

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  • Potluck Dinners and Plasticware January 20, 2018
  • FaceTime 3D May 27, 2017
  • A Social Media Carol May 27, 2017
  • Pairing Historical Text Messages With New Phone Numbers February 1, 2017
  • If The Earth Isn’t Flat, Maybe Screens Should Be Spheres January 28, 2017
  • Revamping Apple’s AirPort Time Capsule January 24, 2017
  • Apple Messages And Long SMS Messages January 11, 2017
  • UPS And Free Shipping—You Get What You Pay For December 23, 2016
  • Unicode—It’s What Makes The World Go Round November 30, 2016
  • Genocidal Refresh: A Software Antipattern November 28, 2016
  • Being “Right” Or Letting Customers Read Their Emails November 27, 2016
  • Knowing The REST Of The Story: Flickr’s Video Formats November 24, 2016
  • Customizing MKMapView Needs Apple’s Help November 22, 2016
  • Effectively Using UISearchController With UICollectionView November 19, 2016
  • Equally Spacing UICollectionView Cells November 11, 2016
  • No, Siri, I Don’t Want To Go There! August 14, 2016
  • What’s The Best Speed To Avoid Deadlock? August 6, 2016
  • If I Can Rotate My iPhone, Why Can’t I Lock It In Place? August 6, 2016
  • Who Wins Between Yellow Street And Red Traffic Lights? July 16, 2016
  • Third-Party Mail Drop Support Needed In Apple Mail July 3, 2016

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Gary L. Wade

Gary L. Wade

A software developer, fiction writer, and scientist of life, the universe, and everything from deep in the heart of Orange County and Silicon Valley California

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