Notices by Collin Donnell (collin@ruby.social)

I’ve been making macOS and iOS apps since 2008. I’m the person who coined the term “Mac-assed Mac app.” Someone should definitely hire me to work on their app. I’m a real catch. #getfedihired #macos #swift #iosdev

If I keep hiking, meditating, and doing yoga, my hope is that by the time I start my next job I will have become a being of pure energy.

I hate not having a job. I just want to make cool apps. If you need an #iOS or #macOS developer, I've been doing this since 2008. I worked at Apple on the Reminders app, and I've got lots of #SwiftUI and #Swift experience. I'm really quite the catch.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I’ve been made redundant at my job. If you want to hire an excellent Apple platforms developer (iOS, etc.) with 17 years of experience, time at Apple, and lots of SwiftUI experience, or a great Ruby on Rails developer, reach out.

Full-time or freelance. Ready to go immediately. Please spread the word. #Swift #RubyOnRails #GetFediHired

If you haven't read the US Constitution, or haven't read it since high school, it's both short and mostly understandable.

As a warning, however, you will be cursed with knowledge and become angry when politicians reference things they clearly have no idea about. https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment

Democrats are too old. How do they not see that? Republicans are old too, but seven of the ten oldest members of Congress are Democrats, and the last eight members to die in office were Democrats. Come on.

It’s bizarre we talk about USPS and Amtrak as operating at a “loss.” They are public goods, so I don’t know why there’s an expectation that they turn a profit. Whatever the shortfall is should be considered the operating cost of the service, like every other agency.

How much better would the world be if you could go back to 1998 and stop Andrew Wakefield from publishing his discredited paper on vaccines and autism? How many individuals have done so much harm as this one discredited former physician?

How is this real? What the fuck is wrong with Democrats? We’re getting advice from the “what is a woman” Christian troll guy now? I knew when they lost the election they would learn all the wrong lessons, but I had no idea how fast or hard that swing would be.

I need to find a place for my parents in Portland coming from California with their small dogs. Both in their 70s.

If anyone has any info about reduced income or anything which might make this easier, please get in touch. I’d like them to be somewhere walkable near North Portland since my mom is having memory issues and I don’t think she’ll be able to drive. #pdx

There’s no such thing as a “Roman salute.” The Roman’s didn’t do that. It’s a Nazi salute.

@Gargron @verge Uh what? Who is a not Nazi company then?

@skinnylatte I’ll look into it. I kind of figured that Duolingo was going to work better as a supplementary thing.

I’ve been doing Duolingo for over two weeks now every day. I don’t know if I’m any closer to speaking Spanish, but maybe? There’s a lot of things it seems to want me to just pick up through osmosis.

Looking for work! Available immediately for iOS/macOS and Ruby on Rails development — contract or full-time.

Former Apple engineer with 15+ years of iOS experience and 4 years in Ruby on Rails. I'm great at both.

Please share! 🙏 #iosdev #swiftdev #macdev #ruby #rubyonrails

@exchgr I love the idea that anyone would want to spy on the suburbs of New Jersey.

My favorite image editor for macOS, Acorn, just came out with a new version and is on sale right now for $19.99. That’s an insane deal. Definitely pick it up. #macOS https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/

This weekend was my first time using an incident meter for photography, and the difference was huge in both the results and how easy it made everything. I wrote a post about it and why you might want to do the same. #filmphotography #photography https://collin.photo/2024/12/10/reflections-on-incident-metering/

Haven’t scanned it yet, but the roll of Kodak Tri-X I pushed to 1600 looks nice and dense, so I’m pretty sure it was a success 🎉 #filmphotography

NetNewsWire for #macOS and #iOS is the least open-source-feeling open-source app I’ve used. The polish and stability it has feel absolutely premium, and honestly, it’s more polished than a lot of paid apps. iCloud sync has never let me down. If you want an RSS reader, I can’t recommend it more. https://netnewswire.com