Author name: Jarrett

After 13 years of being in education, the desire to write took over. I love writing fiction, screenplays, and technology articles. I hope one day to have a site that you come to on the daily to see what's going on.

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Thanks to Acorns

Thanks to our unofficial sponsor of the week Acorns. Acorns’ system helps you build your wealth.  With Acorn’s system every time you buy something, it will round up your purchase to the nearest dollar and invest that money in the stock market.  The change adds up and your wealth starts to increase while you spend. […]

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NaNo Prep – The last act

I’m going to keep this one pretty short and sweet tonight. You know the drill by now, after all.  We’ve filled in Acts 1 with scenes that answered the questions you had about your character.  We split Act 2 building our characters up and knocking them down.   When last we left, our character was headed

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Hands on with the iPhone XR

All right Tech fans, the next major iPhone came out today, and I had a chance to go hands-on with it today. For transparency, I want everyone to know that I haven’t bought one or been given one. Every phone I tried was actually tethered to a table. I don’t own one, I’m not planning

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NaNo Prep – Act 2

Hopefully, you guys are making some good progress.  I haven’t had any time to actually spend on my own novel prep, but hopefully, that will change this weekend.  Even though I haven’t sat down to plan this out, I have been running through these prep ideas in my head. Still, I have lots to plan.

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Imagining the next MacBook Air

According to the rumor mill, Apple will announce a new MacBook Air style laptop next week. I’ve been rocking a 2013 MacBook Pro with retina since that machine released and was the best Mac laptops. But, as I wrote on Monday, that machine is getting a little long in the tooth.  I’ve been holding off

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NaNo Prep – Conflict

Yesterday, we filled in some of the space between the beginning and the start of Act 2.  Hopefully, you’re having fun and your answering some of the questions that a reader might have about character. Before we go much further, I want us to really look back at what we’ve done so far.  So all

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Why AirPods are so good

I’ll admit it, I’m a headphone junkie. I don’t know why headphones appeal to me so much, I don’t really use them anymore unless I’m traveling or working out.  But still, headphones call to me. I’ve been through a few pair, but I wouldn’t say I’m an expect. I can say that out of all

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MacOS Mojave: 1 month later

When the Mojave public beta started I quickly installed it on my MacBook Pro.  I always like to test what’s coming soon.  I wrote about things to check out right before Mojave launched.  It’s been a month since.     I’ve installed Mojave as the main operating system on my 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina. Apple continues

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The iPad Mini might not be dead after all

According to a new report from Ming-Chi Kuo, it looks like Apple is working on a new iPad Mini.  All you Mini fans can celebrate that the line might not be dead after all. Kuo says that Apple will launch a new version of the iPad mini, which has not seen an update in several

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IPhone XR demand better than iPhone 8

According to Macrumors and Ming-Chi Kou the iPhone XR is already on track to outpace the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus from last year. iPhone XR pre-order demand in the first three days of the device’s availability was “better than that” of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus during the same period last year, according

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