Jonathan LaCour

Thank God for the Bob Appetit Test Kitchen on YouTube. Hours of entertainment.

No *you’re* crying during the Schitt’s Creek finale. #DavidAndPatrickForever

I’ve named my digital sign for notifying my family of my work status (Do Not Disturb, Quiet Please, and Available) the “Daddyboard.” Today, I also spent a little time integrating it with Hammerspoon, so I can switch statuses with keyboard shortcuts. Lua FTW!

Set up the tent in the back yard for some “glamping” with the kiddos tonight. We are watching a movie using the projector, and snuggling up. 🏕🎥

I now have a battery-powered, Wi-Fi connected, Siri-enabled digital status sign on my office door. I'll post some pictures, videos, and details later, but its pretty awesome to be able to say "Hey Siri, don't bother daddy!" 🙅🏻‍♂️

I do have a very old Amazon Fire tablet that we don’t use anymore now that the kids have iPads. Perhaps I could hack that up? Plugging it in to see what I can do... would be nice if I could jailbreak it...

I’m in the market for a battery-powered, Wi-Fi connected programmable sign. I want to attach it to my office door so that I can tell my family (well, mostly my kids) when its OK to enter, and when I need silence. Any ideas?

Schitt’s Creek this week 😢😆👌🏻💔

All of the sudden, when I join a Zoom with my XLR interface set as the audio input, people only hear me out of their left audio channel. This didn't used to happen, but either with a recent Zoom update, or with macOS Catalina, something changed. Any ideas?

Is the Magic Trackpad 2 the only pointing device that is fully supported in iPadOS 13,4? I’d love to take advantage of the support, but don’t want to spend $129...

Finally got around to trying Sidecar on macOS Catalina today. I am massively impressed. It works better for me than Luna Display!

In these dark times where none of us can go to the barber shop, its important that we remember the existence of Flowbee. – https://www.flowbee.com/ #FlowbeeForever #HotWebsite

If you’ve ever asked yourself why we should have a strong social safety net... *gestures around wildly*.

No, universal healthcare and basic income aren’t radical ideas. They’re essentials. This isn’t our first crisis, and it won’t be our last. Its time.

Now that you’ve understood that feeling of shared fear, stress, and uncertainty, I’d encourage you to consider your situation. Imagine if your safety nets disappeared – money, expensive education, family name, etc. How does that shape your behavior?

Today was a day, y’all. My goodness. We’ve got a long road ahead. Everyone is impacted. Your friends, family, neighors, and strangers. No one is exempt. Now is a good time to understand the true power of empathy – everyone is feeling the way you are. Does that give you comfort?

A new rug arrives for my office tomorrow, but we still need to sort through some boxes that are cluttering up the space, and I’d like to add some art to the walls. Still, its a nice start, and I’ve gotta say, I am enjoying the IKEA/Sonos speakers 🥰

If there’s one thing that this crisis has taught me, it’s that I don’t have enough sweatpants.

In these trying times, at least we get to enjoy streaming our Sunday morning worship services from the most tech-savvy church staff member’s iPhone on Facebook.

Since I’ll be working from home exclusively for a bit, it was a good time to upgrade the office. Ordered a new desk, lamp, and more from IKEA. That’ll make a nice weekend project to keep me occupied!

In the last two days, I’ve written some JavaScript to help a UX colleague and then built a custom Chrome Extension to solve a problem for a different set of colleagues. Being a technologist is fun when you use your skills to help others :D