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Giving Spaces a try
I've decided to give Spaces another try. Combined with BetterTouchTool, I can now switch spaces with a swipe of my trackpad. I've tried Spaces in the past, but really got annoyed when I had problems dragging between workspaces. I think one of the problems is that I had the Finder in a particular space instead of all spaces. We'll see how long this experiment lasts; sometimes I consider myself an old dog that can't learn new tricks! I've been using my computer in the same way for so long that even if something is going to make my life easier, I resist it!
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git: The good and the bad
I've now spent a few days working on a new project that has all the source control in git. Knowing that I was going to be assigned to this project at some point, I spent parts of the last few months learning git. Now I actually have to put the knowledge to use. While I have read/write permissions to the main repository, I am choosing to submit pull requests and let another developer accept my changes until I'm more comfortable with git.
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Another rant about developers that should find a new line of work
I've been assigned to a new project where one of my tasks is to start refactoring and cleaning up the code to make it more readable and maintainable. I've ranted in the past about poorly written code, but some of what I've seen is unfathomable. Writing iOS software isn't that hard; writing good iOS software that someone else will maintain is much harder. Apparently the second half is where developers fall flat on their faces.
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Where did common courtesy go?
While I was running today, I noticed a pair of glasses in the middle of the street. I picked them up as I noticed some people had just walked by and thought that they had dropped them. When I approached the two (a nurse taking her patient for a walk), the nurse said that the glasses weren't hers and they had seen them in the street.