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What is my job?
When people ask me what I do, I say that I'm a software engineer as it is pretty easy to grasp and basically means I write software. However, what I really am is a software architect. How does this differ from an engineer? It means I do a lot of things outside of writing software. (I won't get into the debate about programmer vs engineer as that is a topic for another day.) A colleague of mine pointed my to a great description of a software architect. The author, Chris Eppstein, kindly let me repost his list.
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Review: Mophie Juice Pack Plus
In the last 2 years that I've had an iPhone 4 and now an iPhone 4S, I've never been able to heavily use it when I travel and have it last all day. I have external batteries that I've had to put in my pocket to charge it which is awkward and not convenient. Last month, I decided to do some research and see about buying a battery case for my iPhone. Of course, this has the major disadvantage that when the iPhone form factor changes, I have to get a new case.
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Obvious solutions are often overlooked
Our rental house was built in the 1950s and they did things a little different then things are done today. We noticed that the drain in our shower was draining very slow. After a plumber came out and snaked the drain and the vent, things didn't improve. The plumber said that the drain was a 1.5 inch pipe whereas most drains are 2 inch.
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Review: ZeroWater 8 cup pitcher
When we moved into our last house, there was a reverse osmosis system that we used for awhile until I replaced it with one that I could get filters from Home Depot instead of having to goto a speciality store. The water tasted pretty good, or at least we didn't notice the taste. When we moved into our rental, we quickly realized how bad tap water tastes. Within the first week, we went to pick out a filtering pitcher.