Listening to Steve Jobs Stories

Posted on March 10, 2021

Explanation on how to use Touch ID on the command line

Posted on March 2, 2021

Use Touch ID for sudo on Mac

There are pluses and minuses of using Touch ID on the command line. You’ll have to bring up your finger to the sensor while you are on the command line.

Search screenshot text with spotlight

Posted on February 26, 2021

Brent Deverman

When I take a screenshot I thought it might be good to be able to search the textual content in the screenshots. My favorite Mac automation app Keyboard Maestro has an OCR function which I used to monitor my screenshots on my desktop folder and then run optical character recognition on the screenshots. After the macro has the text in English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) it stores the text in the file comments.

Keyboard Maestro Github Macro Repository

Steve Jobs articulating the NeXT strategy and pain points

Posted on February 20, 2021

Brent Deverman

Steve Jobs is great at analyzing the market, explaining the pain points of the customer and key competitive strengths of NeXT.

Look up your Hong Kong address in Chinese Characters

Posted on November 23, 2020

Brent Deverman

I found that the Hong Kong Post office has a page where you can look up your exact Hong Kong address in English and in Chinese characters. This is called their correct addressing tool. They have additional information about Hong Kong addresses as well.

Restaurant loved by Bruce Lee, famed for its roast pigeon and featured in Hong Kong films, looks to the future | South China Morning Post

Posted on November 11, 2020

Brent Deverman

The Lung Wah Hotel restaurant, loved by film stars including Bruce Lee and famous for its roast pigeon, is celebrating its 70th anniversary next year, and has big plans for the future.
— Read on www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3106864/restaurant-loved-bruce-lee-famed-its-roast-pigeon-and-featured

Psychological Tricks and Tactics used to make people buy more

Posted on September 27, 2020

Brent Deverman

Found this info graphic for tips on how to upsell, cross sell and more.

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Signed up for AppleCard from Hong Kong

Posted on September 9, 2020

Brent Deverman

I got the US AppleCard from my iPhone physically in Hong Kong by changing my region to USA and going through the application process. They no longer asked for my US driver’s license which I did not have when it launched or any other form of ID. Now off to the Apple store to get my 3% cash back.