zacharyc

This is the website of zachary cohen (zacharyc). The name coming from the old unix idea of creating a username with first name and last initial. I’ve been using it is since the start of my career, nearly two decades ago.

Publish My First iOS App

I’ve been writing iOS software since 2014 when I joined Cabulous (which later rebranded to Flywheel) as their first in house iOS developer. I took this job without really knowing what I was doing. I had done a little bit of work with Objective-C in college (mostly just reading the Hillegass book), but that was before iOS had been released and before people were writing apps. Much of my experience before that was in C, C++, and even JavaScript....

Dispatch at Thompsons Point

Just a little note. Went up to Thompson’s Point in Portland ME last night for a super great concert by my favorite band, Dispatch. Their set was great and they even mentioned that it might be the most jammy set they’ve ever played. I loved it. I don’t know how many times its been that I’ve seen Dispatch, but it’s been quite a few. They played The General, Bang Bang, and many of the old songs while still leaving out some of their biggests hits....

Notebook Obsession

I’ve been collecting notebooks for a long time now, and it’s a problem. The number of paper notebooks I am currently in the middle of filling is crazy. The number of unused notebooks is also disturbing. Doing a some looking around I’ve been able to find a lot of people out there with similar interests. Here’s the deal, notebooks allow some of us to try and take control of this otherwise out of control world....

Switching to Hugo

If you read this on a feed reader app you might not notice the change, but I have switched from Wordpress to Hugo, after over 15 years. The oldest posts on this blog date back to 2006, and as far as I remember they were written with Wordpress. I’ve hosted many sites with Wordpress, so why the change? In the end, it came down to complexity and control. Over the years, Wordpress has grown from a simple PHP blogging platform to a very complicated Content management system....

Busy Again

I’m back to being busy again. I feel like the pandemic lull is over and work is finally picking back up. I’m getting serious about coaching again with Salve Regina Cheer, and I’m getting back into teaching acro. I will have some announcements on that later. I’m sewing some packs. Well I sewed one last weekend and I’m trying to get up the courage to do one this weekend as well....

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