This is a ridiculous question, but have you ever found an article online that you wanted to read later? Bookmarks just don’t seem to fit the bill for me in that situation. A bookmark is a commitment. It means I want to keep this site around for reference into forever. Pocket (formerly ReadItLater) fits the bill perfectly here.

I’m a computer person. As a computer person, I’m often using my computer late into the evening, and it’s often one of the last things I look at before I head to bed. Sadly, staring at bright computer screens just before trying to sleep is not the best way to fall asleep fast.

Memorization is a tricky beast. It comes in handy when learning a new programming language, a new computer program, a new set of papers with authors and dates, and lots of other places. When learning something you'll use every day, memorization comes naturally. I can pretty quickly learn the basic syntax to a new programming language and be able to crank out "Hello, World!" Because I program somewhat infrequently, though, there are a lot of things, and very useful things, that I only once a month or so.

I recently read an article about using Vim for writing prose. A lot of the tips there are really cool, but I don’t want or need them for all the types of files I write in. I do, however, use TeX and Markdown frequently, and who knows if I’d ever want another file type. So I didn’t want to create separate ftplugin files for each with duplicated content. Plus, duplication is always bad.

Life is busy. That is all.