Andrew Hale: IT Talk & Other Topics

My wife and I have had our S3 Watches for over 2 years at the time of this writing. I know that everyone has talked a bit about the Apple Watch and there are a million reviews out there already, but there are 3 specific things I love about it. I've watched and read a lot about this device and I think I can offer a different perspective.

A few years back, I had a medical event that lead to some loss of motor-skill on my left-side. My minor disability hasn't held me back professionally, though it did severely impact my typing. My average WPM went from ~90 to ~15. Through the last few years, I've gotten it back up to 25-30. I remember spending months looking for typing game that I could "play" to help practice my typing. Unsurprisingly, nearly all of the games I found were meant for small children who were learning to type.

"Life puts the best things on the other side of fear." - Will Smith I know this might sound dumb but when I lost my job this past Spring, a YouTube video of Will Smith talking about going skydiving is what kept me going. I mean, technically it only lessened my spiral into depression but the lesson he talks about after the experience genuinely brought me to tears. I don't know why it popped up in my "suggested videos" but I heard what he said when I needed it most. In the interview, Mr Smith explains his experience of going skydiving for the first time. He describes drunkenly agreeing to go with his friends the next morning, despite being deathly afraid of heights. He describes the anxiety of laying awake that night over the thought of jumping out of an airplane, hoping others from his group would chicken out too. He describes the fear he felt when getting in the van at the airport. He details the plane ride and standing at the doorway of the open plane 14,0...