by Daniel Vreeman | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, musing
In the United States, on the third Monday every January we honor American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. Of course it was Dr. King who invoked the lyrics from that well known American anthem My Country, ‘Tis of Thee to so...
by Daniel Vreeman | Dec 22, 2024 | Featured, musing, project secret weapon, research
During our recent trip with the Ugandan Water Project, we visited communities, schools, and health clinics for a close-up and hands-on learning experience of how clean water solutions in Uganda are helping people break free from the bondage of water-borne disease and...
by Daniel Vreeman | Mar 18, 2024 | digital life, Featured, musing
Dubbed “the ultimate instrument for the performing musician,” scores of reviews praise the Nord Stage lineup. When our family’s venerable Yamaha YDP-121 digital piano accumulated nearly as many stuck keys as working ones, I selected the Nord Stage 3...
by Daniel Vreeman | Jan 18, 2021 | digital life, Featured, musing
Many of us are working from home offices more than ever now. With a proper setup, your home office can stimulate your best work. Too often, our high tech digital lives create a tangled mess of cables, chargers, and adapters that distract and annoy. Plenty of other...
by Daniel Vreeman | Apr 22, 2016 | digital life, Featured, musing
After years of struggling to keep my digital photo collection in order, I’ve finally reached a magical place. All my photos get automatically named, tagged, organized into subfolders on my computer, ready for Lightroom, and backed up in the cloud. And when I say...
by Daniel Vreeman | Feb 26, 2015 | digital life, Featured, musing, writing
As an academic, I spend a lot of time writing. Switching to a Mac was one of the best productivity hacks of my life. But there has always been this one nagging problem: Microsoft Word. I loathe Microsoft Word. Especially the Mac version. Word has many flaws, but the...
