21.6.22

Why No Sort, Google?

I had a flat text file when I exported my Groceries list from Microsoft To-Do & in order to make it work efficiently in Google Keep as a checklist, I needed to do a lexicographic sort, which I neglected to do the first time. It takes too long to find a specific item in an unsorted jumble as you can imagine.

After fixing that I then had Keep add check boxes to each element in the list and voila, a cleaner shopping list. Much better. I wish Keep had a tool to sort alphabetically, however I managed to make it work for me. That enabled me to uninstall Microsoft To-Do & One Note - which saved me not insignificant storage on a Pixel phone that doesn't have expandable storage. I don't like that trend.


Guitars

Growing up my first love was reading, then music, then technology. I enjoyed singing as a child. Most kids do, I think. Why wouldn...