I still don't understand why Android WiFi Assist doesn't work at Starbucks.

Google will have "official" Android Wear 2.0 watches launching early next year, but they will not have Google branding, unlike the Pixel C. I am just happy my Huawei watch will get the upgrade. Hopefully the update will fix the ability to work with Google Now reminders that is currently broke with Android Wear. 

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has made a version of the PIXEL desktop shell, which is the version included in Raspbarian, for X86, so you can run it on Windows PCs and Macs. 

The prime reason why I bought the Surface 3 shortly after it became available is the Surface Pen. The stylus support in OneNote on the Surface is one of the best that I have ever used.

I am among the minority of people who like using a stylus, and so my increase use of the iPad Mini 4 sent me on a search for a stylus that I can use with the Mini. Today received the Wacom Bamboo Fineline. 

Regular iPads do not have a built-in digitizer, so you cannot use the same type of stylus as with the Surface. (I am not sure whether the iPad Pro has a digitizer.) Instead, iPad styluses come in two type, one that has a wide tip that mimics a finger, and the other that has a fine tip, like a pen, that uses Bluetooth, and the Fineline falls in this later category.

Wacom's set up instructions tell you to enable Bluetooth on your iPad, which is expected, and to disable multitask gestures, which may not be expected. You need to turn of multitask gestures so that apps can implement palm rejection to not create stray marks from the palm of your hand touching the screen while you write. 

Another unique step is that you don't actually pair the stylus with your iPad, rather, you pair the stylus with the apps that use the stylus, and that means you need to use apps that specifically support the Fineline. Wacom lists nine apps that have support for their stylus, but unfortunately that does not include Evernote or OneNote. Evernote only supports a stylus made by Adonit while OneNote doesn't really support a stylus on the iPad, it seems to expect writing with a finger.

I decided to buy GoodNotes, which had good reviews and includes the ability to import PDFs for annotation. I've only tried the app briefly, but it has the ability to backup notes to cloud services like Google Drive and I can export note pages to Evernote. I wish Evernote directly supported the Wacom stylus, but I don't expect to write copious notes on the Mini, so I think being able to export PDFs or images of my notes will be good enough.

I am noodling over what is the best way to write new blog articles, outside of this site that I create using 1999.io. I have been using Fargo.io to write, but that is going away in June so I have to find another tool. 

I really like using an outliner to write long articles, so I wish that I could use Little Outliner, but there is no way to get stuff out of it. Little Outliner creates OPML files that I need converted to HTML to use with Wordpress. 

When I use Fargo, I run a script that exports an outline to HTML with paragraphs. Unfortunately, Little Outliner does not support scripts in the same manner as Fargo so I cannot simply re-use that one.

An option is to go back to Evernote. Many years ago, when I was writing for money, I used Evernote to write all my articles that were ultimately pubished in WordPress. I came up with a notation to use to handle formatting and hyperlinks, but unfortunately the process required some manual re-editing after I copied and pasted the article content from Evernote to Wordpress. 

The advantage of using Evernote is that it provides a repository for all my writing and there are apps available for it on every platform I use. 

One way I could simplify the process is to use markdown as I am writing in Evernote. I have found that I can enable markdown in Wordpress and it looks it will accept most formatting directly with out any post paste editing. 

Now, if only the 1999 editor supported markdown directly. I think there is a way to add alternative editors, I need to do more search about that.

The ASUS 10.1” Transformer Mini T102HA-D4-GR looks like a complete replacement of the Surface 3. However, it is much cheaper because the keyboard and pen are included in the $379 price, and it has 128 GB of storage. It is embarrassing how much more I spent on my Surface 3. I do wonder whether the pen performs as well.

Marty Baron, Editor, Washington Post:

"After the release of the movie Spotlight, I was often asked how we at The Boston Globe were willing to take on the most powerful institution in New England and among the most powerful in the world, the Catholic Church.
The question really mystifies me—especially when it comes from journalists or those who hope to enter the profession. Because holding the most powerful to account is what we are supposed to do." (emphasis mine)