Sharing a monitor between Linux & Mac

Sharing a monitor between Linux & Mac

For my new job, I (annoyingly) have to use a silly MacBook. For everything else, I have a nice, beautiful desktop running Fedora. I looked into KVMs to share my monitor and keyboard between the two computers, but couldn’t really find something reasonably priced and functional. Synergy/Barrier/InputLeap for keyboard sharing I have used Synergy before to share keyboard and mouse between Linux computers, and this was already a good step. There is a fork for Synergy on Linux called Barrier, which now has been forked again to InputLeap. Now the maintained version is Deskflow. It also allows copy & paste between systems. ...

4 April 2024 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-09

Friday Links 24-09

Painting with two radio masts in the country side I loved the essay about 40 years of programming by Lars Wirzenius. The coaching session about career goals is also great, independent of the topic. Leadership How Do I Balance My Career Goals with My Company’s Needs? [Podcast] - great coaching session. Breaking Down Barriers: How Field Trips to Different Team Offsites Spark Cross-Team Collaboration - I love this idea. Leadership requires taking some risk. - “sometimes bottom-up leadership requires obfuscating the work being done” ...

22 March 2024 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-08

Friday Links 24-08

Tablet with teapot, mug, biscuits, and milk Quite a mix of topics. I recommend the podcast with Cal Newport and the article about learning to ride a bike (“Stumbling can be lovely”) Leadership Joe Militello, Chief People Officer at Pagerduty: Why You Need to Rethink Your People Strategy [Podcast] - people strategy has to be part of every team. Story: Leaving LinkedIn - Choosing Engineering Excellence Over Expediency [Podcast] - not really about leadership, but an interesting inside view about what makes someone leave. ...

15 March 2024 · 3 min · Christof Damian

Friday Links 24-07

Nerd emoji Good urbanism videos today. If you got some time, I can also recommend the podcast about bonuses and the four part series about the bicycle industry bubble. Leadership Do bonuses actually make us work harder? [Podcast] - it is very tricky, and can go awfully wrong. The Hagakure #76: Why Are You Not Hiring Junior Developers? - Your juniors will be faster seniors than you expect. But AI is working against them. ...

8 March 2024 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-06

Friday Links 24-06

It has been two years since Russia’s invasion and beginning of the unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine. There is fatigue and attention, and headlines are turning to the next topic. I’m not as down about it now as I was two years ago, as it really got under my skin. Now I stay mostly current with the news to not forget. I am impressed by The Guardian’s continued reporting on this. ...

1 March 2024 · 3 min · Christof Damian