All posts by Jeff Reifman

Jeff is a technology consultant based in the Pacific Northwest.

How to Fix: MacOS Sierra Upgrade Breaking SSH Keys

The MacOS Sierra upgrade breaking SSH keys After I upgraded MacOS Sierra, my SSH key access to Ubuntu servers broke. I learned that my older ssh-dss (DSA) keys were no longer secure and that I needed to replace them with...

/ October 1, 2016

Stan (and Eclaire): The Blind Apple Employee Who Upgraded My iPhone

While the iPhone 7 has some incredible engineering advances, it’s obvious Apple’s retail systems are intensely challenged by its annual upgrade cycle. In addition to its limited product availability, its website misdirected T-Mobile customers to visit Apple stores to join...

/ September 27, 2016
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Scheduling with the Meeting Planner Preview

Scheduling Should Be Easier As some of you know, I’ve been writing an ongoing series about startups for Envato Tuts+ about a new scheduling service. Meeting Planner is now in its preview release. My goal is to make scheduling a meeting...

/ September 23, 2016
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The Brilliance of Amtrak Security

Traveling in the Northwest by Amtrak was relaxing and beautiful. There were almost no lines and they seemed to know I was carrying a real laptop and had purchased my water at the train station. After having been felt up before a...

/ September 22, 2016

The Obvious Appeal of Political Disruption (and Donald Trump)

Donald Trump is a liar, a conman, a narcissist, a likely tax evader and a hypocritical, racist misogynist. Yet, any further effort to demonstrate this to voters is wasted energy. For most Americans, our quality of life is declining, the...

/ September 21, 2016

Notable comment on Success Ruining Seattle

I was touched by Adelaide McAllister’s comment on How Success is Ruining Seattle: I lived in Seattle my entire life. I was forced to move due to the cost of living doubling in that last few years. I am sickened...

/ September 18, 2016

Donald Trump’s Advertising on my Lefty Blog

Pretty funny (and a bit horrifying) to see Donald Trump’s internet team paying for ad placements on my lefty blog, but whatever. As long as he loses.

/ September 18, 2016