Nick’s Vibe Check

Sometimes, if you want to guarantee that something is done right, you need to do it yourself. This was my thought process with a lot of things, especially those involving my time and my money. This often coalesced in the form of spring break trips (and similar excursions). I knew I wanted to bring a fun experience to the table and showcase my logistical skills. One thing I did know about my fraternity that created the challenge for me was their apprehension to spending money and their lack of time management. Fun! This post is about travel planning and I’ll mostly focus on my spring break trips, of which there have been three (avg. attendance of 12). However, I’ve applied some or all of the same methods to houseboats, camping, road trips, etc. Phase 1: Initial survey and location research You want to take a trip with the fellas, that’s great! The most difficult part of all this is finding dates that work for everyone. With spring break, it’s no issue since almost everyone is in scho

Maybe it isn’t the most groundbreaking update, but I see the value. Another end to the spring season means another WWDC from Apple. This time, they really surprised us all with the Vision Pro headset (blowing the Metaverse out of the water – not like that was going anywhere though). A new 15” Macbook Air was announced which seems interesting but only has two USB-C ports. And, of course, the yearly software updates with iOS/iPadOS 17 and MacOS Sonoma. I was particularly interested in the iOS update. There’s always some “who cares?” features: in this case, Standby (like an alarm clock) and the Health app changes. But for a decent portion of the other changes, I really thought “wow, I can see myself using that” often. In no particular order, here’s what I think is useful. Messages Considering a decent portion of my phone usage is from messages, any changes to how that works is bound to have an impact. I think Apple finally acknowledged iMessage apps weren’t all that great and put all of