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Working keyboard only

Posted on May 27, 2020 by erictummers

I’ve tried working keyboard only (no mouse) for two weeks and learned to live with shortcuts. Here are my tips-and-tricks. Just do it Put your mouse out of reach. Disconnect it. Turn it off. Just do it.You’ll feel helpless for … Continue reading →

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Upgraded Windows 7 to 10 on my MacBook Early 2009

Posted on May 15, 2020 by erictummers

I still have my Early 2009 MacBook for my kids. It runs El Capitan and Windows 7 (bootcamp). Since the support for Windows 7 ended on January 14 2020 an upgrade was needed. Unfortunately the bootcamp 3 that comes with … Continue reading →

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Computer setup COVID-19 update

Posted on April 17, 2020 by erictummers

I invested in a good computer setup for working-from-home a while ago. When the lockdown for COVID-19 came I was prepared. Still I made some changes and investments to go from one-day-a-week to fulltime working-from-home. Time for an update. No … Continue reading →

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Transcend Jetdrive lite review (after a year)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by erictummers

My MacBook Pro Mid 2015 has SSD. That is very fast and helps me to be productie. Back in the day šŸ™„ this kind of storage was expensive so I limited it to 256 Gb. With my Photos, Music and … Continue reading →

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Iā€™m Eric Tummers, Software Architect at Statistics Netherlands, and this is how I work

Posted on August 1, 2018 by erictummers

My jobs description says Software Architect. I’m guiding my team through the technical hurdles and do some programming/testing/analysing myself. We follow the scrum guide and are working towards continuous integration and deployment. We do this in small steps. Every sprint … Continue reading →

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