by Ryan Parman • December 14, 2012 • Apple, Personal, Projects, Software • No comments
As we lead-up to Christmas (and other holidays that I don’t personally celebrate), I thought I’d put together a list of a few of my favorite things — Mac apps top be specific. These are some of my favorite music and video apps. iTunes, iTunes Match, Last.fm, Spotify & Tracks I’ve been using iTunes to [...]
by Ryan Parman • December 13, 2012 • Apple, Personal, Projects, Software • 1 comments
As we lead-up to Christmas (and other holidays that I don’t personally celebrate), I thought I’d put together a list of a few of my favorite things — Mac apps top be specific. These are some of my favorite day-to-day apps. Safari My favorite web browser on the Mac platform. It’s fast, has minimal UI [...]
by Ryan Parman • January 7, 2011 • Family Life, Personal • No comments
“There’s things I remember and things I forget / I miss you, I guess that I should / Three thousand five hundred miles away / But what would you change if you could?” — Raining in Baltimore Fourteen years ago, we met when I gave her a wedgie in the middle of our high school [...]
by Ryan Parman • January 1, 2011 • Personal • No comments
I’m not normally one to sit down and make New Years’ resolutions because I’m a big believer in constant, ongoing self-improvement as opposed to a big bang of improvements once a year. That said, I’ve also learned that sometimes you need to simply draw a line in the sand to kick-start your motivation to actually [...]
by Ryan Parman • July 17, 2008 • Personal • No comments
I’m visiting my best friend Eric in Chicago this weekend. I’ve never been to Chicago before, but I must say that the few blocks of downtown that I’ve seen are simply breathtaking. Beautiful architecture and tall buildings give this place a very different feel from the more familiar San Francisco or San Jose, CA. Between [...]
by Ryan Parman • August 20, 2007 • Just for Fun, Personal • 3 comments
Eight things you may or may not know about me. (This list was inspired by my friend Liz who also wrote such a list.)
by Ryan Parman • March 31, 2007 • Personal • 6 comments
I think I’m obsessive-compulsive.
Not like the guy who washes his hands hundreds of times a day, or like Adrian Monk — the TV detective that suffers from all sorts of phobias and anxieties and has these oddball little quirks — kind of obsessive.
But a little.
by Ryan Parman • March 27, 2007 • Personal • 2 comments
Nine months ago I simply stopped blogging. I’m not really sure why, although I suspect I just needed a break from writing for a while so I could take some time to gather my thoughts. I’d been blogging since early 2003, and I simply didn’t have anything else to say.
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