Password Manager Switch to 1Password, Three Months Later

1Password website home page, highlighting the interface, with callouts to get get started, schedule a demo or sign in.

For over seven years, I used LastPass for my password manager. While there were other excellent password manager applications, like 1Password and Dashlane, I needed support for Chromebook and multiple platforms.

LastPass was one of the first password managers to provide the support I needed.

And made it available in their free version.

I was such an advocate for LastPass, I promoted it in 3 password managers for Chromebook.

Eventually, Dashlane and 1Password added Chromebook support as well as other features.

But I didn’t feel the need to move to a different password manager. With hundreds of items in my LastPass account, I was happy with the features and support it offered.

Until August 2022, when LastPass announced a security incident.

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Moving to a New Online Bookmarking Service: RainDrop.io

RainDrop bookmark manager home page highlighting the two-pane interface.

In 2006, after years of saving bookmarks in the browser, I started using an online bookmarking service.

I was tired of opening up one of the three browsers I used, only to remember the bookmarks I saved were in another browser.

An online bookmarking service meant I wouldn’t need to use one specific browser, which was one of my goals.

As well as being better able to tag, organize, and collect my bookmarks.

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Memories From My First Technology Job

Gray/beige computer system with rectangular monitor and keyboard sits on a wooden desk.

Given my retirement from web design and development in December 2022, I’ve found myself looking through lots of physical and digital files: images, logos, email messages, code, apps, and more.

Call it what you will:

  • Organizing
  • Simplifying
  • Decluttering

It all adds up to the same thing – reviewing all kinds of stuff I’ve saved/stored for 25+ years.

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