Hi, I’m Avery!
Software engineer at Apple, avid pianist, and proud cat owner.
Ottawa 🇨🇦 → San Francisco 🇺🇸
Ottawa 🇨🇦 → San Francisco 🇺🇸
About Me
I’m a Localization Software Engineer at Apple, helping to make the software you use every day work seamlessly in over 40 languages. When I’m not programming, I love playing piano and video games—they often compete for my attention! General tech enthusiast, enjoyer of cats, and extremely infrequent blogger.
Somni: Seeing Snarky Puppy Record Live
Linked September 7, 2025
In November 2024, I got an email that my favourite band, Snarky Puppy, would be recording their next album, Somni, in January 2025 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Snarky Puppy is quite unique in the way that they record their music, as they almost always do so with a live audience surrounding them, creating a very intimate and immersive experience. To top it off, they also release a music video on YouTube, created purely from footage of their live recording sessions. Read more…
🎤 Is This Thing On?
Posted October 13, 2024
Hello! I haven’t touched my blog in… well, over four years, according to my last post. In fact, my blog was actually completely broken for a couple of years, and I didn’t even realize it! But recently I decided to redo my website (mostly because of my interest in Paul Hudson’s Ignite static site generator), which gave me the opportunity to give everything a new coat of paint, including this blog. Additionally, with Mastodon 4.3 adding support for author attribution, I thought it might be an interesting opportunity to explore Fediverse integration. Read more…
Mouse/Trackpad Support in iPadOS - A Welcome Addition!
Posted March 24, 2020
Today, Apple released iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4. Alongside such features as iCloud folder sharing and expanded keyboard support (especially for developers), Apple has added full trackpad and mouse support for iPads. You might have noticed the small grey circle in the centre of the screenshot above - that’s the pointer! After spending less than 5 minutes with my Magic Trackpad paired with my 2018 iPad Pro 11”, I can say that I am absolutely blown away. Read more…
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