If you’re working with String variables in Swift, and especially if you’re working with Natural Language Processing (NLP) using the Natural Language framework, you’ll end up splitting sentences into individual words. If you’ve been splitting your String variables by whitespace and punctuation, this post is for you! Maybe your chatbot…

If you’re doing work in Natural Language Processing (NLP), then you’ve probably come across the concept of stop words. Those are common words you’ll filter out before additional processing. For example, let’s say you have a sentence such as “Show me the dog.” Remove the stop words “me” and “the”…

So your product is accessible. Great! But can people with disabilities use your product as easily and quickly as people who aren’t disabled? Accessibility, taken literally, implies merely that a product is able to be accessed by all users. Access + able. In this short blog post I suggest a…

About 1% to 4% of people have vision impairments that aren’t corrected and/or can’t be corrected. Call it 2%. If fewer than 1 in 50 people in your organization have vision impairments, could your organization be overlooking qualified people? About 1% to 2% of people worldwide have red hair. Are…

Do you make money on Medium? If so, that’s most excellent. I don’t make money here. No worries! Money is not why I post. One of my posts that received few claps or reads — and there are plenty of contenders! — was the post that lead to a fun conversation, and from that conversation to a lot of fun people developing great technology. Many thanks to Beno Chapman for suggesting I create a Medium account. Hey, it worked! Multiple times, really, but that one time in particular.

My company’s touch screen accessibility project for Snap’s A.R. smart glasses made an appearance in the video from today’s Snap Partner Summit (Thursday 28 April 2022). Such an honor! Here’s the time-coded link to the bit about Echobatix: https://youtu.be/OlPey4WxY1Q?t=2395 Accessibility & ASL There’s also a great segment about Snap’s work in American Sign…

Have you ever been told by a customer service rep that your rating is important to their performance review? Maybe you even received a follow-up email asking for your rating? You got NPSed! “How would you rate your experience with our customer service agent? …

You probably haven’t found that one time management techniques that works for you. Let’s make a time management smoothie out of several simple techniques. Multitasking to be an influencer, to brand yourself, to juggle multiple projects — that may not be working out so well. Breathe. We’re gonna make a…

How did my Medium feed get filled with FOMO clickbait? What 2022 needs is a bit more snark. Less predictability. Fewer headlines that read like A/B tested versions of “12 Things Boba Fett Said to Adele’s Landscaper That Will Surprise You.” I mean, I’m gonna click on that, but you can’t make me like it. Happy New Year!