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José Lara

Sleepless in Seattle, UX, and Online Creeping in 2023

The first time I saw Sleepless in Seattle growing up, I never thought I’d end up living in Seattle… I even remember where I first had lunch…

6 min readMar 12, 2023

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©TriStar Pictures 1993 — Annie played by Meg Ryan typing in a computer

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José Lara

OneDrive Mac sync broken? Reclaim your space bydeleting the local files cache!

Find where files are synced and flex

4 min readMar 5, 2023

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OneDrive Mac sync broken? Reclaim your space bydeleting the local files cache!

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José Lara

Azure JulyOT — Pt. 2 — RaspberryPi Tweeting Bot with Temperature Sensors

Soon

7 min readJul 31, 2021

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Azure JulyOT — Pt. 2 — RaspberryPi Tweeting Bot with Temperature Sensors

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José Lara

Writer’s block is not having read enough

If you’re stuck, you might not have read enough to form a strong opinion. Read more and more and more.

2 min readMar 19, 2021

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Two people working on computers and paper. By @homajob in Unsplash

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José Lara

Why I will not buy a newer Apple Watch

I was enthused by Apple a few years ago when they announced updates to the WatchOS Bluetooth audio APIs that would allow apps to stream…

6 min readSep 2, 2020

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Screenshot of 1959’s Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last", showing Henry Bemis holding his broken glasses amid books.

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Mac won't update even after restart? Use the terminal!

I saw that there were some new updates to MacOS Catalina, so I tried to install them through System Preferences / Software update:

1 min readJun 10, 2020

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Mac won't update even after restart? Use the terminal!

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José Lara

Trying to get a great low-cost airline deal? Always buy with the local currency!

The USD/MXN Tax — exchange rate variability

3 min readSep 2, 2019

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Trying to get a great low-cost airline deal? Always buy with the local currency!

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José Lara

UW HCDE 598 Final Project: Mexican Finger Surprise Toy

I built a toy from my childhood using techniques learned and materials used during this quarter… and it worked!

7 min readJun 12, 2019

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UW HCDE 598 Final Project: Mexican Finger Surprise Toy

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José Lara

UW HCDE 598 — Digital Fabrication Assignment 6: Molding and Casting — TriangLego

TL;DR: Milled something, created a mold of said something, casted copies of the something using the mold.

5 min readMay 27, 2019

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UW HCDE 598 — Digital Fabrication Assignment 6: Molding and Casting — TriangLego

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José Lara

A5: Subtractive Fabrication and CNC milling

Time to box all these feelings up… in a CNC milled box.

3 min readMay 13, 2019

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A5: Subtractive Fabrication and CNC milling

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José Lara

José Lara

Form + function = tech for humans. PM @Microsoft building the future of @Windows (fmr @Azure_Synapse , @MicrosoftDesign ). Nobody wins unless everybody wins.

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