There’s something inherently serene when the wind blows through the heavy-headed wheat fields in August and September. Golden kernels and tasseled heads rustle against each other in the chillier late-summer air.
Yet, while thick, tasseled heads signify beauty to some, they spell work for others. Bread isn’t put on the table for free.
Everybody has their own wheat field. Yours may have different colours, while mine is driven in black and red ink.
I may never truly grasp the beauty of flat prairie land, but it’ll never cease to remind me how bountiful our work can be. No matter your wheat field, make it thick, luscious, wholesome, and flavourful.
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It’s taken a little while, but OS X El Capitan’s split-screen multitasking (see also, iOS 9 for iPad) has become one of my favourite features of Apple’s latest desktop OS.
Although it’s useful to focus and utilize the entire MacBook screen, I find it more useful on the larger 27” iMac. The extra large screen provides lots of room for plenty of distractions, and eliminating those extra windows with split-screen multitasking has been a boon to my productivity.
I do, however, wish Apple would allow a way to have a third window enter the split-screen mode. Ideally I’d have research pieces on the right and left side and have a document or spreadsheet in the middle. This would work on smaller screens as well, as all three windows would adjust to their screen allotment and would be used in tandem. I foresee this being ideal on an iPad Pro, but I’ll have to wait and see.
Getting in and out of split-screen mode could also use some work. Holding down the full-screen button in the top left hand corner enters split-screen mode, but if you already have a full-screen app open on its own, using the full-screen button is not how you engage split-screen mode. Instead, you have to drag a window on top of a full-screen app in Mission Control. I feel there is a disconnect here which could be fixed in a quick software update.
These two nitpicks aside, I find myself using split-screen mode more and more on OS X El Capitan. It’s my favourite way to work and to zone in without Twitter or email distractions. I hope to see more OS X developers implement split-screen mode in the near future.
There aren’t many surprises on the list of most prosperous countries in the world, but here’s a quick roundup.
Norway ranks as the most prosperous nation overall, but doesn’t sit atop any single categorical list.
Switzerland leads the way in governance, while Sweden has the most opportunity for entrepreneurship in the world.
Singapore’s economy is the strongest in the world, followed by Switzerland — which is interesting in and of itself because of its landlocked nature.
Canada has become the world’s most free country and is home to the second best education ranking in the world.
The United States sits 33rd on the list of safety and security due to gun violence.
I am truly proud to be Canadian when viewing this exhaustive study. Five countries are theoretically more prosperous than Canada, but in my opinion, that personal freedom category puts us on top of the world.
And from a glass half empty perspective: I guess Mr. Harper wasn’t so bad after all.
