At the risk of parroting what has been already stated, the COSMIC alpha is currently meeting all my needs, and feels quite polished. Depending on your use case, it could likely meet your needs as well.

Have answers prepared for some common interview questions, such as:

• Describe a time you had conflict with a coworker, and how you handled the situation.
• Describe a time, as a supervisor, that you had to make an unpopular or difficult decision.
• What is your greatest strength?
• What is your greatest weakness?
• What is your approach to leadership?

And so on. These are all questions that deserve a bit of thinking. Don’t do that thinking in the middle of your interview.

I’ll be making a post about this soon, but one of my weirder preps is that my partner and I pre-write obituaries for each other annually.

Among many other scenarios that we have planned out, we have put substantial time into ensuring that when one of us passes on, the hard work for the other is done.

It may seem morbid, but my partner and I find it sweet, all the things we get to say about each other. We usually have a cry, a laugh, and get a deeper appreciation of each other when we’re done.

I decided to go with the LilyGo T-Deck for my family and friends. It was more expensive than most other options, at roughly $100 per device, but made sense for us.

The T-Deck is a self contained device that is reminiscent of a blackberry, with a keyboard, screen and all. It can be connected to a phone as well, but works solidly as a standalone communicator.

The rational behind this pick was that some family and my partner are less tech inclined, and these devices have been pre-configured to “just work” in the event they’re needed. No need to mess around with the app or keep a secondary device charged.