I don’t do resolutions, but I have changed how I approach something at work for this year, and so I guess that counts, right? I now have regular blocks of time in my calendar marked out as “Busy. Any meetings added in this time will be declined.”. This was after I realised I had multiple days in a week where in 7 hours I was doing a dozen or more meetings and was feeling totally burnt ou...

read more

Not only are their tools terrible, but everyone involved in their creation should feel bad. Let’s name the subjects of most of my ire, in no particular order: Microsoft Teams Azure DevOps Office 365 (or whatever this week’s branding is) Each of these tools is **substantially** behind their competitors. The easiest comparison to draw is with Go...

read more

God of War Ragnarok has been underwhelming so far I am in the early stages of God of War Ragnarok. The first game was a brilliant revitalisation of a game series which had had its origins and gameplay strip-mined by a succession of inferior sequels during the 2000s and early 2010s. This game, after playing for 5 ...

read more

If you are running an x64 version of Windows then when you try and run an old 16-bit Windows 95 application you will see an error screen saying “This app can’t run on your PC”: To solve...

read more

My DVD rip of The Devil Wears Prada includes the closed-caption audio and not the regular audio A Chromebook is a perfectly reasonable development device using the built-in Linux support – git, Sublime Code and my particular build toolchain all worked fine

read more

I don’t do newsletters, but this is how those funky cool kids are naming their newsletters, so why not me? After my stint at Kaluza helping them with their Mission Transition to he...

read more

I really like a lot of the content on https://leaddev.com/ – ranging from simple advice for new tech leaders to insightful ideas for veterans, it is worth getting on their mailing list by using the signup box at the bottom of every page. But. Every article I...

read more

After finishing a year-long stint working for the Government Digital Service to deliver support to people during the worst of the pandemic, I took a month off.

read more

Caveats: You must have used your computer to view the Twitter video, not a phone or tablet! I used the process below on Windows, but similar approaches will apply on Mac and Linux and to Google Chrome. Earlier today someone I follow on Twitter posted a video which they subsequently deleted. I liked the video and wanted to share it, but it was gone! Of course, browsers cache most w...

read more

The most important thing that has happened in weeks occurred! I found my cat-themed washi tape! This means the work todo lists in my Hobonichi Techo are now much prettier, and if it’s ever getting too long I can insert some paws or fish to break it up into chunks. Much better; good light-hearted stress relief. Euro 2020 has started in 2021 and England have played their first game...

read more