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  • What AM I doing? (Answer: I’m building analytics!)

    2018-03-04

    I'm going on the journey of building a simple, private, self-hosted, cookie-free analytics tool that I'm calling Kownter. I may fail. But it will be fun and interesting! Come along!

  • I need to add social sharing buttons to a website…

    2018-02-21

    Here's a thread designed to help non-web people understand how something that seems trivial on a website can lead to so many micro-decisions needing to be made.

  • Where I’m NOW at with WordPress: Gutenberg as a developer

    2018-01-29

    As a developer, I think I'm coming around to the idea of the new WordPress Gutenberg editor. Here's my updated thoughts and reflections.

  • Testing out TDD – initial thoughts

    2018-01-24

    TDD is a BIG change of mindset for development. Here's my initial thoughts after paddling around in the shallow end for a little bit.

  • Where I’m at with WordPress: Gutenberg – as a business owner and developer

    2018-01-10

    Gutenberg will be great for new projects going forward, but I've yet to be convinced that enabling it for all sites when they update to WordPress 5.0 is a good idea. So my plan is not to.

  • Laravel: Simple cookie auth for your simple APIs

    2018-01-06

    Laravel uses token auth by default, here's how to switch it out for simple cookie-based auth for quick and easy API tinkering for logged-in users.

  • Christmas and Advent: busy-ness and reflection

    2018-01-02

    It does seem that the expectations that the church puts on people don't match with how a lot of people live out the month of December.

  • Where I’m at with WordPress: Gutenberg – as a user

    2018-01-01

    I just wanted to write - and, I'm sad and sorry to say - Gutenberg got in the way and I just wanted to turn it off.

  • 2017 in review – Ask Me Anything!

    2018-01-01

    I asked people on Facebook to use comments to ask me questions about my year - I'm writing up and continuing here!

  • Pre-Christmas Struggles are OK

    2017-12-22

    Social Media can make the build up to Christmas look so lovely. But if you’re struggling, know that you’re not alone.

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Things I'm making and doing

  • Wrote a blog post and FINALLY updated my now page
  • Did a firework party for the kids with hot dogs, a fire pit and smores!
  • Updated my website to reference fosstodon.org and tidied widgets.
  • Sent email to clients about new working arrangements
  • Fix CSS issue on Oikos website

Week notes

  • The Weeks: 28th October and 4th November
  • The Weeks: 14th and 21st October
  • The Weeks: 30th September and 7th October
  • The Week: 23rd September 2019
  • The Week: 16th September 2019
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