Category: General

  • Apple M1/Apple Silicon Day 1 LIVE

    2020-11-17

    Follow up – day 3! So, overall I’m pretty happy with the 8GB M1 Air. Outstanding issues I have are: ScreenFlow and some Rogue Amoeba audio apps don’t work – I guess these are doing some clever low-level stuff. I’m having issues importing my MySQL databases from backup. This is not really an M1 specific […]

  • LiveStreams: Discovering Gutenberg

    2020-07-12

    I'm live-streaming reviewing Gutenberg block-editor plugin releases and exploring new block editor features. Here's some info and thoughts on that.

  • What is “kindness”

    2020-05-18

    This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the topic is "Kindness". In one online community I hang out in the question has been asked: "What does kindness mean to you?" I thought my answer was worth posting here in public. So...

  • Stepping up the security ladder

    2020-01-23

    Security - not just on computers, but in other places too - is a trade-off of convenience for safety. Which internet security level are you on? And what could you do to get to the next level?

  • Freelance Routines

    2020-01-03

    My answer to the question “how do you fit everything in?” that’s often asked by family-focussed freelancers. Hopefully some useful tips for others.

  • Celebrating sensitivity

    2019-11-21

    People with a high attention to detail or years of experience may seem to be negative, disruptive, “no-go”’people that stand in the way of progress and disrupt innovation. But have super powers and you should celebrate them.

  • The Weeks: 14th and 21st October

    2019-11-03

    I’m still way behind with weeknotes – partly I’m still dealing with the fallout of some big emergency hosting and support stuff that came in, but also I’ve been ill with a cold that went on for WEEKS, and both my kids had a sickness bug. Sometimes, life just gets in the way of creativity. […]

  • Innovation, Open Data and Citizen Engagement

    2019-07-03

    Technology presents so many opportunities for people to get involved in making public services data. And there are probably challenges too. If only the information was open!! Recycling data Our council here in Swindon recently changed the recycling rules. To inform people they produced a leaflet explaining which materials should go in which boxes. Now, […]