Creativity, curiosity, and code
Creativity is more important than ever. What will you do today? In a world that seems to have gone mad recently, creativity has become more important than ever. Not just “arts”, but making, doing, sharing, writing, hacking, teaching, growing, mending and so many other things are creative endeavours. But it’s sometimes hard to recognise your […]
You probably thought I was a bit funny. I mean, you were the adult man on the pink, three-wheeled Barbie scooter, but *you* probably wondered what *I* was doing. I was in my car. I saw you from afar and had resolved to cheer you on. At first I wasn’t sure if you were a […]
2016 was a year of transition. 2017? Well, it's started out with acceptance of things that must be.
Yes, it’s the third of January and I’m writing a blog post so you’d be quite entitled to think that I’ve started some new year’s resolution to write more and am already three two days behind. And, well, that’s not strictly true, but it is partly true. What I have been doing is putting together […]
On my walk to work today I was listening to a podcast. I can’t help but think that format isn’t quite right. Here’s a transcript of how not to make a boring piece of audio. With apologies to anyone that makes podcasts — I actually admire and respect your work. Consider this “constructive feedback”, and I hope […]
My friend/colleague/client Huw, has posted 10 things he's learned recently and challenged me to do the same. So here goes. 10 things I've learned recently.
In which I basically make a big song and dance about the fact that I have a new Twitter account and Facebook page.
In preparing for my WordCamp talk, a curated-content side project is happening. But when should I launch?
I recently re-launched hasyourbabyarrivedyet.com, my super, super simple birth announcement service. I’ve rewritten it in Laravel: a PHP-based rapid application development framework. And one thing I learned is that launching even a super, super simple web application in public is a far from rapid process. Hasyourbabyarrivedyet.com is basically a big red button that changes the […]
An all-round, family adventure and commuting bike that brings out the inner hooligan. Bought from a fantastic local bike shop in Swindon centre. Me and my bikes So, a bit of history. I love bikes and cycling, as you can probably tell. But my stable has until now consisted of only a cheap Raleigh Pioneer […]