That’s the garden sorted for the winter. Time to reward myself with a couple of hours watching the Solheim Cup. Go Europe! 🇪🇺 ⛳️
Keeping it simple
In my development work I usually find that the simple way works best and is also easier to maintain. However, the web development industry is still insistent on progress and not always for the better.
This comparison between AirPods and the headphone jack by Bastian Allgeier is a great way to describe the issue.
Modern web dev tools and services are like AirPods. It’s fantastic to get rid of the cable. The experience is far better 95% of the times. But they also have connection issues from time to time, they are massively over-engineered, expensive and you can easily loose them.
Bluetooth headphones are likely the future. But I still have more love for a set of standard headphone with a regular cable and headphone jack that has been working reliably for decades.
— Simplicity (II) by Bastian Allgeier
It’s why I use Rails as my go to framework for new projects. Sure it’s not as simple as editing files on a server but it’s as simple as a tool you can get for building web apps.
Nothing new today that would make me want to buy an Apple Watch. An always-on display isn’t a deal breaker, but I am consdering it.
Still, the new iPad might be a good future purchase for the boys.
I’ve been using it almost daily for years, but it still amazes me how flexible and verstile Trello is for managing … stuff. I say “stuff”, because it’s so versatile. You can use it to manage and store lots of things.
Curious about potential Apple Watch releases today.
My Fitbit died a few weeks ago and I’m now wondering if an Apple Watch might be more my thing.
I’ve pushed back on getting an Apple Watch for sometime, but I’ve been slowing coming round to the idea of a smartwatch.
Paisley open doors day
Every year, our home town has an open doors day where many building and places that are usually closed off, are open to the public.
We usually miss this as the boys have something on this day, but this year we had a free day so decided to head into two for a wander.
We enjoyed a wander round the Thomas Coats Memoria Baptist Church where Jennifer spent much of her student life included taking many exams in the halls of the church and graduating from university here.
We wandered through the town to a few more places but we wanted to see Paisley Abbey and the views from the roof as this section is usually closed. The views didn’t disappoint and with the weather being great we managed to get a few great photos as the sun shown through some of the windows.
It’s nice to have a town with centuries of history and be able to walk through those places and experience some of that history.
I’ve started using Bear to write up features for a product.
Instead of going straight a user story and coding, I’m spending a bit more time writing about the feature, and it’s risks and benefits.
It’s working well so far.
Another great update to Bear, the notes app. Back in the day the best thing I used for managing notes was Backpack. This is probably the next best thing to Backpack for me.
Tis the season for notebooks! Just backed @rohdesign’s Sketchnote Ideabook on Kickstarter.
Ordered the bundle of three so my youngest can get one.