Choose a word or three
Nicholas Bate picks one word, Mike Vardy picks three words.
Whatever number of words you choose for 2018, work with them, live them, breathe them. Even just a few words can advocate powerful change for the better.
After three days away from my desk, now is as good a time as any to clear the decks before client work begins in January again.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Disappointed to see that the Grammarly blog doesn’t have an RSS feed.
There’s been a change to Sublime Text in the last release that stops the command palette selecting the last command being selected when you open it again.
It’s been driving me nuts. Roll on build 3157.
Frustration is a blog post that doesn’t link to the products that it recommends.
First, Twitter’s ads play on the fact people don’t know what Twitter is for and now Facebook admits that it can be bad for you.
Maybe we’ll see some real positive change from them both in 2018. Twitter’s already ahead in that respect, but I doubt Facebook will change.
Another week closer to Christmas, another week of school and club activities for the boys.
We started off on Monday with the primary school nativity. Drew as always took it all in his stride and put in a very casual but confident performance as a shepherd. Monday night was the final RGU coaching session for 2017. Just a fun night for the boys really as they tried out different types of shots.
It looks like the season is over for the Packers tonight. It was a big ask for Rogers to come back and take the Packers to a victory over the Panthers, and for a while it looked like it was possible. Sadly though, it just didn’t go in the Packers favour. Just need to wait for next season now and enjoy the remainder of the season and the playoffs.
The highlight of the week though was seeing The Last Jedi on Friday night. A great follow-up to The Force Awakens.
- The web we may have lost – Medium - Net neutrality is all but lost. I was really disappointed with the result of the vote but then there’s no competing with the vast sums of money corporate America is paying out to get this changes through. Yes, it’s effectively a bribe.
- BuJoPro: Thoughts on Adapting Bullet Journal to a Hyper-Connected World - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - A few ideas from Cal Newport on making bullet journaling more effective with digital tools.
- Netflix is bringing The Punisher back for a second season - The Verge - Great news. I really enjoyed this.
Are you still using an RSS reader? - The Verge Yes, I’m still using an RSS reader. It’s the only sane way of following anything on the Internet. - If you see something, do something – Rhoneisms - A reminder that actions speak louder than words.
- Why Horizon Zero Dawn is my game of the year - The Verge - Horizon was a great game and my favourite of the year.
- Firefox is on a slippery slope - Mozilla certainly didn’t win any fans with this little marketing stunt.
- Nice Threads - Twitter seems to be in a continual state of change these days. It sometimes feels like it’s harder to keep up with Twitter itself than my own timeline.
- The iMac Pro is a beast, but it's not for everybody - The Verge - Apple released their iMac Pro this week and with a hefty price tag on it too. Not necessary for my line of work. I just don’t need this amount of computing power for writing code.
I’ve been giving Feedly another spin. It’s been four years since I last used it. Other than feed recommendations and subscriber counts though, there’s little on Feedly that would make me use it again.
Moved up another belt for Tigercubs. Well done wee man!