Always good to discover a Ruby gem in a book from a couple of years ago and the gem is still actively maintained.
The Marvel Universe Live was great fun to watch and had plenty of action. Bit loud for Drew but he still enjoyed it.
Rooted productivity
Cal Newport touches on single root commitments and productivity.
The solution to these issues is simple: maintain a single root commitment, that you’ll stick to no matter what, which will in turn help you get the most out of all the other productivity commitments that come and go in your life.
To be more concrete, create a single page document that describes the key productivity rules, habits, and systems (which I’ll summarize as “processes” in the following) that you currently follow in your life.
— On Rooted Productivity by Cal Newport
Is it time somebody built a bootstrapped version of Medium?
Get what you want ...
Fixie Friday - State Bicycle Ashton 4130 Core Line
1000 words done for my first newsletter. Not a bad start. #amwriting
One of the best things you can do as a member of a dev team is to simply talk to each other on a regular basis.
Medium still isn't for me
I've wrote in the past about the blogging platform Medium and how I have issue with such a high volume of people writing under one roof and how the lack of
Here's what I wrote at the start of last year:
Access to the network is easy but I can't help but wonder if in the future they'll get it wrong and piss off a good chunk of their user base. I'd rather not take that chance.
Well Medium did get it wrong. The ad model isn't working for them. That and fifty of their staff have been dropped. What looks like a cost-cutting exercise is what they're calling a change in their business model. What that business model will be is unclear at the moment.
One option Medium has is to charge users for the privilege of using Medium. If Medium wanted to charge me to use Medium then I would be all for it. I love products that look for money up front before you can use their product. How else are they going to survive as a business?
I like the idea behind Medium but the recent change in their business model (or even lack of one) has me wondering how long they'll be around for. Not a nice thought, especially when it concerns a platform that many use to publish their thoughts and ideas. I'd rather not see it go under, but it needs to start adapting and fast.
Medium still isn't for me though. I'm happy to blog away from my own little corner of the Internet.
The Weekend Report #6
Apologies. Missed a couple of these in November and December!
After the feasting and festivities over Christmas, the New Year weekend was a chance to get some sense of normality back.
Me and Jen took the boys to the ten pin bowling on the Friday morning just to do something different. Poor performances by all except from Drew who won both games!
New Years Eve was a quiet day and a chance for the boys to mess about with their presents.
New Years Day involved dinner at my parents house. While most people might have ordered their steak pie from their local butchers (not a bad option by the way), my mum opted to make hers from scratch. It went down a storm, especially with the boys who love their steak pie.
To round off the long weekend I took Ethan up to the golf club for a few holes. The weather wasn't great but it didn't stop him putting in a solid nine holes. I'm starting to find some consistency as well which is good.