Family guy and web developer
I’m generally not, but that’s okay.
If we didn’t have any early adopters ironing out the kinks, there’d never be a now-safe choice for the late majority. And if everyone always jumped on the latest thing on day one, society would waste needless cycles churning through the broken glass of beta software.
— The Stories We Tell Ourselves by Signal vs Noise
I now know that I bring scale to the products that I wait for.
I can’t say if this trend is happening in the UK, but in the Lang house we’ve almost completely eliminated processed foods in favour of fresh home made meals. The simple pleasure of cooking with fresh ingredients is hard to give up when you’ve mastered a few basic dishes.
Wrote my first bit of Rack middleware yesterday for a Rails application. Not so hard to do once you know how it passes requests through.
I hope the @ElderslieGolf juniors are playing well in their match against Kilmacolm. Couldn’t make it to let Ethan watch.
There’s no excuse for the lack of blog posts around here recently. I’ve tried to kickstart my daily posts a number of times in the last couple of months but each time ends up in failure.
At first I had problem with ideas for writing. My ideas list had run dry and I struggled to fill it again.
Then when I had an idea for a post, I would quickly dismiss it on the grounds that it isn’t worth publishing. I didn’t have confidence in the idea to write about it to begin with, let alone actually get to the step of deciding whether it is publishable or not.
Now I’m so focused on other work that I am struggling to fit writing back into my schedule. I’m stretching myself in too many different directions.
None of these are valid reasons for not writing. They’re excuses. I aim to do better in the future with regards to my writing.
… are willing to pay for your product or service. You’d be surprised just how many.
I really should. My problem at the moment is that I have too many things on the go at once. Something will need to give.
If you’re struggling to blog, read this post by Curtis McHale. It will be a reality check for some. A reality check that is needed.
I know I needed it.
via FGGT
We need more posts like this. Good to see that Markdown is favoured by Curtis.
A clever idea for any notebook, but I have to say I do prefer my Nock Hightower.