Added a dollop of peanut butter and honey to my porridge this morning. Not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Feels like January again. Bloody freezing.
Fixie Friday - Winter Bicycles Velvet Hammer
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Just a heads up that I’ll be available for freelance/contract Rails work from the 1st of June onwards. DM your details if you’re interested.
Rise of the New York City Skyline
This is amazing. As you ride the elevator to the top of 1 World Trade Centre, you can watch an animated time-lapse of the New York skyline starting from the 1500s to the present.
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I keep pressing j and k to move up and down the emails in Mail. I’m well and truly a #vim user now.
The 25
Once again, I’m honoured to be included in such great company.
Thanks Kurt.
Moleskine are adapting to the digital world around them, but the big plus from this article is that despite the prevalence of technology, Moleskine’s little black books are still their top seller.
The number of Moleskine paper products, including variations on the notebooks, has ballooned to about 500. But the top sellers are still the blank black notebooks in the original pocket size and a larger version.
— Moleskine Notebooks Adapt to the Digital World by New York Times
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Programmers Need a Plan B
Given I’m a couple of years from this milestone, it’s a worrying prospect to think that my chances of being hired will continue to decline.
The unfortunate truth is that unlike other forms of discrimination that are more arbitrary and capricious, age discrimination can often be a result of objective and sound business justifications. I’m not trying to justify it as an acceptable practice, but just trying to describe the pickle it puts the manager in trying to make a sound business decision without compromising the ethical and legal obligations of the company.
— Programmers: Before You Turn 40, Get a Plan B by John Fuex
I suppose though I’m already working towards a plan B with my freelancing career, but is that enough?
Nice, Not Yet Essential
A quick summary from different reviews of the Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch is the best smartwatch on the market, the reviewers agree. And it does some interesting things. But it’s not essential.
This is different than smartphones, which became addictive at first use and were obvious, must-own devices. It sounds like the watch still needs some work before it’s great.
— The Apple Watch reviews are in, and they’re uncharacteristically meh across the board by Quartz
Ever since the first official news that Apple were going to be releasing a watch, I’ve been skeptical of it’s initial success due to the fact there wasn’t a single feature of it that made me want to buy it.
My take on it is that I don’t want another touch enabled screen to distract me, I’ve already got one.
If I had to buy something for my wrist that fell in this category of technology, I would have to say that something like a Fitbit, or even Microsoft’s Band would be something more up my street. Mostly for the health tracking benefits.
It’s still early days though for the Apple Watch and given Apple’s history of products it’s fair to say that a more streamlined Apple Watch is probably already being planned.