Trying to get organised with Things again so that I can abate this ongoing state of procrastination or just plain old forgetting everything.
Sleep deprivation on the rise
It seems we now need naps at work.
A recently published study from Indiana’s Ball State University, which examined self-reported sleep duration of 150,000 people, found the numbers of respondents who got seven hours of sleep per night or less rose to 35.6% in 2018 from 30.9% in 2010. About half of the respondents who were police officers and healthcare workers reported not getting enough sleep.
Is there more to this story?
Are there any other causes of sleep deprivation? Perhaps mobile phone use? The rise in sleep deprivation since 2010 is eerily close to the rise in mobile phone use, especially with the increased use of social media.
How many times do you find yourself surfing on your phone in bed?
It’s a terrible habit that I’ve been trying to break to give myself more sleep. Not only that, but I’m trying to set a good example for my kids. They need their sleep even more than I do.
Even so, if sleep deprivation is not related to this, there’s another argument. If you are allowed to nap at work, then why not offer employees a small reduction in hours so that they can get the right amount of sleep?
We all have to take responsibility for getting the right amount of sleep. However, in this age of always on technology, there has to be a way in which we can get the work-life balance right so that people shouldn’t need to nap at work.
Tonight’s goal is to build a better image upload experience in my Rails application. I’ve never really bothered too much about adding drag and drop to my applications, but for image uploads is a much better experience than using a file picker.
I always love the superb view at my parent’s garden in the winter.
Over the years, I’ve taken a few pictures like this, some with leaves everywhere, some with frost, and even a couple with snow. I’ve yet to capture the deer that sometimes wander into the garden, though.
I’m not sure if it’s age or wisdom (they’re not exactly the same), but as these increase, I’m becoming increasingly selective about the technology that I introduce into my life.
Watching Jaws tonight. The murky waters in the movie are much more realistic looking than the more modern shark movies.
Had a wee listen there to “Protect Ya Neck” by Wu-Tang Clan.
Apple subscription bundles
An Apple bundle might start with news, TV, and music, but Apple could also chuck in iCloud data and maybe even a credit card deal supported by the Apple Card. Hell, given the existence of the iPhone Upgrade Program, which charges customers a monthly fee to upgrade their phone every year, a future Apple super-bundle-plus might even include hardware on tap. — Apple could bundle news, TV, and music into one subscription as soon as 2020
I would love to see Apple bundling more of their products into single subscriptions. We’ve got an iCloud subscription and a Apple Music subscription for the family. If Apple could throw in News and TV+, I would definitely sign up for it.
I’ve spun up a Ghost blog on a small DigitalOcean droplet. No idea what I’ll do with it yet, but the install process was very straight-forward. Good to know.
If I could do the whole career thing again, then I would love to be able to write for a living.