Getting back into blogging - NaBloPoMo #1
As you may have gathered from many of the recent ‘test’ posts, after many years of relatively happy self-hosted Wordpress blogging, I’ve recently completed m...
As you may have gathered from many of the recent ‘test’ posts, after many years of relatively happy self-hosted Wordpress blogging, I’ve recently completed m...
As you may have gathered from many of the recent ‘test’ posts, after many years of relatively happy self-hosted Wordpress blogging, I’ve recently completed m...
On November 1st, in a rather impromptu fashion, I decided to commit to both Movember and NaBloPoMo. (Jump to: NaBloPoMo summary)
Now. Now is precariously balanced between the impermeable weight of the past and the incalculable potential of the future. Looking to surf that sweet spot be...
In migrating from Wordpress to Jekyll, I’ve been updating and changing many aspects of my personal site and blog. One area that is overdue for some attention...
Over the last decade or two, I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved with a fairly wide array of roles, including (but probably not limited to):
I find myself awash in an ever-expanding sea of content. This is in part thanks to the web’s empowerment of self-publishing, combined with social networks ma...
Having used Windows and Linux for several decades, I only started my foray into using a Mac when I moved jobs about 5 years ago. I can still recall my initia...
I started on another lap of our star today, and so spend the day enjoying time with my family, rather than writing a proper post. Hopefully this isn’t too ou...
I started on another lap of our star today, and so spend the day enjoying time with my family, rather than writing a proper post. Hopefully this isn’t too ou...
A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. When...
Studies show that: As long as a task uses only mechanical skill, structured financial rewards work as expected i.e. higher rewards lead to greater performanc...
For as long as I’ve worked in software a big whiteboard has been a core tool in figuring out complex problems, especially when working in collaboration with ...
How’s your to-do list looking? What do you use to track it? If it’s anything like mine, then it regularly runs the risk of becoming unmanageable. That the ta...
In case you’ve not come across Alan Watts already, he was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern ...
As discussed yesterday, I consider the capture, curation, sharing and archiving of the photos and videos of our family’s precious memories to be extremely im...
Possessing an always-connected, socially-integrated smartphone triggers any number of life changing behaviours, attitudes and potential, including the rather...
I’m not a fan of flying. I have a pretty good cognitive grasp of the physics, engineering tolerances, flight crew’s ongoing training and testing procedures. ...
At the start of November, and with very little prior thought, I commenced two month-long activities: “Movemeber” and “NaBloPoMo”. Here we are, at day 15 - h...
I wonder if there is any industry which changes faster than Web Development? I wonder if there is another industry in which people so freely relinquish their...
In moving to Jekyll I really liked the idea of managing/writing all my content using just markdown. While it is valid to include HTML in your markdown, I rea...
As I mentioned yesterday in a regular routine. such as traveling for work, it’s easy to switch on to auto-pilot, to to get side-tracked into the gnarliness o...
My working week typically starts with a 2 hour drive/train/walk /tube/walk to the Shoreditch office (or flight out from Heathrow visiting our Continental Eur...
I mentioned ‘Dynamic Imaging’ systems in yesterday’s post. While these services are growing in popularity, they are still somewhat niche, yet they have the p...
In response to yesterday’s post, it might make sense to provide a brief introduction to Responsive Images.
While there are many improvements that I’m looking forward to making to my Jekyll/gh-pages workflow my current biggest concern is the way that I’m handling i...
While there are many improvements that I’m looking forward to making to my Jekyll/gh-pages workflow my current biggest concern is the way that I’m handling i...
The last step in yesterday’s post described using a 1Writer action to pass my markdown file into Github where it will trigger an automatic Jekyll regeneratio...
The conclusion of yesterday’s post was an output URL Scheme from Workflow App. :
Things are about to get a bit meta! A few days ago we talked about how writing in markdown is pretty straight forward, however generating the appropriate fro...
Having used self-hosted Wordpress instances for both my blog and my personal site for several years, I also needed to transfer my existing content.
Following on from NaBloPoMo day 1 & day 2… There are tonnes of great getting started resources for github-pages and Jekyll, but the short gist is:
As mentioned yesterday, having decided to move away from a database-driven blog site I started looking into static site generators. (Though inspired by Aral’...
As you may have gathered from many of the recent ‘test’ posts, after many years of relatively happy self-hosted Wordpress blogging, I’ve recently completed m...
My Android Tablet is NOT ROOTED, but I needed to capture some video of the screen footage from my son’s Pocket Minecraft based project. The Google Play store...
I had one of those problems to solve, that initially had me toying with blowing the dust of some Python, but in the end it struck me as the perfect time to g...
During half term, Em and the kids were off visiting family for a few days.
Summary:
I’m writing this while at an altitude of 11,582 meters somewhere over Western Canada, on my way to San Francisco. For those who know me, or who have seen my ...
Having recently joined the team at Cloudinary, it’s brilliant to be able to start leveraging their our amazing dynamic media APIs.
TL;DR Follow this link to book a first aid course. These are definitely lessons to learn before you need them.
“Everything you ever wanted is on the other side of your fears.”
If you’ve seen any of my old demos, or seen some of the examples from ebook, you might have noticed that I rather like using images of butterflies as my demo...
Moving to Responsive Images can give great page load benefits, but it does require more complex markup. This site uses Jekyll and is hosted on gh-pages, whic...
I’d previously explored 2 options for embedding videos in Jekyll posts (I’m hosted oh gh-pages, and so am limited in the available plugins):
I work in software development, and I’ve loved experimenting with computers for nearly 40 years. I don’t think that everyone should become a developer, just ...
Following on from NaBloPoMo day 1 & day 2… There are tonnes of great getting started resources for github-pages and Jekyll, but the short gist is:
While traveling in Cologne for work, and wanted to explore the feasibility of posting an update, while on the road, using only my phone. (not even the foldin...
While traveling in Cologne for work, and wanted to explore the feasibility of posting an update, while on the road, using only my phone. (not even the foldin...
During half term, Em and the kids were off visiting family for a few days.
I had one of those problems to solve, that initially had me toying with blowing the dust of some Python, but in the end it struck me as the perfect time to g...
Following on from the 1st, and 2nd hours spent, on improving the performance of one of my websites… the obsession continues…
After Saturday’s rather fruitful hour, I set myself the follow up challenge to see how much more could I improve the Web Performance given a second hour.
On Saturday morning, I gave myself a challenge. How much could I improve the performance of one of my websites in 1 hour?
At the top-centre of the whiteboard in my home-office is my current prime theme. It is intended to be short, mantra-like, and the broader perspective to whic...
Having used self-hosted Wordpress instances for both my blog and my personal site for several years, I also needed to transfer my existing content.
Following on from NaBloPoMo day 1 & day 2… There are tonnes of great getting started resources for github-pages and Jekyll, but the short gist is:
As mentioned yesterday, having decided to move away from a database-driven blog site I started looking into static site generators. (Though inspired by Aral’...
While traveling in Cologne for work, and wanted to explore the feasibility of posting an update, while on the road, using only my phone. (not even the foldin...
Life is Feeling.
“Content is the baseline, design is an enhancement” : Paul Robert Lloyd : Responsive Conf 2013
My Android Tablet is NOT ROOTED, but I needed to capture some video of the screen footage from my son’s Pocket Minecraft based project. The Google Play store...
“Content is the baseline, design is an enhancement” : Paul Robert Lloyd : Responsive Conf 2013
My Android Tablet is NOT ROOTED, but I needed to capture some video of the screen footage from my son’s Pocket Minecraft based project. The Google Play store...
Life is Feeling.
Summary:
Summary:
I had one of those problems to solve, that initially had me toying with blowing the dust of some Python, but in the end it struck me as the perfect time to g...
iA Writer on iOS test post
Following on from the 1st, and 2nd hours spent, on improving the performance of one of my websites… the obsession continues…
After Saturday’s rather fruitful hour, I set myself the follow up challenge to see how much more could I improve the Web Performance given a second hour.
On Saturday morning, I gave myself a challenge. How much could I improve the performance of one of my websites in 1 hour?
Having used self-hosted Wordpress instances for both my blog and my personal site for several years, I also needed to transfer my existing content.
How do you quantify the value of a job? a.k.a. “Should I stay or should I go now?”
Having pondered the nature and needs of high performing teams for some time, I;ve just discovered the Drexler Sibbet model, which gives a fantastic guide wit...