Starting to feel the value in my recent Sunday night routine, emptying inboxes, last bits of tidying up around the flat and then planning my week out. It makes a real difference to my productivity and focus on a Monday morning.
Microposts
I saw a post from a couple of weeks ago of someone who had compiled all the Micro.blog discover topics but I forgot to bookmark it. Anyone remember where it was?
I’m not sure if it was a good idea or not, but I found an old backup database of my very first blog and have now imported all the posts to my site. It’s now a complete archive of my ramblings going back to August 2005 when I first started.
Looking forward to a relaxing day watching sport. First the North London derby and then England v Wales in the Six Nations. ⚽️🏉
Decided I’m going to spend a bit of time working on a new design for my blog this weekend. Time to restructure some things and, since I’m posting more often, have a design that’s more reflective of me and my design tastes.
I just discovered that WhatsApp can do bold and italic text with some basic Markdown syntax. Who knew!
After a long tiring week there’s nothing quite like flopping on the sofa with a good book. I usually have a non-fiction and a fiction book on the go, more and more I find myself reaching for the fiction to wind down. Currently reading Red Rising and Quiet. 📚
One thing about building discipline, particularly in the area of posting to a blog each day, is the need for ideas. There’s a similarity between ideas and discipline, in that the more you exercise those muscles the stronger they become.
Email to @culturedcode’s Things is possibly one of their best features yet. The fact it is able to create a link to the email in mail.app makes it incredibly valuable.
Last week I moved Tweetbot out the dock on my iPhone and replaced it with Micro.blog. Haven’t looked back since, a much nicer community to interact with. I’m still checking Twitter but mostly for design/sports news.
Firefox is becoming my favourite browser to develop websites in. The new CSS Grid layout inspector is excellent, reminiscent of InDesign in its display and so helpful in helping me to understand how the new layout stuff works.
I really like the idea of Micro Monday, kind of like Follow Friday on Twitter but better. For my first contribution I’m suggesting Colin Walker, his posts are interesting and his contributions to the community all warrant a follow.
I’ve seen a few people on Micro.blog using a thing called Quill to post to their sites. Intrigue got the better of me so I’m giving it a try.
Testing out the new @micron Micro.blog app. For a beta it already has some nicer interactions than the official app, just a bit less finesse. Good so far though.
Finally giving MarsEdit 4 a try, I used to use this app all the time. The new version seems really at home on the newer macOS versions.
Today has been one of those design days where everything felt rubbish. Hopefully when I return tomorrow there’ll be something in the pile worth developing.
Sometimes things need to change in order to grow and find new life.
A really interesting time last night at the cupping event with @StudioRoasters and @PodCoffee. If you’re a coffee fan I highly recommend you go to the next one, it’s fascinating.
Woo! Finally. The Seattle Seahawks are playing in London this year. I need to get tickets! 🏈 #GoHawks
Went to bed early to read, on feeling tired I turned off the light to go to sleep. While drifting off my mind wondered to a project I’m mulling over. I now have an idea jotted down and am wide awake.
Might have to give this method of planning your day a try tomorrow and see how I get on.
Can’t quite get over the Nottingham Forest win this afternoon! Such a good all round performance, hope we get a good tie in the next round.
I’m really tempted to move my blog away from WordPress, custom theming it is such a pain and I can never find an off the shelf one that does what I want. I wouldn’t know what to use instead though, nothing is quite as connected as WordPress is.
This first week back at work after a good break over Christmas has been really long and hard. I’m sure most people find it difficult to get back into working, but it’s just felt much harder and more draining than previous years.
Happy New Year folks! Hope 2018 is a good one!
Great stat from my Dad. Today is the only day in history when every adult was born in the 1900’s and every minor born in the 2000’s.
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us).” Matthew 1:23 ESVHappy Christmas folks. Hope it’s a day full of joy. Jesus is here!
The holidays. They have begun! 😴
Anyone been through the process of renaming/rebranding their business and able to share some of their experiences?
A day of tax returns and business reviews. Never fun but has to be done. More business review steps to be done, but ideas are forming and change is a foot.