Microposts

Starting to think I want a smaller bag for than my back pack. Want one that’s comfortable to wear, can fit my iPad Pro 11 inch and a general assortment of “stuff” like inhaler, phone, and keysโ€ฆ any recommendations out there?

Plus these two that are going to a local coffee shop for them to cup.

Two bags of coffee from Fireheart Coffee, one red bag of Brazil and one green bag from Indonesia.

Iโ€™ve got some seriously good coffees in the house at the momentโ€ฆ the red bourbon is especially ๐Ÿ˜š๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป โ˜•๏ธ

5 bags of coffee from 4 different roasters. 2 with funky illustrated labels.

Threads is intriguing but feels like the wild west. Mastodon has the best apps but discovery of people is really hard. Micro.blog is comfortable, like sitting in the lounge of an old pub. The problem is there are people I want to follow on all of the networks but I can’t do it from one app.

In all honesty I would like an app with the polish of Ivory to follow people from, keep up with the timeline in, and post to my own self hosted blog that looks and is structured exactly how I want it to be. I feel like that is a possibility but one that is always slightly out of reach.

Now that Apple has done interactive widgets. I want them to bring back interactive notifications on the Mac.

I hate DNS.

Just discovered this Security Checkliston Brian Lovin’s personal site. What a great resource and way to share knowledge.

Deliveroo finally added live activities!

Feeling the urge to watch Mad Men again. Haven’t watched it for ages and I miss the style of it.

The joys of Monday morning click test results not being what you had hoped. Design revision time. But first, coffee.

You have a meeting. You have a meeting. You have a meeting, and you can have a meeting. Meetings for everyone!

Anyone know if the Apple Music improvements in iOS 17 bring sync of the up next queue across devices?

Shut up Thierry Henryโ€ฆ enjoyed Ted Lasso and its fitting end to the final season.

When does the Roy Kent series start?

I love my Sonos, but starting to want some kind of physical remote to control them. Any recommendations?

Finished reading: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte ๐Ÿ“š

Went for a walk after work. A bird pooed on me. About sums up my day.

A long time ago I used an app called LittleSnapper to collect images and snap websites I liked. Anyone know of a similar app?

Trying to utilise Hookmark in my workflow more but finding I spend a lot of time making sure things are linkedโ€ฆ seems to create more admin work than I would like.

A thought provoking blog post about the role of software, thinking, and the affect they are having on our abilities.

Finished reading: Laws of UX by Jon Yablonski ๐Ÿ“š

Tried my hand at an Austin Kleon style collage in between Teams calls this morning. Quite fun. ๐ŸŽจ

So engrossed in my book I dropped coffee on the page ๐Ÿ“š

One of the best uses for the HomePod mini on my deskโ€ฆ making hands free phone calls especially when I know I will be on hold.

Iโ€™ve always tried to have a style guide page somewhere on my own websites, but this one takes it to another level. Excellent stuff.

This. RSS is not a notification system, it’s a delivery system.

New coffee from Plot coffee roasters. โ˜•๏ธ

Origin: Patalillo wet mill, Tarrazรบ, Costa Rica Process: Red Honey Notes: red apples, chocolate, and nutmeg

Such a shame what happened to the brand design of the fashion world.

Before and after of high end fashion houses

Fascinating read about the redesign of Wikipedia and the role that prototypes played in it.

The irony of Chat GTP asking me to verify Iโ€™m a human ๐Ÿ˜‚

Finished reading: Foundation & Empire by Isaac Asimov ๐Ÿ“š