25/05/2018, 18:02
Friday, May 25, 2018
Ending the working with a beer to celebrate an exciting email I got this afternoon while watching the Giro d’Italia highlights from today.
24/05/2018, 16:53
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Hmmm, this Instapaper thing seems a bit sketchy. Anyone got any replacement recommendations aside from Pocket?
22/05/2018, 17:37
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
So 1Password just released a new version of their Mac app. Seems like they are really pushing you towards the subscription model, but something about that just makes me feel uncomfortable.
20/05/2018, 20:58
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Reflecting back on a really nice weekend. A great balance of time with friends and family, being productive, and time to myself to recharge the batteries. To go with is all we have the arrival of summer with the sun shining and weather warm enough for shorts all weekend.
19/05/2018, 12:13
Saturday, May 19, 2018
If there’s one thing Britain does well, it’s pomp and pageantry. Love it. The Royal Family is a massive part of our heritage, so great. Also, it’s so nice to see Windsor again, forgot how nice a place it is and actually am missing that it was just over the road and that I used to go most weekends.
19/05/2018, 11:18
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Relaxed start to the weekend meeting my parents for breakfast. Now watching the Royal Wedding before a bit of portfolio work this afternoon.
16/05/2018, 19:44
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
A couple of weeks ago I decided I was going to try and watch less TV/Netflix in the evening. I decided I’d allow myself an hour or so when I got home from my shift at the coffee shop to unwind and then I’d turn it off and do something productive or useful. Seems to be working pretty well so far. I’ve been able to improve the new theme for my blog a bit, posted far more regularly, read more articles, read more non-fiction books, listened to more music, and made progress on my new portfolio website.
12/05/2018, 21:08
Saturday, May 12, 2018
You know you have a good friend when they ring for a catch up and when the call ends you realise you’ve been on the phone for two hours.
12/05/2018, 16:48
Saturday, May 12, 2018
I don’t know why it never occurred to me before, but mind map apps are excellent ways of visually presenting a site map. I’ve found them really helpful in the last couple of weeks while reviewing site structures and navigation design.
12/05/2018, 16:11
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Spent some of this afternoon going through my old design projects and picking which I’m going to include in my new portfolio site. Found a number of old projects which are going to go in there and ordered a cheap – but well reviewed – light box thing to photograph them in.
11/05/2018, 20:57
Friday, May 11, 2018
9:50pm on a Friday and finally calling it a day. The curse of double jobbing, a 14.5 hour work day. I really wish I was doing design work full time.
10/05/2018, 20:39
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Any web development people know why a htaccess rule to change to php 7 is causing the file to download and not execute?
09/05/2018, 20:45
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
A real pet hate of mine is when someone from a different profession tries to treat me like a tool to execute their design, rather than letting me use my years of experience and the expertise/knowledge I’ve developed in that time. In no other profession would you approach an expert and tell them how to do their job. Instead you would give them all the information they need and let them do the work of providing the best possible solution to your problem.
09/05/2018, 17:58
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Chopped some chillis up to put them in my bolognese which is currently in the oven. Apparently I didn’t wash my hands thoroughly and itched my nose. IT STINGS!
06/05/2018, 21:20
Sunday, May 6, 2018
I’ve been an Apple Music user since the beginning, but decided to give Spotify a go for the month. Using my Echo Dot more and more lately and feel like the music elements give it greater utility. Already found a couple of new tracks thanks to Discover Weekly. 🎵
05/05/2018, 22:36
Saturday, May 5, 2018
It’s been a long week with a busy final shift today. Looking forward to enjoying the sun over the next couple of days and relaxing a bit. Probably still end up doing some work though…
04/05/2018, 20:58
Friday, May 4, 2018
Since I’m posting to this site with a bit more freedom and making use of post formats such as status and image to do so, I’ve decided to enable comments again. I’m still ironing out some issues with the new theme, but it’s getting there.
04/05/2018, 20:06
Friday, May 4, 2018
Noticed a weird thing with my posts that any likes etc, aren’t showing up. This one would be a good example. Not sure why or how to solve the problem, I have the relevant plugins installed and facepiles enabled but they don’t show.
04/05/2018, 18:20
Friday, May 4, 2018
The Giro d’Italia started today, the first of cycling’s grand tours to start outside of Europe, and it’s in Israel’s capital. Watching the highlights now trying to see if the course goes through any bits of Jerusalem that I’ve been to. Love it. 🇮🇱 🚴🏻♂️
Apologies to my Mum (and anyone else who gets notified by email about new posts) for the couple of hundred emails now clogging your inbox after my Instagram photo import. Didn’t think about that before I started. #oops