Thoughts on work, the web, and the world

Goals are meaningless, apart from the meaning they provide

23 Dec 2020

I started this year without much in the way of goals or resolutions. Just as well really, given what 2020 has brought for us all.

Ton up - on reaching 100 parkruns

13 Jul 2020

Parkrun, running

It took me 2 years to get from my first Parkrun to my 50th, and just over 2 years to get from 50 to 100. That might suggest a steady plod, running more or less every other week on average, but it’s been anything but that.

Ask In The Channel: Private Messages Considered Harmful

26 May 2020

Capgemini, communication, etiquette, work

Anti-patterns in instant messaging, and why teams need to get more comfortable about being vulnerable.

Always leave them wanting more

27 Dec 2019

Apparently Amanda Palmer is doing a 4-hour show of songs and talking. It sounds horrible. Not because I have a particular dislike of Amanda Palmer (although I'm not a big ukulele fan), but because 4 hours of any performance is too much.

A new beginning - a first run in Lewes

3 Sep 2019

Lewes, Lewes running, running

Exploring new running routes in Lewes - a first trip North along the Ouse, with a few wrong turns and some nettles.

There isn't a module for that already?

24 May 2019

Capgemini, development, Drupal, open source

Working with the grain of web technology to give clients what they need, rather than struggling against it to try and give them what they want. Along the way, introducing two new Drupal modules: CKEditor Datetime and Image Styles Display