People’s IQs seem to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them
Tim Ferriss
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The Return Of Máiréad's Mince Pie Monitor
23 October, 2026Tags
Although I’m one of those people who doesn’t really approve of starting Christmas too early, and will get my grinch on if I hear festive…
Building Máiréad's Mince Pie Monitor
24 December, 2025Tags
Once upon a time, in the days before Twitter became a hateful cesspool, there would be little delightful things there. One of those was…
How To Ask For Help
04 July, 2025Tags
Helping other people to help you by asking the right questions in the right place in the right way
Please don't say the R word
20 January, 2023Tags
A plea for project managers to stop calling people resources
Nobody leaves sober - whimsical trinkets considered harmful
18 July, 2022Tags
Why are the National Trust part of the national problem with substance abuse?
A Hippocratic Oath for Software Engineers
13 August, 2021Tags
What developers and doctors might have in common - towards a professional code of conduct for the tech industry
Goals are meaningless, apart from the meaning they provide
23 December, 2020Tags
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. I…
Ton up - on reaching 100 parkruns
13 July, 2020Tags
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…
