Life would be tolerable but for its amusements
Why is it more expensive to be poor?
21 March, 2017Like many British people, I’m mildly obsessed with the class system. But something we don’t talk about enough is the paradox that having…
More haste, less speed
21 February, 2017Tags
Why developers might need to slow down when their project is behind schedule.
On worth, and what it says about our values
07 February, 2017For a long time, it’s annoyed me when people talk about somebody being “worth” a certain amount of money. I know that I’m a pedant, but this…
You're always missing out on something
05 February, 2017Tags
People often say that life is short, but they’re usually wrong. Life (for most people) is pretty long, but in order to be able to do what we…
Do you really need Drupal for that? How to choose the right technology for your project
29 January, 2017Tags
We’re moving house soon, and we’re planning to rent out the flat we live in now. We could use an estate agent, and get the flat up on all…
The right way to do things wrong - how to make mistakes successfully
22 January, 2017Tags
A few years ago, following an overnight deployment, I managed to delete a large proportion of the content on a client’s website. There are…
Close enough for a side project - how to know when things are good enough
10 January, 2017Tags
Once upon a time, before I became a web developer, I worked doing sound and light for events. Like web development, the hours tend to be…
Sleeping and walking into surveillance - reviewing the Fitbit Blaze
05 January, 2017Tags
I recently got a Fitbit, without really meaning to. When a friend showed me his a few months ago, I’d been slightly scornful. Why would you…
Death in Double Denim - on celebrity, seriousness and Status Quo
27 December, 2016Tags
Of all the celebrity deaths in 2016 that might have provoked me to write a few words, it feels somehow incongruous that it should be Rick…
