30/06/2018, 10:34

I have about 80 mins. On a Saturday. With no kids. And no work. Just me. At home.

What the heck am I supposed to do?!

28/06/2018, 13:01

I do love our school and the teachers and headteacher who work SO hard and do an amazing job, so this is a TINY little problem. But I do wish that there weren’t so many things that parents are invited to or required to be at that are inside regular working hours. πŸ˜•

28/06/2018, 06:31

Has anyone yet solved the (first world) problem of getting my smartphone-app-based shopping list to join up with a self-scan-as-you-go supermarket device so scanning an item ticks it off the list and I can see the list on the scanner?!

28/06/2018, 06:30

I swear, my mornings are :

45% asking moving people to be still
45% asking still people to move
10% actually getting things done

27/06/2018, 22:18

More Schoolbot tinkering… Term dates, holidays (calculated from term dates) and meals now all available in messenger, JSON API and a WordPress website using shortcodes. All driven from the same data. πŸ‘

27/06/2018, 22:17

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My wife has been able to walk again for a week.

She actually brings me cups of coffee now!!

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27/06/2018, 20:32

In “news from my spare time”, SchoolBot now has an API, and a WordPress plugin that uses it to display into on a website, such as menus and term dates.

Aim: one central “brain” for parent info that can send info to multiple channels: web, chatbot, and, maybe, ultimately print?!

27/06/2018, 18:13

Has anyone yet solved the (first world) problem of getting my smartphone-app-based shopping list to join up with a self-scan-as-you-go supermarket device so scanning an item ticks it off the list and I can see the list on the scanner?!

27/06/2018, 18:11

Kinda related: I came across an EXCELLENT podcast on gentleness and activism this week. In fact, both Sarah Corbett and Andy Mort use the term “Gentle” to great effect. Wondering if we need a “gentle developer’s manifesto” to remind us coders to be good to each other.

27/06/2018, 18:10

Huh. So Uncle Bob (not mine – the software engineer guy) got into some trouble with his opinions, huh? I wrote a post as a reaction on one of his posts ages back. It never made it out of draft because I thought “Who am I to criticise this super-experienced dude?”

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27/06/2018, 18:07

Heard the last few mins of Korea/Germany on the radio. Incredible. Watching the replay: kudos to the Korean who set up the second goal. His long range pass was perfect!!

27/06/2018, 11:23

Must really start putting quotes from podcasts on my blog so they’re public rather than in my private notes app . These things are useful for everybody!