Great to see not just one but a forthcoming series of articles about urban cycling in Swindon!
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/17467817.swindon-has-spaghetti-of-cycle-routes-to-explore/
Great to see not just one but a forthcoming series of articles about urban cycling in Swindon!
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/17467817.swindon-has-spaghetti-of-cycle-routes-to-explore/
As Iโm going to be in a co-working space over the next few months, I set up an Algo VPN today. Took a while to get going (my fault: RTFM!) but was ultimately pretty simple.
WireGuard made setup easy on MacOS and iOS too.
Thanks to @javorszky for advice and help!!
I didn’t say in my #weeknotes, but I’ve been getting myself sorted with PHPCS and coding standards. It’s a little set up to get up and running (Sublime was easier than PHPStorm) but I’m really into it now. I love that it takes away micro-decisions about formatting.
Short #weeknotes from half-term week. Exciting things to come though!!
I just used the phrase “being a bit Theresa May about it” to refer to something I’m procrastinating about making a decision over.
I know Iโll sound like a snob but I was a bit sad to only submit one talk to WordCamp London. The thing is, I have REALLY high standards. I had several ideas but only one that I could imagine being interesting and entertaining as a talk.
Itโs been SO good to be back on my bike this week. ๐๐๐๐๐
Bring on spring and longer weekday rides.
Actually properly playing with Statamic tonight. A few “huh, really?” moments. But mostly good and the documentation is excellent. The only thing I can’t do (easily) is something that I probably can’t do easily in WordPress either.
Taking my personal site redesign to a bit of an extreme. Will probably reign it in a little as ALL the mono-space is SO hard to read. #notADesigner
Never-to-be-repeated parenting moment.
4 balloons – 4 kids
Me: Letโs have one each
Child 1: I want the pink one!
(Me, thinking: Oh crap)
C2: I want the yellow one!
(Me: this will end in tears)
C3: I want the blue one!
Me (to C4): Which do you want?
C4: The red one!
PRAISE BE!!
Heard some stuff about quitting list-making and celebrating successes.
Perhaps to-do app have a โbackwardsโ mode where tasks are greyed out and struck through to show when INcomplete, and revealed and highlighted in black once complete to show โYay! You did this!โ
Second #WednesdayWonders : My family, of course. Iโm biased but I think they are the most beautiful, smart, brilliant, funny, creative people I know. Seeing my boy thrive at school is ๐ฏ. Seeing my girl dance through life is ๐. Seeing my wife nailing work + parenting is ๐
First #WednesdayWonders : cycling and exercise. Iโve been injured for a few weeks and unable to cycle to work. I REALLY miss it. Heart pounding, blood flowing through my veins, the freedom of flowing through the world under your own power.
Hoping to be back soon. ๐ด๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐
I know this will sound all fluffy & Marie-Kondo, But the last few weeks have been pretty…๐ค…overcast? Iโm making an effort today to focus on what brings me joy & makes me feel alive. Why not tweet your things too?
This needs a hashtag. How about #WednesdayWonders ?
Improving internal/team comms. I keep saying โItโs not a technology problem, itโs a people problem!โ and I wrote this in a Facebook group today which sums up my experience & gives some tips! https://rosswintle.uk/2019/01/improving-internal-communications-its-a-people-problem/
Inspired by Andy Bell’s week notes concept (honestly, nothing is my own idea!), I’m trying to get back into writing my week in posts, projects and pins. Here’s my week:
So on to geek tweets…
Having tinkered with TypeScript a bit, I’m now starting to realise “Oh, I can do type hints in my PHP too” and trying to do that where I can.
Type hints are not for everyone – you can take them or leave them – but I LOVE the predictability and safety.
I know that most of my posts are
– unfathomable technical gobbledegook
– interesting coding tips & references*
But I desperately hope that those that aren’t are fun, interesting, informative or uplifting in some way.
And THANK YOU for following!
(* Delete as appropriate)
This is not me wanting to blow my own trumpet. And I’m 100% not about numbers. But this number fascinates me. I honestly don’t understand it. And I was listening to a podcast this morning that made me realise that this number comes with some responsibility.
My wife got me doing some Myers-Briggs-type stuff tonight. Iโm such an ambivert. Iโm a more introverted version of the E*** profile, and a more extroverted version of the I*** profile. But otherwise it pretty much nailed me again!