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Anyone that’s known me for more than about 5 minutes will know that I care VERY little for fashion.

But I got this super-smart new coat in the sales and I LOVE it and am quite excited about it.

I might even take a selfie!

I kinda hate to write this, and maybe it’s premature, but I used the new/upcoming WordPress “Gutenberg” editor today to write some content with, and it just got in the way and I wanted to turn it off. https://rosswintle.uk/2018/01/wordpress-gutenberg-user/

So, over on Facebook, I did a sort-of ask-me-anything instead of an end-of-year newsletter. And I wrote it up. But if there’s anything you want to know about my 2017, ask in the comments. I don’t promise to answer ANY question.

https://rosswintle.uk/2018/01/2017-in-review-ask-me-anything/

Tried creating a long post on my blog using WordPress Gutenberg on my iPad.

1) It’s just too complicated when all I want is text + images + embeds. I didn’t want blocks. I wanted to just turn it off.

2) They’ve tried hard on mobile/touch devices, but it needs much more work.

I fell asleep before midnight. I’ve had a lovely walk & lunch with brilliant friends. 2018 is here!

Happy New Year everyone. May you learn & grow. May you have peace & be a blessing to others. May you celebrate the good & have strength in the bad.

Let’s do this!

These aren’t really plans/goals. Just jotting down thoughts.

2) Say “no” more…somehow.
3) Automate more
4) Tick off small admin jobs more quickly/often
5) Reduce notifications
6) Have SPECIFIC times for learning/reading/side projects

Thinking about my plans for 2018. I’ve never really done Inbox Zero. But think I might now have the tools needed to do it. So 1) Aim for Inbox Zero

Pre-Christmas struggles are OK: https://rosswintle.uk/2017/12/pre-christmas-struggles-are-ok/

Wrote that this morning. Am a bit more on top of things now and the world is finally winding down to a proper holiday. But if you’re overwhelmed by it all, you’re not alone.

Weird but good side-effect of deleting the iOS Facebook app in response to this week’s Laracasts Snippet podcast: vastly improved battery life on my phone!

Here is the challenge of sustainability.

“Love Food – Hate Waste”
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“Film – Plastic – Not currently recycled”

A single campaign in isolation is not enough. We need to understand the tradeoffs.

Today I shall mostly be sat at home, eliminating bugs.

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Confession of unpopular opinion:

There are many things worse than Jar Jar Binks in Episodes 1 and 2.

The problem with having a kid who’s a) really small for his age and b) really good at cycling is that you go:

Balance bike -> 12″ -> 16″ -> 20″

Not:

Balance bike -> 14″ -> 20″

This is a delightful, if expensive, problem to have!

How come I’ve not come across git-ftp before? That’s a much neater solution for old-school (S)FTP deployment where it’s needed. https://github.com/git-ftp/git-ftp

Survived cycle-assassination attempt this morning. Notes to driver:

1) NO, it is NOT acceptable to overtake cyclists on roundabouts

2) You MUST be prepared to stop at a roundabout, look right, and give way

Ah yes. It’s that time of year again. Mailinglist-unsubscribe Friday approaches. ?

“a next generation crypto-currency and decentralized application platform, written entirely in JavaScript” – ???

Anyone else think this is like using a blunt pencil to do brain surgery?

And yes, we totally take the internet for granted. With any other family IT query I’d be sending pictures, or screen-sharing or getting him to allow remote access to help him out. Without internet I was working blind and that was what made it so hard.

Paper-clip-reset incident update: I managed to, over the phone, with no visual on what was going on, use a PDF of a 10-year old NetGear router manual to help my father-in-law piece together enough information to get back online. Man that was hard work!