“Dad, I forgot to add Frozen songs to my playlist. Can I have more iPad time to sort it?”

“Hazel, that idea? Let it go.”

“DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! Worst Dad joke ever.”

“Thank you.”


Down by the sea on a blustery day.

two men standing by the sea on Shoreham Beach.

Sunrise over Shoreham Beach, during the Easter Sunday dawn service.

Sunrise over Shoreham Beach.

Beach life.

Lancing Beach.

Back in your in-boxes: season two of Engaged Reading Time starts here.


358 tabs open on my iPad Pro. I suspect my Easter project should be cleaning them down.

(It was over 400 before my morning coffee.)


This piece from Robin Sloan is looking more prescient by the day: the last decade’s platforms are over.



On GM swapping CarPlay for subscription services.

Jason Snell:

The arrogance in believing that GM should force people to bend their digital lives in order to fit into their cars is breathtaking. Are users going to be forced to change their podcast app of choice, or streaming music service of choice, or audiobook player of choice, all because General Motors wants to enhance its revenue?


I might need more popcorn for the current Twitter versus Substack squabble.

Possibly a beer, too.