The Danger of Medium

Dave Winer

The danger of Medium is two-fold. Without competition, and right now they don’t have any, we’re right back where we were before the web, only it’s worse. And they haven’t made any comittment to keeping their archive accessible, nor do they give people the ability to move their content off Medium without breaking links.

Roach motel.


On the Care and Feeding of Your Favorite Blogger

Here’s the thing - support comes in all shapes and sizes and doesn’t necessarily mean $$$$.

This is a good post, reminding us that blogging is an ecosystem, one that you can support in various ways.


Lady who lunches.


Beautiful moomin show. Iris loved it.


Current status:


Moomin magic is about to begin.


Moomin magic (and mischief) about to occur…


Iris at the Box Office.


Look, someone 😇 has made our local heros more festive.


Beach walk, ‘cos it’s Boxing Day innit?


Things I am doing without this festive periods #1: my MacBook Pro.

I’m spending the Christmas period without my MacBook Pro. On Christmas Eve it went to Apple hospital to get a new battery, and this seemed to be the time of year I could most do without it. After all, the reason I’ve hung on to it for so long — it’s five years old, give or take – is that I do so much on my iPad Pro while out and about these days. I’m hoping to keep the MacBook Pro going until the summer and the iOS 13 reveal, with my fingers crossed that we get a real boost for iPads. There are still a few niggles that send me back to the MacBook - I’m hoping they get addressed.

If that happens, my game plan is to have an iPad Pro for mobile productivity, and a high-spec iMac at home for the stuff where I really need a Mac’s power.

Having a couple of weeks where I have no MacBook Pro to fall back on will test that idea, and how close I am right now. And so far, it’s going pretty well.

I’ll report back…


Down by the Adur.

(Boxing Day walk)


Imagine my surprise to discover that an “influencer” who had vaguely intersected with the area I live has managed to lose a wife and three children on his way to social media success. Just imagine. So much of that culture is utterly toxic. Yet, this is the new aspiration.


The children are less enthused by this stage of the meal preparation…


Prepping Christmas Dinner while watching the Countryfile Christmas Special. Because, yes, I am middle aged and middle class.


Time to get the turkey in.


A very merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!


The way my hair’s going, I figure I’m about 10 years and a beard from making a decent Santa.


Today has challenged my understanding of the word “elf”.


Number of open tabs on my iPad: 0.

Days since this was last the case: 3,130.