My brain is a ridiculous place. I have an enforced day off because my youngest is unwell - but I’m still feeling guilty.


I have co-authored books with Chuck. Chuck is a good person. This makes me very cross.


This is an eye-opening read about the biggest issue of the next 15 years: How to deal with despair over climate change - Vox


Barbados, late 2011

I’ve just been pottering around editing some old photos, from our last pre-children holiday. Two days after I got back, my life changed forever in two ways: we agreed to buy a house, and I realised that my time at my old employer was up. I was figuring out what to do next, and so these photos have never had the attention they deserve.

I’m enjoying coming back to them with seven years' distance.

The still Caribbean Boating off Barbados Sunset over the villa's pool The wild, wild East coast

I used to shoot a lot more landscapes back then…


Now, that’s what I call release notes. 💯 👌🏻


Finally writing the three new training course descriptions I’ve been itching to launch for months.

Let’s hope people are itching to go on them, too!


I backed this film on Kickstarter, and can’t wait to finally see it: Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop


Feeling guilty about accidentally leaving my reusable coffee cup behind.


If you’re a Brit who remembers the 70s, this album is a joy: Matt Berry - TV Themes


Such a lovely, simple concept:

Technology is no longer scarce, our attention is. Technology is breaking our attention. Tech should consume as little of our attention as possible, and only when necessary; that’s the core of calm technology.


Just been editing and adding links to this #next18 piece, and David Mattin’s framework for viewing new technologies is both useful and a little disturbing


Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure

I’ll skip the obvious jokes and just say “oh, what could have been”. #interhacktives


This is a whole bag of “nope” from me: Facebook announces Portal, its new video chatting hardware


This, right here, is why men need feminism, too. Clichéd gender roles are harming both sexes. How Men Get Penalized for Straying from Masculine Norms


The weekend finishing on a high note.


The new raincoat passes muster.


Friday’s End


Stunning weather up on the South Downs today.



I’ve run out of Aeropress filters 😱