Here’s a secret: Fritz Kola is one of the main reasons I love going to Hamburg…

Several bottles of Fritz-Kola are displayed behind a glass surface.

I sometimes wish I had made photography a bigger part of my professional life. The only time I really get to do it is when I’m doing event liveblogging. And sometimes that turns into gig photography.

I have blogs. I should do more photography projects.


What the hell is happening at Automattic?

It looks like the war for the profits of WordPress has begun…


Beardy Guy

Appreciate and take care of your devices. Take pleasure in their longevity. If they get the job done, keep using them. This is the way.

Still happily rocking an iPhone 13 Pro. Not feeling any urgency to upgrade.


The Bell, the first Mill Media local journalism site to be powered by Ghost, is live.

Glasgow is getting Ghosted…


Good news, chums! Coffee is good for you!

(Yes, I am avoiding reading the details, lest they undermine the news I want.)

☕️☕️


This Automattic / WP Engine story is absolutely wild.

If those texts are genuine, I’m going to need a lot of popcorn as this plays out.


One of the lovely things about NEXT Conference is that, thanks to it happening alongside the Reeperbahn Festival, we get some great musical opening acts.

This year it was Alli Neumann.


Liking the aesthetic of this coffee shop.

A woven rattan light fixture is hanging from the ceiling, surrounded by a ceiling fan, dried plants, and pastel-colored mugs on a shelf.Two woven pendant lights hang from a ceiling beside a potted plant, with natural light coming through nearby windows.


Saying goodbye to Hamburg again. Great trip this year, even if BA seemed reluctant to actually fly any of us home…

Hamburg airport terminal is bathed in sunlight with several parked airplanes and luggage carts on the tarmac.