The power of disinformation to capture people’s minds is terrifying. Watching a friend’s Facebook friend who is clearly deep in the rabbit hole is sobering.
As someone who spent my entire childhood north of the border, the increasing likelihood that Scotland will soon be an independent country is troubling me.
Today’s beach walk did not feel autumnal at all. Between the waves and the overcast skies, not to mention the biting wind, it felt distinctly like winter is coming.
OK. A week in I am prepared to say this:
Big Sur is bloody lovely and it has completely reignited my joy in using my Mac.
Wake. Take children to school. Train people via Zoom. Collect children. Feed children. Read bedtime story. Edit training videos. Sleep. Wake. Take…
I regret I didn’t take more notes in the early days of the first lockdown. It was an unusual, but quite special, family time. And I do want that memory - the good part, at least - to persist.
I need to remind myself more often that it doesn’t actually matter how far I am from my goals, as long as the direction of movement is largely correct.
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They’re altogether ooky, They’re Adam’s family.
😎
The fact that the entire British political establishment is waiting anxiously for a blog post makes my deep loyalty to the medium feel completely validated. 😏
Media artisans and their tools…
One thing from the before times I really miss: just grabbing my laptop or iPad and heading to a coffee shop to work for an hour or two.
If home working turns into a long-term trend, I guess we’ll have to find ways of recreating those social lifelines.
First impressions of Big Sur: amazingly fast on my ancient 2013 MacBook Pro. The visual refresh takes a little getting used to, but it’s close enough to the current iPad look that it feels fairly familiar.
A couple of hours in, and I haven’t hit any problems yet.
Hello, Big Sur.
(That sounds like something from a really bad prison movie: “Jim, if you want to survive in here, you need to keep Big Sur happy…”)
The balance of my wardrobe has changed during the eight months of lockdowns and remote working. I wear far fewer smart jackets, shirts and jumpers, and far more sustainable outdoors gear.
I like this change.