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Decision making - some tips on how to get better at it.

This week our data and technology department had a workshop looking at how to be more decisive, led by the fantastic Claire Holmes. Going away from the meeting we have asked each team to pick two techniques to apply over the next 12 weeks, and then to report back on whether they were effective. It will be interesting to see where we la...

Monokai Inspired Mona Theme

Hey, World 👋 I've enjoyed the Monokai colour scheme for a while and it was the inspiration for the colours used on this blog. Well, the dark mode at least, though I use slightly bolder versions. I think it's safe to say it’s an acquired taste, and I have a feeling it might be a bit of a 'love it or hate it' kind of situation. Whilst Iv...

Demo of how page refreshes with morphing work

This article was originally published in the 37signals dev blog. We published a demo showing how Page Refreshes with morphing work in Turbo 8. Comparing code helps a lot in software discussions, so I thought it would be valuable to show how the new feature compares to Turbo stream actions for performing partial updates and broadcasts. ...

In our time - Einstein

Episode link https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qdx1 Episode rating B+/A- I was fairly familiar with Einstein’s life, having had a fascination with the birth of modern physics for some time, but even still I learnt a few new things about him from this episode. I’d forgotten quite how long he had worked in obscurity as a parent attorn...

In our time, the Ramayana

Episode link https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jst2 My recollected rating: A I really enjoyed this episode, and basically learnt all about the epic, but I have now mostly forgotten the details. I Got GPT to summarise the work again for me, and what I recall from the episode is a good analysis of the role and tribulations of Sita in ...

The radiating programmer

This article was originally published in the 37signals dev blog. You are an individual contributor at heart. You like writing code and solving technical problems. You dislike meetings and ceremony. Here’s what you can do to maximize what you like and minimize what you don’t: radiate information. The daily standup meetings that Scrum po...

A Look At Artifact

Hey, World 👋 There’s been a bit of an influx of news aggregators and feed manager type apps recently. One in particular I hear a lot about is Matter. At its heart it’s a read-later app, but it also does a lot of work to help you curate a feed of content you’re interested in. Whilst I gave Matter a go, it never quite stuck with me. A si...

My Default Apps

Hey, World 👋 My blogging in 2023 has been essentially non-existent, but if there’s one thing that will take me out of my self-imposed isolation it’s a good blogging trend. So, when I saw the default apps Inspired by Hemispheric Views 097 - Duel of the Defaults!, I couldn’t resist. Well, that’s a lie actually. I did resist for some time...

In our time Paul Erdos

Episode link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jc68 My rating: B- I learnt hardly anything new in this episode. The book - the man who loved only numbers - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Who-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/1857028295 is a much much better guide to the man. Having read that book I was excited about this episode, and was saving ...

In our time - the chartists.

Episode link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hx7n My rating - A- The chartists were a social movement in England that ran from around the 1830s to the late 1860s. It was a mass movement in search of political reform that would rebalance power in favour of the masses. As such it can be described as a social movement. Gatherings o...