An emotional time at work, quality family time walking and gaming and getting back into ALL the podcasts.
Work #
- Enjoyed Ryan's #LightningTalk about tech-friendly objectives in Github Projects
- Started looking at Mailchimp alternatives to setup some internal newsletters (EmailOctopus looks promising following Marc's recommendation)
- Great chat with Jamie & Lion about how he's experienced #neurodiversity support at work
- Celebrated some team changes and promotions with some remote Friday beers
- Our first candidate interview of the new TAG process had a great attitude but just lacked enough experience to cut it in the team
- Fascinating session reviewing the new Engineering Manager competency framework with my line manager, her often upgrading my self-assessment scores but raising interesting suggestions about neglecting areas due to too much kindness
- London trip to say goodbye to Luca (with many succumbing to positive Covid results)
- Presented a last minute "10 pro tips for engaging blog and podcast content" at #TechDevelops, creating slide content 2 hours before presentation
- Wellbeing Day off last Friday so went for a swim, pub lunch and vinyl hunt
Life #
- Got the new Smart ForFour put through Mercedes diagnostics but nothing came up - fun driving the courtesy A-Class for the day though
- Challenging muddy walk around Castleton in the Peak District with the family
- Struggled through home-schooling Princess following crazy number of positive Covid cases in her class
- Geeked out at Pixel Bunker in Milton Keynes, button-bashing on Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat with The Boy
- The Boy's first tae kwon do grading racked him with nerves
- Rekindled a long lost love for (NBA) basketball, now looking into (another) monthly TV subscription
- Joined the global Wordle craze with a new Ticktick habit, currently averaging a strong 4 attempts.
Sides #
- Recorded MLW with Shannon from 9 second news app, Volv
- Produced Andy’s episode
- Set some 2022 KPI's for Make Life Work (4,000 downloads and 100 Twitter followers)
- Introduced Taiwo to the House Finesse roster
- Featured on Matt Asbury's Leaders of Engineering podcast
- Made my own mix for House Finesse
- Welcomed another Si to On The Side
- Refined the Apple Health to Personal Dash setup, now with a daily chart of movement and exercise
Watched #
Read 📚 #
Listened #
- S04 EP2: No bath since Brexit... on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
- REWIND: With A Twist on House Finesse
- RHLSTP 363 - Laura Lexx on RHLSTP with Richard Herring
- Now That's What I Call Parenting Hell - Volume 1 on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
- Glitterbox Radio Show 251: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- #241 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 1 of 2) on Indie Hackers
- Defected Radio 14.01.22 with Carl Craig on Defected Radio
- Ep 151. Timber on Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- #HKR03/22 Hedkandi Radio on Hed Kandi Radio
- S04 EP3: "What is time?..." on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
- Change Yourself, Change Your Team: The Underrated Leadership Principles All Good Managers Follow (with Peter Anderton, Director of Internal Alignment) on Supermanagers
- Winter Sun with Taiwo on House Finesse
- Glitterbox Radio Show 252: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- Defected Radio 21.01.22 with Monki on Defected Radio
- The Warm Up with One Phat DJ on House Finesse