In a month of football disappointment, epic tattoos, bargain audiophile finds, giving back at work, season 6 finale for Make Life Work and a summer holiday.
Work #
- Got all teams together since starting in March; one team social and two-team platform “away day” (first time in the office for over a year, ever for some newstarters)
- Vibe survey focus group to explore and act on popular concerns across our engineering teams
- Supporting STEMettes initiative with a couple Summer School takeover days encouraging young girls into tech
- Fantastic “Forgotten Women of STEM” Lightning Talk from Nat
- Setup demo podcast for our Tech teams
Life #
Returned to Warwick’s Pub In The Park for an afternoon of alcohol, good food, Noasis and Fine Young Cannibals frontman, Roland
Birthday presents included 10kg dumbbells, bath robe, Chic on vinyl and plenty boxes of beer #ShowingMyAge
Epic new arm tattoo for birthday present from Mrs J #UnderTheNeedle
Picked up an old Technics stacks hifi from local Facebook marketplace deal
Holiday to Seaton in East Devon including:
Beach time at Lyme Regis, Seaton and Beer
Amusement rides at Crealey on Monday
More cave history in Beer on Sunday
Mini railways at Pecorama on Saturday
Dinosaurs at Seaton Jurassic on Sunday
Tram to Colyton on Monday
Two days working due to lack of annual leave
Sides #
- Concluded Make Life Work Season 6 with Chris Murphy and Lorna Mitchell
- Wrapped up Euro 2020 on Football Cal, followed by some user analysis thanks to Plausible
- Call with Shari from On The Side coffee roulette
- Setup a Google Sheet to track my cryptocurrency portfolio
- Refined my pension tracker from all previous employment contributions
- Guest mix from Paul Velocity for #FinesseFriday
Entertainment #
Watched 📺 #
Read 📖 #
- Solar War (Long Winter #2)
- PRIMER goal setting model
- New Eden, Part 1 and 2