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Here we go: the top 10 posts on the NEXT Conference blog in 2018. One of them was the very first post I wrote, back in 2012(!).
Digging through the top posts on the Next Conference blog, I found this 2017 piece from Martin Recke - What is Digital Humanism?. This feels like a discussion we should have had more deeply.
Shoreham Fort
More #beachlife
Vlogging?
Beach Life.
Beach life.
Facebook apologists are real – they really are.
Beaver Bombers at work?
Today I learnt of the existence of Beavers Bombers:
While one theory suggests they escaped from a nearby nature reserve, it’s far more likely they were released illegally by what’s known in the trade as “beaver bombers”—in other words, wildlife vigilantes who operate under the cover of night
Hard not to have a sneaking respect for such pro-active environmentalism.
Crime in progress, but the lookout is on watch…
The Danger of Medium
The danger of Medium is two-fold. Without competition, and right now they don’t have any, we’re right back where we were before the web, only it’s worse. And they haven’t made any comittment to keeping their archive accessible, nor do they give people the ability to move their content off Medium without breaking links.
Roach motel.
On the Care and Feeding of Your Favorite Blogger
Here’s the thing - support comes in all shapes and sizes and doesn’t necessarily mean $$$$.
This is a good post, reminding us that blogging is an ecosystem, one that you can support in various ways.
Lady who lunches.
Beautiful moomin show. Iris loved it.
Current status:
Moomin magic is about to begin.
Moomin magic (and mischief) about to occur…
Iris at the Box Office.
Look, someone 😇 has made our local heros more festive.
Beach walk, ‘cos it’s Boxing Day innit?
Things I am doing without this festive periods #1: my MacBook Pro.
I’m spending the Christmas period without my MacBook Pro. On Christmas Eve it went to Apple hospital to get a new battery, and this seemed to be the time of year I could most do without it. After all, the reason I’ve hung on to it for so long — it’s five years old, give or take – is that I do so much on my iPad Pro while out and about these days. I’m hoping to keep the MacBook Pro going until the summer and the iOS 13 reveal, with my fingers crossed that we get a real boost for iPads. There are still a few niggles that send me back to the MacBook - I’m hoping they get addressed.
If that happens, my game plan is to have an iPad Pro for mobile productivity, and a high-spec iMac at home for the stuff where I really need a Mac’s power.
Having a couple of weeks where I have no MacBook Pro to fall back on will test that idea, and how close I am right now. And so far, it’s going pretty well.
I’ll report back…
Down by the Adur.
(Boxing Day walk)
Imagine my surprise to discover that an “influencer” who had vaguely intersected with the area I live has managed to lose a wife and three children on his way to social media success. Just imagine. So much of that culture is utterly toxic. Yet, this is the new aspiration.
The children are less enthused by this stage of the meal preparation…
