One Man's Notes

Parenting, Twitter-style

I’ve Decided to Parent the Way Jack Dorsey Runs Twitter

Instead of family meetings where everyone has an equal voice, and where feelings and concerns are shared and worked through together, we now host a weekly family shout-down. One person speaks, and then we all yell at him until he shuts the hell up, cries, or leaves.


Abusive tweets to MPs ‘more than double’ between elections — given that Twitter’s user numbers were pretty close to flat over that period, this really doe suggest a huge tonal shift.


RIP Jacqueline Pearce

Servalan was a defining character of Blake’s 7, and hence of TV culture for a while…


Pre-school shoe fitting. Hazel needs new school and casual shoes. 💰🙄 (grumpy Dad mode in full effect.) 😂


Dusk.


Deploying the @fabsilofficial to renovate an old #tent


Testing my original tent from 22 years ago! It’s not been used for 8 years, but is still in good nick. Need a little re-waterproofing of the fly, and then the girls can use it.


Testing the waterproofing on a 22 year old tent.


More of nature’s bounty


Fallen bounty.


Camp life. #camping #newforest #campingintheforest #ashurst #outwell


Apples.

(Doing a first pass on the photos from our camping holiday).


Cycle racks in place. #shorehambeach #shorehambysea


Perfect day for a beach walk!


Watching the babychinos being made in @tomfoolery.coffee


OMG. Too much cute… We Didn’t Start The Fire (Harry Potter Parody)


Wands: serious business.


Amazing weather for a day at @springbarnfarm - not too hot, not too cold and some dramatic skies!


One Man & His Blog is now running on Ghost 2.0


I’m excited to say that I’m a contributor to a new book on fixing our digital life, to be published in German and English. My fellow authors are a stellar lineup of thinkers. Available this autumn: Digital Fix - Fix Digital


In severe danger of going full brony.


I’m cringing now to beat the rush. The BBC is doing a new drama about journalism.


I have earned this today.


Do I deserve a beer tonight?


I suspect that the context collapse created by retweeting may be the single biggest mistake Twitter has ever made.