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Complexity is killing the web
Nowadays, I find the web looking more and more like my days as a frustrated software developer. We’ve got preprocessors, package managers, build tools, CLI tools and frameworks built on frameworks
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A review of Ikea’s Bekant Standing Desk
For the money, the Ikea Bekant standing desk is a great choice for any workspace. It looks smart, the mechanics feel right and the range of heights is massive.
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The Martian
Yesterday, I started reading The Martian and today I finished it. It’s been over a five years since I last successfully read a fiction book end-to-end, which shows just how much it grabbed me.
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How I use Evernote to simplify packing for going away
Packing for trips away was always a last-minute flurry of throwing stuff into a bag. After forgetting some key items, I developed a little system to make packing easier
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Simply Secure: A brand and website in four short weeks
This month at mySociety we helped the folks at Simply Secure launch their new company
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Two-dimensional arrays and Liquid
For the (R)evolution conference site this year I’m using Mixture’s models to manage our speaker data
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Things I want to test
Is a user’s name a good enough label for a ‘manage account’ button?
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Why the Memory Palace is my favourite podcast
The Memory Palace is a history podcast masterfully delivered by host Nate DiMeo.