Gerry talks about “top tasks” a lot. He literally [wrote the book]https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/top-tasks-a-how-to-guide/) on it: Top tasks are what matter most to your customers. Seems pretty obvious, right? But it’s actually pretty rare to see top tasks presented any diffe … | Continue reading
The stage is set …for Mám! https://teacdamsa.com/production/mam/ | Continue reading
Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Mary Shannon on banjo! 🎻🪕🎻 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Oysters and Guinness in Tigh Neachtain. | Continue reading
Checked in at Tigh Neachtain. Sitting in a snug — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Listening to my favourite mandolin player ever—Declan Corey—playing in a cracking session! 🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at The Crane Bar. Post-dinner session 🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Taaffes. A pint and some tunes 🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Heading into the west, taking the train from Dublin to Galway. | Continue reading
If any of my fellow #mastodaoine play trad music, you can now get updates from https://thesession.org by following @thesession@mastodon.ie https://mastodon.ie/@thesession | Continue reading
Checked in at Dover Castle. Monday night session 🎶🎻 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Exactly sixteen years ago on this day, I wrote about Twitter, a service I had been using for a few weeks. I documented how confusing yet compelling it was. Twitter grew and grew after that. But at some point, it began to feel more like it was shrinking, shrivelling into a husk of … | Continue reading
Táim ar an teilifís! Blink and you’ll miss me and my mandolin at 1:01 and 35:21 (with some subsequent audience shots at the banjo recital) from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy: https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/seinn/?pid=6315816768112 | Continue reading
Reading The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers. | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Made it back to Brighton in time for a session 🎶🎻 | Continue reading
Checked in at British Airways Galleries Club Lounge / First Lounge. Transiting through Philly — with Jessica | Continue reading
Bidding farewell to Florida. | Continue reading
If you ask me, the construction of a highway to the danger zone was an extravagant waste of taxpayer money in the first place. | Continue reading
Right now, Twitter feels like Dunkirk beach in May 1940. And look, here comes a plucky armada of web servers running Mastodon instances! Others have written some guides to getting started on Mastodon: An oversimplified guide to setting up Mastodon by Sarah Higley, An Increasingl … | Continue reading
I’ve been contemplating a checkbox. The label for this checkbox reads: This is a bot account Let me back up… In what seems like decades ago, but was in fact just a few weeks, Elon Musk bought Twitter and began burning it to the ground. His admirers insist he’s playing some for … | Continue reading
Two weeks ago I was on stage for two days hosting Leading Design in London. Last week I was on stage for two days hosting Clarity in New Orleans. It was an honour and a pleasure to MC at both events. Hard work, but very, very rewarding. And people seemed to like the cut of my jib … | Continue reading
Phwoar! Thank you, James Webb Space Telescope, for another beautiful shot! | Continue reading
Got to see the bright burn of the Artemis launch even from Saint Augustine beach far to the north, and even with cloudy skies! 🚀 | Continue reading
Instagram clichés gone wrong. | Continue reading
So saddened to hear of @carolune’s passing. I’ll always remember being so excited and enthusiastic at the very first Science Hack Day. A true champion of science and wonder. My deepest sympathies to her family. | Continue reading
Saint Augustine Beach, mid November. | Continue reading
Sitting on the porch, playing tunes on my mandolin. | Continue reading
Going to Saint Augustine. brb | Continue reading
Bidding farewell to New Orleans, @wordridden’s city of birth. | Continue reading
Had to be done. (But Morning Call is still tops) | Continue reading
It was an honour and a privilege to MC the in-person portion of #Clarity2022—I had a blast! | Continue reading
Simultaneously having a great time at #Clarity2022 in New Orleans while also feeling FOMO for #FFconf back home in Brighton. | Continue reading
Checked in at Sazerac Bar. Sazerac — with Jessica | Continue reading
Had a lovely evening enjoying live music outdoors in a New Orleans courtyard at the #Clarity2022 speakers’ gathering. | Continue reading
Got a sneaky tour of the National WWII Museum from our old friend Kim who’s a senior curator there! | Continue reading
Checked in at Dover Castle. A full house of fiddles! 🎶🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
So saddened by the passing of Mimi Parker—we’ve lost a beautiful voice. | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday session 🎶🎻 | Continue reading
When I wrote about my hopes and fears for the View Transitions API, a few people latched on to this sentiment: If the View Transitions API only works for single page apps, it could be the single worst thing to happen to the web in years. But I also wrote: If the View Transit … | Continue reading