I’ve been wanting to watch this film for a while for a number of reasons. I’m a fan of Tom Hiddleston’s acting and had hear good things about the book the film was adapted from. The film is set in a beautiful 60s/70s brutalist apartment in London – where something of a class structure is…
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2021: Looking forward
I’ve never really liked the idea of ‘resolutions’ as such. They always feel like grand gestures. Huge changes which seem, by their very nature, to be set up to fail. What I do like is this thought…
When I look back on 2021 – what things will I be proud of, and glad I did.
What do you need?
Listening to the recent interview Matt Mullenweg did on the Farnham Street Knowledge Project podcast I was struck by something he said about the way he has been encouraged by a coach to be more aware of the way he chooses his words.
2020: A retrospective
Enough has been written about 2020. For my own reference (and a reminder for the future) I wanted to note the things I’m grateful for coming out of 2020.
What to do, what to do…
As we approach 2021, my brain goes to the ‘things’ I want to do in the coming year. Inevitably I have a range of ideas of projects which would be fun and interesting, but there’s no way I can commit to all of them… Some things that I have in mind… Keep up the blogging…
A week in the life of a Happiness Engineer
I’ve been working at Automattic as a Happiness Engineer on WordPress.com for a little over two years now. The work is varied, and I love it. But the title ‘Happiness Engineer’ doesn’t really explain a lot about what I actually do. I thought it would be good to share what a typical week might look…