Weeknote 44/2018
This week I’ve been:
- Sending out Issue #322 of my Thought Shrapnel newsletter (last Sunday). It was entitled ‘Back-to-back’ and was, as ever, made possible via those who support me on Patreon.
- Flying to Denver from London, straight after MozFest, for the US MoodleMoot. It took 22 hours to get there due to flight delays and missed connections.
- Deciding not to move the family to Barcelona, as the salary from the job offer my wife received was too low, and they wouldn’t negotiate.
- Working on the MoodleNet project (Mon-Weds)
- Receiving confirmation that we’ve been successful in pitching for a grant. The money and expertise will help us with a decentralised privacy and security review.
- Running a workshop at the US MoodleMoot. I haven’t transcribed all of the post-its from the session yet, but the wiki page for the session can be found here.
- Confronting some differences in communication styles within our team. This wasn’t easy to deal with as I was away, but hopefully we’ve got it sorted and can move forward.
- Hanging out with Noah Geisel. He interviewed me for #Badgechat and then I interviewed him for a (public) microcast! I’m indebted to him for showing me some fantastic Denver street art.
- Meeting Bryan Alexander in person for the first time. We’ve been in touch a lot via email, etc. so it was good to see him in the flesh.
- Getting back home via plane, train, and automobile. It took 24 hours, even though everything was on time. Why? Because flight times and combinations meant that it was quicker for me to get the train home from London!
- Completing seven draft scripts, at around 6,500 words, for CET Israel in preparation for an upcoming series of videos I’m recording for their digital literacy MOOC.
- Curating interesting things I came across on the Thought Shrapnel blog:
- Recording three microcasts, two of which are available only to Patreon supporters:
Next week, I’m at home all week, working for Moodle from Monday to Thursday, and then doing consultancy work on Friday.
Photo of Denver street art taken by me during a walk with Noah on Wednesday morning.
