Weeknote 18/2020
This week I ended up working alternate days for Moodle and the co-op, which felt a bit odd, but worked out well. Highlights included:
- Celebrating the fourth anniversary of We Are Open Co-op and welcoming Jen Kelchner as our sixth member.
- Working with some German MA students on their final version of the MoodleNet crowdfunding plan.
- Finding a tree with a branch just the right height and thickness for me to do some pull-ups on (yes, really!)
- Watching The Matrix (1999) with our 13-year old son and then getting a bunch of recommendations of what to watch next
- Getting really close to starting federation testing for MoodleNet.
- Revisiting the debate that I co-kickstarted in 2011 around the purpose of education in this Thought Shrapnel article.
- Eating our daughter’s chocolate puddings and son’s sticky toffee pudding cake.
- Finishing the MVP of the co-op’s new free email-based course on running successful virtual meetings.
- Helping a London-based charity with their emergency pivot to online delivery
- Completing the amazing novel A Gentleman in Moscow which is from my crowdsourced lockdown reading list.
- Walking in the local woods, where the bluebells and wild garlic are both out! Elsewhere, the cherry trees are also in full bloom. Beautiful.
Next week, I’ll be working for Moodle on Monday and Tuesday, the co-op on Wednesday and Thursday, and taking Friday off as it’s a Bank Holiday in the UK (moved from the Monday to celebrate VE Day, apparently…)
Photo taken during a walk this week.
