This week I’ve been:
- Sending out Thought Shrapnel, my weekly newsletter loosely structured around education, technology, and productivity. Issue #271 was entitled ‘Noteworthy’. We’re now well over 1,500 subscribers, and 45 of those are members of the Thought Shrapnel Live! channel on Telegram. Super special people have become a valued supporters.
- At home, although I only worked 4.5 days this week. Four of those were with Totara Learning, who I’m helping with their community strategy.
- Catching up with Cat Boyd from PCS, Cliff Manning from the Office of the Children’s Comissioner, Wayne Skipper from Concentric Sky, the good people at Freeformers, and others for various reasons wouldn’t appreciate me mentioning them here.
- Continuing to read The Organized Mind: thinking straight in the age of information overload by Daniel Levitin. I’m taking my time as it’s great.
- Co-facilitating another Badge Wiki barn raising. I wrote up what we got up to here.
- Playing a lot of FIFA 17 on my PS4.
- Putting together details of my Open Badges workshop for the organisers of the ALL DIGITAL SUMMIT being held in October in Barcelona. I’m also presenting at the summit.
- Fixing my 20 year-old bike (still in good nick) at my parents’ house ready for a family outing tomorrow.
- Writing:
Next week I’m at home all week, as we’ve turned the planned in-person We Are Open Co-op meetup into another virtual session to be held on Friday. It’s August Bank Holiday on Monday so I’m trying my best not to work that day, and I’ll be doing my three days for Totara on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I’ve got other client work to get done in the evenings so busy Doug is busy…
I make my living helping people and organisations become more productive in their use of technology. If you’ve got something that you think I might be able to help with, please do get in touch! Email: [email protected]
Photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash — not sure why, but this photo really resonated with me.
This week I’ve been:
Next week I’m at home all week. I’m trying not to work on Monday morning, spending time with my family on Monday afternoon, and then working Tuesday-Friday for Totara Learning.
I make my living helping people and organisations become more productive in their use of technology. If you’ve got something that you think I might be able to help with, please do get in touch! Email: [email protected]
This week I’ve been:
- Sending out Thought Shrapnel, my weekly newsletter loosely structured around education, technology, and productivity. Issue #270 was entitled ‘Holiday’ and this week included only links without commentary given I had deadlines and had to pack to go…
- On holiday in Devon. It was great, as we stayed in a wooden house built by friends of my wife’s parents, and went as screen-free as possible for a week. We saw the Red Arrows, and hung out with my brother and sister-in-law, and their children, a fair bit. The only thing that could have been improved was the weather at the start of the week…
- Reading dead-tree books. I finished Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lamont, which was excellent and I’ll be re-reading. I can see why so many people recommended it. I also finished Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. He’s an historian, so I really enjoyed his previous book, Sapiens: a brief history of mankind, and the first half of this one. However, I think he drank a bit too much Silicon Valley kool-aid before writing the second half of it. I’m half-way through Happy: why more or less everything is absolutely fine by Derren Brown (yes, that one!) He shares a short history of philosophy and some anecdotes, before launching into an overview of Stoicism. The philosophy isn’t anything new to me, but he packages it in an engaging way.
- Running. Which is probably a good job given how much I’ve been eating and drinking this week. I really enjoyed going out for a short run with our 10 year-old now he’s old enough to keep up!
Next week I’m in Birmingham from Monday to Wednesday to do some work on behalf of Freeformers at the Google Digital Garage. Then I’m in Brighton on Thursday and Friday working with Totara.
I make my living helping people and organisations become more productive in their use of technology. If you’ve got something that you think I might be able to help with, please do get in touch! Email: [email protected]
