Weeknote 25/2018

This week I’ve been:

• Sending out Issue #308 of my Thought Shrapnel newsletter. This one was called ‘World Cup(cake)’. Thanks to the 39 patrons who back me via Patreon plus those who continue their support via Gumroad!
• Working on the MoodleNet project:
  • Completing our first two-week sprint. This was a ‘meta-sprint’ in which we got ourselves organised using our Trello board.
  • Started our next sprint, which will be a three-week one due to our involvement in next week’s Spain Moot (and DevJam).
  • Mapping out and writing a blog post about system architecture options for MoodleNet.
  • Discussing UX milestones with Outlandish.
  • Updating the MoodleNet overview document to v0.2 (at the request of Rohan)
  • Getting the MoodleNet project set up on Moodle’s teamwork.com account.
  • Starting to put together a MoodleNet slidedeck for MoodleMoot Spain in Barcelona next week.
  • Putting together the first draft of a project architecture diagram.
  • Beginning to figure out ways to connect MoodleNet to Moodle instances.
  • Creating a video overview of the project for Moodle Partners.
  • Drafting community contribution guidelines based on various sources of inspiration.
• Accompanying my son to hospital a couple of times for a total of around seven hours. He was messing around with his friends after school and a stray rugby tackle knocked him out cold. He’s had some double-vision, but should be OK!
• Catching up with Cliff Manning about some upcoming work with the Carnegie UK Trust’s #NotWithoutMe digital accelerator project. I also put together an agenda for a workshop I’m running next month for the National STEM Learning Centre.
• Spending much less time reading and reading due to my son’s injury. That’s meant only one post on the Thought Shrapnel blog: Crawling before you walk.
• Watching as many World Cup football matches as I can.
• Opting-out of NHS data gathering (for the second time) on behalf of my family. Given recent revelations about data-sharing with Google, I don’t see why I should give anyone more information about my family’s health than is strictly necessary.
• Re-elected as Secretary of our local Scout group at the AGM.
• Testing out Nextcloud again using a free account at disroot.org. I’d quite like to know that important data such as photos, bookmarks, and files are safe and in a place that isn’t being data-mined. I’ve started supporting Disroot on Patreon at $2/month while I test it out, and will up my backing to the $15/month level for the complete list of services if I continue using them.

Next week I’m doing five days for Moodle. I’ll be at home on Monday until my flight to Barcelona in the evening for the MoodleMoot. I’m very much looking forward to visiting the new Moodle office in Barcelona, which opens just before the Moot! I get back home on Friday night.

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