Weeknote 08/2019
This week I’ve been:
- Sending out Issue #333 of my Thought Shrapnel newsletter. It was entitled, ‘Bad puns are how eye roll’ and was, as ever, made possible via those who support me on Patreon.
- Taking Monday and Tuesday as holiday. As a family we visited Jorvik Viking Centre, Magna Science Adventure Centre, and Fountains Abbey, which were all great! In fact, I reckon visiting Jorvik as a nine year-old possibly kindled my interest in history.
- Spending Wednesday doing half a day for Moodle and half as a consultancy day. I spoke to a couple of people via my new surgery slots and really enjoyed those conversations (community building and the history of networked scholarship!) Once again, I’m only available in the morning next Wednesday, so book your slot if you want to catch me!
- Working on the MoodleNet project:
- Sending out the final survey for the first initial testing period. We’ve had good feedback so far, and we’re looking forward to the second testing period starting next week.
- Continuing to triage all the suggestions coming in from testers through Changemap.
- Adding more details to our upcoming sprints towards the beta launch at the UK & Ireland MoodleMoot in April.
- Spending Thursday and Friday in Barcelona with Gry Stene and Martin Dougiamas discussing strategy. I also discussed data protection with Carlo Polizzi, and hung out with other Moodle colleagues. There was a general strike on Thursday, which was interesting to experience.
- Encouraged by the interactions within our new Slack-based book club. We were reading the second chapter of of Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism and it’s not too late to join us if you’re interested!
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Putting together things for Thought Shrapnel:
Next week, I’m at home all week working on MoodleNet Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Photo taken by me in Barcelona just before sunset on Friday.
