Apple One… I’ve been really interested to see this. Before the whole Hey/Epic drama I was really onboard with this, now I’m not certain this is the kind of company I really want to give my money too. Seeing as Poland doesn’t have News+ or fitness+ I guess we won’t have the premium option.
I hate newbie shaming
I really hate the culture of shaming newbies and amatures who try to copy something they see online but don’t do it as well.
- Everyone sucks when they start.
- If they enjoy it, what does it matter if it’s “good”
- It’s very easy to be the cynic who critiques everyone else (and does nothing)
- okay, if they are pretending to be a pro/guru and they have just started…you can roll your eyes a little.
The Dune trailer looks REALLY cool. I remember renting a set of old dune films from Blockbuster when I was a teenager, can’t wait to see this new version.
Three things that are making me happy
A quick list of things that are making me happy. Feel free to steal this as a blogging prompt.
1. Walking my daughter to nursery in the morning.
It’s great to take the 30 mins to go past the duck pond, hold hands, and get to know each other better. She’s grown so much in the last two years and it’s amazing seeing her start to speak in English and Polish.
2. My Anne Pro 2 keyboard
I got my fancy keyboard back from the office and took it home. It’s really comfortable and sticking to the same keyboard with the same layout has helped improve my typing accuracy again.
3. Saturday Afternoon teas
We started inviting some friends round for afternoon tea on Saturdays. It’s an excuse to bake a cake, have a cuppa and chat. It’s been a great way to socialize in our post-lockdown situation (although we are keeping track of government guidelines and case numbers).
I hope this makes you half as happy as it made me when I wrote it. I’d love to know what is making you happy at the moment.
Today I saw a bug on the ground that looked like one from animal crossing. I immediately felt a twitch to press up on my d-pad so I could get my net. I think I need a break from that game.
In the last few weeks I’ve seen a few criticism of “critical race theory.” I had read about critical theory before, but the addition of race was new to me. Is this a thing, or is this a polemic move/misunderstanding etc?
Monteising the #Humblebrag
🔗 Why publishers and media organisations need to build communities — Media Sector
“LinkedIn’s Groups is a reminder that LinkedIn is not a community platform – it’s a business that monetises the #humblebrag in business as well as our eyeballs and data.”
Someone at work sent me this article to read and I couldn’t help but love this quote. It perfectly sums up LinkedIn.
I’ve spent a while looking at new camera options and my conclusion is I have less idea what camera I should get.
So tell me what you use and like about it. (This will definitely make matters worse).
Just published this week’s Learn Create Share newsletter on Making time to reflect.
Also anouncing the competition winner.
🔗Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a Switch racer that uses RC cars - The Verge
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is a racing game, but one where players use their Switch to drive remote-controlled cars
An AR game that sounds fun!
Micro blog is great…but logging to change a page is an invitation to get distracted in the feed. I kind of wish it was easier to manage hosted micro blogs without logging in to the social network side.
Hey remember the whole “I Wish I could connect my switch to my iPad because the screen is bigger”… I’ve just discovered that there are a ton of HDMI to wirless transmitters designed for using your iPad as a camera monitor that would TOTALLY work. Bad news, the $100 seems useless and most seem to be double that at least.
Seriously considering camera options…there are so many good choices (which all have issues…usually price)
🔗 Apple more valuable than the entire FTSE 100 - BBC News
The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge, and has now surpassed the entire value of all the members of the UK’s top share index.
Siri, please define over inflated market value.
“Don’t wish your life away”
I’ve heard this from a couple of people recently and they point out that even in the boring or tough moments of life, wishing them over — so we can move on to “more interesting things” is really wishing away time that will never return.
The Inescapable Nature of US News
“As a European, I’m getting increasingly tired of American influence, from media, politics, work & lifestyle etc. It is overwhelming how much input is coming from US when it doesn’t relate to my expe…”
I saw this thread a few days ago and empathized. America has influenced my life and culture in many ways through my whole life but it feels increasingly ever present. News is perhaps the most effective example where I can tell you all sorts about the ins and outs of American politics now (and yet I deliberately avoided studying American politics when at university and chose different modules on other political systems). Perhaps this is purely due to America’s profound influence on the rest of the world, and yet surely that is self-fulfilling: the more America is reported on, the greater its influence. Looking at the rising influence of Qanon conspiracies in UK and Germany with anti-mask and anti-vaccination movements, its absurd that inventions to defend the explain away the US President’s incompetence have become global.
There’s nothing wrong with sharing about culture and influence and there is a lot I like about the states, but the 24/7 US News and Culture is becoming too much.
Future You Is Dumb (sorry!)
Back when I was a teacher, we had to fill in a register and record of work. This helped other teachers know what we had done in the last class and so they could prepare material for the following class. Some teachers saw this as unnecessary as they never shared classes, and so when they were off sick they would be contacted several times to find out what on earth they had been up to for the last few months. Most teachers included a few rough notes and some references to materials that could be helpful up to a point. I made it my aim to help my future self…who is an idiot.
I have a bad natural memory; I forget almost everything. It’s one of the reasons I love pen, paper, and task management apps — they have helped me avoid many problems. However, putting a note down doesn’t always help my future self.
A note can be useful, or it can be confusing.
When writing a note we are prone to the “curse of knowledge” where we assume that our future self will have the same information at hand that we do. That is rarely true. Instead, we will have a whole different set of memories and data clouding our perspective.
Assuming that our future self is a dumb idiot who won’t remember a thing is a great way to write a note that will be useful in the future.
And it was also a great way to write notes in records of work that helped teachers who had to cover classes.
Fairphone has announced the Fairphone 3+ as well as modules to upgrade the Fairphone 3. With Apple doing their best to be the villians, fairphone is looking better and better.
Blessed are the Seekers of Justice and Peacemakers.
³Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ⁴Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth. ⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ⁷Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. ¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ¹¹Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹²Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.