2023: By The Numbers
A look back over the twelve months that made up 2023, via the lens of the data captured about my life.
Archives
A history of painting (with dinosaurs)
Ultimately, this is a book review, but it's a very good one that helps dissect the topic of where palaeoart fits in with the wider canon of art itself. It certainly gave me pause for thought on how […]
2024: The Year Of ...
What are my goals, themes, and overarching desires for the year ahead; and how does 2023 compare to what I had hoped it would become.
A Missing Narrative
Ever spend weeks writing something, hit publish, and then feel completely unsatisfied. That's what just happened to me. So I figured I'd try to work out why.
2023: The Year of Our Big Day
2023 was another BIG year in terms of, well, everything. We travelled all over the world. We attended scores of major events. And we got married. It's taken a while to write up, as a result!
Optimise Lightroom by rebuilding previews
A step-by-step guide to forcing Lightroom to rebuild preview files. This can help reduce the overall size of the Previews folder/database, which often retains outdated previews for files you've […]
Convert Markdown to RTF online
A brilliant tool: paste in some Markdown and it will display the converted Rich Text in the preview window. You can then copy this and paste into any RTF editor and hey presto, no more annoying […]
Jamie's bookshelf
I'm a sucker for a personal collection displayed on the web, and I really love the simplicity of Jamie's design for his digital bookshelf. An easy rating system; simple (and fast) filters; and a very […]
The great divide was indeed divisive
Chris reviews their thoughts on the infamous Great Divide article, with some useful additional nuance. Also, isn't it fun to see a blog post response to a blog post […]
Half Way (And A Bit)
With half the year now firmly in the past, how are my 2022 goals coming along?
Camera comparison & feature search
DPReview is one of my go-to sites for photography reviews or news, but every time I start thinking about a new camera I forget about their excellent hardware searching functionality. You can sort my […]
I, Influencer
The tale of my (possibly brief) foray into the world of tech reviews and market influencers.
2021: The Year of Adulting
As far as years go, 2021 held some pretty big surprises and featured some fairly grown-up decisions. Life will never be the same again...
Mastering SVG Animation
For the past couple of weeks I've been lucky enough to take part in Cassie Evans' latest SVG workshop (the first truly exceptional perk of the "new" career 🤩). The workshop was split into five […]
Go Fest 2021
Following on from the success of last year's pandemic event (and the follow-up at Christmas) it looks like Go Fest will likely be an annual, worldwide, ticketed event 🎉 Honestly, whilst […]
Favourite fonts of 2020
When ilt recommends a font, I listen. When they recommend a whole batch, I bookmark it for future reference 😉 Particular favourites from a first […]
National park "honest" reviews
A wonderful collection of hand-illustrated one-star reviews for some of the most beautiful wilderness areas on the planet. Originally covered the great US National Parks, but has recently begun […]
Fund efforts to solve the climate crisis
I've seen some good reviews of Ecologi. For a relatively low monthly cost (<£5) you can fund tree planting, rewilding initiatives, and environmental community schemes all over the world. They've […]