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Stop Explaining What Things Are

Ever searched for a fix to a technical problem, only to get a 1,000 word essay on what the thing is? Yeah, me too.

📅 05 November 2025

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Smartphones are not the enemy

Phones aren’t evil. The attention economy is what keeps us hooked and distracted. It’s not the device that’s the issue, but the systems built to keep our eyes glued to it.

📅 27 October 2025

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Follow Up on Notes

I received a tonne of responses to my question about notes systems. I've also had a couple people email me asking for an update, as they're interested too. This is that update.

📅 13 August 2025

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How Do You Take Notes?

I need a better way of organising my notes, to-dos and tasks. I have crap all over the place at the moment, so if you have a system, I'd love to know what it is.

📅 30 July 2025

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I Don't See the Point of Smartwatches

Yes, I love traditional watches. Guilty as charged. But even if I didn’t, I’d still think smartwatches are one of the dumbest tech trends out there.

📅 21 July 2025

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Out With Old Tech, In With the New

Swapped my MacBook for a Framework 13, iPhone for Pixel, left Fosstodon, joined Micro.blog, and canned Kagi & YouTube. Less noise, more life. Here's how it's going...

📅 29 June 2025

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Putting Your Eggs in One Basket

I was reading a post the other day about how someone would struggle to move away from Apple as they're all in with them. I can understand this, as it nearly happened to me too.

📅 24 May 2025

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My First Week With the Framework 13

I've had my Framework 13 for a week now. There have been some challenges along the way, but for the most part, I'm happy with my purchase.

📅 26 April 2025

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Initial Thoughts of the Framework 13

I received my shiny new Framework 13 today, so I wanted to share some of my initial thoughts on the device.

📅 19 April 2025

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