My Approach To My Career
Do something you love for a living and you will never work a day in your life.
Posts Tagged "Opinion"
100 Days To Offload & Over-Saturation
I've been having a think about 100 Days To Offload, and I've decided to make some changes to the challenge.
Keybase, Zoom and Me
Zoom have acquired Keybase. This has sparked a lot of consternation within the open source community and a lot of people have decided to delete their Keybase accounts.
Confession: I Have No Idea How To Use Git
I have a confession to make - I have no idea how to use Git. Pull requests, commits, branches (what the hell do trees have to do with it?) It's all jargon to me.
Recommended Read - A Biker's Life By Henry Cole
I couldn't put this one down; I read it in two days. I think that's because Henry's book resonated with me on a number of levels. Let me explain...
Is Dark Mode Good For Your Eyes?
I've decided to stop using dark mode across all of my devices, because research suggests that going to the dark side ain't all that.
My Thoughts On Ubuntu 20.04
I've been running Ubuntu 20.04 on my Thinkpad for a day or so. It's now setup to my workflow, so read on to hear some of my thoughts.
The Case For WordPress
Apparently, WordPress is slow, insecure and hard to maintain. I disagree and wanted to take a minute to explain why I think none of this is actually true.
Categorise Or Compartmentalise?
Regular readers of this blog will know that it's very much a tech focussed site. However, I have three main passions in my life, which are tech (obviously), fish-keeping and motorbikes.
Moving To Progressive Web Apps
Where possible, I have decided to transition from native apps to Progressive Web Apps (PWA) on my mobile devices. If you want to know why I think they're a much better solution than native apps, please read on.
Librem 5 - My Thoughts
The Librem 5 is way overpriced for what it is. I'll be surprised if they sell a single unit.
Reasons Why Zoho Mail Is Better Than Gmail
Zoho mail is a far better product than Gmail and in this post I intend to prove it to you.
Coming Full Circle - From Grav To WordPress
After all my messing around with different blog platforms, I've come full circle and gone back to WordPress.
Why I Use Linux
Microsoft Acquires GitHub – My Thoughts
It has been a couple of days since the announcement was made that Microsoft acquires GitHub, here's my thoughts...
Is A Password Book A Bad Idea?
So I was browsing my Twitter feed recently, and I came across a tweet exclaiming that password books are a ridiculous idea. But are they?
Are Password Managers Really Worth It?
I recently got chatting to someone on Fosstodon about password security and in particular, password managers. But I thought Iād share my thoughts here also, as I have much more than 500 characters to play with.