Ramblings

2024-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2024

2024 In Review

2024 saw planes, trains and trips

2024-08-12T00:00:00.000Z 12th August 2024

A summary of TYPO3 Developer Days 2024

My thoughts about TYPO3 Developer Days 2024

2024-08-03T00:00:00.000Z 3rd August 2024

TYPO3 Developer Days 2024: Day 3 - 3rd August 2024

T3DD in Karlsruhe, Germany - day 3. Points of interest and tidbits

2024-08-02T00:00:00.000Z 2nd August 2024

TYPO3 Developer Days 2024: Day 2 - 2nd August 2024

Day two of T3DD in Karlsruhe, Germany - notes, points and useful links

2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z 1st August 2024

TYPO3 Developer Days 2024: Day 1 - 1st August 2024

Notes, bullet points and links from the first day of T3DD in Karlsruhe, Germany

2023-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2023

2023 In Review

2023 had more miles and physical activities (including puzzles), but I struggled to get into side-projects & Geocaching

2023-07-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th July 2023

Open Door Meetings - How I can bother my colleagues without interrupting them

Appointments help us arrange meetings with other staff members without forcing them to context switch.

2023-02-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th February 2023

Writing more evergreen blog post topics is hard

Writing evergreen content is the golden egg, but it's not as easy as one might think

2023-01-05T00:00:00.000Z 5th January 2023

Be Code Agnostic

Let code be code and your content be content. Don't get tied into a single system for hosting your site

2022-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2022

2022 In Review

2022 saw bikes and side-projects increase, while blog posts & instagram declined

2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th August 2022

Love Film & Cinema

Gone are the times where you would get a film in the post - how do we remove choice paralysis and actually watch a film?

2021-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2021

2021 In Review

2021 was the year everything just carried on being a bit rubbish in the world. There were, however, some excellent highlights in the year

2021-06-28T00:00:00.000Z 28th June 2021

Incremental updates don't win awards

Liquid Light

The web industry thrives on “the big reveal” of new designs and websites but we don't believe that should ever be the case.

2021-04-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th April 2021

My 2021 writing schedule

Since 2021, I have stuck to a writing schedule - not only has it helped write more posts, it prevents the flurry of inactivity

2020-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2020

2020 In Review

2020 brought the first pandemic of my lifetime, but plenty of good things too

2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z 15th April 2020

Mikestreety's New Clothes

For regular readers, you will notice a fresh new face on the old dog (my first blog post that made the many migrations was from 2009!).

2019-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2019

2019 In Review

2019 was a strange year, new kitchen, bathroom car and bike. But overall it was good. I enjoyed it.

2018-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2018

2018 in review

2018 was a big year for me, in all sorts of ways. This blog post summarises one of the most life-changing years of my life.

2017-12-31T00:00:00.000Z 31st December 2017

2017 in review

It seems to be the done thing to do a "year in review" post. I initially scoffed at the idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought about how keeping track of accomplishments can be a little encouragement and ego boost. So here goes!

2017-06-22T00:00:00.000Z 22nd June 2017

How I kicked a millennial habit

Changing habits is hard - especially when it's being part of your lifestyle for so long. After watching a video, I decided to address my reliance on social media and mobile phones.

2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z 18th February 2014

Be a Better Road User

I've been cycling since I can remember, and driving since 2009. Over the last few years, I've believed something more and more and I would like to make a bold statement - Cyclists make better drivers, drivers make better cyclists

2013-07-29T00:00:00.000Z 29th July 2013

Trailwalker 2013

The Trailwalker event is something I've had my eye on for a while. 100km over 30 hours seemed like a sporting challenge I could do. I was 16 when a friend started ...

2013-05-22T00:00:00.000Z 22nd May 2013

Forget-me-not

Frank Turner, a wonderfully talented musician with whom I have recently embarked a music-man crush upon, has sung some beautiful songs on his recent album.

2013-02-21T00:00:00.000Z 21st February 2013

A world without the web

For those of you that know me, you would be aware that I have recently moved house. For those of you that don't, I have recently moved house.