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My Podcast Feed

<p>It’s been a while since I listened to podcast as intently as I used to. Somewhere in 2019 I fell off a bit as I didn’t have to drive as much, and the pandemic <a href="/2020/10/18/

Basecamp Ego Rules

<p>Casey Newton <a href="https://www.platformer.news/p/-how-basecamp-blew-up-8c7?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzQwNTYyMSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzYwMDk4MTUsIl8iOiJVSCtGTCIsImlhdCI6MTYyMDEwNzgyNiwiZXhwIjoxNjIwMTExNDI2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNzk3NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.i6oE8oGx6FlY1DEQkaOGOtQ7x7M0p0IQWDojB4EOd9U">exposing the all hands meeting at Basecamp</a></p> <blockquote><p> They really don’t care what employees

Eating Habits Have Been Hacked

<p>Davie Davies <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/26/990821079/cheap-legal-and-everywhere-how-food-companies-get-us-hooked-on-junk?t=1620056325578">speaking to Hooked author Michael Moss:</a></p> <blockquote><p> During the pandemic, he

Humanity Is Great Again

<p>I don’t need to resort to tropes to tell anyone how hard the last year has been. Since COVID-19 hit the UK like a train (no political discussion please) we’ve been in lockdown longer than I can ever remember. This has

How To Do An EE Digital eSim Swop

<p>Despite it being a standard feature in many Android phones it took Apple until the iPhone XS to implement <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209044">a dual sim of sorts</a>. Even then you need to have one as

Where Does Apple Go With iPad OS?

<p>Jeff Perry on <a href="https://tablethabit.com/p/the-ipad-needs-the-software-to-catch">needing the iPad software to catch up</a></p> <blockquote><p> I can see reviews coming a mile away claiming that

The Great Podcast Doors Are Closing

<p>Following Apples move to offer Podcasters subscriptions to help increase revenue for podcasters, and also grab some cash for themselves, the doors will begin to slam shut. Granted we’ve already seen some try and muscle into <a href="https://www.

The Problem Of Scale

<p>One thing that constantly surprises me on micro.blog is how nice people are. This has something to do with the barrier to entry being a bit nerdy, but everything to do with the scale of the platform. Although everyone seems to think that abuse and harassment

What Do I Really Want?

<p>I’d like to say this was in my younger years, but until fairly recently I bought loads of stuff because I thought I wanted it. Wasted thousands on tech purchases and waved any dismissive thoughts away with the reasoning that it was

Back As Far As I Can

<p>Last year I wrote about my <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/i-cant-go">desire to move completely away from smartphones</a> in general and detach myself from the internet as much as I could. With this comes the juxtaposition and