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Sweets can make a difference

My daughter sometimes works as a waitress at the local Pizza Express. If she has a good night then sometimes she can earn more in tips than her wages (although that is not very often).


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Should meetings be asynchronous?

Every couple of weeks we have a meeting called “FriYay”. Based on a rota, each department has the opportunity to own one of these and present what they are celebrating.


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How I use Obsidian

I thought it might be useful to document how I use Obsidian.


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My most used Obsidian plugins

I have started using Obsidian a lot. One of the things that I really like is the ability to add community plugins to add functionality as required.


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Should I edit my photos?

I am not a photographer. However I like thinking that I can take a good photograph.


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Surprisingly familiar

In the TED talk The four-letter code to selling anything Derek Thompson explains about a concept called MAYA.


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Letters Live

I once heard that the way you can tell if something is actually funny is that it causes you to laugh out loud even when you are by yourself. It is much easier to laugh at something when surrounded by others.


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No more school

Today is my daughter’s last official day at school - they have a party for about an hour tomorrow so that doesn’t count.


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Prototyping is not always coding

Part of my current role is prototyping new features and algorithms to determine if and how they will work. It’s nice to do some hands on coding still.


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Expectations and comparisons

Some times expectations are met, or exceeded, and sometimes they fail to be met.


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