Blog Posts
So I'm grieving right now
01 March, 2021
life
death
feels
family
covid-19
grief
A year of journaling
06 November, 2020
life
habits
writing
mental health
journaling
wellbeing
Finding joy in converting a file
15 September, 2020
life
technology
joy
You should write to your MP, here's a template
11 September, 2020
politics
covid-19
pandemic
furlough
peoples assembly
Writing a thesis in markdown
17 July, 2020
minimalism
phd
markdown
technology
thesis
plaintext
Your brain on liberalism (a quick socialist rant)
06 July, 2020
liberalism
socialism
The Guardian
rants
State of my phone 2020-06
15 June, 2020
minimalism
FLOSS
open source
free software
phone
de-google
Routine is a tool, not the point
31 January, 2020
capitalism
life
work
alienation
Labour
self care
mental health
routine
Review of TURF @ Goodspace in Newcastle upon Tyne
28 June, 2019
newcastle
charities
impact
coworking
mental health
TURF @ Goodspace
co-working
Review of the VIP Inn Berna Hotel in Lisbon
18 May, 2019
review
work
travel
hotels
Capitalism and the Planet - a happy May Day to all
01 May, 2019
spirituality
may day
international workers day
solidarity
extinction rebellion
(Almost) Off into the sunset; what I've been up to for the last six months
12 April, 2019
life
work
recovery
phd
writing
open data
mental health
co-ops
odsc
2018 was a Long Year
16 February, 2019
life
reflection
work
academia
phd
2018
mental health
About Me
08 February, 2019
about
Another List of Stuff I Own (December 2018)
01 December, 2018
stuff
minimalism
clutter
list
items
Goodbye Twitter
10 November, 2018
life
habits
twitter
web
internet
social media
entertainment
tranquility
Gratitude List Autumn 2018
09 October, 2018
life
reflection
minimalism
Stoicism
gratitude
lists
Quick thoughts on Minimalist Design Patterns for Brimstone
01 August, 2018
development
brimstone
minimalism
php
minimalist design
design patterns
web design
Initial thoughts on the new laptop
22 July, 2018
work
ubuntu
xubuntu
laptops
devices
new things
shiny things
free software
pc specialist
Brief reflections on my relationship with photos
04 July, 2018
reflection
minimalism
data
curation
photography
values
Brimstone
06 June, 2018
development
brimstone
indieweb
php
A List of Stuff I Own (May 2018)
28 May, 2018
stuff
minimalism
clutter
list
items
Accountability Work: Examining the Values, Technologies and Work Practices that Facilitate Transparency in Charities
19 March, 2018
papers
ethnography
ethnomethodology
phd
chi2018
charities
third sector
hci
peer reviewed
accounting
accountability
work practice
civics
transparency
[Ramble] My relationship with self-care
06 February, 2018
self care
resting
vigor
doing
[Mundane Snapshot] Stuff on my Phone
22 January, 2018
FLOSS
Mundane
Snapshot
daily life
phones
apps
open source
On Screens
01 November, 2017
reflection
screens
humanity
etymology
rambling
thoughts
Suspicious Emails
20 October, 2017
suspicious
accessibilility
web crawlers
All about the sleep
18 October, 2017
training
calisthenics
strength
sleep
discipline
Going to Ground
10 October, 2017
training
growth
emotions
the feels
stagnation
Flatmates and Housework
03 October, 2017
cleaning
federici
houswork
flatmates
struggle
Dying Light
22 September, 2017
training
calisthenics
growth
equinox
rebirth
stars
Essentialism
12 September, 2017
life
reflection
essentialism
priority
clutter
simplicity
A slice of PIE
05 September, 2017
food
humanism
PIE
hearth
comfort
Equinox planting
01 September, 2017
growth
equinox
autumn
harvest
weather
Memento Mori
29 August, 2017
reflection
journalling
challenge
death
life,
Decluttering Update
25 August, 2017
minimalism
plants
declutter
space
updates
Every morning
22 August, 2017
humanism
sunrise
morning
poetic shithead
Boats and a fear of success
18 August, 2017
boats
success
hero's journey
adventures
procrastination
Fasting Pt 3: Towards my Media Fasting goals
25 July, 2017
goals
happiness
fasting
media
addiction
slowness
lifestyle
Fasting Pt 2: Towards my new Dietary Fast
21 July, 2017
training
calisthenics
happiness
fasting
diet
risks
health
Strength Training, Fasting, and Emotional Labour
18 July, 2017
Labour
strength training
making stuff
fasting
energy
daily routines
emotional energy
GE2017 Reaction: I feel the sun
13 June, 2017
Labour
GE2017
Corbyn
socialism
hope
memorableevents
Unpublished ACM Submission
31 May, 2017
papers
research
open
peer-review
Am I a Maker?
26 May, 2017
making
maker
humanism
species essence
The Simple Peace of Mending Socks
04 May, 2017
capitalism
feminism
privilege
diy
socks
mending
Journalling 014 -- Nostalgia
25 April, 2017
nostalgia
rant
reflection
growth
privilege
journalling
adulthood
Journalling 013 -- Kaizen and Handstands
18 April, 2017
journalling
challenge
improvement
hand-stands
kaizen
Journalling 012 -- If I were a folk of leisure
11 April, 2017
reflection
journalling
happiness
whatif
romanticisism
future
fiction
Journalling 011 -- Distractions
04 April, 2017
reflection
journalling
distractions
trials
improvement
anabolism
catabolism
Journalling 010 -- Nostalgia
21 March, 2017
nostalgia
reflection
journalling
happiness
hero journey
Journalling 009 -- Project Outline
17 March, 2017
journalling
project
crafts
presents
diy
Journalling 008 -- Social Circles
14 March, 2017
reflection
liberalism
journalling
challenge
politics
socialnetworks
communism
alienation
Journalling 007 -- Levelling up, a roadmap for myself
10 March, 2017
reflection
minimalism
journalling
challenge
purchases
budgeting
levelling up
Journalling 006 - A Day in the Life
07 March, 2017
reflection
journalling
challenge
everyday
work
Pulling away from Big Google
09 February, 2017
privacy
mydevice
nocloud
degoogle
security
Journalling 005 - Reflections on Career Path
03 February, 2017
reflection
growth
journalling
challenge
career
school
Journalling 004 - 6 Word Memoir
03 February, 2017
reflection
journalling
challenge
thought
memoir
short
Journalling 003 - A Letter
31 January, 2017
reflection
journalling
challenge
letter
love
chance
Brimstone: Plans and Situated Actions
30 January, 2017
cms
brimstone
data
content
Journalling 002- Via Negativa
26 January, 2017
goals
reflection
journalling
challenge
vianegative
habits
Journalling 001 - A Positive Habit
24 January, 2017
reflection
meditation
journalling
challenge
Thoughts on Minimalism, Zero Waste, and Class
06 January, 2017
minimalism
classism
class
zerowaste
liberalism
Year in Strength 2016 - Reflections on Strength Training
05 January, 2017
calisthenics
strength
reflections
yearinstrength
Week in Review - 20 Dec 16
28 December, 2016
books
madrid
weekinreview
privilege
A bit of DeGoogling
11 December, 2016
privacy
google
cloud
anticloud
data
music
control
Riding Shotgun (or Getting a Grip)
05 December, 2016
calisthenics
strength
grip
measurements
quantifiedself
Hero's Journey: Call to Adventure, or Road of Trials?
15 November, 2016
development
reflection
growth
josephcampbell
herosjourney
Marked for Release (or Letting Go)
30 October, 2016
stuff
books
cleaning
charity
feminism
authors
memory
Thinking about 'Stuff'
19 October, 2016
diary
stuff
reflection
minimalism
classism
Quick Evaluation of Brimstone CMS and my Silo Use
11 October, 2016
brimstone
socialmedia
indieweb
silo
todo
The Great Reclaim: Where I am with social media
04 October, 2016
diary
facebook
reflections
socialmedia
Feature Creep, and Doing.
16 August, 2016
calisthenics
diary
development
reflections
brimstone
life
Saving on Sushi
22 June, 2016
diary
food
sushi
money
Reflections on my Facebook use
15 June, 2016
diary
facebook
privacy
capitalism
Accountable: Exploring the Inadequacies of Transparent Financial Practice in the Non-Profit Sector
09 May, 2016
papers
chi2016
charities
hci
peer reviewed
accountability
civics
transparency
mres
thematic analysis
The End of the Tunnel (is in sight)
22 April, 2016
training
calisthenics
strength
diary
pullups
Grumbly Review - VidaHost hosting (is bad for devs)
12 April, 2016
review
grumble
vidahost
development
Please use PDF
01 March, 2016
diary
rant
marking
academia, phd
I'm going to run to Mordor
22 January, 2016
training
diary
goals
Jar of Broken Dreams
10 January, 2016
diary
badpoetry
peanutbutter
nostalgia
Year In Strength 2015 – Reflections on Training
05 January, 2016
training
calisthenics
strength
review
diary
bigsix
convictconditioning
Tags vs Categories: All hail tags
29 December, 2015
tags
cms
design
posts
hashtags
Fifteen Years Later (A trip down memory lane)
29 December, 2015
memorylane
badwebdesign
opensource
Reflections on Notes and Pretty Urls
05 December, 2015