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Margin was the secret sauce that sold me on the Focus Course in the first place.

This week of the Focus Course started with a list of any current habits or routines we had - both positive and negative.

I also didn’t close my green circle - the exercise ring on the Apple Watch.

Music is a big area of this curiosity and expression.

The Vibe The vibe has been chilled.

Strategy Week in the Focus Course was all about manifesting our vision and values.

I am writing up a brief reflection for each week of the Focus Course.

During one of my many meetings, I pondered, "What exactly do I do?".

This is to lay out the behaviours I want to see from myself and acknowledge the less desirable ones, as well as a way of checking myself against falling down a rabbit hole.

So here it is — version 1.0!

A year ago, over the Christmas break, I rented a Polestar 2 as my first foray into the land of electric vehicles.

2023...

This week, the Wallabies lost to Wales and ended their World Cup run.

Hey there blog.

I wrote a quick post on some thoughts about the launch of Threads, which was a way for me to articulate one of the things I've loved about joining the Fediverse – the really social nature of it.

Threads has launched, and now Facebook (aka Meta) has entered/reentered the fractured social space created by Musk's Twitter.

For the last four years, I’ve been overseeing the development of online programs at the University of Adelaide, and for the past 15 years, I’ve been involved in the development of courses, programs, media and assessments and aligning those things back into

My Work Heroics These heroics have been an asset in a lot of my work.

It’s not a secret, there are plans for a merger of two universities in Adelaide.

I’ve written about hierarchy a few times and often relate it back to being the default structure.

I’ve been thinking about learning design as a profession, the kind of work it is, and what we do, and trying to map it to the domains of the Cynefin Framework.

A couple of months ago, I test-drove the Volvo XC40 Recharge - their first foray into electric vehicles and the only model locally available to test drive.

Wow. 2022 was some year!