Matt Harwood

Naomi Alderman spent a fantastic hour on the You and Yours programme yesterday, talking about her new idea (and trial of) a “Couch to 5k esque” plan to help get back in to reading, in the age of distraction.

Lead by thought

I came across an article from the Library of Congress where they asked attendees at a conference what their earliest memory of the internet is.

Finding a process that works for you should come before finding tools.

Week one of focusing on not being sucked-in to the internet as much has gone well.

6 Music produces the goods, again.

Enjoying the look of Dave Winer’s new project rss.chat, a social network solely built around RSS and OPML.

Currently reading: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders 📚

I’ve taken a smug pride in not being algorithmically captured, my senses rendered useless scrolling TikTok, or Facebook.

Picked up Cory Doctorow’s new book on AI today.

Does anyone know if the new Siri will work on iPhones that don’t have Apple Intelligence?

CodeSOD: Driven Development: Julien joined a team which bragged about their use of DDD.

From the FT’s comments section: Someone once pointed out to me that the Whoop, Aura Ring, Apple Watch etc are the modern day equivalent of the Tamagotchi except that nowadays, we’re the annoying stupid thing we’re trying to keep alive.

Hidden vegan gem: cooked breakfast in Wetherspoons, £3.09 👀

Watched: Monsieur Spade S1E2, Episode 2 🍿 This is turning in to a great show.

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For me, testing has two main purposes: To prove what I’ve just added works To make sure it still works when someone changes something in the future Okay, there’s definitely more benefits to testing than this - but these, for me, are fundamental.

Finished reading: Meltdown by Duncan Mavin 📚 A pretty exciting read - the story of Credit Suisse’s demise.

Sweltering day, with two more on the way I hear.

It’s slightly old news, but Apple is making video podcasts more of a thing within the Apple Podcasts apps.

Watched: The Gold Season 1 🍿 Finally got around to it, after London Falling mentioned the Brinks-Mat job and piqued my interest!

Picked up this gem for £1!

I’ve just learnt of the “millennial pause”, a condition I apparently have inherited.

I read Keefe’s book on London’s underworld and the sad death of Zac Bettler last week on the plane to Crete.