: De-cluttering my Tech Gear A few weeks ago I decided to play the Minimalism Game. I chose a pared-down version lasting fourteen …
: Finished reading: Keep Going by Austin Kleon 📚
: Finished reading: Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon 📚
: Finished reading: Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder 📚
: Finished reading: Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday 📚
: Finished reading: Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn 📚
: Finished reading: The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima 📚
: Finished reading: The More of Less by Joshua Becker 📚
: Finished reading: Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions by Ed Zwick 📚
: Finished reading: The Match by Harlan Coben 📚
: Finished reading: Simplify by Joshua Becker 📚
: Finished reading: Being Elvis by Ray Connolly 📚
: Finished reading: Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Millburn 📚
: Finished reading: Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino 📚
: Finished reading: Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley 📚
: Finished reading: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders 📚
: Finished reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 📚
: Finished reading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚
: Finished reading: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 📚
: Finished reading: The Diary of a CEO by Steven Bartlett 📚
: Finished reading: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 📚
: In 2022 I decided to set a goal of reading 50 books a year for 3 consecutive years. I’m likely …
: Quite shocked to discover I had 155 third party apps installed on my iPhone. I’ve now reduced it to …
: Turtle watching in Kefalonia while we were on holiday last week
: Finished reading: The Road by Cormac McCarthy 📚
: Watching the football last night in a lovely cafe bar in Lixouri
: Finished reading: Bram, A Spy Story by Nicholas Bate 📚
: Not a bad location for the next 7 days
: When the alarm went off at 6.20 this morning I realised how easily I can talk myself out of going to …
: I think it might be time for another digital detox
: Finished reading: How to Live by Derek Sivers 📚
: Finished reading: The Tao of Seneca Vol. 1 by Seneca 📚
: Today I finally started my succession plan. I’ve been procrastinating on it for over a year …
: For a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone > Henry …
: There’s a Northern Irish blues singer mentioned in Louise Kennedy’s novel Trespasses, Ottilie …
: Today I was reminded that progress > perfection
: Today I was reminded just how much music can move me. On my son’s recommendation I listened to …
: Finished reading: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport 📚
: Today I learned Albinoni’s Adagio wasn’t written by Albinoni 🎵 …
: Currently reading: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport 📚
: Finished reading: Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers 📚
: Discovered Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy courtesy of Derek Sivers in Hell Yeah or No
: Finished reading: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 📚
: Beautiful photo from Norway courtesy of my daughter
: Only a few days ago and the sunshine already feels like a distant memory
: Finished reading: The Communist Manifesto by Karl. Marx 📚
: I’ve always been fascinated by ancient Japanese culture and Shogun, which I’m currently watching on …
: Another article on the harsh reality of how difficult it is for musicians to earn money from …
: During my working life I’ve learned many things, but touch typing has been the most useful.
: The best decision makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but …
: Sunday afternoon chilling at the pub
: Finished reading: Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks 📚
: Final game and a chance to applaud the players for an exciting season of football ⚽️
: Finished reading: And Away… by Bob Mortimer 📚
: Another great article from @robertbreen on note-taking . I already use Bear’s widgets but his …
: This! And still, despite everything, you would probably choose 90 seconds of pure joy over none at …
: Without doubt Sunday 21st April 2024 will be my favourite football day out for a long time to come!
: Very few meals would benefit from an additional onion 🧅
: Digital Scaffolding For some time now and almost without realising it, I’ve been building a digital scaffold for …
: Books Read Update #2 In another attempt to improve the usefulness of the books catalogued in Micro.blog I’ve now spent …
: It’s Sunday 21st April 2024 and I’m standing in block 136 of Wembley stadium, 18 rows from the …
: Books Read Update 📚 As the number of books I’ve read continues to grow I’ve been thinking about how best to …
: Finished reading: Walden by Henry David Thoreau 📚
: Finished reading: Someday Is Today by Matthew Dicks 📚
: Finished reading: The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman 📚
: Finished reading: Treat Your Own Shoulder by Robin McKenzie 📚
: Finished reading: Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal 📚
: Finished reading: The Godfather by Mario Puzo 📚
: Finished reading: It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh 📚
: Would-be journal keepers who give up too soon miss out on the magic of a journal filled with 50 or …
: Year in books for 2023 Here are the books I finished reading in 2023.
: Finished reading: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon 📚
: Finished reading: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 📚
: Finished reading: Singin’ in the Rain by Peter Wollen 📚
: Finished reading: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy 📚
: Finished reading: Skint Knees by Fay (Hawson) Copland 📚
: Finished reading: A Drink with Shane MacGowan by Victoria Mary Clarke 📚
: Finished reading: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr. Julie Smith 📚
: Finished reading: The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley 📚
: Finished reading: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: Finished reading: The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma 📚
: Finished reading: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger 📚
: Finished reading: Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry 📚
: Finished reading: How to Set Goals with Kaizen & Ikigai by Anthony Raymond 📚
: Finished reading: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 📚
: Finished reading: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell 📚
: Finished reading: The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck 📚
: Finished reading: Introducing George the Poet by George the Poet 📚
: Finished reading: Epidemics of Modern Life by Oliver Burkeman 📚
: Finished reading: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 📚
: Finished reading: The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 📚
: Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 📚
: Finished reading: The PARA Method by Tiago Forte 📚
: Finished reading: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg 📚
: Finished reading: The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer 📚
: Finished reading: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell 📚
: Finished reading: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman 📚
: Finished reading: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday 📚
: Finished reading: Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan 📚
: Finished reading: Hooked by Paul Merson 📚
: Finished reading: How To Talk Finance by Ted Wainman 📚
: When I heard the news about Sinéad O’Connor, I was immediately transported back to 1987, …
: Finished reading: Ikigai by Héctor García 📚
: Finished reading: Where Good Ideas Come from by Steven Johnson 📚
: Finished reading: The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber 📚
: Finished reading: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 📚
: Finished reading: Our Fathers by Andrew O’Hagan 📚
: Finished reading: Surrender by Bono 📚
: Perfect weather for a hike today (with some of the the other Coronation-avoiders). Stanage Edge, my …
: Just had an email advising that my Evernote subscription which is due for renewal on 31st May is …
: Finished reading: The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey 📚
: Finished reading: Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Larry W. Phillips 📚
: Finished reading: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 📚
: Nice article from Jamie Ruben that inspires me to build my own canon of writing, both short and long …
: Finished reading: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki 📚
: Finished reading: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason 📚
: Finished reading: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: Finished reading: Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt 📚
: Finished reading: Superhuman by Habit by Tynan 📚
: Finished reading: The Organised Writer by Antony Johnston 📚
: Finished reading: The Outward Urge by John Wyndham 📚
: LibraryThing 📚 On 25th November 2011 I paid the princely sum of $25 for lifetime membership of LibraryThing. At the …
: Finished reading: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: It often took me a whole morning of work to write a paragraph. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway …
: It was a very Corsican wine and you could dilute by half with water and still receive its message. …
: Shameless plug for my son’s new website! Whilst at University he wrote film reviews for the campus …
: When I was writing, it was necessary for me to read after I had written. If you kept thinking about …
: Has anyone read The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer? I enjoyed it, but there’s something …
: Finished reading: The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer 📚
: Keep thinking I should be writing something then I wonder what? I need to remind myself I’m on …
: Finished reading: Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick 📚
: Finished reading: Chocky by John Wyndham 📚
: Finished reading: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien 📚
: Finished reading: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 📚
: Finished reading: Molly and the Isle of Kasta by Nicholas Bate 📚
: I stumbled across this article from Robert Breen. In fact it may have been one of the good folks …
: Finished reading: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer 📚
: Finished reading: 59 Seconds: Change Your Life in Under a Minute by Richard Wiseman 📚
: Finished reading: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick M. Lencioni 📚
: As a lifelong music fan, some of my happiest and most vivid memories are from live music events. It …
: Finished reading: The Child in Time by Ian McEwan 📚
: How times change…. This is a Facebook post from when I first started to get disillusioned with the …
: Finished reading: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek 📚 …
: Building a System that Nurtures Creativity in Non-Creatives One of my biggest challenges is creativity. As a left-brain person I’m pretty good at evaluation, …
: Phase one of my Books Read page is complete. Everything I’ve logged as read on LibraryThing is …
: Top 100 Songs I first published a list of my 100 favourite songs on my old Wordpress site back in 2010. I revisit …
: Furniture shopping today 🎃 The pumpkin is there so I get the pin!
: With so many smart thinkers and creators on the micro.blog platform it’s tricky to see where I …
: Finished reading: The Psychology Of Money by Morgan House 📚
: Finished reading: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: Resolutions More act, less think More create, less consume More laugh, less worry More kind, less right More …
: How I Catalogue My Music How I catalogue my music has evolved since I first started doing it over 10 years ago. In this …
: How I Use Lists in IMDb I started using IMDb as soon as I discovered it in 1998, shortly before its acquisition by Amazon. …
: Finished reading: Free Will [Deckle Edge] by Sam Harris 📚
: Thanks to @patrickrhone for sharing this Running Up That Hill (acapella) by MayTree – Rhoneisms
: In the 21st century it’s hard to believe this was a real job. I guess it’s a good …
: Finished reading: On Writing by Stephen King 📚
: Finished reading: Traction by Gino Wickman 📚
: Finished reading: Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable … Your Journey to Get Real, Get …
: Finished reading: Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: Finished reading: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman 📚
: Finished reading: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 📚 Interesting that I read this in the same week the …
: Finished reading: Make Time by Jake Knapp 📚
: A great observation by Cal Newport in his book Deep Work Busyness as Proxy for Productivity - in …
: I’ve been enjoying the Practically Paperless series of blog posts from Jamie Rubin. I first …
: Finished reading: Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin …
: A great quote on the subject of storytelling from Show Your Work by Austin Kleon ’The cat sat on …
: Finished reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport 📚
: Finished reading: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 📚
: This morning I awakened to the realisation that despite the rhetoric of my internal dialogue, …
: Finished reading: Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa …
: One of the rock faces at Stanage Edge in the Peak District. Taken on a recent hike there.
: Only 5 minutes from home. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was in the middle of the countryside
: Nice surprise when we were hiking in the Peak District
: It was one of those long meetings that drew few conclusions.
: A great question posed by Peter Thiel in his book Zero to One > What important truth do very few …