Returning to software development
After two years away from software, it's time to come back
After two years away from software, it's time to come back
A change in direction for my newsletter. The future, films from a not-faulty camera and some fantastic viewing on Netflix.
Diagnosing light leaks, and grading to match film stocks
Learning what makes Greg Williams, and his images, so unique by way of a stretched but fitting metaphor involving a cheeseburger.
Dissecting my photos from a two year old shoot with Ollie Cooper. Exploring my ethos and approach to editing a series of images for story and connection.
An honest look at how burnout and YouTube addiction stopped me being creative
Taking stock of where the long-standing project is going, and what's left to do.
The case for a Ghost-powered newsletter replacing the bespoke website I built.
Attempting the 365 project didn't go as I planned, but I learnt a different lesson by trying something new.
I followed Yskynna Vertical Dance through their rehearsals for a private event held in Truro Cathedral.
Learning from Keith & Gareth at Dynamite Valley in Cornwall what goes into my favourite beers.
Documenting Threshold's Race to the Stones 2022 for knowjack media. This 100 or 50km ultra takes place in July along the UK's oldest trail and attracts beginners and veterans alike.
Five years ago, Dave did 'Murph' - one of CrossFit's hardest endurance workouts - for 24 hours straight, completing eleven rounds. Not one to take it easy, he upped the ante to 48 hours, and completed 19 rounds.
Spending the morning at 108 Coffee in Truro taking some pictures for their social media.
Repairing my phone so that I can spend the money buying photography gear instead! 😆 Using iFixit parts and guides made it easy, but the result was a little underwhelming.
Hang around a factory, wait for someone to call in sick and offer to help out — that's how you become a surfboard shaper. At least that's how Ollie Cooper got started at OPEN here in Cornwall.
A more monochromatic site redesign took me down a wonderful little rabbit hole of how colours impact UX and energy consumption on OLED displays
A wonderful, personal Swift blog that's full of interesting information for the aspiring Swift developer
When a regular expression failed to work as expected I almost renounced software development entirely. Warning: this post contains a vent.
A chance encounter at the supermarket leads to trying a new genre of photography whilst getting a bit tipsy!
A round up of the (many) changes that have happened over the past few weeks.
Ghost is a wonderful publishing platform but I wish it didn't offload so many features to developers and end-users.
Jack from knowjack media asked me to shoot some images for his social media. There was a brief from NUII that we needed to meet, but the 2021 Defender he brought with him ended up the star of the show.
An interview with ultra-runner and cyclist Joe Grant reveals a wonderful, intriguing outlook on life.
Cinema informs my photos colour grading, and none moreso than the recent 007 films. Devan Scott breaks down the colours in SKYFALL and SPECTRE
One day I'll build myself a cabin, and it'll probably look like this stunning one!
Peter McKinnon delivering a motivational suckerpunch.
Sometimes buying 'nice things' is the start of a dangerous spending spiral. Sometimes it's the start of a long and beautiful relationship full of love and care.
How to protect content when building a membership site with Statamic, adding different membership 'tiers'.
Regular, incremental improvements can deliver incredible advancements — if you let them! I examine how focusing on the little details can improve your software and business.
Making analytics-lead changes brought us to a local maximum. Running a user survey helped me take the business to the next level.
How to build a basic membership site with Statamic 2 and the Charge add-on.
'Deep Work' by Cal Newport is an easy addition to my 'never get rid of' collection of books.
A data migration is always a horrible task, but migrating Wordpress' tangled content to clean markdown and YAML was a real test.
After two years at Bikesoup, I'm leaving for pastures new. Here's what I intend to get up to.
Is Apple shifting to more expensive devices that are more powerful, better made and last longer?
Pricing software is hard — and the right decision seems obvious — but CulturedCode shows that a conventional approach can still work.
Tachyons by Adam Morse was Tailwind's predecessor and introduced utility-first CSS to the world. Here's how I found it and slowly adopted the approach.
Building Javascript, single-page, serverless apps is about as convoluted as it gets. I killed mine before ever launching it.