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Safer walking routes – a proposal to navigation software companies
I mentioned this on a post the other day but have since fleshed out the details. After walking through the dark streets of London, using Apple Maps as a guide, and finding myself sent up dark and potentially unsafe side roads, I had an idea of a feature that would help with this. After more…
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Big WP – London Calling
At numerous locations, often in big cities, regular WordPress-themed meetups occur. Anyone can run one and those attending can be anybody from bloggers to developers, with all levels of knowledge. However, probably the biggest in the UK is the appropriately named Big WP, held in London. Less regular than some others it, none-the-less, attracts a…
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New WordPress plugin – add a Pride rainbow to your admin bar
I'm happy to announce my latest WordPress plugin – Pride Bar. My first plugin available, straight-away, from both WordPress.org and Github, this adds the Pride rainbow to your boring admin bar… At the moment activation will add the Pride bar to all users. If you think I need to add an option where individual users…
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So, this happened…
Yesterday I noticed that grey gradient at the bottom of my Macbook Pro screen – it's the 2016 model and just 11 months old. For clarity in the screenshot I've hidden the dock and put a white background on. It appears over the top of anything on the screen but due to its relevatively…
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The week I was in a Russian boy band
For some reason my co-workers in Automattic's VIP team seem to be gripped by this story and thought I should share it, so here goes. First of all, some back story. I've been performing in amateur musical theatre for about 15 years. I can single and act reasonably. I can dance badly. Cue misty, dreamy…