I'm not a prolific reader but I do like to have a read before settling down to sleep each night. As a result, here are the books that I read last year, in alphabetical order…
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Random thoughts on life
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Retailers and the targeting of gender stereotypes
The above is a picture of my 8 year-old daughter taken on the last day of 2017. Please excuse the general mess (including her hair – it was early in the day and she’s a stranger to a brush at the best of times).
I took it because it’s a stark demonstration on just how far retailers have still got to go when it comes to not targeting gender stereotypes – whether it’s actively specifying something is for a girl or boy (when there’s no need to) or use of pink and blue to separate the sexes (it’s amazing that retailers/manufacturers think this is an acceptable way of doing it without mentioning the individual sexes).
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Pings and Bells
To celebrate Christmas and our amazing remote working policy, some of my fellow Automatticians have put together this video…
Happy Christmas everyone!
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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 thought, I realised this would be an ideal project for Google, particularly with access to Street View data and DeepMind for the AI. A friend of mine just happens to work for Google (and, specifically, the DeepMind division), so I sent the idea long…
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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 big audience and some impressive speakers.
For this meetup, the first in a while, I’ve attended – my first Big WP.
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