Monthly Archives: January 2021

Beware the rabbit hole

As I write this, a lot earlier in the day for a change, I realized that I actually sat down to write it 45 minutes ago. I feel down the rabbit hole. It wasn’t one thing in particular, instead of jumping write to the editor I checked an open tab, clicked a link, then another,… Read More »

Choose your weapon

“Choose your weapon,” is one of those phrases that conjures an image to mind. A table with a variety of weapons arrayed upon it, usually all manner of swords, knives, and blunt instruments used in hand to hand combat. In this case however, I’m referring to your digital weapons of choice, the apps and software… Read More »

Switch them off

I was out for lunch with my wife and during the course of our meal I lost track of the number of times we heard the chirp or chime of a notification on a phone. No, there’s wasn’t anyone trying to get a hold of us, nor was either of our phones letting us know… Read More »

Write it down

It’s something that I struggle to do all the time, write things down. You would think that for someone that spends as much time at the keyboard writing, regardless of what type it is, I would remember to write things down. I’ve lost track of the number of times that I’ve tried to recall something… Read More »

The impending deadline

Another evening at the keyboard sees me writing my daily post right up against the self imposed deadline I have – midnight in my time zone. The question is, why do I wait until the last few minutes of the day to tackle this important task. Is it because I think I do my best… Read More »