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03 July 202506 July 2025

Weekly Wrap 787: A late (lack of) news from Adelaide

A two-car diesel multiple unit train approaches a railway station platform in the golden hour of evening sunlight. It has a flat red nose and is otherwise fluted metal, with a grass green band along the windows. The door frames are edged with safety yellow. In the background is a huge eucalypt tree and a moody sky.

My week of Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June 2025 saw the start of a semi-holiday which will eventually total six nights in my home town of Adelaide. I won’t go into the details now, because this is being posted four days late. Rather, I’ll post a few images and some commentary on the coming weekend, and later there will be a podcast. But hey it’s Adelaide, so there’s obviously plenty of good food and wine.

22 June 202530 June 2025

Weekly Wrap 786: Cleaning the pipes before the mind

A smallish bird is perched on a brown wooden window frame, looking in. Its head is black with a white chin, and its chest is also white. Its beak is white with a black tip that ends with a little downwards hook. Its wings are black on top and white bellow, but they can’t really been seen because they’re closed. In the background, out of focus, is a dirt path and some shrubs.

My week of Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June 2025 began with a continuation of the gastro that began late last week, but somehow I still managed to stay relatively productive. There’s no new podcast, but I’ve started mapping out episodes for the coming couple of months — and planning next week’s holiday.

19 May 202521 May 2025

Weekly Wrap 781: The Three Sisters who inspire productivity, or something

The view from the top of a very tall cliff down into a rugged valley, the floor of which is about 500 metres below. In the distance are sandstone cliffs a couple hundred metres high, and beyond that more mountains, all shaded blue. Yes, the Blue Mountains do look blue, thanks to chemicals exuded by the eucalypt trees, which cover the entire landscape apart from the vertical sandstone cliffs. Dominating the foreground on the left is a sandstone outcrop, thrusting upwards into three tall stacks. These are the Three Sisters.

During my week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 May 2025 a client project reached a significant milestone, and I was very happy. I’m sure it has something to do with my visit to the Three Sisters the previous Saturday. I also started locking in the podcast production schedule.

07 July 202410 July 2024

Weekly Wrap 736: Winning at crowdfunding, not winning at productivity

Against a grey cloudy sky are highlighted two massive construction cranes, their bright colours highlighted by the setting sun.

My week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 July 2024 saw me pump out a solo podcast episode, but little else of note. I’ve said in the past that I seem to have a cycle of productive and non-productive weeks, and here we are. I did a lot of sleeping. I’ll tell you about that some day.

24 March 202424 March 2024

Weekly Wrap 721: Too many late nights kill productivity

My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 March 2024 was far less productive than I’d hoped, but I did catch up with some friends and discovered some interesting Asian snack foods. I’ll have more to say about that in due course. There was also wine.