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19 February 202425 February 2024

Weekly Wrap 716: Dragon the productivity back into my life

My week of Monday 12 to Sunday 18 February 2024 was productive but not especially profitable. I recorded two podcasts, posting one of them on Saturday, and launched next season’s crowdfunding campaign.

11 February 202425 February 2024

Weekly Wrap 715: Little productivity, plenty of sleep, a bold magpie, and podcast plans

I accomplished very little during my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 February 2024, and even spent most of the weekend asleep. I’m hoping this goes me the energy for what is going to be a busy week ahead — including two or perhaps even three podcast recordings.

04 February 202411 February 2024

Weekly Wrap 714: A golden spider heralds the end of the summer holidays, so I’d better get on with it

My week of Monday 29 January to Sunday 4 February 2024 wasn’t all that productive, but I did find a huge spider on my computer screen first thing one morning. It was an idiot and took quite some persuasion to move on.

14 January 202428 January 2024

Weekly Wrap 711: A lazy week with a giant caterpillar

My week of Monday 8 to Sunday 14 January 2024 was distinctly unproductive, but I’m going to claim that that was the plan all along. It wasn’t, but here we are.

12 January 202412 January 2024

Digital developments from Canberra 68

Despite it being the summer silly season, we have government sookage over social media, a total rebuild of Services Australia’s networks, some poor audit reports, and 15 government agencies start using AI without governance frameworks.

07 January 202412 January 2024

Weekly Wrap 710: A quiet start to 2024, and an old sunrise

And 2024 begins! Around two decades ago I used to photograph the New Year’s Day sunrise at Bronte Beach in eastern Sydney, or do some other ritual thing. The photo above is from 2005. However my week of Monday 1 to Sunday 7 January 2024 was just a quiet one at home, mostly.