My Mac Apps 2024

Reading time: 5 mins An update as it’s been a few years since I compiled a list and, once again, a friend is making the PC to Mac switch and I was collating a list of what I use (and why) anyway so thought I’d share it here too (cos I’m nice like that!). I’ve taken my last post…

Hello 2024

Reading time: 2 mins Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Well, I would’ve but for one thing I’m not in a Beatles song, and more pertinently I have no hair on my head, something my 2 year old son recently confirmed to me when, upon being asked if Daddy had hair on his…

It’s that time of year again

Reading time: 3 mins When bloggers start to compile lists, pulling their worldly-wise thoughts together into recaps, looking ahead at the looming calendar change and all that it brings with it (or not if that’s what floats your boat). I don’t get much time to write these days as the bulk of the content I create is for my…

Paying for Calm

Reading time: 6 mins On Tuesday evenings Becca goes out to work, so it’s just me and my boy from about 4:30pm through to his bedtime (anywhere between 8-8:30). So far, regardless of the rest of his day, we’ve managed to get him into a pretty good routine in the evenings; When Becca is working, then during all of…

How much is the app in the window?

Reading time: 6 mins I’m a sucker for a new app. Over on Threads recently there was a short spell of people sharing their home screens, and I reveled in it; I love seeing screenshots of peoples phones/computers to see what else is out there. Whilst I rarely intentionally seek out new apps these days – the apps I…

Managing the News

Reading time: 2 mins One of the earliest pieces of advice I was given, in my first lecture at Glasgow Polytechnic (now Caledonian University), was to always read the newspaper. Didn’t matter what direction, read the Sports pages first if you want, but read it all, stay up to date, know what is going on in the world. I…