Old posts on work and techy stuff

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Hard to keep going at work: mind is whirling with the US election, lack of sleep 💤 and absolutely not caring about what I am needing to do at work today. QA checks of 10s of drawings and a huge specification 🥱. Also it's cold in the office. I'd rather be curled up in bed with a book right now. This is my 40th microblog entry, so there is that.

2024-11-06

H&S triggering

I joined a group video call 💻 at work today. As normal for these large meetings we started with a 'safety moment'. These are hard to get right, so I normally don't have high expectations. Today the slide was titled "the cost of getting it wrong" 🔥. I find it easy to slip into anxiety when it comes to H&S at work, this was just too much for me and I muted it. I think I'd rather hear about what I can do.

2024-10-01

bids

Working on two bids simultaneously. Well...working on one and ignoring the other. Man do I hate working on bids 🤯. I saw these humourous 'definitions' recently:

Tender sum: a wild guess carried out to two decimal places

Successful tenderer: a contractor who is wondering what [they] left out

Totally true 🤔

2024-09-18

plain text email

I've recently changed to plain text emails in Outlook at work 📨. It's mainly for fun, but it's a natural result of my love for Markdown. (It's also good for security.) I've set emails to be in ModeSeven typeface in a 'console green', inspired by one of my fave Obsidian themes.

2024-09-13

capture vs. archive

As a result of my post below, I think my re- balancing approach will be to treat Obsidian / digital 📱 as my archive, and paper as a 'capture' method. I love my pocket pen 🖊 and Hobonichi Weeks, so this sounds fun.

2024-07-24

analog

I think I hit rock bottom on Obsidian today. I go to such extremes: one day it's all in digital tools ("ooo shiny" ✨), then my inner pendulum swings the other way and my heart yearns for analog living 🖋️. It's so hard to get a balance when, really, I need both!

2024-07-19

obsidian ⇔ todoist

Discovered I can sync Obsidian and Todoist with a plugin 🤤. I also got to introduce my colleagues to Espanso (text expander) in a team meeting, which went down well. On another note the UK is finally warm this summer 🌞🌞!

2024-06-27

yuck

Standing guard over an open manhole, disgusting smell 🤢. I've got the unenviable job of keeping an eye on drainage clearing and survey in a food factory. Not sure why I am here tbh! Worried I'll be put off the food type...

2024-06-19

belonging at work

Excellent podcast from the Happiness Lab, on happiness at work. A key point for me is a sense of belonging, of investing in relationships ❤. I've been travelling to another office this week 🚆 because I've been a bit isolated. It's been a brilliant experience to reconnect.

2024-06-14

obsidian journey

So… that was a crazy couple of weeks. I jumped off the deep end with Settings, themes, plugins, CSS snippets, front matter, data-view queries…

And now I’m pulling back. The tool is using me now, not the other way around. I’ve Stripped quite a few things back, hoping this means a week of being balanced in life again 😬.

First published 2024-04-29

work fears

I’ve been procrastinating a lot at work. When I stop and think about it, I wonder if it has a fear-origin 😕

I am fearful of The challenges I will face if I move into a new project.

First published 2024-04-17

obsidian

Just discovered Obsidian...

Wow! Can’t believe I missed this one till now. I’m already migrating everything over. Markdown love ❤️!

First published 2024-04-13

terrible triangle

I landed in a really tough project at work this week.

I am determined to avoid the terrible triangle. I’ve been caught there too many times 😭. This is doing all three:

First published 2024-04-04

distraction with markdown

Totally distracted trying to figure out how to get Corporate brand-compliant Word docs, but starting with Markdown. Sigh. Not working 🤦‍♂️ (no 🎲 installing plugins or software. with our IT).

First published 2024-02-23

first

I love analog✒! A thought Struck me: could I create a microblog using index cards and a pen ? The answer is yes💡! I am using the Google app OCR function to paste this here. Future Posts on :

First published 2024-02-22