In a month full of birthday celebrations, charitable donations, work normality attempts, podcast-specific community, season 7 of Make Life Work, excessive life tracking, my oldest domain, vinyl classics and a new podcast playlist.
Life
- Lunch at Bacco Lounge and crazy golf in Rugby for sister-in-law’s birthday
- Back to school for all the family with typical mix of germs causing concern
- Virtual gin tasting with disco Princess, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Craft Gin Club
- PCR tests for both kids following COVID symptoms, thankfully both negative
- Outdoor charity cinema night at Winwick Hall watching Pirates of the Caribbean under blankets
- Impromptu dinner visit from Greek holiday chums, Donna & Maizie
- Raised £300 for Macmillan with our garden coffee morning plus good friend Hayley singing for our guests
- Garden birthday celebrations with mum and gran
- Kids started more after-school clubs with football and brownies for Princess and RAF Cadets and tae kwon do for The Boy
Work
- One new starter and one resignation – the roundabout of line management
- First Engineering Manager Community (EMC) meet-up in London to discuss shared initiatives for FY22
- Second work “pub quiz” to break in the longer Autumn months
- Re-Assembled sessions to bring staff together in London office aligned on FY22 strategy
- Looked into different pathways for senior software and QA engineers
- Failed to secure our only recruitment candidate of the month following contract offer
- Successful probation for my first recruit since returning to ASOS
- Analysis of late month’s Vibe Survey results identified fair evaluation and remote working as main concerns
- Team gathering in the office for first time since July with TWO fire alarm evacuations
- Commenced efforts with working group to create a tech podcast
- Lightning Talks from Callum about URL injection framework in mobile apps and Georgie on British Sign Language
- Tried half-hour Tech Develop Wraps for focused snappy feedback from the monthly day of learning
Sides
- Created ComedyPods Slack community for syndicating and sharing comedy podcasts
- Make Life Work S07 with Shari, Jamie & Lion and Wookie and Dan Moore
- Moved MLW certificates to Cloudflare with some unexpected complications on DNS settings
- More life tracking with Trello (work), TickTick (personal), Strava (exercise and weight), Goodreads (reading) and shares metrics
- Renewed SuperRams.com for the 19th year despite zero effort to develop
- Revived sporadic “verbal diary” recordings to and from the train station when visiting the office
- Setup sijobling.com email on iCloud+
- Setup Jobling coins on Bitclout
Entertainment
- Mary Kills People S1 on All 4
- Help (with the brilliant Jody Cromer) on All 4
- Back To Life (with Daisy Taggart) on BBC
- Degrees of Motion – Shine On on 12”
- Braxton’s The Boss (Masters At Work Mix) on 12”
- Indeep – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life on 7”
- Young Disciples – Apparently Nothing on 7”
Podcasts
(NEW: automatically curated with some SQL on Apple Podcasts SQLite database – details here)
- S03 EP15: The Emotional Breakdown Special on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- Glitterbox Radio Show 231: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- Stay Curious For a Bit Longer: How to Get to the Root of Issues and Set Goals That Inspire Bold Action with Dave Bailey (Coach & Mentor to Scale-up CEOs) on Supermanagers
- #224: Deploying Empathy to Build Better Businesses with Michele Hansen of Geocod.io on Indie Hackers
- S03 EP16: Geoff Norcott on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- Everything Is Happening on Software Social
- Ep 118: Edgar Wright (Live at Royal Festival Hall) on Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
- BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Tanya Reynolds on How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
- S03 EP17: Dreams do come true… on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- The September Saturday Sod About 21 on The Disco, Funky and Soulful House Sessions
- YouTube’s dead cat problem on The WIRED Podcast
- Ep 132. Fish Guy on Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- #HKR36/21Hedkandi Radio on Hed Kandi Radio
- Ep 133. The Iron Curtain on Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- S12, Ep2 How to Fail: Jacqueline Wilson on How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
- Glitterbox Radio Show 232: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- Defected Radio 10.09.21 with Sam Divine on Defected Radio
- Ep 119: Jamie Oliver on Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
- Making strategic photography with Shari Muhima on Make Life Work
- #225: Growth Tactics, Audience Building, and Brains with Julian Shapiro of Demand Curve on Indie Hackers
- #FinesseFriday – Featuring‚Ķ Gweilo on House Finesse
- A Tour Through Struggle: Cam Sloan, Founder of Hopscotch Product Tours on Software Social
- S03 EP19: The worst week ever… on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- #HKR37/21Hedkandi Radio on Hed Kandi Radio
- Stop Sending “Shut Up” Signals: How to Adopt an Improv Mindset and Ritualize Experimentation with Kathy Klotz-Guest (Founder of Keeping it Human) on Supermanagers
- Eyes On, Hands Off Management: Best Practices to Lead from the Front with Eli Fathi (Chairman of the Board at MindBridge) on Supermanagers
- Builders, Creators, and Operators: Why Team Design is Your #1 Growth Lever (+ How to Get It Right) with Kieran Flanagan, Senior Vice President of Marketing at HubSpot on Supermanagers
- Managing Strengths to Scale: Why Hyper-Specialized Roles Are Key to Driving Growth with JP Chauvet (President at Lightspeed) on Supermanagers
- #FinesseFriday – Bring Back The Funk on House Finesse
- Glitterbox Radio Show 233: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- LTBH #370 with Glen Horsborough on Let There Be House
- EP.160 – SARAH SILVERMAN on THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
- S03 EP20: Stephen Mangan on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- Ep 120: Miriam Margolyes on Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
- #FinesseFriday – House Finesse 27 with VMS on House Finesse
- Remote workers are trapped in a quitting nightmare on The WIRED Podcast
- Breaking Down Counter Programming’s Epic Twitter Thread on Podcast Marketing on Between Two Mics: The Remote Recording Podcast
- S03 EP21: My sweat has started to smell different… on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- Ep 134. Bon bons in the knicker drawer on Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- EP.161 – GEORGIA PRITCHETT on THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
- Making Ermi with Jamie, Lion and Wookie on Make Life Work
- Glitterbox Radio Show 234: Presented by Melvo Baptiste on Defected Radio
- Ep 121: Sarah Keyworth on Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
- S03 EP22: I think you need to go cold turkey from your life… on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- #FinesseFriday – Funky House Finesse 50 on House Finesse
- Software Social University? on Software Social
- Ep 135. Turbo time on Sh**ged Married Annoyed
- Applying Behavioural Science in the Workplace: How Positive Reframing Can Make You a Better Manager with Sarah Gretczko (Executive Vice President, Chief Learning & Insights Officer at Mastercard) on Supermanagers
- S03 EP23: Viva La bath time revolution on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
- #227: Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O’Nolan from Ghost on Indie Hackers
- #HKR39/21Hedkandi Radio on Hed Kandi Radio
- EP.162 – JIM MOIR (AKA VIC REEVES) on THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST