For the first time in many years I’ve found myself using Inkscape. I needed to import a bunch of SVG images into Fontello so I could extend an icon font for a project I’m working on. The SVG export from Sketch resulted in most of the imported images showing up empty. Thankfully the Fontello wiki provided a step by step guide to cleaning up the images in Inkscape suitable for import.
I found myself needing to review how best to sit on an office chair this morning. I have very lazy posture when sitting…
How To Sit In Your Office Chair Properly? 6 Simple Steps To Improve Your Posture - Pointer Clicker
Waiting for builds… Now the children are back at school my wife finally has some time for learning more about Wordpress. She has done a fantastic job improving the look and feel of her website this morning. If you have little ones and want some music based activities to do with them check out Get Kids Into Music.
I most definitely identify with this:
I find some days that I struggle to decide what to work on next, self-management is something I struggle with. Deciding what app gets time spent on it is another struggle, users expect features constantly across my line of apps. The most enjoyable part is that moment you get a good review or nice feedback from a user. It makes it all feel worthwhile.
From an interview with the developer Aaron Pearce at Indie Dev Monday.å
Listening to Gershwin & Debussy: Two Worlds by Andrejs Osokins 🎵
The podcasts I regularly listen to are hosted by multiple presenters. I very rarely listen to podcasts about software development, just because it’s what I’m doing all day. This morning on the way back from dropping the children off at school I gave a listen to Abstract Development by Vincent Ritter. As an indie developer myself who mixes client work and work on my own apps it was interesting to hear another developer think through things such as whether to move over to SwiftUI and on the pros/cons of using a platform such as React given the obvious constraints on projects with only one developer. A great example of why podcasts are such a useful medium.
Listening to a playlist for International Women’s Day - Caroline Shaw: Visionary Women on Apple Music
If Apple were to allow purchase of digital products, such as gems in a game or a monthly subscription to a weather app, what measures should they need to put in place to protect users? A benefit of the current mechanism of in-app purchases is that each in-app product is reviewed and approved by Apple. I'm all for opening up the platform where it leads to greater innovation, choice and competition. But I wouldn't want to see scams and other predatory behaviour making the App Store a more dangerous place for the unwary or less knowledgeable.
I missed a number of the details in the Wandavision finale which I was happy to have Den of Geek explain to me - https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wandavision-finale-ending-explained/
Do I have time for another magazine subscription? Insert in this months Prospect Magazine is looking tempting... Slightly Foxed - https://foxedquarterly.com
Best recent purchase was a neck reading light. After my daughter stuck a raisin onto the bulb of a reading lamp which started smouldering I decided to investigate portable alternatives that the children couldn’t break. A fantastic device that I use for reading all round the house as well as before going to sleep. Very light to have around my neck and the battery lasts for around 80 hours between charges.
Listening to Handel: Concerti grossi by Iona Brown 🎵
Listening to Dear Reader (Original Video Game Soundtrack) by Michael Sweet 🎵. I’m not usually one for listening to game soundtracks (and don’t play many games either). However I’ve enjoyed this Apple Arcade game and the soundtrack is quite soothing to have on whilst doing my morning Angular.
Happy World Book Day!. This year R and C are Harry Potter and a Unicorn. Not sure why she is a unicorn - the connection to any of her favourite books is at best tenuous!
Released an update to my plain text task management app beorg. I’ve finally got around to allowing the app to sync via a file provider - a much requested feature from my users.
