Weeknote, Sunday 8th March

Quick week, lots done and todo. Despite reservations and looking elsewhere I’m still using Todoist to keep me on track and I’m also still wedded to having only one action list for both work and personal todo’s. Next few weeks is a focus on roadmaps, investments and whats next. Lots to unpack.

Sport in the last few days has been tremendous. The Scotland v France rugby yesterday was one of the best games I’ve watched. Scotland were magnificent and disciplined as they ripped France apart. The 50-40 score flatters the French as Scotland tired in the last 15 minutes. To think many were calling for Gregor Townsend to step down…and if only Scotland had won their first game against Italy, they’d be champions now.

The new F1 season also delivered. New rules, a real shuffle of the order from a teams perspective and not a bad first race this morning. Some of the overtaking felt a bit artificial but willing to give it time before rushing into a judgement. Great to see 5 Uk drivers in the top 8 at Melbourne.

Spring felt it really arrived this weekend as well. A warmth in the sun on Saturday. Great to get some rays in whats been a drab start to the year.

Love this bit of street art from https://www.instagram.com/lyndsey.arts/

🔗 Links

• The stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should – loved this post and it’s something I wish I could do but I’m so introverted. Can’t break the habit even in work conferences.
• Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo – great laptop, great price although I still feel 8GB of ram is on the tight side for the O/S plus apps. Still missing something really new and innovative from Apple.
• HazeOver – great but simple app that dims all other windows on the Mac apart from the one you are using. Improves usability especially on Tahoe.
• The fall and fall of Tony Blair – I still view Blair as one of the best prime ministers the UK has had in the last few decades despite the Iraq War mistake…but its hard not to agree with this article especially when you see him cuddle up to Trump on Gaza and criticise Starmer this weekend.
• The View From RSS – another pro RSS post. I’m really enjoying the renaissance of blogging, no mater how small it is in reality, and the setback from social media.