John Leonard

That joy being, of course, the chance to sell it at all after 7 days of wasting my time and that of 22 other bidders because someone wanted to test the eBay “buyer cancellation service” 10 seconds after their sniping bid won the auction FFS

Clients when I offer the benefit of 30 years of knowledge: “please come and work for us or take consulting money”. My brain when I try to write down what I know: “you are foolish to think anyone will believe this nonsense”

That moment of joy when Backmarket offers slightly less than Apple for your old iPhone 13 because eBay phone purchasers are time wasting scumbags

That moment of joy when Apple rejects your trade in phone because ‘too many scratches and dents’ and you turn around and sell it on eBay for more than the trade-in value with all marks clearly revealed…

A rear three quarter view of a white Lotus Esprit, in the Lotus Showroom, London UK.

Took the kiddo out to find supercars in London today. Bypassed the Ferrari and Bentley snobs, and found the wonderful Lotus showroom with this absolute beauty instead…

👋

Man Tor, a hill in the Peak District.

Not very many mountains near me, so here’s a Hill instead (climbed it yesterday).

I’ve also managed structured procrastination - where the thing that I want to do is always open on my laptop so I’m ready to dive in at a moments notice, often when I should be doing something else instead.

That, and a massive todo list of tiny, tiny things to do - so you don’t have to think.

I’ve had *some* success with Pomodoro for everything I’m putting off. 25 minute chunks, with the specific agreement that you stop when the timer is up. Sometimes you’ll get in the groove, sometimes you won’t. That’s ok, you’ve achieved something anyway.

Sure! go.bsky.app/3NzQbV3

Love the fact that on the day I started using my old Bluesky account, I have a starter list of Laravel people to follow AND a handy guide linked by @wking.dev on how to change my handle to the domain I've had for years...
I suppose I'd better get posting.

bsky.app/profile/wkin...

I’m here for the business dad vibes!

Twitter is that drunken night out that you regret the next day. Bluesky is the co-working day surrounded by like minded people who share your interests.
I much prefer the latter… :)