Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • Is there an upper limit to the number of times you can panic about lost work before realising you’ve checked out the wrong branch?

  • Cowboy merged a PR to my site yesterday to dump lower quality posts (social media styled notes) onto a separate domain. I don’t know if @jdevalk would love it or hate it, but I know his view would be firmly held.

  • According to a Major News Source, the NBN’s congestion problems make it inadequate for HD streaming. Pull me up a chair.

  • Hands up if you’re a slightly disappointed Australian waking up to discover all the Tony Awards performances are geo-blocked. 🙌

  • Glad I took a chance on The Band’s Visit for my broadway adventure last year, it’s a great show and it’s nice to see it taking so many gongs at the Tony’s.

  • If you’re wondering, github.com/hottakes is available.

  • A question on @ShopTalkShow mentioned remote work as an aside. Something I like in the WordPress space is a lot of big shops are remote. Off the top of my head: Automattic, 10up, Alley Interactive, XWP, Inpsyde, Reaktiv Studios & Human Made (my work). I’m sure there are more.

  • Y’all know Rosanne’s production company will probably still get paid out. Her staff won’t so, depending on the deal, getting axed could be more profitable to Rosanne personally.

  • Barnaby Joyce complaining about his lose of privacy on the same day OIAC decides it’s cool for a minister to dox their critics is priceless.

  • GDPR has been a real boon for INALB