Personal Ponderings

We will give two small warnings, we do talk about depression, which we know can be a trigger for people. Toby also talks about his testicles in one post, which is probably a trigger for other people.

• Thank You – We've survived a year!
  We’ve a lot to be thankful for in our first year in business
• The Settlers Packaging
  I recently found the packaging for The Settlers, I’m sure some of you will appreciate
• Working when you want is amazing & challenging
  Some of the unique challenges and perks that come with being able to work when you like
• My first thoughts of Alexa
  My first thoughts of Amazon’s Alexa service, not a review but does contain a fun video
• Banks Getting My Name Wrong
  Banks seem to like to get my name wrong, gah. I'm Toby not Tony
• Dealing with team culture and an employees depression
  What to do if your employee is worried about team culture and their depression
• Join the Anthony Nolan Register
  I joined the Anthony Nolan Register and I think you should too
• Let's talk vasectomies
  So let's get personal and talk about a super intimate procedure
• Never assume your wage is safe.
  Unfortunately you can never assume your pay is safe, you need to take steps to protect yourself.
• I love programming
  Here are some of the things that I truly love about programming
• My first screencast
  I made my first screencast, here's how I did it and what I would improve in future
• CreepedIn - calling out the creepiest assholes on LinkedIn
  A new site I've created to call out creeps who hit on women on LinkedIn
• Getting Rid of Vintage Belfast – Do you want it?
  A site I set up a while ago which I didn't give time or love to
• My time at Buffer wasn't great
  How things just didn't work out between me and my job at Buffer
• My Birthday Haul
  A round up of some awesome presents that I got for my birthday
• Imagine your RAM was erroring
  How this analogy relates to me and my life and how you can fix it
• My Wedding Speech
  Here's an online backup of the speech I gave at my wedding
• I fucked up
  I fucked up, I won't do it again. I wrote a book and rushed to get it out. It wasn't to a standard I was happy with
• My face - on a stamp!
  Here's a cute, fun present that I was bought, a stamp with my mug
• The Tim Ferriss Show might be the most important podcast I listen to
  Here's how what Tim Ferriss has to say, has had some positive impact in my life
• Research has shown a case for closing down Vim for a while
  How a research paper has made me reconsider my use of Vim
• David Stewart thinks it is OK to creep on females on LinkedIn
  This creep thinks it's okay to approach women on LinkedIn
• Things I do not love
  Here are some things and tools which I am not particularly fond of
• Tools & principles I am most passionate about
  What tools / technologies / ideas / principles / things I am most passionate about
• Who is Marvel's Mightiest Hero? (I will give you a clue - it is Beast)
  Here's a bit of an aside from the usual content I have on here
• Hacker News follow up post
  I recently wrote about the problems I faced setting my own work hours -here's the feedback
• My first week at Buffer
  Here's an overview about how my first week at my new job with Buffer
• I get very ill if I mix Citalopram and Green Tea
  So here's something unpleasant that I discovered about green tea
• Soon I will be joining the Buffer team!
  I'll be starting a new job soon with the Buffer team - exciting
• Keep your CV fresh
  Here's how I go about keeping my CV fresh and how you should too
• A quick post about depression and software development
  Some things that have helped me deal with my mental health and my job
• Insane Chown Posse
  Something funny I found on Twitter that I thought I would share
• Location, Location, Location
  How I have found a central working location great after working out of town
• BornInBlood
  I've recently taken one of first websites off the net, here's a memorial
• Link Dump of everything that was in my Google Reader
  I miss Google Reader, here's everything that I had subscribed to
• People who give a shit will always get my business
  That extra level of customer service that made me very happy
• This Charmander is adorable
  A sunshine-y gif that I hope will brighten up your day, it did for me
• The EU Cookie Law website
  I made a site which details what the EU Cookie Law website is
• What can The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo teach us about web design
  Important lessons that we can learn from Stieg Larsson's book
• My first doodle in about 7 years
  I bought myself a Wacom Bamboo and had a bit of a play around with it
• IsTwitterUp? Nope
  I've removed the IsTwitterUp website as it's become a lot more stable
• New Challenges
  A exciting change in job and a sad goodbye to my old workplace
• YayQuery (my new favourite podcast)
  A new exciting podcast I have just discovered all about jQuery