Learnt the expression “eat the frog” earlier this week and I’ve always wanted a more disgusting way to say “just get it done”

Will not support the billionaire baby, but annoyingly I can kinda get onboard with the direction of “Twitter 2.0”

How do I get replies to posts on mastodon to show up as replies on blog posts?

Bridgy doesn’t seem to work any more and just messes up the post on micro.blog.

This may just be my tiredness talking but social media as a whole is starting to feel a bit pointless. The interaction and enjoyment I get is decreasing fast, and I suspect it is because others are feeling the same.

Currently reading: Checklist Manifesto, The (HB) by Atul Gawande 📚

Finished reading: Cat & Mouse by James Patterson 📚

I was just looking back at some gr36.com archives and found my very first Wordpress blog. I kind of still dig it.

A very quick visit to Nottingham Christmas market. It was really busy and far too stressful punching a wheelchair around

I absolutely love the filters on Mastodon. I haven’t needed to use them much, but they actually mute the words properly. When compared to other services this is a breath of fresh air, I can really curate my feed to be what I want to see.

Well I know what I’m going to be playing this weekend 🎮

Looks like I was mistaken by thinking I would be doing nothing all day. Nice walk with the dog in the sun.

Now for an hour on the cross trainer.

Today is a day of doing absolutely nothing, and I’m delighted.

A lone shell

Too cold for spiders

Working on a few updates to my micro.blog theme over the last few days. Still a little more to do for mobile view, but overall I’m pretty happy.

I’ve been working on a new micro.blog for a few days, and I just accidentally clicked the refresh button right next to new template.

All my work gone! I’m so mad right now.

Mastodon is great and everything but this stupidness on Twitter has made me really think about posting online at all.

I simply don’t have the motivation to share the things I used to and perhaps that’s a good thing?

Refections

Bit frosty out 🥶

If I want to follow some micro.blog accounts using the mastodon app how do I find their compatible usernames easily?

Some random flowers that came out quite well.

Elmo has invented blogs everyone.

Panic over.

Long exposure or Dr Strange?

Currently trying to get to grips with Pixelfed, and work out how all these indieweb things are going to for together.

At the minute it’s a mess.

Spot the lighthouse

This is an interesting idea. What if loads of buisness had instances, communication with employees could be as universal as email

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures” -F. M. Alexander

“it turns out that most people do not want to participate in horrible unmoderated internet spaces full of shitty racists and not-all-men fedora bullies.” - Welcome to hell, Elon

Shocking I know.

So, I’ve finally put my Apple Watch Ultra on Charge with 17% battery left:

• off charge at 7am Friday
• 90-minute workout
• Hour workout Saturday
• 5 hours away from phone on cellular Saturday
• Loads of payments and calls
• Hour workout today away from the phone

I’m happy with that.

What’s the best blog post you’ve read this week?

I’ll go first - What feminism means to me

“I know of people who work for companies that are causing serious social harm yet are outspoke about whatever the Latest Thing™ is.”

Twitter hasn’t apocalypsed yet

Just a bench

5 hours phone free this morning

• payments
• messages
• phone calls

All no problem and only 12% battery used. Thanks Apple Watch Ultra.

I dont think it’s the time for mass abondonment of Twitter just yet, but I can see where it’s going already with the Meme lord in charge.

It’s definitely a time to think about where you want to post and what you want to do online.

You drip

And just like that I’m back on the beta train 🚂

“A “heavy tweeter” is defined as someone who logs in to Twitter six or seven days a week and tweets about three to four times a week,” - Twitter report

I’m sorry what!?! 3-4 times a week is “heavy”.

Currently reading: Happy Sexy Millionaire by Steven Bartlett 📚

I’m been reminded of one of the most painful posts have written in my life but also one of the most cathartic.

Still painful to read because I remember the emotions, but I am happy that I can now face them.

Sold my Series 7 today so I’m all in on the Apple Watch Ultra. So I think it’s time for some words, a review of sorts.

Need to do this for a bit. Getting fed up with the time wasting I do and the way it makes me feel afterwards.

I have no idea why, but I’ve decided to bring my Buy Me A Coffee page up to scratch.

If you like my stuff, buy me a cup of joe I guess. ❤️

Ok Apple Watch Ultra. You win.

For those interested this is with three hour long workouts and quite a bit of time on cellular each day.

Saw random graffiti the other day that said:

“Do more, say less”

And I feel like that’s a life lesson.

We had a very relaxing day today. Mainly because the weather was really rubbish but Lucie had a big seizure and wasn’t herself for most of the afternoon.

Very weird being able to walk the dog in a tee shirt whilst surrounded by fallen leaves but enjoyable.

I love this time of year.

A few iPhone snaps from Lillie’s match last night. Raised more than £3000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

I geniuinly need help with using Day One. I’ve had it for years but what do I write that is not repetitive naval-gazing.

Should I set up prompts or are there any tips to get me going?

No idea why but I’ve fallen back in love again with Shortcuts and have built loads of them over the last few days to automate hyper specific tasks.

Technology is wonderful, when it works.

Not sure when it happened but it would appear Bridgy doesn’t work with micro.blog any longer? the few replies I just tested removed all the conversation from the post and duplicated it numerous times. @manton

As I get older, my answer to more and more things is “I don’t know”. What is short for, I’m not interested enough to think about it.

I shrug my way through the day in blissful ignorance of most things that might have otherwise occupied my brain, and it’s fantastic.

Does anyone use Blinkest or similar service to “read” books.

Inspired by @maique I made a Shortcut to update your omg status including emojis.

I will write up a bit more information in a little while, but if you want to beta test it, grad it here

Implemented a custom version of status.lol into my blog because why not.

The “what aboutness” of Twitter absolutely kills me.

Editing some old ‘non keepers’ to see what I find.

This year is the first year I haven’t done an iPhone review (or several) and I’ve got the itch to do a small one. Mainly to take the product shots… so I might just do that 😂

I wish I was this happy

I went around and tried all the ai copy writing bots do you don’t have to.

In a surprise to absolutely no one. They all suck.

Buddhism at War

On reflection, I would have to conclude that the ethics of early Buddhism do not offer blanket solutions to all the complex predicaments of the human situation. Perhaps that was never their intention—perhaps their intention was to issue guidelines rather than proclaim moral absolutes, to posit ideals even for those who cannot perfectly fulfill them. Nevertheless, the complexity of the human condition inevitably confronts us with circumstances in which moral obligations run at crosscurrents.

Annoyingly. After a bit of curation I’ve found instagram Reels to be a good resource for a wide range of things.

Illustrator tips, design advice, SEO resources etc. I guess it’s not all memes and dancing.

It’s happening!

Like father, like son

I think my internet friends are better than my real life ones ❤️

I need some more newsletters to read. Drop your favourite 👇

Got up and walked the dog purely because I could see the sun rising out my window.

I’m a sucker for the colours and the quietness of early mornings. It stirs a certain type of majesty for the world we live in.

Spending my Sunday assessing task management options for my team.

It’s currently between Todoist and Notion.

Oh my god. New episodes of the best podcast series ever made!

You really suck as a manager if the only metric you have on your staff is based on if you can see them or not.

Microsoft CEO says bosses are scared that you slack off while working from home

I think I figured out that my desire to buy an Apple Watch Ultra has nothing to do with the actual watch.

It’s simply that I want something different after 7 years wearing essentially the same thing.

“What boat you are in is far more important than how hard you row.” — Charlie Munger

Two weeks after COVID I can’t complain

🎶 what happens when you loose everything, you just start again.

I prayed to the gods.

And spent too much!

I think he wants one

Laying in bed listening to Lucie playing and laughing her head off is my kind of medicine.

The house, and probably the whole street, is still sleeping apart from us two and despite my tiredness it’s wonderful.

Remember to enjoy these times my friends because they don’t last.

Pushing them up

Out the darkness

Finished reading: Kiss the Girls by James Patterson 📚

New Home Screen for iOS16

The fact that people seem to think the Apple Watch Ultra is a replacement for the old Edition range topper rather than a version to use in pretty specific circumstances is strange.

I understand the upload limit for podcast on micro.blog is 45mb.

What is the longest recording this could be whilst still sounding good.

I think I want to Podcast again.

Any micro.blog friends fancy a chat?

‘buy your mom an iPhone’

Tim Cook’s response to improving Android texting

I received my press pass for the photography show today.

I didn’t even apply for one but I’ll take it.

And it was at this point I burnt my entire house down

There’s a lot to gain for Apple producing a non-pro ‘max’ size iPhone 14

Outside of the cost element, the biggest issue with the Pro version for me is the weight.

iPhone 13 = 173g iPhone 13 Pro = 203g

In contrast, iPhone 6 was 129g and the iPhone 5 was 113g.

No you spent all day trying to get your posts out of Ghost!

As nice as it is I can’t be doing with everything being locked away.

Shared without comment

I really want to buy one of these. Just gives me such a sense of British culture. Plus they look awesome.

The amount of people that wield stuff like this as if it were some kind of badge of honour is weird.

Like yay the brand of phome I use is winning!

Bizarre.

I’ve had to deactivate my Twitter account for a while and get my wife to change my password.

It drags me down so many rabbit holes, which I know is my issue, but I think is the best way that I deal with it for a bit and get rid of the itch.

Migrated over from mastondon.social to my new home on social.lol and it all seems to have gone ok.

If only everything was this easy.

I guess I am in the cool gang now gr36.omg.lol

It’s amazing how many companies claim to have deleted your account. Yet still send you marketing emails months later.

I just love Shortcuts.

Set up some simple ones on staff at work iPad to automate PDF creation and they are like 🤯

Another case of the invisible Dad today.

Son starts school in September and all letters, online accounts, and emails are addressed to Mum despite me being the primary contact.

😡

Finished reading: Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 📚

I blame @maique because I am now playing around with Drafts

All the concerns I have stem from this “user-engagement-at-all-cost” business practice. Irrespective of how pleasing this interaction feels in the moment, it leaves me furious for the time wasted.

What about Social Media is bad? - Excursions

I don’t love having to do gardening in this hot weather. But it must love me.

oh thats a new one

Well now you’ve gone and ruined it. Guess we’ll be staying in today then

Asking for a friend…

Finished reading: Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte 📚

It falls down the usual trope of telling you want they do and why you should, then giving you loads of cherry picked examples to prove their point.

There is a good system in there so it’s worth a read but you can get the point by just skimming or reading a few of his blog posts.

in order to be someone, we need someone to be someone for. The Perils of Audience Capture

I guess this makes sense really, not just online but in our lives. We are constantly moulding ourselves to be ‘better’ but not always better in the grand scheme of things. Better for something or usually someone.

I love Matter and everything, but it really has to get better at recomendations. I am so sick of American politics and old posts.

The fact I can now export reading notes in Matter into Apple Notes and really round off my note taking system is brilliant

After seeing a few posts about it. Here’s how I post to micro.blog including an image upload shortcut.

Hope this helps people.

Sunrise at the beach huts

The fact that when people refer to “the notch” everyone knows exactly what you mean is justification enough

be careful of “doesn’t that already exist? have you heard of XYZ?” when analyzing or sharing an idea for a product. Yes, sometimes a new solution is very well redundant, but sometimes there is still untapped opportunity.

Doesn’t That Already Exist?

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Viktor Frankl, Mans search for meaning

The average time spent in app per day for kids and teens is a massive 91 minutes on TikTok and 56minutes on YouTube

“Social media” has pivoted from interaction focused to AI created consumption engines.

I’ve KonMarie my Instagram and find it infinitely more enjoyable now.

Still not installign that crap on my phone though.

Currently reading: Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 📚

Shaken

There was some great light when we were shopping in Nottingham this morning. It’s a shame I couldn’t hang around a bit longer and roam around with my camera.

I am tempted to just move to one blog rather than splitting things between micro.gregmorris.co.uk and gregmorris.co.uk. Seems redundant having both.

Few milkshake treats 🥤

I thought this was supposed to be easier on m1?

Woke up to lots of engagement on my two blog posts yesterday and I am a bit overwhelmed.

I realise that not everyone expects a reply but it seems weird if I don’t.

Thanks though! Some interesting points raised.

Why do companies value new customers so much highly than retaining current ones? Where is the loyalty and appreciation for those already supporting the business?

Seems like a poor decision to me but it’s absolutely rampant.

Currently reading: The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters 📚

Seems like a good time to post gregmorris.co.uk/blog/but-…

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Theres something about flowers and bees that speak to me.

Usually buzzzzzzzzz I guess.

I feel like there is a certain type of photo that to post to Instagram and a different type on glass.

Where as I am comfortable posting a whole stream of photos to micro.blog and let people view them all.

Yesterday was long run day so I needed to stretch my legs with a long walk. Of course I took some pictures along the way with my x100v.

And one for @maique

Oh my!

Glass is gorgeous on the web too

This is me but with Twitter. Not sure if everyone has grown up and has lives to live but my timeline is nothing like it was a few years ago.

Now I am no longer podcasting I’m considering returning to a newsletter.

Perhaps every two weeks.

Best description of Instagram I’ve seen, and all in one sentence!

Lucie loves her new chair that will make a big difference to her social inclusion. Simple things like sitting at the table with us at meal times or doing activities will be drastically improved.

Really happy with it.

Using Instagram in the browser removes all ads and all the full screen messing about.

Much better.

Trying to slim down on some upcoming purchases because times are hard at the moment and due to get worse.

Cancelled Readwise, Glass, Fantastical and Apple One already. There will probably be some more cutting to do yet.

Sad times but needs must I guess.

Currently reading: The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters 📚

Why do I find my self tempted to buy, of all things, a Surface Duo?

I’ve even confused myself with this one.

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

T.E. Lawrence

Currently reading: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 📚

Take a seat

At a time when staged narratives and rendered images are popular, I am excited by the fact that life itself offers situations far more strange and beautiful than anything I could set up?

Melanie Einzig

Met a friend on our evening dog walk. He’s called Larry 🦎

It’s ok to delete people you like but you hate their tweets right?

Asking for a friend.

Number 2 ❤️

I love being outside and if it involves some kind of water it’s even better

I’m so proud ❤️

Wondered why the checkout assistant was looking at me weird.

Then realised I was buying Redbull and sleeping tablets.

It’s been a long week.

“The audience you are building on other platforms is never truly yours.”

vanschneider.com/blog/youv…

The good news is my inspiration and motivation to write is back a bit.

Can’t really be bothered with long blog posts though. Really getting into micro posts again.

Fair warning.

Tempted to pick up Stray.

Anyone played it? 🎮

stray.game

I keep thinking about writing something, saving notes and thinking of good topics to cover. Yet when I open an app and actually try and do it, I simply can’t be bothered.

Twice today I’ve tried to finish off a post that has been in drafts for weeks.

Suck it up

Life is a weird thing isn’t it.

I’m reminded of some techno I used to listen to 20 years ago and I’m automatically back there. Feeling the same feeling I felt then and all the experiences that went with it.

How can I feel so old and so young with one track.

“One thing all humans share is that we’re a ghost trapped in a skeleton covered by a sack of meat” - Today in tabs

Possibly the best opener to a newsletter ever

“Twitter built a superhighway from your foot to your mouth.”

💯

www.wired.com/story/pla…

There is something about the Nottingham Contemporary that makes almost every image look interesting. I am looking forward to when all of the builing work is finished around it and I can take some more images

I am currently at the stage of

• Yes I need a microblog
• No I don’t know where to put it

So I have two.

I’ll never change.

Spotted this on Reddit earlier today, and it stuck out to me.

Perhaps it is because I’ve had circling conversations with my friends about ‘hustling’, or perhaps I am just tired of this crap all together.

I think I deserve this today

The worst possible thing has happened.

Lucie has COVID 💔

Am I recycled?

If I share just a gallery of images on my ghost blog it transfers them all into micro.blog too.

Helpful feature or happy accident @manton ?

Nice car, nice shadow

Paying respects

I’m going off grid with no phone and no gadgets for a few days. There’s only one way to tell the time now.

Golden rays

Let’s play

Lucie wanted to pose for some photos ❤️

It’s always wrong

Just a sliver of light

Today I am mostly in nature.

Am I being stupid or does the micro.blog app not accept an image from the screenshot editor? @help

Does anyone else find themselves thinking about a project while they’re supposed to be doing something else.

Sat here watching TV and thinking about Figma animations can’t be healthy.

I pray for a day we listen to intelligent, articulate individuals with a history of accurate social commentary.

Not spoilt children pretending to be one.

Honey I shrunk the kids

In and out the shadow

When the light is crap but the buildings pop

Day 8 of everyday in may was tough. But we are getting through it 💪

The test run of putting the tent up on the drive way was a success.

Next time won’t be so easy! 🏕

Is this the way?

Crazy what you can get from an iPhone with a few little tweaks

Just grazin

A Hidden Treasure

Choosing a treat . #lincoln #streetphotography #streetphotographer #a7c #85mm

Ready For Delivery

The moment Tom Jarvis became the national champion

You can tell it’s spring

You cant kill my love of flowers!

In The Clearing

Down The Alley

Trent Bridge

When The Shadows Just Hit Right

Waiting For A Sale

A Drink In The Sun?

Waiting for play time

I hoping the answer was blowing in the wind

Catching the light

It Gets Everywhere

Bit cold out

In the boat yard

A deer in the wild?

Stop looking at me swan!

The storm is coming

Love this girl

Nottingham Christmas Market

Christmas Baubles

The light is fading

Blown Away

You’re going to be ages mate

Wheres the fairies?

They keep on falling

A random bug appears

Blowing in the wind

Attempt at some product photography for a review

Random flower just to keep you all interested

Beauty from nothing

Know the code?

Saving the memories

Lonely buoy

Bug eater

Belmont Tower

Hooooot

Get that selfie

Find a new perspective

Knock knock

Tall corn

Never go THAT way

Here comes the sun

Berry good

In the sunshine

Jet trails in the sky

Holding the fallen apple

The clock tower

Alone

Up the driveway

Rotting away

Burn it down

This girl gets me

Get that social distance

Down the pier

I can only care for fake plants

Pretty in pink

Nailed on

Can't wait for the summer

Morning dew

Guess what I am working on

Just a rock

The best colour an iPhone has ever been

Pupper

Take me back

Autumn leaves

A flower in the weeds

Tatty flower 

Note 20 Ultra has a huge camera bump!

Ripples around the rock