<Writing & Thoughts>
Below is a collection of my writing, both on this humble site and across the internet. I can't guarantee it's all good, but I can guarantee it all contains words.
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Weeknotes - On not having control
Welcome to the semi-regular self-therapy session. I'm not going to lie, I've been feeling pretty low over the last week or so.
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How to run a DIY gig
This article was originally written for the Nothing Feels Good zine in 2023.
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Weeknotes - On live music, attention and social anxiety
I want to find joy in seeing music again
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Weeknotes - on being queer and using clothing as armour
Once again, I'm trying to make weeknoting a habit again, and we'll see if it lasts beyond February.
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I've been using AI and I feel dirty
At OFFF last month, there were a few people who talked about using AI, specifically image generation with things like Midjourney, to aid them when they were…
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Weeknotes - good creatives vs douchebag creatives
This week has been primarily focussed on OFFF Festival in Barcelona. Nic and I decided to use our L&D budget this year to download a dose of inspiration into…
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Weeknotes - maybe i should just go sit down
Time to get back into this weeknoting thing…
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Passing Problematic
Originally published in Darkest Timeline Discozine Issue #1. If you want to pick up your copy and support the DIY and queer music scene in the UK, you can do so…
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ADHD and managing side projects
This is a version of a talk that I gave to You Got This! in September 2022. If you'd like me to give this talk at your meetup or conference, let me know on…
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Impulsivity vs Hyperfixating
Brains are weird. I've been trying to be a lot more aware of the thought patterns I have over the last 2.
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Weeknotes - front-end conferences and millennial angst
— Conference season has kicked off again in earnest after the last two years of staring at a Zoom screens, and I am utterly delighted to see faces from Twitter…
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Weeknotes - A small note on Plants and ADHD
— About 8 years ago when I was working with Microsoft, our team did the Belbin test to know our personality types so we could understand each other a little…
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Weeknotes - I cant believe I chose the mountains every time you chose the sea
— I finally got my hands on Los Campesinos! The Universe Replied and promptly devoured it in a couple of sittings. For those who don't know LC!
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What is a design advocate?
At the risk of this sounding like a support group — Hi, my name's Luke and I'm a design advocate.
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Weeknotes - I wanna move to Switzerland
— Let's start with some music. First off, my band finally released their first single from the new album FINALLY, which is super exciting (and we filmed a…
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Weeknotes - Proud of myself and the loner I've become
— A bumpy start then... after committing to myself that I'll start blogging weekly, I completely forgot about it seven days later.
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Weeknotes - I am not the Fred Astaire of words
— Another six months, another failed half year of writing. Although I've been writing a lot more over on the zeroheight blog (and learning loads along the way)…
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Centralising or Embedding your Product Design Team
A problem that seems to come up a lot within small to medium size product companies is whether you'll get more value out of your Product Design team being…
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A blank slate
There's nothing like a new year for a blank slate. There's something about the arbitrary marker of time that makes you feel like anything is possible.
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Web Celebrities - a bad term for a good thing
Ever since I got involved in the design and dev community online, the whole 'web celebrity' thing has been a topic that keeps coming up.