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Technology I work with
I have built out our technology stack over the last 17 years and continue to support and grow this.
Everything is self-hosted on-site. Partly this is demanded due to the confidentiality of our client data. It also gives us massive independence, low cost and control.
Our systems and implementation should support the scaling to thousands of employees in a short amount of time if that was the direction we chose – it is a very powerful platform differentiator.
Reference photo pins
I find that looking at photos from a wide variety of sources has a huge impact on my learning and finding a personal style.
These are pins of photos I have seen that have caught my eye for one or more of a variety of reasons – it can be subject matter, composition, light, colour palette, range, etc.
Office idea pins
I gather office ideas – many have influenced the design of our Global Advisors offices.
My Pinterest pins
Here’s the full Pinterest board of the various things that catch my eye.
My latest Instagram posts
I post a mix of content to Instagram. It’s not the format for sharing top photos, but more day-to-day stuff.
My Goodreads
I adore reading. I would happily disappear into a book on any given day. As a kid I often read multiple books at the same time.
Audible has been a revelation for me and helped find time in otherwise packed days.
My Strava activity
My Strava activities
Stuff – things I’ve researched, bought and used
I seldom make an impetuous purchase. Here are items I’ve researched, bought and used.
I’ll sometimes link to the research and sometimes write up my thoughts and experience.
There will sometimes be affiliate links to the items on Amazon or other stores and if you purchase via those links, I will earn a small affiliate commission.
Photo portfolio – slides
Some of my photography
My current music obsessions on Spotify
My current obsessions playlist on Spotify
My music obsessions
What a great line from a great movie. Natalie Portman’s character meets that of Zach Braff in the doctor’s waiting room in the amazing movie Garden State. She hands him her headphones and says, “You gotta hear this one song, it’ll change your life I swear…”
It is a movie with a great soundtrack. I imagine it being a soundtrack that Zach Braff chose to in the way that music can become a soundtrack to our lives.
Music has punctuated my life. One of my great regrets is not sticking with studying music. Instead, it has been my near constant companion.
Only about once a week, does it feel like a track or artist I am listening to is in harmony with my life!
My movie list
what’s your favourite movie…
That question has opened its way to friendships and relationships – or slammed it shut!
For a number of years I have tracked my movie watching history via IMDB. My ratings list includes 570 titles – you can see the full live list here.
Below is my list of movies I have scored 10 (the first 7 in the list) and then 9.
Ratings are personal – I rated moves that might be great – or just great to me.
Photography to me
skill. moments. interpretation. expression.
How did photography enter your life?
For me, there were the family photos with an instamatic camera that my mom took. They ended up in family albums and in frames on walls as memories of moments, family,…