Here... I just write about the most random stuff
4 Oct 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
Facebook is dead in the water, Instagram is too image-focused, and then there's X - or Twitter, as most people still call it. Regardless of what you think of Musk, X is a good social network because it allows you to express your thoughts succinctly....
1 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
There’s a new ‘dog-friendly’ cocktail bar in London, called After Bark, and when I say ‘dog-friendly’, I mean they literally create cocktails for dogs. Located in London's Hackney Wick area, After Bark was designed by Barkney Wick, a community centr...
29 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted
I'm here but I really wish I wasn't. I wish I was 1,000 miles away. In a different country. Surrounded by different people, doing different things. But things happen, and so instead of being where I thought I would be, I'm having a beer at a pub nea...
27 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Around two and a half months ago I had a pretty serious accident I'm still recovering from. Actually, that's incorrect. What I mean is, I broke some bones and they've healed, but there's more things I'm gonna have to do to get back in shape. Long s...
27 Sep 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
Internet users' limited attention span provides a great opportunity. If whatever you do is only valued for about 22 seconds before people get tired and move on, it means two things. First, if you make a mistake, it won't matter anymore after 22 sec...
27 Sep 2023 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted
I just agreed to do something I swore I'd never do again. I write for a living, and I get paid a decent salary, but getting to this point was tough. It meant writing hours and hours every day, year on year, while working another job because I wasn't...
26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
I never listen to playlists or the radio when I'm working. I usually do one of three things. I either put an episode of Top Gear or the Grand Tour on, or I go on YouTube and watch crypto videos, or videos about watches, or technology, or podcasts, o...
26 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Now, ya see, the whole point of a challenge is it forces you to up the ante. Or raise the bar. Use whatever equivalent expression you like. A few months ago, I said I'd write one story every day for the next 365 days. I was determined to see it th...
16 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted
Over the last few weeks my Instagram feed has become a fruit salad of blue checkmarks. And the same thing is happening on Twitter and Facebook. Everyone I know and their dog is now verified. Bob the Builder is verified. John Doe is verified. As is J...
10 Sep 2023 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted
An Italian actor you've probably never heard of recently made headlines, in Italy, after branding Adam Driver's performance in Michael Mann's Ferrari as 'cultural appropriation'. "Why aren't they casting an Italian actor to play an Italian charac...
