Thoughts from 2021

Clearing a Slack Channel History

Review - Anker Webcam PowerConf C300

As the whole 'working-from-home' thing became a thing the built in camera on my laptop decided that it was a good time to die…

Preparing to Move to Hybrid Church

As the UK begins to head back into something that looks to be 'normal' the new buzz word is 'hybrid'. A lot of church leaders are worried about the extra burden it'll be. But I don't think that hybrid church is anything new…

Checking Which SSL Cert is Being Served

How can you quickly check what SSL cert is being served up for a domain? Sure you could check in the browser, but you might want to use the command line…

Book Review: Reimagining the Spiritual Disciplines for a Digital Age

In just under 25 pages, Sara Schumacher packs in more clarity, focus, and personal encouragement than books 10 times the length on the subject of spiritual disciplines.

Grouping blog posts by year in Eleventy

Create an archive page grouped by year (or anything you want!) using 11ty's built in pagination and a modified collection.

Book Review: The Age of AI

Over the last week I've been reading through Jason Thacker's book 'The Age of AI' - a primer looking at the questions that are being asked as artificial intelligence comes to the foreground.

Lessons from Netlify CMS

Notes for future James, and maybe current you, about implementing Netlify CMS.

K3 Keyboard

Over the last 12 months, I've been working through my working-from-home equipment making a few upgrades. Most recently, I switched to the Keychron K3 keyboard…

What Comes Next?

Books about leadership have a bad tendency to be dense; dry and hard work to read, I've tended to stay away from this section of the library. So, when your friends write a book, post it to you… then tell you it's a leadership book you approach with a little bit of trepidation.