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A “now” page is a conceptual accompaniment to an about page. While an about page can tell you about my background and my identity, it doesn’t tell you about what I’m currently doing or what I currently care about. Thus, this.

Last updated: 2 December 2024

Now

❄️ The cold and dark of an approaching winter has probably suppressed my mood a bit. I’m generally finding myself to be more exhausted and less sociable than I’d like.

🧑‍💻 I’m working as a frontend developer on the GOV.UK Design System team, currently working on some things I can’t talk about publicly yet. I’m also helping with updates to the WCAG Primer.

🎨 I’ve had a heavy itch to redesign this website a bit—and have redesigned the homepage slightly—but am struggling to figure out how best to achieve what I’m after.

🎶 Lately, I’ve been jamming out to Hyperdrama by Justice, The Last Flight by Public Service Broadcasting, and I Made An Album by Daði Freyr.

🖖 I’m rewatching Star Trek: Enterprise alongside The Greatest Generation podcast, Star Trek: Lower Decks alongside Greatest Trek. I’ve also been watching Only Connect and Formula 1, whenever those are on.

🎮 I’ve been playing Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus. Deux points.

Recently

🧑‍💻 At work, I led development and release of Charles III’s updated royal coat of arms and the new Service Navigation component, and helped do some accessibility investigations around the Design System website.

🕸️ After a bit of a lull in the middle of the year, I’ve started putting more effort into writing blog posts again. I’ve also been making a fair few improvements to the underlying bits of this site, including porting everything to Eleventy 3 and ESM, rewriting how external images are handled, and component-ising all of the CSS files.

🥚 I also implemented a stupid easter egg zhat you’ll just have to find.

Soon

🎅 Christmas, obviously. A bit of a break outta be nice.

💭 I’m looking to improve my ability to actually explain my thought process when I do things, via the mediums of blogging and mentoring. This is probably easier said than done. My brain isn’t exactly a neurotypical place.

🏖️ Taylor and I are sorting out arrangements to attend NordicFuzzCon in Malmö, Sweden in February; and we’ll also be attending ConFuzzled in May. Two conventions in one year! Fancy!