Andy's discoveries and musings - Issue #3
Happy mid-February!
Thank you for the comments on last week’s newsletter - interesting to know how things are developing, and what catches your attention.
Longer-form content from me, this week
I’ve been podcasting…
… and, I’ve been making things
More to come here - I’ve been having fun with soldering, and making, and revisiting old projects.
Links I found interesting
As I mentioned in the podcast, I grew up in Portsmouth UK, and my academic background is literature, and I love virtual and augmented technology, so this is fascinating to me.
I live in the world of APIs. As I Tweeted this week, this is interesting. I’m familiar with Postman (and was at the Postman Galaxy conference a couple of weeks ago); Kong bought Insomnia, one of my favourite Open Source API tools; and now RapidAPI has scooped up Paw, another tool I’ve used extensively.
London news…
(more snow in London didn’t happen, BTW, but it WAS a very cold couple of weeks… and the River froze for a bit)
One of the best reads on our digital world in the past 2-3 years, gets an edition for younger readers - I applaud this.
Music…
Charlotte is a London busker I first came across maybe 8 years ago, possibly more? She has a number of albums to her name, when busking on the South Bank of the Thames she is always incredibly cheerful, and I’ve been to several of her gigs. Also doing a great line in lockdown sets online! Worth a listen, in my view.
Blatant promotion spot!
My wife is making some lovely family history products - and, can help with your research. If you click no other links in this edition, do take a look at her shop and at her blog and site, thanks!
