📃 A New Year’s Eve tradition – November’s roundup from tempertemper
At the end of every year, my wife and I each draw a picture of ourselves, surrounded by all the things we want to achieve in the year ahead. It’s a nice...
🥰 One thousand people – November’s roundup from tempertemper
You are awesome! And the other 999 people who subscribe to this newsletter are awesome too. Y’see, in November I passed one thousand subscribers! Thank you....
👻 It’s Halloween! – October’s roundup from tempertemper
Halloween has arrived and my kids are getting their costumes ready for this evening. My wife has decided to dress up this year too, and they’re all trying to...
🎙️ In the spotlight – September’s roundup from tempertemper
This month I had a chat with Chris Nasrawi for his Design for All interview series. It was an interesting chat, and I can feel a blog post brewing around a...
🐱🐱 Cats! – August’s roundup from tempertemper
Busy times at Casa tempertemper! I’ve left employment to move into the world of consultancy (my last day was on the 21st), and we’ve welcomed some feline...
💻 Kitting out – July’s roundup from tempertemper
Heading back into the world of full time self employment again is exciting. It also costs a few quid! I've bought myself a new MacBook and have been getting...
🔎 New job – June’s roundup from tempertemper
Last month I moved house, so just to keep things spicy I decided was it was time for a new job too! As well as looking for work, I’ve been doing a fair bit...
🏡 New house – May’s roundup from tempertemper
title: 🏡 New house May has been quite the month! We moved house on the 12th so life has been all about packing, chasing solicitors, moving, unpacking and...
🧹 Spring cleaning – April’s roundup from tempertemper
Spring finally is here, and what better excuse to do some deep cleaning and have a bit of a clear-out. Now that the local charity shop is slightly better...
🏆 A long time coming – March’s roundup from tempertemper
I was born in Glasgow, where my mum is from, and my dad is a Geordie from the North East of England. His side of the family are Newcastle United daft, and it...
🌙 Ramadan Mubarak – February’s roundup from tempertemper
I’m not a religious person but today marks the start of Ramadan. Among many other things, it’s a time for reflection; something that’s all to easy to forget...
🐍 Happy new year! – January’s roundup from tempertemper
It’s a new year! It’s the Chinese year of the snake, which symbolises renewal, growth, and change. One thing that doesn’t change, though: I’ve written you a...
🎁 An interesting present from Santa – December’s roundup from tempertemper
The Friday before the big day, I closed the work laptop, we all squeezed into the car, and headed to my parents’ house. Shortly after we arrived a few of us...
😯 Oh! December already! – November’s roundup from tempertemper
I could’ve sworn there were 31 days in November… But here we are on the 1st of December and I’m a day late with your newsletter! Three articles for you this...
🎃 Halloween and family time
After nearly 2 months on the road with work, including a trip to Spain, my feet are firmly back on the ground. I’ve missed spending time with the kids, so...
🚂 Planes, trains, and automobiles – September’s roundup from tempertemper
What a month! I’ve been on the road with work, delivering accessibility workshops and putting on accessibility empathy labs. I’ve visited offices in London...
😅 Hard work taking a holiday! – August’s roundup from tempertemper
Even the most relaxing holiday is bookended by what feels like more work than normal: making sure everything is in good shape before closing the laptop, then...
🏅 Going for gold! – July’s roundup from tempertemper
The 2024 Olympic Games are upon us! I’m not particularly patriotic so it has been a good sit-back-and-enjoy experience so far. You’ll be happy to hear that,...
✅ Time to vote! – June’s roundup from tempertemper
There’s a general election here in the UK in a few days’ time; I’ll be down at the local polling station early to cast my vote. Aside from that, I’ll be...
😅 Global Accessibility Awareness Day! – May’s roundup from tempertemper
It has been quite the month! My team and I, alongside our network of Accessibility Champions, decided to go all-in on this year’s Global Accessibility...