Barry Frost
Hello, I’m Barry (he/him), a software engineer and technology leader with experience building teams, websites and apps. I live in a village in Hertfordshire, UK, with my wife and two sons.
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Week 14: Heating
I had the day off on Monday, shopping for a Big Coat for me with L in John Lewis. I don’t like shopping. I was unsuccessful,... -
Week 13: Birthday
We had a mini re-org at work this week as we push for the release of our new platform. Organisational changes are not to be... -
First gig: Silver Sun.
Last gig: Arab Strap.
Best gig: Gene.
Worst: Spearmint.
Loudest: Mogwai.
Seen most: Shed Seven.
Most surprising: Chas & Dave.
Next concert: Martin Rossiter.
Wish I could have seen: Nick Drake. twitter.com…
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Week 12: Drinks
It was our monthly All-Hands day at work, this time held at the TOG at White Collar Factory in Old Street. I ran a workshop... -
This three-part podcast from @devleadership_ on engineering leadership roles is well worth queueing up. Plenty of takeaways from Jason Warner (@jasoncwarner) and Eiso Kant (@eisokant). podcasts.apple.com…
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Week 11: Sparklers
I had a new starter in my team: Joe from Belfast. I set up an onboarding programme of individual intro meetings, environment... -
Week 10: Clocks
This week was half-term for the boys. Both were snotty and tired and ready for their break from school. Like little... -
😍 New personal 14in MacBook Pro arrived today. First impressions: new squared-off case is really nice to hold and an upgrade...
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Week 9: Play
Monday’s Apple Event brought the much-anticipated MacBook Pro. The new M1 Pro/Max chips deliver even more performance jumps,... -
Week 8: School
I joined Monday’s virtual LRUG (London Ruby User Group) meet-up. Joel from our team presented a talk on memoisation being an... -
Week 7: Together
When Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, it’s easy to chuckle as a very light user. I’m more of... -
Tomorrow I’m assembling my team for the first time together in real life for workshops and /collaboration/ in a conference room. I had to dig around to find my Sharpies, Post-Its, exercise print-outs and an HDMI adapter. It’s been a while!
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Week 6: Local
We learned this week that planning was granted for 160+ houses on fields nearby. The local opposition was finally defeated... -
Week 5: Derby
I didn’t download any of the iOS betas this year, so Monday’s release was my first chance to try iOS 15. The Safari address... -
Nice try, Apple… sending a kill command to brick my iPhone in the early hours of this morning on the day the shiny, new 13 is released. Sneaky. The display flickered forlornly before it finally gave up. Thankfully my mobile insurance covers a replacement 😥
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I upgraded to iOS 15 and so far so good:
Forcing myself to use Safari’s bottom address bar.
New 1Password extension is a big time-saver.
I tried iCloud+'s custom email domain support and it works perfectly, including on Big Sur.
Just waiting for Monterey.
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Week 4: Fête
The heavy rain that started the week meant I had to skip a couple of lunchtime walks. I look forward to my 40-minute loops... -
This map of London showing sea levels if/when the ice caps melt is both fascinating and alarming (via...
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Week 3: Gig
Both boys resumed swimming lessons this week. I remember my own lessons, clinging on to small, white, polystyrene floats and... -
Week 2: Cricket
After a lovely holiday last week, I had a bonus extra day off on Bank Holiday Monday. The sun-drenched barbecue I had...