2023 came to a close, and I’m pretty glad to see the back of it I’m pretty happy that the year ended, if I’m honest. I went through a bit of a rough time with a couple of health-related things that, although expected, hit me harder than I thought they would.
I’ve been busy thinking about the following stages of my online presence and how I can consolidate a bunch of things into one more coherent structure.
I had a busy week finishing the teaching hours for the three institutions I work for. That took up a lot of time during the week and didn’t leave me much time for anything else.
I did participate in an early-stage meeting with a group of people around the Caribbean, but I can’t talk about that here now.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the strategy I would like to implement to develop my thoughts, work and ideas over the coming year.
Like most weeks, I had a bit of teaching to do on various subjects. I teach a little AI, some pure IT stuff and a little English for speakers of a foreign language. It is a diverse set of teaching, and I enjoy it a lot. I have been very lucky so far in having students and training participants who are enthusiastic and willing to contribute. I try to foster an environment where there are no wrong answers.
My week was pretty busy with a few projects and a lot of teaching. I teach at a couple of local universities for a diverse set of subjects: English, Project Management and Microsoft Technologies. I have a lot of experience, and I am proud to share as much of it as possible. I get a real buzz from seeing a student understand something for the first time. I had a student understand IP addresses and netmasks.
Where did the week go?
I had a few days to work on several projects but didn’t advance too well. I got distracted and ended up researching other topics that, while useful, were not related to the work I should have been doing. Specifically, I have been looking at changing my text editor.
For a few years now, I’ve been a user of the Ulysses app on my Mac. But earlier in the week iA (information Architects) released a new update to their text-based writing app.