My Apple Store visit was a huge success today. My capable Genius confirmed my iPad discolouration patch, and replaced the iPad with a new one on the spot. Best part about that is I get a new battery!

My iPad Pro has developed a โ€˜lighterโ€™ splotch on the screen, just a bit above the home button. I keep thinking itโ€™s a smudge, but itโ€™s definitely the screen. Now I canโ€™t unsee it. Must be upgrade time. ๐Ÿ˜…

RSS reader update: Reeder is too ancient, its panels donโ€™t look nice on a portrait iPad and it has slow sync. Unread is pretty but there is so much swiping and long-tapping needed to do anything. I might be slinking back to Fiery Feeds.

After using Fiery Feeds for some time, Iโ€™m doing an audit and testing other RSS apps again. Fiery Feeds seemed to be using a lot of battery. So far, Unread is winning.

Monthly Review March 2019

The third entry in this series, reviewing my month that was. What Went Well at Home? I started Long Service Leave, which is a benefit that becomes available after working for a single employer for 10 years. This time off has been wonderful so far. I have not at all missed work. I’ve disconnected my email accounts, am not answering calls, and am entirely disassociated from my normal work world.

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Further investigations into my missing wedding ring are leading to the unfortunate conclusion that my 3-year old boy flushed it down the toilet. He will be hearing about this when heโ€™s older.

@martinfeld Your latest rumination on travel as work resonated with me. Not that I do it, but that I also think itโ€™s a trap. Wage growth is already anaemic, why provide additional labour at no charge?

OmniOutliner as a Daybook

I’ve recently taken to using OmniOutliner as a daybook/Bullet Journal. I don’t actively follow the bullet journal methodology, although the more I think about it, the more useful it seems.1 Traditionally, I’ve not been one to record daily events as they occur and make notes about all the little things. More recently, however, I’m finding that I want to recall something that happened earlier, or a decision that was made, or an event.

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