Will RC
Will RC
I’m Will. For over a decade I’ve worked in technology and tech transformation across charities and social enterprises, healthcare, and in education. Welcome to my site. I mainly use this as a place to write out my (mostly tech-based) thoughts. I'm a firm believer that technology should be easier to understand for everyone, and this little corner of the internet is my way of trying to do that.
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I've reworked my Obsidian folder structure again, aiming to get it down to a more flat flat-file system. The two latest things I've done are: Changed how I save web content to my vault. I've got an n8n flow running on a Raspberry Pi that takes tagged content from my Readwise account and saves it to my vault. It also...
Tangled earphones were a feature, not a bug Akshay Chugh I came across this post from Akshay Chugh the other day, which resonated. He talks about the small inconveniences we used to face when we wanted to listen to our favourite songs. Pulling the MP3 player out of our bag, and then spending literal minutes...
The organisation I work for has a staff member whose role is to make sure everything we do considers both the climate and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This role is not a permanent fixture, and we have been asked to consider that overseeing those aspects of our work will at some point become...
Some thoughts from the week AI has been on my mind this week a lot more than usual. Even for me. I've been swamped at work lately, and this week was the first time in a while that I've been able to make time to join an AI for Grant Makers Peer Group that I have previously regularly attended. As a check-in for the...
A little while ago, my son turned one, and we had a party. During the party, we took a big group shot of the extended family. One family member, for various reasons, did not want to be in the group photo. However, some weeks later, they apparently regretted this. No matter, they thought, and uploading that group...
Some thoughts from the week I've seen some pretty impressive phishing emails this last couple of weeks. One of the UK's more popular charity focused CRMs had a breach a little while ago, and it's hard to ignore the timelines. Half a dozen colleagues have sent emails in the last 2 weeks that have been apparent email...
I have a 2012 Kindle Paperwhite, which as of May hasn't been able to take new ebooks. Thanks Jeff 👍 I looked briefly at getting a new ereader - certainly something not Amazon. But the thing is, there is nothing wrong with the Kindle I have. In fact, I love it. It's the perfect size and weight for me to hold, and the...
Trying a new thing So I thought I'd take a stab at some weeknotes. It's something I enjoy reading from other people, and I've been meaning to start the habit for ages. It was one of my New Year's resolutions, in fact, so September seems about right to give it a crack. Some ground rules for myself. I will only ever...
Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH Brennan Kenneth "You can't separate the art from the artist" can be an interesting discussion to have in the abstract. And then your favourite artist is a paedophile, and suddenly you have to decide whether you can still listen to their music. Or the author...
It's been a while since I've messed around with my website. While Jekyll has served me very well, and until recently I had a workflow that worked very well for me. But then I went and messed around with my Obsidian Vault (yes, since the last time I posted about it), and while that was great for my day-to-day, it...
I read two blog posts this morning almost back to back that got the exact opposite reaction from me. The more I thought about it, the more I needed to reconcile that. So, here’s me trying to do that in pretty much real time… First, this post from James Zhan about a presentation he went to on AI writing vs Human...
I read two blog posts this morning almost back to back that got the exact opposite reaction from me. The more I thought about it, the more I needed to reconcile that. So, here's me trying to do that in pretty much real time... First, this post from James Zhan about a presentation he went to on AI writing vs Human...
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