Time travel, contrasts, insights, and all the sports documentaries. A summary of a wide variety of things I read or watched this week, from March to August, from time-travel to sports documentaries.
A week of fun spread over months. Playing. These are the weeknotes1 on the games I’ve played2 purely for fun3 in the last few months. There’s very few listed below, which is …
My work mostly involves playing games? Prologue An intentionally browseable set of weeknotes from my previous week1 of work, with different subjects introduced by bold text. The …
More whimsy, more drama Prologue This is an intentionally browseable set of weeknotes regarding things I “beheld” over the previous “week”1. I hope you find …
What I beheld since my last weeknotes An intentionally browseable set of weeknotes for my previous “week”1. I beheld I’ve decided that “beheld” is the best word for “things I …
Things I've played since July These are the weeknotes1 on the games I’ve played purely for fun2 in the last few months. There’s very few listed below, which is very …
If only bestselling authors were employers An intentionally browseable set of weeknotes for my previous week1. I worked: Cynefin, the sense-making framework, was covered in a personal …
Another month long week I worked: I attended DSET - an online military training conference. It was good to see them go hybrid, although I found their chosen …
Weeknotes for Wargames, Wizards, and Warriors. As fifty percent of my readership complained about the breathless bulleted format I’ve been using, which is a very fair point to make, I’m …
If work is fun it's still work A summary of what I’ve done over the last month or so. I attended: I went to a Sarah Le-Fevre event where Nick Kellet demonstrated some …
Electricity and I are not friends The last three… threeish… weeks… I played games I finished Untitled Goose Game - well, the main storyline anyway. It’s a fun game, about …
Weeks Where Decades Happen Edited highlights of the last couple of weeks or more. There’s a war on, and I’ve a few relatively well informed opinions… but so does …
The Good, The Bad, and The Meh Edited highlights of the last couple of weeks. I finally made time to attend an online meeting of Liminal again, a provider of and example …
Weeks, and therefore weeknotes, are of an arbitrary duration. The edited highlights for me over the last twenty days or so. I’m still catching up on email and Twitter bookmarks and other backlogs or …
A week too far... Highlights from the first few weeks of January I finally missed writing up a week of weeknotes, so here’s what I’ve been doing for the last …
Strategy and games in all their forms... Edited highlights of week 1 of January 2022 Putting together more thoughts around a series of impasse-breaking strategy cards, to prompt …
Magic Houses, Magic Swords, and Santa Claus - Crimbo Limbo 2021 Edited highlights from my previous week I finished Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie, a surprise “Jolabokaflod” present. I wrote up …
Losing, squeezing, bending. My previous week: Teams and teamwork was a bit of a theme last week… this week, due to NFL scheduling shenanigans, the team I follow played …
Team sports as an emerging theme... My previous week: Looking back on the previous week, I only realised that “playing as a team” was a common thread through the most …
Lies and Circuses My previous week: Various tribulations with online stores. Maybe I’m getting old and weary, but it seems harder and harder to just pay for …
The future of trucks, and of photography. My previous week: I attended a really interest critical thinking exercise by Sara Penrose Optimisation Training. Myself and several others …
The Cult of the Inventor Three episodes of the WB40 podcast to listen to if you’re into Cyber Security Episode 209 - if you’re part of The Great Resignation, or …
Games, circuses, CISOs, and anti-submarine warfare. My previous week: Provided some feedback for a game/exercise design, which was enlightening because it’s rare that I’m in that situation, …
Quiet. My previous week: Thinking through different and underused game formats: board games that support simultaneous or asynchronous movement, …
A good week for games... well, mostly... My previous week: I was kind of thrown into the role of Game Control for an online playtest - which I found a little stressful, but …
Cops and Robbers Last Week: A very thought provoking conversation with a former Police officer about innovative tactics to use against organised crime. A …
Resting a little... Last Week: I used FreeBusy to schedule some meetings, there’s still some problems with the way I use it to be ironed out, but I still think …
Is it me, or is software just awful? Weeknote 25th October 2021 Taking a cue from Sara Campbell of the Foster writing community, I’ve come up with a more interesting title than …
Weeknote 18th October 2021 Last week Gave some training on common cyber security attacks, moving on to ransomware next session, where the challenge is limiting so much …
Weeknote 11th October 2021 Last week Mostly work I can’t discuss. I’m behind on a lot of meetings, and thought it would be a good time to finally look at automated …
Weeknote 04th October 2021 Last week Mostly work I can’t discuss. Worked Control for another wargame, lots of thoughts about how to run a megagame with highly variable …
Weeknote 27th September 2021 Last week I appeared on the Circuit Podcast, describing the benefits of wargaming in all forms of security practice. I had a sales call that …
Weeknote 20th September 2021 Last week I attended two days of the profesional wargaming conference Connections UK. This was well done, very interactive, with the team …
Weeknote 13th September 2021 Last week Enjoyed watching the first week of the NFL season, my team had a relatively calm beginning. Helped a friend think through their …
Weeknote 06th September 2021 Last week Did my fantasy football draft for the year. I have less time than I’d like for following the NFL, so I find fantasy football a …
Weeknote 30th August 2021 Last week Continued thinking on the American War of Independence mashup, this rapid summary on YouTube was thought provoking Acknowledged …
Weeknote 23rd August 2021 Last week Continued thinking on a “mashup” game ( maybe manual, online, or megagame ) about the American War of Independence… but that has …
Weeknote 16th August 2021 My further attempts at “working out loud”. I realised this should be called “weeknote”, learnt from Matt Ballantine’s latest post; I appear …
9th August 2021 Looking forward and back, 9th August 2021 I’m very wary of journals and journalling, but “work out loud” keeps being recommended more and …
2nd August 2021 Looking forward and back, 2nd August 2021 I’m very wary of journals and journalling, but “work out loud” keeps being recommended more and …
26th July 2021 Looking forward and back, 26th July 2021 I’m very wary of journals and journalling, but “work out loud” keeps being recommended more and …
