A field journal on software craft and the human side of technology. Plain-text workflows, Hugo, TiddlyWiki, YAML, and notes from practice.
Think hard. Write well.
One document for teaching
On thrashing out a digital toolkit for planning, resourcing, and documenting a lesson like a grown-up
The Paragraph Builder
Reflecting on a digital tool for exploring paragraph structure and cohesion in literature lessons.
Composer Test Post
Sanity check for the Hugo Composer system
8 contextual lenses for studying literature
Student: [politely] Sir, what do you mean by ‘context’? What is ‘context’? I mean, you keep telling us we have to include it in our literature essays - but what actually is it? Me: Well, I’m so glad you asked… How to use this list This list is designed to help you build up better fluency and competence with contextual lenses for literature. Or, put simply… … to help you brainstorm what ‘context’ might mean for the text you are studying - by giving you a series of prompts. ...