Thoughts, ramblings and significant events of a self-confessed tech geek. Si talks about his experience working in the tech scene on a range of products, projects and the stories along the way. Find Si (Jobling) on Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Linkedin and many more platforms if you'd like to know more or get involved.
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On International Vlogging Day, I decided to record a single-take, unedited vlog after spotting the day in my calendar, because it reminded me of the early era of regular, raw video blogging. I reflect on how “vlogging” has drifted toward polished video podcasting, and why I still see podcasts as audio-first, echoing James Cridland’s line that "a podcast is for your ears while your eyes are busy". I share a chat with a friend who wants to document their move to Greece with podcasts about renovating their property and exploring food and restaurants, but prefers video without showing their face.
Kicking off a new season of podcast episodes, reviving an old Product On A Page format I used to blog on a regularly basis. This time, it's about mental health therapy and how it correlates with agile software delivery to make it more accessible, trying to shake the stigma often associated with mental health. What are your thoughts? This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Si 'Cast. Read transcript
This is the 7th PETALS Snapshot. CHAPTERS 00:44 Leaving ASOS 03:13 Toolkits, toolkits, toolkits 05:46 Measuring team health with OKRs 07:00 Time-ranged responses in the app 10:47 Devops Notts confirmed 12:32 Final thoughts SHOW NOTES New Toolkits page https://petals.team/toolkits Inside Bramble - Day 100: Website Shenanigans https://open.spotify.com/episode/4n7O2Zkg0PNIpp2whrF5lb DevOps Notts: How you can grow your team culture with PETALS https://www.meetup.com/devops-notts/events/296379931/ Book your PETALS chat https://cal.com/jobling/petals This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast
This is PETALS Snapshot 6 when Si talks about the new Microsoft Form, new Snapshots page, some more fixes and some automation concepts with Slack. 00:45 Scores 01:50 DKIM Fail 02:41 New Snapshots page 03:27 Microsoft Toolkit in progress 05:33 IFTTT to Slack 07:01 Another public talk 08:11 Chipping away This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Si 'Cast. Read transcript
This is PETALS Snapshot 5 as we get back into the rhythm of it all. RUNNING ORDER 00:43 Scores are up 01:04 Low serenity with bugs 03:40 Cookie banner now in place 04:32 App requirements with Brian 06:09 Wireframing in Freeform iOS 07:02 Mailing list themes 08:51 EOY reflections 10:34 First talk & memorable URLs SHOW NOTES https://petals.team/google-toolkit should now work https://petals.team/youtube for the Youtube channel https://petals.team/spotify for the Spotify channel https://osano.com/ for cookie banner https://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Notts/ in November CONNECT https://managingengineers.
This is PETALS Snapshot 4, the one after a Summer break. 00:55 Scores 01:14 Low productivity 02:13 Privacy content updates 02:37 Stickers 03:33 Email automation with Zapier 04:50 Myles @ Doxy 07:56 More content & cookies 08:58 Summer is over This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Si 'Cast. Read transcript
Episode Notes The one when Si talks about launching the new Google Toolkit to the mailing list and how to bring joy to your work. 00:45 Scores 01:07 Where is your happy place? 02:27 Google Toolkit Launch 04:00 Brand tone in email 06:10 PETALS for distributed teams 08:20 Going global 09:31 Youtube thumbnails 10:16 Podcast feed 10:34 Taking a summer break This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Si 'Cast. Read transcript
Show Notes This is the 2nd PETALS Snapshot, looking back since launching the website, working through some of the feedback and fitting in a chat with Brian Suda about how to use the data in different contexts. 00:13 What is PETALS? 00:32 Ratings 00:59 Since Launch 02:44 Emoji Encoding Fail 03:24 Google Suite Toolkit 04:42 Personalised Scores 06:05 Coffee with Brian 07:48 New Podcast Feed 08:59 Other Side Distractions 10:11 Credits This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 mo
Si introduces a new website and framework for improving team health and culture, using it to regularly reflect on the project as a podcast and video diary. This week, he focuses on some of the early feedback on fonts, Netlify Deploy Previews and the amazing community providing useful suggestions. This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-b0b82e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Si 'Cast. Read transcript
Team meetings IRL, accountability on side project goals, RØDE NT-USB and Simon Dunmore ADMIN First Monthly newsletter on Buttondown Descript templates & content style guides in progress with Canva WORK Engineering team meetings IRL: stand ups, huddles, retros - good times with Sharpies and Post-It's… and PETALS works with (new) mobile friendly tools. SIDES PETALS.team content first before wireframes and brand kit Lock in accountability with side projects goals by sharing them with people @ https://ontheside.network TECH Røde NT-USB mini mic compared to original Samson Q2U https://www.youtube.c
ADMIN Best day for newsletters - end of month, start of month or middle? Which week day? (Poll available in Spotify) WORK Structuring PDPs in Confluence using custom templates, breaking down goals to objectives with action plans, resources, potential blockers, realistic goal dates & evidence SIDES PETALS.team plan now in Trello with MLP (not MVP), plus POC design on Canva TECH Custom domains email hosted on iCloud+ (https://www.icloud.com/icloudplus/) ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 📕 The Other Place (The Glass Book One) by Nathan Hystad - 3-stars https://ramblingreaders.org/user/si/review/47554/s/gripping-
Inner source projects, the end of Make Life Work, Notion app and Brian Cox on Mars. This is Weekly 2023.13, recorded on Friday 14th April 2023. 00:18 Admin More visuals in the videos - yay or nay? 01:48 Work How to contribute towards inner source projects with maintainers, pipelines, GitHub conventions: https://innersourcecommons.org 04:28 Sides Blog about end of Make Life Work (as we know it): https://sijobling.com/blog/make-life-work/ 07:02 Tech Notion app great for docs but not so much plans 09:01 Entertainment 📺 Brian Cox: Seven Days on Mars ★★★ https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0018
Weekly 2023.12 talks career milestones, plenty PETALS, diving back into code and Race Across The World. Recorded on Friday 31 March 2023. 00:05 Admin No content next week (Easter holiday), back on 17th April Also considering shifting the angle to more lessons learned - thoughts? 00:57 Work 2 years an EM back @ ASOS, approaching 10 years since joining Working on PETALS feedback from other teams 02:21 Sides Released Make Life Work S10 finale with Malarkey and Dan Davies about the lost joy of web design New drawer menu for mobile first experience plus minor design changes 16 year old REWIND mix o
Serendipitous water-cooler moments, sharing Make Life Work editing duties with Adrian and QI chargers for wired headphones. This is Weekly 2023.11, recorded on Friday 24th March 2023. 00:14 Admin No major changes apart from the segue audio, using the standard music bed for consistency - any better? 01:02 Work Serendipitous water-cooler conversations after office visit with some really useful outcomes - I miss them! 6 mid-year reviews in a day - intense, especially back to back, but hugely satisfying 03:55 Sides Adrian helping on Make Life Work production, first time I've let someone else loose
Youtube engagement beats podcasts, difficult work-life balances across the pond and improving smart speaker locations. Admin Engagement is better on YouTube but podcasts don't lend well to it. Newsletter is not growing. What does the future hold? Work Soft internal launch of our new Tech brand to some huge audiences after 18 months of effort Mid year review done - useful reflections, noticeable improvement areas, PETALS getting more attention Sides Make Life Work Tuesday releasing Ian Lurie and recording with Andy & Dan #ProjectDan Tech Moved smart speakers around the house; Alexa in kitchen f
Admin 🛠️ Submitted to Amazon, Boomplay, iHeartRadio, JioSaavn, ListenNotes now I've got a steady cadence and healthy 2 month archive The new segues between sections - thoughts? Work 🏢 Feedback models - speedback, forms - what works? Sides 💻 Side project references on Linkedin (F1 Calendar and Make Life Work with Montserrat Cano) - yay or nay? Tech 🤓 Automatic transcriptions now available in Pinecast Entertainment 🎭 🎬 Empire of Light on DisneyPlus ★★★★ Credits Made with Descript https://www.descript.com/?lmref=ZzV-GA Music by NEFFEX
Onsiters, breaking down siloes and how to automatically syndicate podcasts to YouTube Admin 🛠️ Inbox Edition gets more insights but with deep-links to video and audio Work 🏢 On-siter to discuss roles and responsibilities between EM’s, PL’s and BA’s Fresh off Tech Develops about innovation and breaking down siloes Sides 💻 Our first On The Side Focus Time Working on Montserrat Cano’s Make Life Work for next week Tech 🤓 Headliner.app to generate videos for YouTube podcasts channel Entertainment 🎭 🎬 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ★★ Credits Made with Descript https://www.descript.com/?lmr
ADMIN 🛠️ Shorter week after weekend away in Belgium 🇧🇪 and France 🇫🇷 WORK 🏢 Awkward conversations IRL - the lost art after 3 years of remote working SIDES 💻 Design by committee! House Finesse event pencilled for weekend in August On The Side Focus Time for Sunday evenings (demand, voting, committing) Recorded Make Life Work with Ian Lurie TECH 🤓 Make Life Work content from GitHub mobile web Kindle Unlimited now over-valued at £9.50 ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 📺 Sex Education on Netflix ★★★★ CREDITS Made with Descript Music by NEFFEX
ADMIN 🛠️ Quickie Friday morning before work and weekend away WORK 🏢 Shiny new Birmingham office in "tallest office block outside London" SIDES 💻 Exploring House Finesse summer event in Colchester Record MLW with Montserrat Cano TECH 🤓 Monzo virtual card to manage sides ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 📺 Humans on All4 ★★★★★
ADMIN 🛠️ Skipping over LIFE - is it TMI? Shall I try one main thing from each section to keep it shorter? WORK 🏢 Ways of working manifesto workshop - hybrid mode with Miro SIDES 💻 Make Life Work S10 with Mike & Sam - regular focus time Made It To The Weekend on House Finesse TECH 🤓 Belkin MagSafe mount - is it worth £30? Google App Scripts for Apple Health thanks to ChatGPT ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 📕 Remote Not Distant by Gustavo Razzetti https://gustavorazzetti.com/product/remote-not-distant/ ★★★★ CREDITS Made with Descript https://www.descript.com/?lmref=ZzV-GA Music by NEFFEX Check out our pod
ADMIN 🛠️ Automated WP content and newsletter from podcast feed Tested iPhone recordings for remote updates LIFE 👨🏽 Whole week at home, moving around the house for change of scenery (and meeting bants), standing desk Guz Khan at Northampton Derngate WORK 🏢 Wellbeing day with haircut, swim, record dig & lunch with Si Rotating teams with Adrian More PETALS in more departments SIDES 💻 Finished producing Sam & Mike MLW Recorded MLW with Adrian Lat minute HF mix for Jan TECH 🤓 Ivory from Tapbots Mastodon in Buffer Cmd/Ctrl+S saves my life ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 🎥 George Ezra on Prime ★★★ 🎥 Enemy A
ADMIN Newsletter now hosted on https://buttondown.email/si Feedback gets sticky merch LIFE 👨🏽 Back on fitness with tabata, glute stretches and PT Sick child to factor around life plans WORK 🏢 London trip for two team huddles (plus PT & leavers lunch) Featured on new ASOS Careers website https://www.asoscareers.com/our-teams/technology-data SIDES 💻 Blog about The Love of Records https://sijobling.com/blog/the-love-of-records/ Compiled 2022 in Numbers Edit Mike & Sam MLW and booked Adrian's HF REWIND to Funky House Finesse 22 from 13 years ago https://www.housefinesse.com/shows/rewind-to-fun
ADMIN No official sponsors or ads - nobody suitable despite offers Newsletter available Stickers for suggestions and feedback LIFE 👨🏽 Mrs J home from hospital Zero fitness due to time New Marshall T-shirt from Depop HelloFresh vegetarian meals all week Korma-Glazed Tofu Wraps and Chips with Kachumber Inspired Salad and Yoghurt Chermoula Cauliflower on Harissa Lentils with Roasted Tomatoes, Garlic Ciabatta and Cheese Cheesy Chipotle Bean Quesadillas with Tomato & Rocket Salad and Soured Cream WORK 🏢 Good chat with Agile James about team focus and sharing responsibilities (plus kanban trainin
ADMIN New weekly audio/video format for 2023 as podcast and Youtube content Tech setup in Descript, Ticktick, hardware inc Samson Q2U mic, backlight, ON AIR light box LIFE 👨🏽 Back to work and school after festive break Alton Towers fail Hospital time with Mrs J WORK 🏢 Returned from 2 weeks off PETALS gained traction with agile coaches sharing setup guides Reviewed podcast metrics for fresh year SIDES 💻 Best of 2022 mix for HF with new rainbow theme for 2023 OTS 2024 kickoff Thursday postponted to next week MLW Mike & Sam reunion planned ENTERTAINMENT 🎭 🎥 Four Weddings and a Funeral (Prim
4th episode of Bitesize after a week off
