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Pete Johns
Human being; just like you. He writes from Melbourne about software leadership, reliable systems, and building things that last, and he would rather publish here than chase engagement on social feeds. parkrun (volunteer, runner, ambassador) gets him outside; expect candour, craft, and the occasional grumble when the tech stack misbehaves. Moreover he doesn't like talking about himself in the third-person.
Latest Posts
Our 11-year-old was keen to be a part of the Conquer Cancer Australia World Record attempt, so he was up before me this morning to join the runners and joggers and walkers taking one-hour shifts. He’s not old enough to be registered as a...
One of the things I have been really enjoying during my career break is learning to tackle cryptic crosswords. I am still not very good at them, but I can solve clues today that were dark to me a year ago, and that’s pleasing progress. I...
It’s been a very parkrunny week, which involved me presenting at a Volunteering Australia webinar about Community-Led Volunteering and my parkrun experiences. Some people have said nice things about the presentation and the recording...
K recently joked that were I to appear on Mastermind, my specialist subject would be Iron Maiden. She may be right. They’re certainly the band I have paid the most attention to over the years. Throughout the 90s they were the band I...
As you know, this month I am taking part in a World Record attempt, as part of Conquer Cancer Australia. These legends have been moving a baton around Princes Park since Saturday, with runners, joggers and walkers taking one-hour shifts....
This morning I was one of the 283 finishers at Coburg parkrun event #517, and K was one of the 14 volunteers. From last weekend’s post and the previous weekend’s post, it may seem that I only go to parkrun to participate in challenges,...
One of the things I was told before I got my first Mac was that Apple’s user interfaces were the most intuitive. Back in the early 2000s, I think that was probably true (compared, for instance, to Microsoft Windows, where you’d tap the...
I’m proud to be part of a Guinness World Records attempt, running in a non-stop four-week relay around Princes Park to help conquer cancer. It also happens that my little brother ran into the record books this weekend. Every dollar I...
One of the aspects of being a parkrun ambassador that I really enjoy is jumping in the car or on the bike on a Saturday morning and heading to a parkrun event. I have blogged before about using my NENDY to decide where I should go, which...
It astounds me that I have never blogged about my love of Radio Paradise. You know how much I love music and radio in particular, especially if you read my Desert Island Discs post. One of my oldest friends introduced me to this internet...
This post was brought to you, unintentionally, by the number eleven. It has been seven years since I wrote about chasing my parkrun Nearest Event Not Done Yet (NENDY) and yet it is still something that I really enjoy about experiencing...
This is an experiment in rewarding people who subscribe to open web feeds, Inspired by Dave Rupert’s RSS Club. If you are reading this, thank you for choosing RSS or Atom (inspired by The Internet’s Own Boy) over proprietary social...
This post is about post I’m so meta (but not “Meta”)! Some context I grew up in the UK, where, by and large, post was delivered through a slot in the front door called a letterbox. When we moved to Melbourne in 2006, we took on a Post...
One of the things that my career break has taught me is that I’m not yet ready to retire. This is good because the kids still need educating and that still needs financing. I also still enjoy playing with computers, much as I did when...
I run an Arlo-based home security setup, and most of the time it behaves as expected. A few months ago, Arlo shipped a major app update that broke the automations we depended on. I reconstructed them, only to encounter a new problem:...