Last year I wrote a post about using internet shopping to deliver food to UK foodbanks. It’s over here… Donating food to foodbanks Foodbank usage in the UK has increased in the past few years — with benefit changes, problems with benefit systems, low…medium.com Since I wrote that the situation highlighted has escalated, with benefit delays being the main cause of a 19% increase in people having to rely on foodbank parcels.

A quick illustrated rundown of fun purchases from the year — GoPro HERO I’ve never really thought about buying a GoPro before, instead relying on my phone for videos, but after purchasing this one - I’m a massive convert. It’s waterproof, solidly built, small and with a wide range of accessories. I also bought the head mount, and suction cup mount — these…

A year into owning a Tesla Model S I wrote a review, and in this my previous piece I signed off saying “This car is the best thing I’ve ever bought.” Tesla Model S P90D Ludicrous Review Last year I was in the market for a new car. My then current ride, a BMW 120i M Sport was great and really fun to…medium.com So, two years in, is this still true? How is this relatively new company’s first shot at a full…

When we moved house a while ago we bought a bunch of new white goods — specifically a washing machine & dishwasher. We also signed up to a renewable energy supplier for our electricity. These new appliances had a feature that allow you to have them start at a time…

Here’s the showoffy intro that is apparently mandatory on quite preachy Medium posts like this one… I’ve directly employed hundreds of people in tech roles at companies and have interviewed hundreds more at (amongst others) various startups, the world’s largest internet company, the world’s largest broadcaster and now the world’s…

Foodbank usage in the UK has increased in the past few years — with benefit changes, problems with benefit systems, low income and debt being the main causes. Specifically, difficulties caused by Universal Credit have been a major factor. What is universal credit? Universal credit has proved controversial almost from the beginning, with reports of IT issues, massive overspends and…www.bbc.co.uk Universal credit IT system 'broken', whistleblowers say Universal credit is so riddled with design flaws and process faults that it is practically guaranteed to generate…www.theguardian.com

Around the middle of my career I took a job that severely cut my pay, and it was massively worth it. I’d previously worked at a whole bunch of companies of varying interest — from three person startups to 100,000 employee multinationals. …

Last year I was in the market for a new car. My then current ride, a BMW 120i M Sport was great and really fun to drive, but it only had three doors which was bit of a pain with my young son. We also found the boot space a…

Potato has received tens of thousands of job applications, and I’ve certainly looked at thousands myself. Having spotted a trend that annoyed me I fired off a tweet criticising it, which a few people disagreed with. The problems using the word ‘passionate’ to describe yourself are multiple.