Now

What have I been up to and focusing on recently?

Life

New city

I recently moved to London after living in Bristol for almost a decade. I wanted a change and I'm looking forward to experiencing what the big city has to offer.

Yearly Theme

My theme for 2024 is fitness^{how original}. I've been running regularly since the start of the year and doing strength training at the gym.

Travel

🇬🇷 Athens and Delphi, Greece: I recently got a little obsessed with Ancient Greek mythology and culture, and decided to go visit Athens and Delphi.
🇧🇪 Brussels, Belgium: I represented Luanti (formerly known as Minetest) at FOSDEM 24.
🇫🇷 Nîmes, France: we chose to go here because of the Roman history, the amphitheatre is pretty cool.
🇩🇪 Berlin and Hamburg, Germany: I went to Godotcon 24 in Berlin. I also went to Hamburg to see the Miniatur Wunderland

A cat sitting on the walls of a ruin. In the background, the Temple of Hephaestus. — A cat in front of the Temple of Hephaestus, the Ancient Agora of Athens.

Career

I'm working as a mobile app developer for a software consultancy. My current project is using React Native but I was previously working on native Android apps.

I recently became a line manager. I'm still a software engineer - we don't have separate management, senior+ engineers are expected to manage others.

Hobby and Open Source

I have reduced the amount of time I spend on Luanti (Minetest) and other projects to focus more on life goals.

When I do have spare time, I'm learning Godot and electronics. I'm currently working on an app to rate coffee, a plant watering system, and a few small Godot games.

I'm learning French using Duolingo. I'm approaching a one year streak.

Media

Video Games

Lethal Company: This is a great game to play with a group of friends. It's surprisingly funny with organic comedic timing.
Age of Empires II: I organised a LAN party this year with the same group of friends. Looking for some good games to play, we chose AoE II. We've been playing it online since.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey: I had a bit of an Ancient Greek obsession last year and ended up visiting Athens and Delphi. After I got back, I started playing AC Odyssey. It was quite interesting to see places I recognised adapted into their ancient forms. I just wish it wasn't Assassin's Creed!

Check out my Steam Profile .

Reading

I'm currently reading:

Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
In Search of the Trojan War - Michael Wood: a little over my head at times, but a fascinating book covering everything we know about the origin of the Trojan War myth and bronze age Greece.

My reading list includes:

Caliban's War - James S. A. Corey
The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses - Jesee Schell
A Theory of Fun for Game Design - Raph Koster
Designing Interfaces - Jenifer Tidwell
Ruined by Design - Mike Monteiro
Mythos - Stephen Fry