This Week with Taylor & Gordon

Business telephone and internet was down this week 12 Months of Coffee – first trip to Milan Starbucks Roastery everyday Enjoyed coffee and working in a new environment A new location every month, drinking coffee and taking in the atmosphere Collecting Starbucks Coffee mugs, special one for the Roasteries Getting inspired by new cultures Visiting ... Read more

Stressful week, as Gordon’s main computer wouldn’t restart after an update. Apple support is the best – you can ring them any time during your ownership of their product 1Password – Password Manager – https://1password.com/ Mange all your passwords and sensitive information Master password unlocks all the others Classic version which was licensed, is slowly ... Read more

The day before the Coronation of King Charles III Hard Drive Issues NAS failed on me Company Drobo has gone out of business Software wasn’t updated to current OS which was an issue I knew about Purchased a Synology DS1522+ to replace it – but the hard drives need the data rescuing first which is ... Read more

News: Jonathan from the USA came to visit I was asked to be a judge at The Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year competition Upright Go 2 – correct your posture – https://store.uprightpose.com/products/upright-go2 People who work on computers hunch over it and need to be aware of their posture Gadgets to sense and ... Read more

Quote Builder for a customer who runs a boiler installation company A form that lets the customer answer some questions and gives a recommendation and price Lots of variables depending on the size of the house, type of boiler and so on. Hooks for Fluent Forms – https://fluentforms.com Extending the functionality is a great way ... Read more

The State of AI New AI tool that creates video chapters for our episodes in Happy Scribe Added chapters to episodes going back to #100 AI Prompts – text writing Trained on models – lots of content that it has found and been fed Fact checking is essential with anything that AI gives you Dall-e, ... Read more

WordPress 6.2 update is coming – https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-6-2/ Clean Out – checking what you have before moving things from one car to another Have I used things in the last 12 months, if not, are they essential? This led to the Office Cleanup Look through things once a year to check if they are still being ... Read more

News – ChatGPT4 and Midjourney 5 both released Catching up and planning Keeping a note of what needed doing when I returned home after the trip Invoicing, quoting, dealing with enquiries, emails etc. Inbox Zero – it’s more of an aim than a reality for Gordon Lots of websites rebuild enquiries coming in Making old ... Read more

Gordon’s Blackpool Magic Convention Trip Trip to Las Vegas and Austin, Texas Lots of HUGE meals, and Starbucks (Pink Refresher drink) Lots of Escape Rooms Was shown around all the new machines at Props To You who all have names Enjoyed going to the Piano Bar (first time) Lots of great flavoured Dr Pepper and ... Read more

Back after a few weeks, due to major surgery Family and friends visited Taylor during his hospital visit to show we all loved him at his difficult time Recording ahead of release on Valentines day Able to work more for this “New Normal” Life is changing with new habits needing to be formed Blackpool Magic ... Read more