This Week with Taylor & Gordon

Rehearsing for Anne Frank Co-Working for half a day a week Keeping the other person accountable Using your skills to help the other person Not wasting time chatting Progressing projects quicker Would this work for you? Time is scheduled every week and kept clear Considering adding a system to monitor and check progress Data to ... Read more

Shows all over Easter Waited 19 years for this… I had a call to see if I wanted to upgrade to Fibre Upgraded my internet to Full Fibre (FTTP) which is now available, last Tuesday Fused fibre cables together with a £4000 machine 20Mbps (on a good day with ADSL) up to 800Mbps download, and ... Read more

Last Remaining POP! Jobs Bubble Convention Videos – post process All videos complete and uploaded for attendees Adding a process to the website for video distribution and purchasing Limits in place for who can view and purchase them Using Vimeo for protection to keep the value Re-using a similar system from Snippet Club Videos ready ... Read more

Didn’t manage an episode last week Pop! Bubble Convention – filming all sessions, talks and demonstrations 4 rooms to cover over all 3 days, 3 sessions happening at the same time Collate video and audio, edit them and upload before the next session finishes 3 cameras needed, DSL, DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and iPhone 16 ... Read more

Convention for Professional Bubble Artists – AOIBA Filming lectures and shows People attending get access to the videos Capture, edit and upload as we go, so I don’t have a ton of work to do when I return home DJI Mics for speakers Cameras for each room Planning and equipment takes time CinemaSync web app ... Read more

Ambient Dashboard – Magic Mirror… An interactive display showing whatever is important to you Running on a Fire TV stick in kiosk mode Showing upcoming meetings, sports events, time to leave with traffic taken into account Heating, Home Automation stats etc. Turns off when Taylor leaves the flat Up-to-date white board Building it from scratch ... Read more

Lots of small tasks completed this week Two 6 hour coding sessions for Taylor Blackpool Magic Convention is happening next week Longing this year by 1 day or 33% Worlds biggest Magic Convention Catching up with friends you don’t see very often Very tiring but also very rewarding Friend’s Meetings Making time for friends and ... Read more

Herman Miller Chair – https://ukstore.hermanmiller.com/collections/seating/ Fully Adjustable – very high quality chair Expensive but very good. Purchased second hand one on Facebook Marketplace, 1 hour away Built June 2025, so very new No headrest – but one has been purchased and will be delivered Researching and purchasing the best we can afford Tax Bill paid ... Read more

What Makes Today a Success – web app myThreeTasks – currently in beta Gamifying Productivity Lots of ideas to improve the app For streaks, only working days count Invite only – great marketing User gets to choose what their tasks are – big or small Frustrations this week Video issues for the Panto video – ... Read more

Helpful Triggers Create triggers to give you good habits Obligation is a good trigger Rewarding yourself for doing tasks that maybe you don’t enjoy doing Putting the Kindle in the right place to make picking it up easy Put things by your car keys to remember to take them with you Wednesday… working on Panto ... Read more