This Week with Taylor & Gordon
Taylor and Gordon talking about what they get up to during the week. They discuss new and interesting software that they have found, as well as the problems they faced and how they solved them.
Season 5 - Episode 195

Trouble waking up with an alarmβ¦
Habit of turning the alarm off with your voice without realising
Alarmy App β challenges to solve before the alarm will turn off
Scan a barcode, take 20 steps, submit a photo, memorise the pattern of dots etc.
Another alert a few minutes later β making sure you are actually up
Finding things to be productive when awake
Heading to Blackpool for a magic convention
Largest industry convention in the world
Keep up with trends
If you get a few...
Season 5 - Episode 194

Deepseek has been causing waves β https://www.deepseek.com/
Self Assessment Tax Submission
Digital Tax β talked about for many years, not implemented yet
Proβs and Conβs to the new system
Making sure you get your accounts in early
You need time to save for the payment, so submitting it early is in your best interest
Submitting in August-October
Save 25% of all income in a Tax Bill account
Two things in life are certain β Taxes and Death
Every other year is submitt...
Season 5 - Episode 193

Splitting up projects into manageable tasks β quite time consuming to do
Action Hub β a web app designed to do this automatically
Paste specs and notes and return in JSON format the various tasks which are then added to Motion via the API
Ability to set time and bulk edit as required before exporting to the project manager
Using tool β https://bolt.new/
Uses AI to build a native web app with the UI you specify which can then be moved to your own hosting
Work with React, NextJS...
Season 5 - Episode 192

Busy week with Pantomime. Robin Hood β https://www.sdclub.org.uk
Filming the pantomime
Two cameras β fixed wide shot and a close up
Technical issues on the first night of recording
Two groups of children on alternate nights so the footage was very important
Master and then second video with other groups performances
Setting it up and then passing over to an operator
Do everything you can and manage when things go wrong after that
Oura Ring feedback after a couple of weeks
<...Season 5 - Episode 191

New Season β Season 6 started last week
New colour β Yellow, for this season.
All graphics for the podcasts, vidcasts and website have been updated with the new colour
Manage Your Focus β creating tasks that need to be done
Getting work, writing a project list, create the tasks and then do them
Context switching β and cutting it down as much as possible
Book β How To Be a Productivity Ninja β https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Productivity-Ninja-2019-UPDATED/dp/1785784617/
Wear one βhatβ at a time β working in sprints
Breaking big tas...
Season 5 - Episode 190

Happy New Year
New Season, New Colour
Formula 1 Exhibition and Guys and Dolls
Oura Ring β https://ouraring.com/
Track heart rate, Activity, Sleep and more
Tracking while watch is charging
API available for personal website content
75 Day Challenge update
New Years Resolutions !!
Finish personal projects that have been started
More reading this year
Making timeβ¦
Other Podcast β Face The Podcast β editing and releasing
Elevate status to that of an expert β and use this for market...
Season 5 - Episode 189

Our seasonal video to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas
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Season 5 - Episode 188

This Week With β Season 5, going on Season 6
Reflection on last 5 years
Why we started This Week With
Keeping a record of what has happened
Transcription and languages
If you get anything from our episodes, let us know
New Highlight Colour β leave a comment with your suggestions
Thank you to Taylor for collaborating
Taylorβs Week
Squash Tournament winner x2
Upgraded from Co-Working to Fixed Desk due to a new cafe being built
Secure room so keyboard, mouse and mo...
Season 5 - Episode 187

Subscriptions
Meal Prep to eat healthier
Sent to you once a week on a Sunday
Using subscriptions to save you time or do a job you donβt enjoy
Car cleaned once a month
Audit subscriptions every now and then β check you still need or want them
December is quieter this year than it was a few years ago
School bookings have moved to end of school year
Big company parties arenβt really happening as much these days
A show on a w...
Season 5 - Episode 186

Winter has definately arrived
Christmas Cards β branded for The Creative Tinker β sending them to clients
Keep the company in the minds of the clients
Quite expensive to do β but a nice thing to do
Cost of postage is huge at the moment
Sending them through a service to make it easier to do
Top clients got lumpy mail a while back
75 Day Challenge update
Sad news β one of my bunny rabbits passed away this week
Decided to get two bunnies a long tim...