Naomi Alderman's Couch to 5k for reading: https://mattharwood.com/2026/08/05/naomi-aldermans-couch-to-k.html

Revolutionary Workout

Lead by thought

I've been playing with @semble.so from @cosmik.network and really enjoying it. Not exactly a bookmark service. More of a collaborative URL catalogue. That's not quite right. I'll find the words one day. One of the collections I'm playing with: semble.so/profile/book... (Thanks @ronentk.me !)

The Internet, and how we've developed with it (by Matt Ⓥ) — Semble

Not "doomscrolling has killed our lives". But how, looking back, our enjoyment of the internet has shaped our experience of life.

semble.so

What's your earliest internet memory?: https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/31/whats-your-earliest-internet-memory.html

One more notes app: https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/29/one-more-notes-app.html

Less Internet for Matt: Week One: https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/25/less-internet-for-matt-week.html

6 Music produces the goods, again. Found this gem of a Mancunian album, with the track “Hitchhikers Guide to The Fallacy” being the one they played this morning 🎵 labrecords.bandcamp.com/album/poe…

Enjoying the look of Dave Winer’s new project rss.chat, a social network solely built around RSS and OPML. As simple as it needs to be. Dave talked about it for a few minutes on a podcast. I keep having thoughts around just how many things can be reduced to a “fancy outliner”…

Currently reading: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders 📚

I'm just as hooked as the rest of them: https://mattharwood.com/2026/07/11/im-just-as-hooked-as.html

Picked up Cory Doctorow’s new book on AI today. Cory’s books are always insta-reads for me.

Does anyone know if the new Siri will work on iPhones that don’t have Apple Intelligence? (I.e my trusty iPhone 14)

CodeSOD: Driven Development: "Julien joined a team which bragged about their use of DDD. Everything they did followed DDD best practices, they said. The fact that they piled up all sorts of related buzzwords when talking about it should have been a red flag."

From the FT’s comments section: Someone once pointed out to me that the Whoop, Aura Ring, Apple Watch etc are the modern day equivalent of the Tamagotchi except that nowadays, we’re the annoying stupid thing we’re trying to keep alive.

Hidden vegan gem: cooked breakfast in Wetherspoons, £3.09 👀

Watched: Monsieur Spade S1E2, Episode 2 🍿 This is turning in to a great show. Noir-esque atmosphere and pace, calming and intriguing. Recommended (Channel 4 app)

. @help Any idea why this might be happing in Inkwell (web) please? It happens with all the feeds mentioned here: www.macsparky.com/rss-2/

Mutation Testing with Stryker: https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/29/mutation-testing-with-stryker.html

Finished reading: Meltdown by Duncan Mavin 📚 A pretty exciting read - the story of Credit Suisse’s demise. Quite an obvious basket case in hindsight!

Sweltering day, with two more on the way I hear. We mostly hid from the heat, baked a loaf (not my best) and willed on Spurs to lose (not to be).

Apple Video Podcasts Might Stop Me From Going to YouTube: https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/23/apple-video-podcasts-might-stop.html

Watched: The Gold Season 1 🍿 Finally got around to it, after London Falling mentioned the Brinks-Mat job and piqued my interest! Superb show.

Picked up this gem for £1! Published in 1999. Sadly, so many of the links inside are dead. It’s fun finding the live ones. And classic descriptions such as this one 😂

I’ve just learnt of the “millennial pause”, a condition I apparently have inherited.

I read Keefe’s book on London’s underworld and the sad death of Zac Bettler last week on the plane to Crete. It was utterly gripping. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper…

Watching Twenty Twelve 🍿 I saw W1A out of order, but hopefully that doesn’t matter too much 👀 There’s something very relaxing about these shows, they feel familiar and nothing happens so my mind can settle down with them nice and easily!

A nice overview of FediForum and 2mr.social - two recent fediverse conferences: FR#161 – Conference Edition "Across both events, the open social web is widening out a bit. FediForum gave the headline slot to a Dutch MEP and pu... https://mattharwood.com/2026/05/09/a-nice-overview-of-fediforum.html

Watched: The Devil’s Hour 🍿 We watched both series this week. A bit mind bending but just about kept to the line of being understandable. Peter Capaldi a legend, as always.

Off to the Apple Store in Cambridge to get Anna a new iPhone. Her 12 Mini has valiantly served for many years but the death rattle is too loud to ignore now. Hoping it’s quieter than Covent Garden 👀