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Si Jobling
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Engineering manager by day, side project “hustler” the rest. Social media addict. Founder of @housefinesse.com, @derbycounty.bsky.social and @PETALS.team
I was today’s years old when I realised my iPhone can charge my Apple Watch with the USB-C cable.

Obviously.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I love a well-designed form. #uxfail
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I wanted to be able to open some links across MacOS in Chrome over my default Safari (as some sites "work better" in Chrome).
I know there are apps available for this but why install more things when an AppleScript can do it?
One quick prompt later and this worked just fine within a few minutes.
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You can now synchronise your #Duolingo scores with your #LinkedIn profile, a really nice touch to show your language skills where they matter.

What’s your Duolingo score?
September 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
TIL how to take a full page screenshot in Google Chrome using the native dev tools rather than a plugin.

1. Open Dev Tools (Cmd+Option+I)
2. Run command (Cmd+Shift+P)
3. Search for "(Capture full page) screenshot"
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've been enjoying Elevate recently to try keeping my ageing brain sharp. 🧠

You can try it free for a week with my personal guest pass on the following link

elevateapp.sng.link/A1moj/ksel/1...
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@cursor.com.web.brid.gy agent mode worked a charm this morning updating the #Euro2025 final on footballcal.com/euro-2025/fi...

All done with one left hand after surgery on my right finger yesterday causing me to be temporarily disabled.
July 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Loving today's rhyming retro column headings
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It's a classic but a beauty:

Set @@h/w/p text replacements in MacOS Keyboard settings for your regularly-used email addresses…

#lifehack #saveyourfingers
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
6 group stage finals of #Euro2025 lined up for this coming weekend - who's going to make it through to the quarter-finals?

Don't miss a single game, get these fixtures in your calendar 🗓️

footballcal.com/euro-2025/
July 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Mrs J wants to record a podcast with me, talking about the crossover between education and tech but with a comical twist (think Shagged Married Annoyed but obviously not as funny).

Get your ideas in for how we can make this ours.

#tech #education #podcasts #married
May 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Latest #GoogleSheets hack extracts all the tracks from @housefinesse.com show notes (as they’re always ordered lists) into a dedicated sheet of tracks split by artist and track title.

All thanks to a few #ChatGPT prompts, this went from idea to reality in about 15 minutes.
April 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final push of our @petals.team app redesign is ON.

It’s been in the works for months and challenging at times but I’m actually quite proud of what we’ve put together during this project.

Now we need to get some user feedback. What can go wrong‽
April 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Has #MSTeams finally admitted defeat and mimicked the simpler (flat) #Slack navigation?

I, for one, approve - I just need to retrain my brain to use the CMD+E shortcut instead of CMD+K.
March 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Someone just compared our third party due diligence process to the game Guess Who…

"Does it have a moustache?"

Interesting analogy and quite a fun approach to eliminate options.
March 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The first game of 2025's #6nations rugby tournament starts tonight at 8:15pm (GMT)

What are your predictions for France v Wales? 🏉
January 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I love the variety of Old Man Yells At… reactions available in our Slack workspace. Is it a good sign when you've reached this level?
#popculture #slack #grampasimpson
January 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They say you should never meet your heroes but today, I got to interview one of my musical heroes for my @housefinesse.com podcast and it was wonderful fun.

He was very humble, relatable and easy to bounce off which, after 30 years in the industry, says it all.

Follow the pod with more to come.
January 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
TIL to quickly highlight a row in Excel, hit Shift+Space on the active cell.

You can also use CTRL+Space to highlight the current column.

#excel #shortcuts #til
January 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Name all the things beginning with A in this painting.

That'll give you something to do on #NYE.
December 31, 2024 at 9:52 AM
If you missed #WallaceAndGromit on BBC yesterday, watch it today.

Absolute gem of a production, definitely one of their best productions at Aardman.
So many clever little references from classic & modern pop culture whilst preserving those (Northern) English undertones.

Loved it! 🤖
December 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Cleopatra is closer to the iPhone than to the Pyramids by 400 years.

⪮ Good Morning s03e12 optional.is/newsletter/s...
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Setup a new Alexa routine to turn on all the Christmas lights for a bit of fun with the family.
December 7, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Evidence even perfectionists make mistakes from time to time.
November 25, 2024 at 6:25 AM
It’s time for some smooth and soulful beats from our boy, DJ Tai, as he features his tune of the summer to bring the feel good vibes.

Tracklisting 📋
housefinesse.com/hf232

Listen now on Apple Podcasts and all the “good” ones
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

#housemusicalldaylong #djtai
August 2, 2024 at 7:47 PM