husband,father and Tech Lead, with a passion for technology,cars,bikes,science and watches. learn,share and have fun.
Warrington, England
Joined March 2011
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John Oldfield retweeted
Collapse of internet explorer is satisfying to see for everyone who has spent time making sites work in it 🤣
some of the most honest, original and genuinely interesting content on youtube if you are into cars or bikes. please dont reduce the content in 2022 Mr M!
John Oldfield retweeted
1. Read and write more.
2. Don't hesitate to admit when you're wrong.
3. Be comfortable changing your opinion.
4. Find a mentor.
5. Stay teachable.
6. Make mistakes and learn.
7. Don't get offended easily.
8. Ask questions.
9. Spend time with nature.
10. Stay humble.
John Oldfield retweeted
Happy Birthday to my debut record Voices which was released 30 years ago today. We’re gutted not to be going out on the road to perform for you all next week but the tour is currently being moved & we will announce new dates ASAP which gives us all something to look forward to X
John Oldfield retweeted
Super pleased to be supporting Tech and the City D&I tech meetup in our @MoneySupermkt Manchester office next Tues 19th. Their first IRL meet up since Covid (and mine!)
Come along!
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John Oldfield retweeted
One of the quickest ways to become a better software engineer is simply to pay more attention to your error returns and test failures. They're the most important part of any program you write.
John Oldfield retweeted
🚁 Time to fly! Join us live from Mission Control as we receive the first test flight results from the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter
📅 April 19
⏰ 3:15am PDT (6:15am EDT/1015 GMT)
📺 youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI
John Oldfield retweeted
Hi everyone, hope you’re all keeping well. I was asked by @GaryBarlow to sing 'Thinking About Your Love' with him for his #TheCroonerSessions. Please pre-order my book as proceeds go towards Christina's ongoing treatment ❤️❤️ musicglue.com/kenny-thomas/
John Oldfield retweeted
Me and my brother love this crooner session we can't stop listening to this it was awesome with you and Kenny love to you both ❤️❤️
Hi everyone, hope you’re all keeping well. I was asked by @GaryBarlow to sing 'Thinking About Your Love' with him for his #TheCroonerSessions. Please pre-order my book as proceeds go towards Christina's ongoing treatment ❤️❤️ musicglue.com/kenny-thomas/
John Oldfield retweeted
So many teams forget this all important step of validating the work that's been done. Most roadmaps are so focused on pushing the team to build whatever's next, not on properly solving problems like a lean roadmap.
More on this here:
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John Oldfield retweeted
Was reminded about one of my all time favourite books this morning, "Managing the Unexpected". It's all about how High Reliability Organisations (HROs) respond to failure
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Surprise package to us all in @BJSSLtd This is the company I know and love so well. I'm alright with the face mask treatment, but I haven't used a flannel since 1982! #awesome
We did a 10k for the Booth Centre as part of the @BJSSLtd running club while its not possible to do the Manchester 10k.
Check out our@JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/b…
John Oldfield retweeted
[Agile]'s a devastated wasteland. The life has been sucked out of it. It's a few religious rituals carried out by people who don't understand the purpose that those rituals were intended to serve in the first place.
— @KentBeck
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Geneticist, Bryan Turner FRS: “As a Professor at the University of Birmingham Medical School, I see every day how vital international collaboration is for science and medicine. But the future of British science is under threat...”
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John Oldfield retweeted
Doing the research for this was really enjoyable: Talking to lots of interesting people about their hard-won engineering experience around Containers and Containerisation. Summarising the depth and nuance was hard.
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John Oldfield retweeted
27 years ago today,my son Tim lost his life due to injuries he sustained from an IRA bomb. He lives on through the work of @peacefoundation. His life was short but he is immortal.
