Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Weeknotes for week 41, 2026: いい感じだったと思う alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Sweet Jane — Week 41, 2026Busy busy busy. My dentist’s uncanny mind-reading ability has struck again, and now that my teeth are fixed I have been successfully upsold… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Weeknotes for week 39, 2026: On the future of life, cameos and rain. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Disposable Heroes — Week 39, 2026This silver week I got the full week off, making a perfect opportunity to travel, right? Wrong! Three forces conspired to keep me in Tokyo… 020
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Weeknotes for week 39, 2026: On the future of life, cameos and rain. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Disposable Heroes — Week 39, 2026This silver week I got the full week off, making a perfect opportunity to travel, right? Wrong! Three forces conspired to keep me in Tokyo… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026what’s crazy is that like - 3 months after rollout - these are gonna feel so boring and normal i can’t wait to try one 120
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New post on times channels, why I have come to love them, and why I think you might come to love them too: alexwilson.tech/cont... 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Weeknotes for week 38, 2026: On expensive water, rain and leg day. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: The Small Hours — Week 38, 2026We begin the week with a fetch quest: I ran around the office delivering a gift and later trying to track down a package, which it turned… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Weeknotes for week 34, 2026: On a mock exam, a new room-mate and going to the Azabu festival. Twice. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Hole In The Sky — Week 34, 2026Reader, I have a new room-mate. A jumping spider. It is tiny, seems friendly and since I have no idea where it came from, I guess it just… 011
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Weeknotes for week 33, 2026: On studying, building an app for studying and the food eaten + sights-seen in-between. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Halo On Fire — Week 33, 2026Last week I wrote that I had accounted for my newfound free time, and yet this week ended up rather busy. Partly I was studying and building… 020
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Weeknotes for week 32, 2026: On tonkatsu, tonkotsu and bon odori. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Here Comes Revenge — Week 32, 2026New week, new me, and all that. Some new routines are settling, and the combination of not making plans and a few people returning from… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Weeknotes for week 31, 2026: On being half, and some other stuff. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: The Other New Song — Week 31, 2026Reader, this week I am looking at the world through new eyes. Primed by some smaller conversations last weekend, a discussion about… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Weeknotes for week 29, 2026: On being spinach, the return of the cicadas and adding a now page. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Please Don’t Judas Me — Week 29, 2026On Tuesday the cicadas reawoke, officially marking the start of summer. Both heat and humidity dials are set to “high”: And it’s easier to… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Tonight the cicadas re-awoke. There's no denying it: Summer is here. 040
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Sam, I absolutely adore this piece, you have hit many nails on the head in a very articulate way. 040
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Weeknotes for week 28, 2026: On spam, tatties and chips. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Veteran Of The Psychic Wars — Week 28, 2026This was a good week for eating Okinawan food and for achieving several huge paperwork wins. I’ve unlocked a whole new world of being… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Wow man, I really love this. Watching with keen interest! 110
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Weeknotes for week 27, 2026: On BBQ, measuring things and typefaces. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: The Memory Remains — Week 27, 2026This week I’ve been thinking about career paths, about how to quantify and measure things and social capital. Oh and the humidity has been… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Weeknotes for week 26, 2026: On chicken and karaoke. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Instrumental Medley — Week 26, 2026Big week. Got mostly good news. Made some principled decisions. Graduated to a retainer. For my first non-technical post on this blog, I… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026lack of air conditioning is maybe 80% of why I left europe 110
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I wrote a smol speech about something I'm recently learning:alexwilson.techThe Same HobbyAs part of a recent language programme, I was asked to give a short speech in Japanese. I'm finding it quite challenging to learn, so this… 130
Reposted by Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ)William Careri @wcareri.com · 21/06/2026It's been one year since I published VizDex. The library has grown from featuring 19 data viz blogs & newsletters to 59; still continuing to expand. Thanks to all contributors! www.vizdexproject.comvizdexproject.comVizDexA library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization. 0176
Reposted by Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ)Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Working on a little colour blending tool for my #DataViz and #CreativeCoding projects 🎨 Input an R vector or Python/JS array 🎨 Add a blending colour and amount 🎨 Visualise palettes 🎨 Check contrast in greyscale 🎨 Copy colours to use in R, Python, or JavaScript #GenerativeArt #RStats #Python 47210
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Weeknotes for week 24, 2026: On losing my voice, staying in and running a personal away day. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Thorn Within — Week 24, 2026To set the scene: Last weekend I lost my voice, and then on Monday I woke up feeling totally ill. Maybe it was change of seasons, maybe it… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026As far as marketing/publicity stunts go, this one is setting records! 030
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Weeknotes for week 23, 2026: On pride, souvenirs and rain. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Only Happy When It Rains — Week 23, 2026Lots of small things on the docket this week, which made me think back to Rocks, Pebbles & Sand. I broke down all of my ongoing work and… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Weeknotes for week 22, 2026: On Club Mate, losing braces and playing maybe my favorite ever set. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Cure — Week 22, 2026Another week, another special assignment. This one particularly interesting as it involves applying AI in a novel way. We do a lot of prep… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It's something like, 4 day week but no change in contractual hours, meaning 4 day week with longer shifts (including late night / early morning) 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Weeknotes for week 19, 2026: On being wired, becoming one year older and drinking way too much Yebisu. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Brothers In Arms — Week 19, 2026This week was golden week, coinciding with my birthday. Instead of a string of bank holidays and the string of ambitious (offline) travel… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026wtf you can get horchata at greggs? ok fine, i'm coming back 120
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I don't have one of these, but if it's any help, when I last had this sort of problem, I found that a keyboard with a trackpoint was sufficient and they're much lower cost-of-entry than this. 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Weeknotes for week 17, 2026: On late nights, rodizio and losing at chess. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: The Chase Is Better Than The Catch — Week 17, 2026This week a new section was born in my Slack. That’s what kind of week it was. Really enjoying project work. All the frameworks are now in… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Weeknotes for week 13, 2026: On mysteries, architecture and german beer. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: My Friend Of Misery — Week 13, 2026Reader, this week I closed a chapter. It represented a lot of work and many side-quests, and now it is done I feel a bit hollow. Sometimes… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Weeknotes for week 11, 2026: On Nandos, Costco and unlimited garlic shrimp. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Iced Honey — Week 11, 2026This week I spoke about AI a lot in four entirely separated contexts, and got to run an architecture session I’ve waited a few months for… 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I got this email earlier and I thought it was a really nice gesture, and I suspect Microsoft might be starting a trend. 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026As a person actively trying to be more vulnerable (from near zero) for the past year, I’m struggling to see the upside: I get light mockery and reductionism, and while I’m delighted people are getting *something* from my experience, I’d really love some help. 030
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Weeknotes for week 10, 2026: On manifesting paranoid london, watching czechia challenge korea, and kabukicho's best curry alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Paranoid — Week 10, 2026Like the sequence in every good heist movie, I’m doing the rounds and reassembling the brain trust. What’s the job? Stealing something… 011
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Weeknotes for week 8, 2026: On community, specifications and Voyager. alexwilson.tech/cont... #weeknotesalexwilson.techWeeknotes: Astronomy — Week 8, 2026Over the years I have noticed a trend in my blog: During late winter things feel a little wobbly. Alas, the time has come to admit it since… 010
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Slack's new activity manager is almost perfect, but has missed the most useful feature: The ability to add *any* channel I'm in into custom views. Like most Slack users, I turn off channel notifications to avoid constant beeping, but I still want to follow and group important channels! 000
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026walked all 40km of the yamanote line today. pretty fun but now everything hurts! 020
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026if only your employer had [for some reason] vibe-coded a nextjs-compatible API that runs on Vite, but there's no way that a serious, grown-up company like yours would have done something like that...... 110
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026You're finally removing the // @ts-nocheck from each typescript file? 110
Alex (ｱﾚｯｸｽ) @alexwilson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026wait, does this mean that currently bank robbers have to bring their own $$$ sacks? 110
