PinnedColin WreninThe StartupBuilding My First App — JiffyCVMy first ever app — JiffyCV — is now in beta! Here’s the story about how it came to be, the approach I took to make it and what I’ve…Dec 18, 20202Dec 18, 20202
Colin WrenWhat I came to realise about myself during my (mostly) successful trip to New ZealandI went to New Zealand to see the Southern Lights and while I failed to do that I found out a lot about myself6d ago6d ago
Colin WrenRecreating the Pokémon Fire Red & Leaf Green Items Screen with CSS Scroll Timeline AnimationsI loved the item screen in Pokemon Fire Red as a kid. So in order to show off CSS scroll timelines I recreated itJul 14Jul 14
Colin WrenBlogging a Dead Horse — And getting back on itI tried to take it easy but all it’s done is made me miss blogging so I’m getting back on my bullshitJul 7Jul 7
Colin WrenAtomic Todo Discovery — Modelling datesI’m currently building a Todo List app where Todos can be set for years, month, weeks and days. But how to model those dates in SwiftData?Nov 19, 20231Nov 19, 20231
Colin WrenUsing State Charts to design and validate your user flowsPrototyping is great but it involves a lot of effort. Now I’m building my 3rd app I’m looking for a quicker feedback loopNov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Colin WrenTrying to find the perfect Todo list appI don’t use a traditional GTD style Todo List instead I have 19 lists for days, weeks and months and I wanted to find a new app for my…Oct 28, 202329Oct 28, 202329
Colin WrenAI may take your job but it’ll take the company with itThe AI ‘bubble’ will see those companies that replace humans with AI fail because humans don’t just do their job. They give useful feedbackMay 6, 20231May 6, 20231
Colin WrenBook Review — Resilient Management by Lara HoganWe’ve started a book club at work and the first book on the list was Resilient Management by Lara Hogan, published by A Book Apart.Apr 1, 2023Apr 1, 2023
Colin WrenEnhance your shitposting with FFMPEGI was watching one my favourite movies — An American Werewolf in London the other day and realised the meme potential of one of the scenesMar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023