Happy New Year when it arrives, everyone! This is from the 6pm fireworks in Newcastle; I'm off to bed 😴

Fireworks at the Ryogoku Bridge, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/utagawa-hiroshige-last-great-master-of-ukiyo-e #fireworks #NewYearsEve

Seems like a good time to reshare this from a couple of years ago blog.dougbelshaw.com/building-an-...

Obligatory end of year post blog.dougbelshaw.com/goodbye-2025/

[blogpost] 40 questions for 2025 digitalbydefault.com/2025/12/31/4... Inspired by @dougbelshaw.com doing the same Qs.

Because no-one asked, I delivered blog.dougbelshaw.com/private-resi...

Because no-one asked, I delivered blog.dougbelshaw.com/private-resi...

"And, finally, perhaps we should all ask ourselves the question, who are you without the doing, once the metrics, notifications, and achievements fall silent?" blog.dougbelshaw.com/liberate-con...

You're not doing anything else today, so you might as well read this blog.dougbelshaw.com/liberate-con...

This feels like an appropriately round number for the announcement that my blog has now officially moved from WordPress to Ghost blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome

This feels like an appropriately round number for the announcement that my blog has now officially moved from WordPress to Ghost blog.dougbelshaw.com/welcome

Best of Thought Shrapnel 2025: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/12/27/best-of-thought-shrapnel.html

This seems like a good ritual to get into at the end of the year blog.dougbelshaw.com/answering-th...

I read some fantastic books in 2025 blog.dougbelshaw.com/books-2025/

Despite only publishing for 9 months, I published ~375 posts on Thought Shrapnel this year blog.dougbelshaw.com/favourite-th...

Here's my favourite albums released this year. What were yours? blog.dougbelshaw.com/albums-of-20...

Thought Shrapnel will return in 2026.

I'll be back in the new year. Have a good one. dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/12...

#Weeknote 48/2025 dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/11...

Source: Are.na

On AI leisuretime 'dependence': https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/28/on-ai-leisuretime-dependence.html

Developing a personal brand may leave you emotionally hollow: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/27/developing-a-personal-brand-may.html

I very much enjoyed this episode, especially the last part www.techwontsave.us/episode/231_...

Source: Are.na

AI has a 3,000-year history: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/26/ai-has-a-year-history.html

Source: Are.na

Source: Are.na

Adolescence lasts longer than we thought: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/26/adolescence-lasts-longer-than-we.html

You'll not catch me using an 'AI browser' any time soon: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/26/youll-not-catch-me-using.html

The caffeination roller coaster: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/25/the-caffeination-roller-coaster.html

Early blogger energy: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/25/early-blogger-energy.html

TL;DR: come to our open, online Xmas party!

Great Britain rainfall map, courtesy of Alasdair Rae www.linkedin.com/posts/alasda...

"The faster one goes, the more strain there is on the senses, the more they fail to take in, the more confusion they must tolerate or gloss over - and the longer it takes to bring the mind to stop in the presence of anything." (Wendell Berry)

#Weeknote 47/2025 dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/11...

When scaling up your business is as simple as clicking 'reprint tray' on the 3D printer: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/23/when-scaling-up-your-business.html

"It is strange to view your childhood favourite film and realise you’ve become the villain.": https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/23/it-is-strange-to-view.html

No-one: Me: why don't I organise stuff around ambiguity and start sharing my ideas on a dedicated blog? dougbelshaw.com/blog/2025/11...

Web literacy for the mid-2020s: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/21/web-literacy-for-the-mids.html

Thanks to those who recently gave me feedback on updating my home page. This is what I ended up with! dougbelshaw.com

Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.

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The Arc of Democracy: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/19/the-arc-of-democracy.html

TOOLBOX TOOLBOX: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/19/toolbox-toolbox.html

LibrePods: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/19/librepods.html

Dark Forests rule everything around us: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/19/dark-forests-rule-everything-around.html

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