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Rehearsing for Anne Frank Co-Working for half a day a week Keeping the other person accountable Using your skills to help the other person Not wasting time chatting Progressing projects quicker Would this work for you? Time is scheduled every week and kept clear Considering adding a system to monitor and check progress Data to see if it is helping or not Making notes of what you are looking to do on your week Time to think about things ahead of time Working from our offices on zoom – but it doesn’t have to be that way Working away without talking the whole time   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Shows all over Easter Waited 19 years for this… I had a call to see if I wanted to upgrade to Fibre Upgraded my internet to Full Fibre (FTTP) which is now available, last Tuesday Fused fibre cables together with a £4000 machine 20Mbps (on a good day with ADSL) up to 800Mbps download, and 0.4Mbps to 80Mbps upload Upgraded network at the same time New Router and Switch – Unifi Express 7 and USW Flex 8 Switch Needed the switch to allow me to plug ethernet in to get the fastest speed for certain devices like NAS SSID and password needed to stay the same Access the NAS from outside my network using TailScale Extending the network using Access Points Guest Network which is isolated from any other devices, and limits speed VPN set up for sites that don’t work in the UK like imgur.com Same is true going back into the network from outside Subnet has changed which caused a few issues with Home Assistant One of my telephone lines is now VOIP through the router, which caused an issue as well Taylor bought some running trainers from Barefoot Running on a plan   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Last Remaining POP! Jobs Bubble Convention Videos – post process All videos complete and uploaded for attendees Adding a process to the website for video distribution and purchasing Limits in place for who can view and purchase them Using Vimeo for protection to keep the value Re-using a similar system from Snippet Club Videos ready for members by the end of the week – will leave it til after the Easter break Content value is similar to the price of attending on purpose Slowing Down from a hectic life Lots of “fixed” events happening every week Illness forces you to have a break – watch daytime TV Body was telling Taylor to slow down Working for ourselves means there are no fixed hours Making food and watching something instead of eating at the desk Keeping the bedroom for sleeping (and being ill) Sometimes getting up helps you heal quicker   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Didn’t manage an episode last week Pop! Bubble Convention – filming all sessions, talks and demonstrations 4 rooms to cover over all 3 days, 3 sessions happening at the same time Collate video and audio, edit them and upload before the next session finishes 3 cameras needed, DSL, DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and iPhone 16 Pro Audio was really important for the speakers Theatre show had two cameras for a Multicam edit Strange Apple keyboard issue Made new friends – thanks to Harvey for all his help Thank you also to the organisers, in particular Damian and CJ for inviting us Upgrading smart home with new Ikea devices Smart relay, goes inside a light switch cavity to keep power to the lights Bathroom has a custom bulb mount, so it isn’t easily replaceable with smart bulbs Presence sensor should fix that – and will control the fan also Make “dumb” lights automated Bilresa from Ikea Office automation using one of these switches Lots more new devices available in their “Matter” collection   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Convention for Professional Bubble Artists – AOIBA Filming lectures and shows People attending get access to the videos Capture, edit and upload as we go, so I don’t have a ton of work to do when I return home DJI Mics for speakers Cameras for each room Planning and equipment takes time CinemaSync web app Deciding what to watch at the cinema each week Review timeline, compare films Comparing films, times, screen types etc. Making life easier   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Ambient Dashboard – Magic Mirror… An interactive display showing whatever is important to you Running on a Fire TV stick in kiosk mode Showing upcoming meetings, sports events, time to leave with traffic taken into account Heating, Home Automation stats etc. Turns off when Taylor leaves the flat Up-to-date white board Building it from scratch allows any tools to be added – more flexibility Multiple pages if needed Touchscreen in the future maybe? Blackpool Magic Convention last week Breakfast – lectures, shows, buying magic, 5000 magicians, gala shows, networking and drinks, late to bed, and then repeat Sleep is in debit Taking Action on things you have seen, learnt and spoken to people about Striking while the iron is still hot Making notes at the time to refer back to   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Lots of small tasks completed this week Two 6 hour coding sessions for Taylor Blackpool Magic Convention is happening next week Longing this year by 1 day or 33% Worlds biggest Magic Convention Catching up with friends you don’t see very often Very tiring but also very rewarding Friend’s Meetings Making time for friends and family – scheduling them like a meeting Cinema and Tennis as examples Giving your sole attention to other people so you don’t push them away Making time for your children Shared calendars so we can see what each of us are doing No show next week due to Blackpool   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Herman Miller Chair – https://ukstore.hermanmiller.com/collections/seating/ Fully Adjustable – very high quality chair Expensive but very good. Purchased second hand one on Facebook Marketplace, 1 hour away Built June 2025, so very new No headrest – but one has been purchased and will be delivered Researching and purchasing the best we can afford Tax Bill paid Keeping track of your energy usage Fuel company supplied In Home Display SMET2 compatible power monitoring Bright App – https://glowmarkt.com/bright Glow Display / CAD – https://www.hildebrand.co.uk/products/ihd-cad Works with Home Assistant so you can collect live fuel usage Watch for usage spikes quickly See custom usage for devices that report power usage, currently only washing machine and tumble dryer Tado X don’t report usage Electric sockets and power strips that report power usage are available Keep track of the power hungry devices in the home and office See your energy usage as a Sankey Chart   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

What Makes Today a Success – web app myThreeTasks – currently in beta Gamifying Productivity Lots of ideas to improve the app For streaks, only working days count Invite only – great marketing User gets to choose what their tasks are – big or small Frustrations this week Video issues for the Panto video – corruption is to blame The next step when the video is complete is to find the root cause and fix it Big video job coming up so this is important Backup and storage planning Adilo is going back on their contract for Lifetime Deal Users Closing “legacy” account illegally and move to subscription Vimeo is cheaper so I would have to move everything back again   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Helpful Triggers Create triggers to give you good habits Obligation is a good trigger Rewarding yourself for doing tasks that maybe you don’t enjoy doing Putting the Kindle in the right place to make picking it up easy Put things by your car keys to remember to take them with you Wednesday… working on Panto DVDs Problems with recording hardware Errors in the Bambu AMS – Automatic Material System, and having to take it apart to clear the broken filament Tiny magnets and strings leaping for freedom Battling to get them back in and stop them attracting Getting the videos finished to a self imposed deadline Don’t upgrade software in the middle of a project   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

New Season, New Colour Pantomime week Filming shows, taking photos, rehearsing and performing Next job is editing System created a couple of years ago to allow for streaming Doesn’t really make a profit – but I do it for my own reasons, and is very rewarding Taylor is 3rd Generation for these shows Widow Twanky in Aladdin Time Logging – Tallyho – https://tallyho.app/ Toggl is great but has more features than needed Tallyho is minimal and does what it does really well For the client and Taylor Contacting the developer to request features and updates   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Busy performing for Christmas New 3d printer delivered, which was better than my last delivery Tracking information wasn’t great but the delivery was fine 44kg in weight – need to make sure I was in Heavy even after packing taken off Taylor helped me carry it upstairs and checked that it worked Bambu H2C – 2 print heads and 7 nozzles Scraper was the first print, followed by a poop chute (which was a great design) Third print was an accessories box, which I am really pleased with Keeping both printers to make sure I always have a printer available for me Filament shelving coming soon as my collection is growing Tournaments – three of them, Paddle, Squash and Tennis Playing with people better than you, otherwise you will never improve Learning from people who know more than you When you get older and have experience people come to you Being kind to newbies to help them, so they can give back in the future Nearly a new season – what colour should we use next for our cover art? Leave us a comment or get in contact.   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Another new location – which do you prefer? Discovering an empty room, since Taylor moved out Best use of the new room Upgraded guest room to a larger room and a double bed Removed single bed and put up shelving to make a storage room Solid surface needed for new 3D printer, along with places for filament Visit to Ikea – asked Taylor to help in return for helping him Lots of other house upgrades Robovac and mop – new front door Knock on effect from Taylor moving out Take advantage of opportunities that present themselves Saving money on fuel costs and soft water with one less person in the house Updates & Projects New door handles and toilet seat – new skill unlocked New plugin for social proof and another for specialised shipping calculator Reuse plugins on other sites and for future customers Kyle’s recommended timer cube – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Productivity-Gravity-Countdown-Countup-Vibrate/dp/B0F9DM7G14/ref=asc_df_B0F9DM7G14 Focus for a set amount of time   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.

Busy season – lots of projects to finish The Budget was this week Managing expectations – Yodel delivery company Two different delivery times on two different days missed – not even attempted They hung up on me when I called them Web chat was as useful as a chocolate spanner Knock on effect for expectations Looking at if I am not setting correct expectations in my company Amazon are very good at failed deliveries In the future I will probably pay slightly more to choose the company that doesn’t use Yodel Quick Capture Making notes quickly when you think of them Syncing to Notion Gordon finds pen and paper works best for him, but not always possible 3d printing solution for notes and thoughts   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you.