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It’s amusing to me when people at work say to me that twenty-somethings are entitled and way less knowledgeable than they think that they are. I don’t think these people realise that they’re sharing that view directly with a twenty-something.


Now that I’m back at my Mac, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is a brilliant way to drown out the loud chatterboxes who have coffee together every day at exactly 3:00 pm near my desk.


Happy Micro Monday! Make sure to follow @ChrisJWilson for consistently interesting discussions and images in your Micro.blog feed. 😄


Today was my first time ever riding a bicycle to work, since starting a new role back in my home city of Wollongong last year. It’s an unusual adjustment but I love the idea of depending less on a car and staying fit in the process.


Chinotto is one of my favourite beverages and whenever I have to explain to people what it is, they give me a very strange look.


It’s official: our budgies, Rogue and Rio, absolutely love Queen. So much chirping!


Last night, I had the enormous pleasure of watching Australian comedian Anh Do at the Sydney Opera House with my wife, Natasha. Anh’s show, The Happiest Refugee was hilarious and touching, as he told his life story and shared details of his family’s tumultuous boat journey from Vietnam to Australia.

I am in no way nationalistic or patriotic, however sitting in such a beautiful venue and listening to this accomplished individual, I felt grateful to be living in a country such as this.


I know that people tend to scoff whenever Apple tries to enforce desktop minimalism but I’m a big fan of the new desktop stacks feature. It’s really handy when exporting edited images for the Web. They just sit there neatly!



The corporate tendency to send instructions (for any given work process) in the form of verbose PowerPoint slides will never cease to enrage me.