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𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖞 𝕾𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖍 @probablydrunk.bsky.social · 4d

Part one of my Green Party adventure is up. Check it out. Consider supporting me. Or at least share this about a bit?

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The Only Party Left - Part One

Notes From An Observer At The Green Party Conference

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 5d

I always bristled at those App Store screenshots that weren’t screenshots but were images of phones with marketing text.

But now that my app is in the Store, the screenshots look shit so I see why people do it.

Oh yeah, and I’m in the App Store, baby!

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 7d

Watching an episode of House:

"His blood pressure's already 160/110. Any higher and–"

Mrfcker, I'd _kill_ for 160/110!

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 9d

It was one of those awkward questions where the premise is just a little left of the target, so the answer would bounce off the actual point of the question.

No, I think you’ll find _you’re_ overthinking this.

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 9d

Dunno if this is neurodivergence but I once got asked by a kid, about my laptop, “Does it run apps?”

My brain shorted for a sec because it had to recalibrate. I asked him if he meant little square icons in a grid. And then tried some lame-as thing about “app” being short for “application”.

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 9d

Or — OR — did it come about like osmosis? Did someone just have the bold idea to close their mouth and everyone enjoyed the peace and started doing it?

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 9d

If there is a sketch about this I will not watch it, but I’m suddenly wondering who was the first person to be like “Hey can you not chew with your mouth open? We’re not animals.”

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Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · 12d

We are now In Review. 😱

Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · 13d

It begins.

A partial screenshot of Apple's App Store Connect portal, showing the Flurry iOS app is "waiting for review"

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 13d

My first iOS app in 8 years is in Apple's hands now.

Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · 13d

It begins.

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 14d

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride is my favourite DCC novel so far.

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · 16d

I used to read mentions of pop culture or pop sci in novels and go ”I get that reference!”

Now, at 42, I’m still reading, but it’s blood pressure medications I’m recognising by name.

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Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · 29d

Our @hellosteadman.com has been busy making a mobile app. Here's a quick peek.

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Sep 9

Hey, I know no-one really reads my posts, but I’ve capacity if anyone’s looking for a freelance Django/Wagtail SaaS or CMS developer. Includes WordPress if needed.

Tired of being ghosted or forgotten by my podcasting clients, and I’m ready to get back to work.

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Sep 9

Who’s the absolute try-hard singing quietly to himself as the original Tide is High is playing in the café, just so everyone knows he knows the original Paragons lyrics?

Why that would be me!

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Sep 6

Stop saying backslash when you mean forward-slash.

Also stop saying forward-slash when you mean slash.

It’s just slash, guys. Always has been.

Only people on Windows use backslashes, and no-one needs to say Windows path names out loud ever.

tl;dr: “/“ is always just the word “slash”.

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𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖞 𝕾𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖍 @probablydrunk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hi friends I did some writing. Please check it out and if you like it please share it about? It's so hard to get things out there. edgetrinkets.co.uk/2025/09/01/a...

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 31

I’ve had an unpleasant weekend so far, but the highlight is definitely when I dropped my Bluetooth speaker in the bath only for it to survive completely unscathed.

Thank you, Anker.

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Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · Aug 29

The next episode of our podcast is out! 🎙️ Flurry wants to be an app https://podcast.hellosteadman.com/5

Flurry wants to be an app

If you’re going to read a book on positioning, do so before you do a...

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 29

Gratitude postitude: Roscoe is sitting on his favourite blanket in my studio, and is chilled.

(This is not the normal scenario for post-lunch Roscoe, hence the gratitude.)

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 27

How to bate a neurodivergent person into apoplexy: give them a task (they'll convince themselves it's the ONLY thing they intended to do that day, even with 5 minutes' notice), then put something arbitrary and opaque in their way which they can neither control nor affect.

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 27

Today I thought I'd get myself a shiny new Apple Developer account. Seems Apple aren't letting anyone verify their identities so they can enrol.

It's cute how they think they're such a legit platform.

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 27

Today I thought I'd get myself a shiny new Apple Developer account. Seems Apple aren't letting anyone verify their identities so they can enrol.

It's cute how they think they're such a legit platform.

Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 20

I’ve been enjoying the Button Boys podcast. Good LOLs about video games, from 3 professional funny people who like video games. pod.link/1827054353

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 17

The pettier the better. I can start off with 3 off the dome:

* “Cringe” as an adjective. You will NEVER get me on board with this gen z bullshit.
* Making “a software”. It’s “software”; always has been.
* I lost the “I wrote a blog yesterday” hill but I’m still hiding somewhere on it.

You?

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Mark Steadman @hellosteadman.com · Aug 16

Podcast idea (incase it doesn’t already exist):

The Hills We Die On

A bit like Room 101. Each episode, 3 guests bring their own personal 3 hills they’ll die on.

They have to defend their hills and if they lose, they can’t be angry about that thing ever again because society has spoken.

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Flurry @jointheflurry.bsky.social · Aug 15

The next episode of our podcast is out! 🎙️ Nudging a user when they've strayed off the path https://podcast.hellosteadman.com/4

Nudging a user when they've strayed off the path

Don’t try and debug code when you’re already late for an appointment. It...

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