Scott Redrup
@skardrup.bsky.social
Senior Product Manager working in online learning. Passionate about finding ways to do stuff better.
Had more boat hooks than you've had hot dinners.
Had more boat hooks than you've had hot dinners.
Cars are overrated. It's much better to walk through town on a Sunday carrying a tree.
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cars are overrated. It's much better to walk through town on a Sunday carrying a tree.
I've been a smart watch wearer for 4 years now.
I take it off at night because I too was becoming obsessed with the energy level monitoring.
Now I'm overly-obsessed by my heart rate and whether I'm on the verge of cardiac arrest.
Couldn't live without it though.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I take it off at night because I too was becoming obsessed with the energy level monitoring.
Now I'm overly-obsessed by my heart rate and whether I'm on the verge of cardiac arrest.
Couldn't live without it though.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch: Am I addicted to my smartwatch?
Millions of us strap them on our wrists 24/7, but they could be making us more stressed.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've been a smart watch wearer for 4 years now.
I take it off at night because I too was becoming obsessed with the energy level monitoring.
Now I'm overly-obsessed by my heart rate and whether I'm on the verge of cardiac arrest.
Couldn't live without it though.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I take it off at night because I too was becoming obsessed with the energy level monitoring.
Now I'm overly-obsessed by my heart rate and whether I'm on the verge of cardiac arrest.
Couldn't live without it though.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Had a dream I was working as part of a violent gang shotting Pokemon cards.
Some guy broke into our safehouse with a warhammer saying he'd mess me up if I didnt give him our gyarados shiny.
...I need to stop eating cheese before bed.
Some guy broke into our safehouse with a warhammer saying he'd mess me up if I didnt give him our gyarados shiny.
...I need to stop eating cheese before bed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Had a dream I was working as part of a violent gang shotting Pokemon cards.
Some guy broke into our safehouse with a warhammer saying he'd mess me up if I didnt give him our gyarados shiny.
...I need to stop eating cheese before bed.
Some guy broke into our safehouse with a warhammer saying he'd mess me up if I didnt give him our gyarados shiny.
...I need to stop eating cheese before bed.
Ran the Exmouth park run today. Views were a treat. The headwind for 2.5km was not a treat.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ran the Exmouth park run today. Views were a treat. The headwind for 2.5km was not a treat.
I'm a big fan of keeping strategy short n' sweet.
At a previous job our plan for the redesign of the student app was written on a half-torn up piece of cardboard.
Each meeting we'd say "who's got the plan?" and dig it out.
Losing that artefact is by far one of the biggest regrets in my career.
At a previous job our plan for the redesign of the student app was written on a half-torn up piece of cardboard.
Each meeting we'd say "who's got the plan?" and dig it out.
Losing that artefact is by far one of the biggest regrets in my career.
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I'm a big fan of keeping strategy short n' sweet.
At a previous job our plan for the redesign of the student app was written on a half-torn up piece of cardboard.
Each meeting we'd say "who's got the plan?" and dig it out.
Losing that artefact is by far one of the biggest regrets in my career.
At a previous job our plan for the redesign of the student app was written on a half-torn up piece of cardboard.
Each meeting we'd say "who's got the plan?" and dig it out.
Losing that artefact is by far one of the biggest regrets in my career.
This year I'm taking part in procjam, a jam where you make something that makes something.
I was always fascinated by procedural generation, my university dissertation was even focused on it!
If I wasn't such an abysmal programmer, I'd definitely have liked to have spent a career in that area.
I was always fascinated by procedural generation, my university dissertation was even focused on it!
If I wasn't such an abysmal programmer, I'd definitely have liked to have spent a career in that area.
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This year I'm taking part in procjam, a jam where you make something that makes something.
I was always fascinated by procedural generation, my university dissertation was even focused on it!
If I wasn't such an abysmal programmer, I'd definitely have liked to have spent a career in that area.
I was always fascinated by procedural generation, my university dissertation was even focused on it!
If I wasn't such an abysmal programmer, I'd definitely have liked to have spent a career in that area.
I decided to run a half-marathon this morning and promised myself I wouldn't stew on the sofa for the rest of the day... and yet here I am.
Finished it in 1 hour and 53 mins! My 4th ever half and my best time yet.
Finished it in 1 hour and 53 mins! My 4th ever half and my best time yet.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I decided to run a half-marathon this morning and promised myself I wouldn't stew on the sofa for the rest of the day... and yet here I am.
Finished it in 1 hour and 53 mins! My 4th ever half and my best time yet.
Finished it in 1 hour and 53 mins! My 4th ever half and my best time yet.
Somehow got from Anne Boleyn's chequers ring to popular song "Hitler has only got one ball" on the commute to the park run.
Now this is what being British is about.
Now this is what being British is about.
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Somehow got from Anne Boleyn's chequers ring to popular song "Hitler has only got one ball" on the commute to the park run.
Now this is what being British is about.
Now this is what being British is about.
Product gripe of the day.
Why don't wireless headphones turn off on their own?
It's really hard to tell when I've left them on and surely if it's been 5 minutes or so with no audio, they should shut down?
Why don't wireless headphones turn off on their own?
It's really hard to tell when I've left them on and surely if it's been 5 minutes or so with no audio, they should shut down?
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Product gripe of the day.
Why don't wireless headphones turn off on their own?
It's really hard to tell when I've left them on and surely if it's been 5 minutes or so with no audio, they should shut down?
Why don't wireless headphones turn off on their own?
It's really hard to tell when I've left them on and surely if it's been 5 minutes or so with no audio, they should shut down?
I've been cat sitting this week and every time I tell someone they say:
"Aw cute! What cat is it?"
"Eeeer a black one?"
Is that the right answer or is everyone but me really into cat breeds and knows more than me?
"Aw cute! What cat is it?"
"Eeeer a black one?"
Is that the right answer or is everyone but me really into cat breeds and knows more than me?
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I've been cat sitting this week and every time I tell someone they say:
"Aw cute! What cat is it?"
"Eeeer a black one?"
Is that the right answer or is everyone but me really into cat breeds and knows more than me?
"Aw cute! What cat is it?"
"Eeeer a black one?"
Is that the right answer or is everyone but me really into cat breeds and knows more than me?
Finished reading Atomic Habits after a long period of putting it off.
Definitely lives up to it's reputation IMO.
Definitely lives up to it's reputation IMO.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Finished reading Atomic Habits after a long period of putting it off.
Definitely lives up to it's reputation IMO.
Definitely lives up to it's reputation IMO.
So... close... to under 25 🏃♂️
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So... close... to under 25 🏃♂️
When I broke my arm in 2023 I spent a lot of time researching my family tree.
I discovered that my great-grandad's brother died fighting in then-Burma in WW2 (I knew my great-grandad pretty well).
As part of my research I found out he actually has a war grave over there in a place called Yangon.
I discovered that my great-grandad's brother died fighting in then-Burma in WW2 (I knew my great-grandad pretty well).
As part of my research I found out he actually has a war grave over there in a place called Yangon.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
When I broke my arm in 2023 I spent a lot of time researching my family tree.
I discovered that my great-grandad's brother died fighting in then-Burma in WW2 (I knew my great-grandad pretty well).
As part of my research I found out he actually has a war grave over there in a place called Yangon.
I discovered that my great-grandad's brother died fighting in then-Burma in WW2 (I knew my great-grandad pretty well).
As part of my research I found out he actually has a war grave over there in a place called Yangon.
Yesterday I did a talk about north star metrics at work to our product community of practice.
I'm generally pretty confident at presenting online. But the stomach turning build up was still there.
Does that feeling ever go away?
I'm generally pretty confident at presenting online. But the stomach turning build up was still there.
Does that feeling ever go away?
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yesterday I did a talk about north star metrics at work to our product community of practice.
I'm generally pretty confident at presenting online. But the stomach turning build up was still there.
Does that feeling ever go away?
I'm generally pretty confident at presenting online. But the stomach turning build up was still there.
Does that feeling ever go away?
Today the weather has been awful, proper end of the world stuff.
....and I still have a 15km run to do in it!?
....and I still have a 15km run to do in it!?
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Today the weather has been awful, proper end of the world stuff.
....and I still have a 15km run to do in it!?
....and I still have a 15km run to do in it!?
The reported heroic efforts by the train staff on Saturday only reinforces what RMT has been saying for years about the need to maintain staff on all services.
This is pretty normal down here in Cornwall, but when I catch the train in Staines area - you basically never see a staff member.
This is pretty normal down here in Cornwall, but when I catch the train in Staines area - you basically never see a staff member.
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The reported heroic efforts by the train staff on Saturday only reinforces what RMT has been saying for years about the need to maintain staff on all services.
This is pretty normal down here in Cornwall, but when I catch the train in Staines area - you basically never see a staff member.
This is pretty normal down here in Cornwall, but when I catch the train in Staines area - you basically never see a staff member.
I keep wanting to screenshot and share the mega dumb crack in my phone screen that I got last night.
But that's not how technology works 😪
But that's not how technology works 😪
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I keep wanting to screenshot and share the mega dumb crack in my phone screen that I got last night.
But that's not how technology works 😪
But that's not how technology works 😪
Peachtober? Completed it mate ✅️
Third year in a row amazingly!
Third year in a row amazingly!
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Peachtober? Completed it mate ✅️
Third year in a row amazingly!
Third year in a row amazingly!
Lammy's fishing license.
Rayners unpaid stamp duty.
Reeves missing license.
Serious question. Why can't they get the basics right?
Starmer must be tearing his hair out.
Rayners unpaid stamp duty.
Reeves missing license.
Serious question. Why can't they get the basics right?
Starmer must be tearing his hair out.
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lammy's fishing license.
Rayners unpaid stamp duty.
Reeves missing license.
Serious question. Why can't they get the basics right?
Starmer must be tearing his hair out.
Rayners unpaid stamp duty.
Reeves missing license.
Serious question. Why can't they get the basics right?
Starmer must be tearing his hair out.
More art from the art challenge this month.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
More art from the art challenge this month.
I'd be up for a personal AI agent renewing my broadband bill.
"Get me the exact same I'm paying for now, but for cheaper".
They could then give the sales rep a hard time as a top negotiator.
What a terrible chore.
"Get me the exact same I'm paying for now, but for cheaper".
They could then give the sales rep a hard time as a top negotiator.
What a terrible chore.
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'd be up for a personal AI agent renewing my broadband bill.
"Get me the exact same I'm paying for now, but for cheaper".
They could then give the sales rep a hard time as a top negotiator.
What a terrible chore.
"Get me the exact same I'm paying for now, but for cheaper".
They could then give the sales rep a hard time as a top negotiator.
What a terrible chore.
Today I had a rare pub roast and I think I'll be thinking about it for many months to come.
October 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today I had a rare pub roast and I think I'll be thinking about it for many months to come.
Today is the first time since probably mid-January that I'm actually ahead of my target to hit 1500km by the end of the year 🏃♂️
I don't know how I've done it, but it's been some October!
Snap from the park run yesterday 📷
I don't know how I've done it, but it's been some October!
Snap from the park run yesterday 📷
October 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today is the first time since probably mid-January that I'm actually ahead of my target to hit 1500km by the end of the year 🏃♂️
I don't know how I've done it, but it's been some October!
Snap from the park run yesterday 📷
I don't know how I've done it, but it's been some October!
Snap from the park run yesterday 📷
Is vibe coding basically a fancy way of saying you have absolutely no f****** idea what you're doing?
Feel like we're entering a world of dangerous products.
Feel like we're entering a world of dangerous products.
October 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Is vibe coding basically a fancy way of saying you have absolutely no f****** idea what you're doing?
Feel like we're entering a world of dangerous products.
Feel like we're entering a world of dangerous products.
YouTube has got one of my favourite films "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" currently available for free.
It's a film about a kid managing PTSD at high school, dark, but generally a charming coming of age film.
Literally I'm midway through a gripping sad scene earlier and BOOOM GLITZY ADVERT 1/2
It's a film about a kid managing PTSD at high school, dark, but generally a charming coming of age film.
Literally I'm midway through a gripping sad scene earlier and BOOOM GLITZY ADVERT 1/2
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
YouTube has got one of my favourite films "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" currently available for free.
It's a film about a kid managing PTSD at high school, dark, but generally a charming coming of age film.
Literally I'm midway through a gripping sad scene earlier and BOOOM GLITZY ADVERT 1/2
It's a film about a kid managing PTSD at high school, dark, but generally a charming coming of age film.
Literally I'm midway through a gripping sad scene earlier and BOOOM GLITZY ADVERT 1/2