https://stillwalkingrandomly.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on Still Walking RandomlyHugoen-gbWed, 24 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000https://stillwalkingrandomly.com/posts/national-writing-day-2026/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000https://stillwalkingrandomly.com/posts/national-writing-day-2026/<p>While browsing Bluesky this evening, I discovered that today is National Writing Day in the UK. Given that I also happened to choose the same day to launch this blog, my own personal writing project, this feels like a very happy coincidence.</p> <p>This message from Princeton University Press was what alerted me to it:</p> <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:6wklnqbny6favabawmqp7fwm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2bhodeay2s" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihrot63xylfuyfelipck3rnrexwmvkhxekcqi3ipto72y2a3fexta"><p>Celebrate National Writing Day in the UK with Helen Sword&#39;s Writing with Pleasure, an essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writing. 📝✍️ Enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #NationalWritingDay #Writing #Education</p>https://stillwalkingrandomly.com/posts/hello-world/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stillwalkingrandomly.com/posts/hello-world/<h2 id="the-road-made-by-walking">The Road Made by Walking</h2> <p>Almost 20 years ago, I started a blog called <a href="https://walkingrandomly.com/">WalkingRandomly</a> following a pub conversation with Matt Haworth. Matt was leaving The University of Manchester, where we both worked at the time, and would go on to do great things as the co-founder of <a href="https://reasondigital.com/">Reason Digital</a>. I had a vague idea of wanting to write about maths, programming, science&hellip;whatever came up really. Matt took me seriously and a little later he emailed me with the log-in details of a WordPress instance on a server that he owned.</p>