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Its been quite a while since I wrote up what I am using on day to day, in fact I seem to have skipped all of 2016. Desktop Apps Not too much change on the Desktop … Visual Studio Code external link; I started off the year Atom, but this gives me the same functionality and seems quicker Pastebot external link; Working in tech means I copy and paste alot, this lets me sync and (not all from StackOverflow external link) Bear external link; For note taking … still using SublimeText external link (Still the best text editor around), 1Password external link, Photoshop external link, Omnigraffle external link, Tweetbot external link & MS Office external link....

So here they are, my top ten albums of 2016. Like last year they are all ones I physically own rather than stream or have brought digitally … The full list is below (I know there are 30) … David Bowie — Blackstar Radiohead — A Moon Shaped Pool Knifeworld — Bottled Out Of Eden British Theatre — Mastery Charles Bradley — Changes Kate Bush — Before The Dawn The Anchoress — Confessions Of A Romance Novelist Matt Berry — The Small Hours The Sea Nymphs — On The Dry Land Crippled Black Phoenix — Bronze S U R V I V E — RR7349 Iamthemorning — Lighthouse Three Trapped Tigers — Silent Earthling Gong — Rejoice!...

I am pleased to say that my third book is now available to pre-order from Packt external link, Amazon UK external link & Amazon US external link. The book is released in the new year. However, if you purchase from Packt, you will get early access external link to the ebook.

I have been writing a lot again this month so not a lot to post, however, I have been listening to a lot of music … You can listen to it all here …

The two books I wrote about Docker are available for 50% off today from the Packt web site, click here to goto the deal external link.

Its been a while since I have posted a playlist, so I thought I would do one of all of the coloured vinyl I have been playing over the last few months … Here are some pictures of them in their full glory …

As mentioned in a post back in February external link I have been working on my second book for Packt Publishing external link which is now available for pre-order. You can pre-order your copy from the Packt website external link or Amazon external link.

Here are my top ten and bit albums of 2015 (yes I know one is a remake, one was first released in 2014 and one is an EP). Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. external link Vennart The Demon Joke external link Charlie Barnes More Stately Mansions external link Leon Bridges Coming Home external link Sweet Billy Pilgrim Motorcade Amnesiacs external link Nordic Giants A Séance of Dark Delusions external link Gary Clark Jr. The Story of Sonny Boy Slim external link Julia Holter Have You in My Wilderness external link Dave Gahan & Soulsavers Angels & Ghosts external link New Order Music Complete external link...