Doug Bridgens

Long distance walking and cycling trips. Currently walking round the Scottish coastline. Also a software engineer, working while walking.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@jackthurston I guess the (cultural) difference is that responsibility is explicit in the Scottish outdoor access code, an explicit contract. I'm done though. Good luck with enjoying Scotland, and with your book on enjoying Scotland.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@jackthurston I'm not trying to argue. Just that there's a difference between right to roam and the access code in Scotland. I think it's also a cultural difference in the approach (I lived in England for a few years), which is actually interesting in itself. 👍

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@jackthurston The point is it's a relationship with the land/landowners, rather than an absolute right (to roam). It's not about huge family tents, that's to miss the point. Families are fine, if they're acting responsibly. See? (litter, human shit, fires, gates open, etc, not OK)

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@jackthurston In Scotland it's not really #righttoroam. It's: "you can go on to most land to enjoy the outdoors – as long as you behave responsibly." If you're doing a book then it's worth pointing this difference out. Visitors sometimes don't "behave responsibly". https://t.co/0j9TM3eX4S

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@bradgessler Most difficult was customer or cafe controlling the transaction. Customer presents phone makes sense (to pay +1h), but is really hard to do simply in 90% of places (without extra hardware). Sit in a cafe and think about the physical interaction, which side drives it?

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@bradgessler I dev'd a prototype loyalty app, which connected cafes. Part of the thinking was extended wifi. But it just didn't fly because the user experience was just crap. Punch a wifi means paper receipts, complaints from non-loyalty customers when it goes off, etc. I'd love to solve it.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@bradgessler It's interesting if you think (from a tech perspective) how you literally pay for time in a cafe per hour. Loyalty app, proximity sensors, etc. It's hard to make it easy. But every cafe owner I know wants a way to avoid 'digital nomads' table blocking.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@bradgessler typo 🙄 I meant evicting customers is 'bad' for business. Friends with few cafe owners. 1 hour is their tolerance for laptop users, per purchase. They've all evicted people who've stayed 2+ hours without buying anything but table hogging. Tracking/paying for time is hard.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@treyhunner Use a different language in parallel, to aid learning. Read the K&R C book, or duplicate Python examples using Go. Any single language's implementation opinion can obscure the higher-level concept. A second opinion is sometimes is enough to nudge conceptual understanding.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@nyxgeek How I solved this: https://t.co/IjhoROPons

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

Just clocked 600 km walking. This bridge (Banff, Scotland) built in ~1775, carries an artic-lorry (44t max) every few minutes. Engineered 250 years ago for horse/cart (2t max). Not fancy, just simple and honest engineering. I'm collecting metaphors for building better software.

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@featherytravels Aye, the question is...how many km do you get from a Lochinver pie? I'm thinking three pies to Mull (from there), with a spare for emergencies?

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

hey @featherytravels, I'm currently walking round the Scottish coast. Started in Berwick-upon-Tweed, and 300km in (at the mighty marmalade city, Dundee). Pretty sure I'll be down the west side before 2025🤞Is the book really 2025?

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@featherytravels ah, ok, I see. It'll come when it comes. By the time I get round to there I'm just looking for 'big food' recommendations 😁

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@Al_Humphreys @UrbanGoodCIC @rob_bushby Yes it is. Here's a walking version of that route but nicer for walking round Edinburgh's seven hills (plus another wee one). https://t.co/46jLNP1jKx #Edinburgh

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@GoodBinary I guess that means better quality decisions at junctions. "which made sense when I wrote it", ha, the epitaph of many a project... I just downloaded the app, will try out a 10 km route tomorrow 👍

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@edfoc I so want this to come back. I'd love to do a "how-to bivi better" session. Why you should try it, learn from my (20 years of) mistakes, debunking bivi-bag ("it's always amazing") myths, my current 'works anywhere' system. 🤞

[Doug Bridgens @daunderworks]

@featherytravels I spent the night on Erraid a few days ago (Balfour's Beach). Farmer on the Mull side, "A few showers then." A wee bit sardonic. 😄 Didn't know about your guide, just pre-ordered v2. Don't suppose you know where/how to access 'Lost Townships, Silent Voices' (Meg Douglass)?