Neil Inglis

Senior Software Engineer at Apple working on Swift Playgrounds Content. Tweets mostly about Tech and Active Travel. @[email protected]

[Neil Inglis @neilinglis]

First day at Apple!

I’m joining the Swift Playgrounds Content team.

Obviously I can’t visit the office yet so here’s a photo of me back in 2011 when I was at WWDC. I wasn’t a full time iOS developer yet at that point, but knew I wanted to be! Didn’t dream I’d end up at Apple.

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@JohnMcS92873401 @JohnfaeScotland There are quite a few of this style of bollard around the city already. I don't think there's been an epidemic of injuries but maybe you could send a Freedom of Information request to ask?

Here's a busy pedestrian junction by the Commie with two.

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@johnrobson87 @edinhelp @CllrBenParker @cllr_jenkinson The school had a site visit there recently with Road Safety Officers where we flagged this for the umpteenth time. No idea why nothing is done about it.

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@SheenaNimmo @CllrBenParker @DrScottArthurMP I was amused by that answer about meeting now we are back from summer holidays. We have been asking for a meeting since March, so plenty of time before we broke up for the holidays at the end of June.

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@garageross @SheenaNimmo @CllrBenParker @DrScottArthurMP Literally hundreds of kids a day going to SMPS/Canaan Lane/St Peters/Royal Blind School all go along the Quiet Route at some point on foot/scooter/bike.

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@johnrobson87 Move it back to have the back against the filter and it might be the start of creating a nice little parklet! ;)

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@edinhelp hi. Whoever installed the temporary traffic lights at Strathearn Road/Whitehouse Loan have neglected to put a light in for cyclists travelling south to north through the filters. This is dangerous as it's not clear when they can cross.

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@owenoo @SheenaNimmo They're crossing the "Give Way" line before it's safe to exit the junction, which means they end up sitting on the pavement. I know it's because of the poor design and more traffic than the design was intended to cope with, but they should still be observing the give way markings

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@mikouseless @SheenaNimmo Someone who uses a wheelchair, mobility scooter, etc. Also sometimes used to refer to kids with scooters.

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@apple_franca According to the update in https://t.co/tV6KzrDmOm they've bottled it over the £400k option and are now looking at using cheaper materials for now. Will have to revisit when it's made permanent, by which time it'll be over £400k!

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@adam_copp @WattDanny @CllrScottArthur Indeed, or when a road will turn a profit.

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@sbarlster @Ken_J_Murray @SpokesLothian Paint has faded away there, it did look like this. Solid white lines means it's mandatory and cars shouldn't enter at all.

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@tomasmcguinness Difficult to say exactly as I'm not sure what U-Value of old ones were, especially as they were leaking around the frames - I'd guess about 5-6W/m2K. New ones are 1.4 so should be a substantial difference!

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Having this entire window replaced today, which I'm pretty excited about. It's our only single glazed window, absolutely freezing in winter, and none of the windows open any more. Big job though as it's structural.

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Dinner was served by a robot tonight!

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@focaltonhill @cocteautriplets @jennipisces Similar ones at Blackford Pond, but with three setts.

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@SheenaNimmo @edinjoiner @petefyvie The signs are up now but they're not hugely visible and pretty useless anyway, by the time HGVs have seen them it's too late to turn off anywhere else.

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@edinjoiner @Harris_Morrison @SheenaNimmo I'd only heard of it because the Braid Bowling Club is owned by the houses in the "Braid Estate" which was originally the houses in the map here. It's still the case that people buying one of those houses can skip the waiting list to join! https://t.co/dQ5H2Yp927

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@JulieDuchess @AmyxJean @Robert_Drysdale @Edinburgh_CC @edinhelp @CllrScottArthur Yup, and I think they work out cheaper than paying for pay and display parking in many zones? https://t.co/b0JhPNzvg4

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@edinjoiner @SW20Ed You filter the side streets like Craiglea Drive and Comiston Drive.

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@VerdiMurray @thecockburn The point is that they don't want the £400,000 segregated route. They want the existing (much cheaper) setup to be formalised and strengthened.