7 ways your website might be abusing your customers personal data
How big tech companies stopped data mining and started handing out shovels instead.
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Digital Minimalism Part 1: The Digital Declutter
I’m exploring Cal Newport’s philosophy of Digital Minimalism using less technology with more purpose and none of the distractions.
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Inbox clever: how to use your email newsletter effectively
Thoughts on email newsletters including collating useful content, designing good signup forms and respecting your readers privacy.
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Setting up a website on a tight budget
If you want to go down the DIY route with your website I’ve put together some tips for setting up a basic site on your own.
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New adventures with an old phone
Everyone can do with a digital detox from time to time! Thoughts on why I’ve been going back to basics with a ‘dumb phone’ on evenings and weekends.
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Stockport Independent Christmas Shopping Guide 2020
The third annual indie gift guide is a bumper edition. Show some love to your local businesses this Christmas and buy some top gifts from some top people!
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How ethical branding can help your business and the world
I have had the pleasure of working with Charlotte Holroyd of Creative Wilderness on a number of projects in the past. Charlotte is an ethical branding specialist, and so I asked her to write about what that means and how branding can help elevate a website project.
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My Social Dilemma
Join me as I don my tinfoil hat and watch The Social Dilemma, the terrifying documentary about the impact social media is having on society.
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Web design and copywriting: the dream team for your website
In this month’s instalment of guest posts by some of my favourite collaborators, we have Becky Thorn, the creative brain behind Comma Chameleon, a Manchester-based creative copywriting, editing and proofreading service.
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Tools for effective website reviews
Learn about some of the super useful tools I use for website reviews, as well as some pointers so you know what to look out for.
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