Simple digital privacy tips
Advice for making your online life a little more private including recommendations for privacy-focussed web browsers, email, search engines, analytics and more!
Read Simple digital privacy tips7 ways your website might be abusing your customers’ personal data
How big tech companies stopped data mining and started handing out shovels instead.
Read 7 ways your website might be abusing your customers’ personal dataThe importance of website page speed
A fast loading website will keep your customers happy, improve your SEO and lower your carbon footprint.
Read The importance of website page speedUnderstanding your website Analytics
Website analytics is a very useful tool for studying how people use your website, but the onslaught of data can be intimidating. This guide will walk you through the key analytics metrics and how to interpret them, including page views, bounce rates and acquisition stats.
Read Understanding your website AnalyticsLow-carbon web design vs eco-friendly web design
Is the idea of an eco-friendly website just a myth? This article considers the more realistic concept of low-carbon web design, including insights into efficient website development, thoughtful SEO and conscious content strategy.
Read Low-carbon web design vs eco-friendly web designQuality over quantity
Is it time to stop endlessly chasing bigger numbers and instead focus on designing your website for your right audience rather than a mass audience?
Read Quality over quantityDigital Detox Tips
Thinking about taking those first steps towards digital minimalism? If you’d like to spend less time on social media and your smartphone, here are some digital detox tips to help improve your digital wellbeing.
Read Digital Detox TipsHow environmentally friendly is your website?
Our digital carbon footprint is an obvious consideration, but it is difficult to quantify the impact of intangible digital products. Just how much energy does running a website use and how can we reduce our impact on the environment?
Read How environmentally friendly is your website?Fathom Analytics vs Google Analytics
My thoughts on switching to using Fathom; a simple, privacy focussed website analytics software that is an ethical alternative to Google Analytics.
Read Fathom Analytics vs Google AnalyticsThe weird nostalgic romance of deleting old emails
Clearing out your old emails is a great way to reduce your digital carbon footprint. Get ready for a trip down memory lane!
Read The weird nostalgic romance of deleting old emailsMy 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.
Read My Social Dilemma