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Category: Ideas

  • Quick tip: make sure your recaptcha works

    Know recaptcha? That thing that stops robots from spamming your web forms. There’s a new version out (since 2020), which may mean you have to upgrade.

  • Quick tip: don’t make a mess of your analytics

    Do you visit your own website much? This might be messing up your analytics. But never fear – you can create a filtered view that excludes you and your colleagues.

  • Quick tip: meta data (SEO)

    Did you know? Google doesn’t actually have to do what your meta data says. If it decides that it knows better it will just display whatever it wants in search results.

  • Spread Kindness app

    Spread Kindness app

    Disclaimer: this is an idea for an app – I haven’t tried to build it! Happy to collaborate if you want to build it with me though 😉 The premise Have you seen a stranger walking their dog, and thought “cute dog”? Or perhaps you’ve admired the way a stranger offered their seat on the…

  • Empathy is great, but what you really need is patience.

    Empathy is great, but what you really need is patience.

    In this day and age, it’s hard to come across a job where you don’t have to interact with other people. In a services business, if you’re not interacting with people, you’re doing it wrong. And unfortunately people will likely be the hardest part of your job: they’re unpredictable, irrational and unreasonable to varying degrees…

  • Beta releases: that mean friend who means best

    Beta releases: that mean friend who means best

    This post was inspired by the PC game I’m building – Better Boyfriend – which is ready for beta release. Super exciting, but also scary and, in a way, disappointing. I’ve built something that works, but it’s far from perfect, and if I show it to other people, it’s possible they may ridicule me. This…

  • What actually makes a strong password?

    What actually makes a strong password?

    I don’t know about you, but these days I’m getting really tired of crazy password requirements. I get that I can no longer use the same 11-letter password for everything because it puts me at all kinds of risks (click here to read more about the bad stuff that can happen), but it seems a…

  • The 8 hour working day wasn’t made for thinkers

    The 8 hour working day wasn’t made for thinkers

    Not my idea, but one I wanted to share nonetheless. http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-advantage-of-being-a-little-bit-underemployed/