by Paul Parry | Oct 18, 2019 |
My good friend Dave told me about a great little tool the other day: TextExpander. It’s great if you’re often creating content that repeats certain elements – templates and so on. You set up a library of snippets and when you type the appropriate...
by Paul Parry | Oct 17, 2019 |
Some book decisions I’ve made, following a few weeks of thinking about it before I get time to actually work on it: It’ll be concise and relatively short I’ll produce a PDF only (for now at least) It’ll be aimed at parents (I’d struggled...
by Paul Parry | Oct 16, 2019 |
In the emerging world of cryptocurrency, Facebook’s Libra project is looking shaky. Here’s the latest word: Libra is likely to miss its scheduled 2020 launch Politicians, officials and regulators have warned that the project carries risks for financial stability...
by Paul Parry | Oct 15, 2019 |
Nir Eyal used to show tech companies how they could get and keep people’s attention. He wrote a book on it called Hooked: How To Build Habit Forming Products. The “hook model” he developed advocates building a “mind monopoly” by associating a product with...
by Paul Parry | Oct 14, 2019 |
Do you want to be your own boss? I realised that I did when I saw this TV ad when I was 17: I discovered that no one teaches you how to be a freelancer. You just have to work it out. Listen to others who have done it successfully, heed advice from those who know, and,...