Information Critic

by | May 7, 2019 | 0 comments

I’ve been asked a few times by friends and clients to assess their websites. So, what sort of things am I looking at and reporting on? Here’s a list: Who’s it for? Is it obvious? How is it designed for them? Does the language resonate with this...

Picture This

by | May 6, 2019 | 0 comments

Adding pictures or graphics to the interior pages of my books has always been a bit of an issue for me because the resolution of almost every image I’ve wanted to use has been too low. And then it becomes a hassle to get the book past Amazon’s publishing...

Finally

by | May 5, 2019 | 0 comments

Finally, I’ve been adding lots of the posts I’ve written on these pages to the first draft of the book (a Word doc which I back up on Google Drive after working on it). And as I do so, it’s becoming clear that the book will almost certainly consist...

With A Little Help From My Friends

by | May 4, 2019 | 0 comments

When I think about how brilliantly the internet and mobiles enable us to maintain numerous close personal relationships in many places, I’m reminded of Dunbar’s number. First proposed in the 1990s by British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, his suggestion is...

Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)

by | May 3, 2019 | 0 comments

Bob Parsons is the founder of GoDaddy, one of the world’s most famous hosting companies. While I’m not really a fan of GoDaddy (I’ve used Hostgator* for years), I am a fan of his 16 rules. His final point is: There’s always a reason to smile....