Optimising WordPress pages with minimal effort
Here’s my quick guide on how to optimising Wordpress easily using freely available services and quality hosting
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Five days with a Leaf and rediscovering a classic
Find out how my digital lifestyle ‘detox’ is coming along and meet a new best friend. Also, I test drive the old Leaf in my quest to finding the ‘right’ EV.
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Apple and Google want you to use your phone less. Here’s the real reason why writes Quartz
This goes nicely with my recent post about ‘6 Steps to a better digital lifestyle’ and I suggest the authors book about how companies design products and services exploit human psychology for profit.
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6 Steps to a better digital lifestyle
Six steps to a better mental health and enjoying life more
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Author Matt Haig on switching off: ‘I was crumbling under a tech overload… So I disconnected’ writes the Telegraph
Another day, another post about people switching off or otherwise looking to reduce the stress caused by notifications, social media overload and constant contact online.
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Our brains can’t quit our gadgets—that didn’t happen by accident says Popular Science
Something of concern for people who like to stay in control of their mental wellbeing. This links nicely to my forthcoming article on digital lifestyle and mental health.
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Inside a volcano scientist’s campaign for congress
In the Age of Dumb, we need people involved in politics who can counter emotional topics with a cool, level headed approach.
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Theresa May reported to ad watchdog over ‘Brexit dividend’ for NHS claim reports Sky News
I find it unforgiving that our government sees it fit to double down on a lie first conceived to dupe voters into Brexit would mean more cash.
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China’s plastic waste ban will leave 111 million tons of trash with nowhere to go reports The Verge
Not sure this will help making our oceans cleaner :'( We need to stop using plastic and vote with our feet as consumers in order to curb this.
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To EV or not EV
Thoughts on buying an electric vehicle (EV)
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Link: Sam Amrami tracks you in Pret. And at Starbucks. And down the pub
Amrani’s startup, Tamoco, tracks the location of 100 million smartphone owners through a...
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Dipping my toe into fiverr.com or how I joined the gig economy
Fiverr.com is probably the centre-ground of the online gig economy, like Uber IRL, it provides a...
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VW to Elon: Mass producing electric cars is easy. We’re making 50 million. https://t.co/bmGzpwfLcs
Twitter, those 'verified' bitcoin-pushing pillocks are p***ing everyone off says TechCrunch
I agree - these scams are easy and infuriatingly avoidable 🧐 #cryptocurrencies #SCAM https://t.co/w8kEwYagsx
The Elon Musk Bitcoin scam is back and it's duping people again 😔 #cryptocurrencies #SCAM https://t.co/eEqFIqG0fK
Tesla Model 3 Disqualified From Track's Time Attack for 'Not Using Approved Fuel' reports The Drive
#ElectricVehicles https://t.co/DrNkivQyQt