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Migrating From Wordpress To Ghost

<p>I’m going to be completely honest, this wasn’t easy for me – it was supposed to be straight forward, but everything that could have gone wrong did. I took the inspiration from <a href="https://birchtree.me/blog/the-biggest-change-to-birchtree-in-

Binge Release Podcasts?

<p>I’ve always recorded my podcast weekly, edited and then released it a few days later. Four years later and I’ve never done anything differently, but the release of Charlie Chapman new podcast <a href="https://launchedfm.com/

How To Find Your iPad Even If Its Switched Off

<p></p> <p>First off – this is no guarantee, but it should help.</p> <p>The secret sauce to finding you iPhone after you’ve looked in the obvious places is Apples trusty ‘Find

The iPad Goes Full Circle

<p>When I picked up the very first iPad on the day of the launch, I knew this device would open a different world. Universally panned as bigger iPhone, many critics didn’t see a future for a device type already tried

Just Thinking

<p></p> <p>How many of us spend life flitting in and out of the present time? Any given moment, we are away and into our thoughts with limited awareness of what

Intentional Barriers

<p>While redesigning my blog, and then doing it again, I thought long and hard about comments left on posts. I don’t get very many, all of which are from web mentions, but I like receiving them and wanted to consider them in the design. Giving them

Losing Minimal

<p>For the last few months, I’ve had an itch at the back of my brain. Something I just couldn’t put my finger on and no amount of de-stressing or meditation seemed to fix it. The feeling was a strange one, one that I couldn’

Apple News: Forcing Depressing News On You Since 2015

<p>I remember when watching the news each day was considered almost mandatory. To keep yourself up to speed and informed on essential events was considered the done thing. When did the reporting become so dirty and shameless? I don’t want to get into that here, but

Bye Micro.blog

<p></p> <p>It used to be the place I wanted to hang out. It looked like a utopia and promised so much – but unfortunately, it isn’t, and it has offered

Our Brains Are No Match for Our Technology | The New York Times

<p>Tristan Harris <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/digital-technology-brain.html">wrote</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Who needs to hack elections or steal voter