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Digital wellness: balancing screen time and mental health
I've spent the last 25 years building websites and helping businesses establish their digital presence, all while quietly battling my own complicated relationship with technology. I love what screens enable us to do - they've revolutionised how we work, connect, and create. But I've also seen how they can slowly chip away at our mental wellbeing when we're not paying attention.
22nd September 2025
Bye bye Twitter (X)
After much consideration we've decided to close our Twitter (X) account. It's over five years since we left a social...
10th September 2024
Building digital empathy
Have you ever misinterpreted someone's tone in a text message, or witnessed a heated exchange in the comments section...
19th August 2024
Saying goodbye to software 😢
It's the last thing in the world you might expect to get sentimental about but our routines and social lives are...
20th July 2021
Marketing vs word of mouth
Why our marketing strategy has always been happy client recommendations rather than paid advertising
23rd November 2020
Improving your privacy online
I've been taking some simple steps recently to improve my privacy online, read on to find out more.
15th July 2020
Trying to escape the bubble
One of the things I love most about the internet is the wide variety of information. Recently I've found that sites...
8th May 2019
Bye bye Google+
Google+ is being shut down for consumers on 2 April 2019. It won't be missed by many.
26th March 2019
Surveillance Capitalism
Start The Week on Radio 4 this morning was on the subject of Surveillance Capitalism. It's not a term I was familiar with, but as they started discussing the subject I realised that I know what it is. Essentially it is how large corporations like Google and Facebook have industrialised our personal information, sometimes without our consent but definitely without our full understanding.
4th February 2019
Fake news
It's hard to believe the term 'fake news' has only been around for a couple of years. What does it mean and...
31st January 2019
Fight for your right to data privacy - Part 2
What happens when you exercise your rights under GDPR
17th August 2018
Fight for your right to data privacy - Part 1
Tracking down companies that hold our personal data
10th August 2018
Promoting your site
The eternal question for website owners: how to get people to visit your website.
7th November 2017