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My Government Hates Disabled People
It isn’t very often I tap away on my keyboard in rage, but today is an exception to the rule. Publishing something in the heat of the moment is a stupid idea; I have a few hours to calm down and see if my emotions …
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A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel | HBR
Holly B. Shakya Nicholas A. Christakis wrote: Overall, our results showed that, while real-world social networks were positively associated with overall well-being, the use of Facebook was negatively associated with …
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When Site Stats Do Matter
I don’t care about the number of visits to my blog, I certainly don’t feel interesting enough to get the volume I do, but I do value what readers bring to me. So I have started to look at behaviour stats for my blog and …
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I Don’t Feel Interesting Enough
I try not to be self-deprecating as much as I can; however I do suffer quite a lot with imposter syndrome. The great thing is, I have learnt not to check my blog stats, I’m not bothered about podcast downloads and I sure …
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I Have Started Showing Ads
I’m not too fond of ads. I promised myself I would never show them on my blog and hate the way they looked on websites that did. With all this said, I have turned some on for a little experiment and wanted to share why. …
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How To Host Your Own Ghost Blog On Digital Ocean
I still blame Matt Birchler for putting the idea in my head, I was quite happy on WordPress (not completely but pretty happy) and then he comes in and introduces Ghost to me, and I moved within a few days. On first look …
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How to Stop the Internet From Ruining Your Relationship | GQ
Luke Winkie wrote: There is a whole spectrum of issues that can come up for people regarding their significant other’s internet presence,” says Gray. “From things like, ‘Why are you always liking this model’s …
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Importing Apple Notes Into Bear
I have been using Bear notes for years now, it’s by far my favourite app for writing, and goes far beyond a simple notes app. The great thing is it keeps getting better and better without overly complicating things and …
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He Wanted a Unicorn. He Got ... a Sustainable Business | WIRED
Klimt Finlay wrote: His investors told him he should simply shutter the company. “They said ‘your time is worth more than this, shut it down, start again, we’ll give you more money to do that,'” Lavingia tells WIRED. …
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Migrating From Wordpress To Ghost
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 Matt Birchler to post about my migration and …
