A neighbor asked me to help her with a purchase from Amazon. We searched the kitchen appliance she wanted, and quickly discovered a couple of good candidates. She glanced at them, and chose the one I wouldn’t have chosen. The product Read >
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It is not the hours that count in remote work, but how to be productive
Remote work, freelance work, and digital nomad lifestyle are trends that have sustained and continue growing. Working at home, or at a cottage in the Pyrenees Mountains as a freelancer is nothing new, but the magic of the internet has made Read >
There is something terribly wrong with this web page
Why does someone publish thought-provoking articles on the internet only to cover the excellent content with popup windows (see the screen capture above)? In the early days of online advertising – 15-20 years ago – it was common to bombard web Read >
The demand for batteries show how fundamentally traffic will change
Every day, new markets and new business opportunities are discovered and created across the world. Most of them don’t go anywhere, but some do. It is not every day that a market-changing, even world-changing, new market is looking at us right Read >
Your Google Ads account was cancelled due to no spend
Google kindly informed me about a Google Adwords advertising account I had completely forgotten. After changing the name from Adwords to Ads, Google has searched its archives for unused accounts, and is closing them without warning. The last time I used Read >
The number one problem at small business web sites
Every business has a web site, right? That’s what I thought until I stayed in Southern Europe for awhile to work on an assignment. Many small businesses only have a telephone number listed in a business directory on the internet. If Read >
The bottom line for Helsinki from the Putin-Trump meeting
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the President of the U.S. Donald Trump are having a face-to-face meeting in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018. Whatever the reason was for the decision to settle for the Finland’s capital, Finns are Read >
Life after GDPR: the impact on web sites
It is one month since the day when the regulation known as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect in European Union. It affects everyone who wants to provide services or information to users who are accessing the internet in Read >
The sad state of Apple macOS user interface is only getting worse
For a few years, I have been wondering what is wrong with my MacBook Air. I preferred using other computers. When I got a Windows 10 laptop, I instantly realized what was wrong with my Mac. The user interface of macOS Read >
Brands are built on trust, and the biggest ones have serious issues with it
Medium, the new kind of blogging, writing, or story platform, has launched something it calls a Digital Magazine. The concept is perfectly simple and attractive: collect good stories that focus on the same theme during a month. Very timely, Medium’s first Read >