Guides
Plain English writing on the two things I do: keeping the technology in your life working, and building websites that bring people in. No jargon, no sales pitch, and nothing you need a technical background to follow.
- July 8, 2026
Should your business be on social media?
An honest answer, which is often no. The three questions that settle it, why one account done properly beats four neglected...
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- July 1, 2026
Buying a laptop: what actually matters
Shops describe laptops in numbers that mean nothing to most people. The three things that decide whether it will still feel...
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- June 24, 2026
“Storage full”: what it means and what to delete
The message that nags for months and gets ignored. What is actually filling the space, why it is rarely your photographs,...
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- June 17, 2026
Why your website needs to load quickly
The most expensive fault on most small business sites, and the one nobody notices because it looks fine on the office...
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- June 10, 2026
Getting the apps you actually want on a smart television
Televisions now need accounts, updates and a wi-fi password, which is not what anybody wanted. How to get iPlayer and the...
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