Google Maps is one of my favorite apps while traveling. Since I’m working online while traveling around, I arrive in a new city every few months. Google Maps is my main source to explore places. Let me explain how. Stars, flags and hearts Maps has a very handy feature to mark places. They distinguish three […]
Unfollow life 🙈
How much time do you spend watching your smartphone screen each day? A lot of people underestimate this number. Including myself. So I decided to install Moment, an app that measures your daily screen time, pick-ups and more. Just to get some insights. This was al real eye opener. Some days I was staring at […]
Knowledge sharing made easy 💡
Social media are not billboards. Nobody is following you to let them tell you how good you are on a daily basis. People already see enough advertisements each day. You’d better show your specialism by sharing your knowledge. Clients will eventually come to you when they need someone with your specialism. Share your knowledge I manage this in two […]
Breadcrumbs help visitors find their way 🍞
Breadcrumbs (or breadcrumbs trail) are a number of hyperlinks on top of a web page used as a navigational aid. It allows users to keep track of their locations within the website structure. Like on top of this page. User friendly And that’s very user friendly. A lot of people (the majority) won’t enter your website on […]
Why choose HTTPS? 🔒
Maybe HTTP or HTTPS doesn’t ring a bell with you. HTTPS means HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure and makes sure that data on a website is being exchanged safely. By using HTTPS the data is being encrypted. So an outsider is not able to intercept anything. You can see if a website is using it when […]
How to always have a new and cheap iPhone 📱
Yesterday Apple launched their newest iPhone. Like always, everybody had some comments about is. For example about the pricing. I’ll explain you why I think the price is not that high. Subscriptions It seems interesting to take a subscription with your network provider. Because buying a device yourself is quit expensive. The iPhone 7 is available from […]
Throw away your business cards 🎫
Recently I threw away my whole collection of business cards. I was checking the whole directory and couldn’t remind me a lot of names. So, good bye! But not before digitizing everything. You will read how and why I managed this here. Moving to LinkedIn I never used business cards myself since I have my own […]
Choosing a good domain name for your startup 🔗
One of the first things every startup does, is thinking about a good name. Preferably a catchy and recognisable one. Later the given domain name often doesn’t seem to be available. Almost all the generic words with a .com are taken. And in most cases the .net, .org and .eu, too. But there is hope. […]
A website slider is never a good idea ⛔
When building websites for clients, one thing that happens very often is companies wanting to add sliders (or carrousels) to it. You know them, those huge images that are changing every few seconds. Normally you’ll find them on the home page. I always discourage that. Sliders aren’t a good idea in my opinion. They are not usable, make your […]
Shutting down e-mail notifications for a clean inbox 📥
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram. The amount of social networks seems endless. Very nice, but every single one comes with a bunch of e-mail notifications disturbing your concentration during the day. Notifications Probably you receive notifications from all networks. I’m talking about; New followers; New messages New likes; New offers; New subscribers; New invitations; […]
