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You don’t know me, but sign up for my stuff

You don’t know me, but sign up for my stuff

Too many website owners use analytics to justify poor decisions. An opening screen with a newsletter signup, as far as I can tell, fits into this category.

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You don’t know me, but sign up for my stuff

You don’t know me, but sign up for my stuff

Too many website owners use analytics to justify poor decisions. An opening screen with a newsletter signup, as far as I can tell, fits into this category.

Get the team on board with new tech

Get the team on board with new tech

Organization-wide technology upgrades present a number of key challenges. This outline may help leaders and teams to succeed in projects of this type.

Because other people are doing it

Because other people are doing it

Innovators aren't looking for copy and paste solutions. Others have insights, but if a job was given to us, God will empower and equip us to complete it.

My least favorite animal

My least favorite animal

I love spending time in nature, but nature is often less beautiful because of the actions of people. How should we think about poor stewardship of earth?

Embrace the web, abandon social media

Embrace the web, abandon social media

I'm reading as much good stuff as ever on the web these days, but rarely using social media. You may want to consider how I do this using an RSS reader.

This article is not generated by AI

This article is not generated by AI

I am an AI software user and I find myself asking some significant ethical questions about this on a regular basis. I wonder if you are doing the same?

Failure to communicate, but not in a bad way

Failure to communicate, but not in a bad way

This could have been long…but I limited myself to three phrases that are used in a way that makes our communication less precise and understandable.

Building my website, not their websites

Building my website, not their websites

You'll find attention on social media sites. And you'll be rewarded for using the tools they provide. But where can we find your permanent online archive?

Knowledge is available, if we’d only use it

Knowledge is available, if we’d only use it

Many online discussions about issues of the day could use a good dose of reality. People of integrity build their positions on a framework of knowledge.

The unfulfilled promise of algorithms

The unfulfilled promise of algorithms

I was a social media early-adopter. I had personal accounts and ran professional campaigns from the start. I was optimistic. But algorithms have failed.