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Something extraordinarily ironic happened in crypto this week: you can now buy ETFs through major financial institutions like Fidelity and BlackRock. Interestingly you can’t buy them with Vanguard, who termed crypto a ‘non-productive investment’ and against the company’s ethos of thoughtful risk management on behalf of investors. The backlash from the crypto world against Vanguard’s…
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Core Web Vitals have become increasingly important in recent years as they play a significant role in determining a website’s search engine ranking. Core Web Vitals measure the user experience by looking at how quickly a page loads, how quickly it becomes interactive, and how visually stable it is while loading. By optimising Core Web…
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I am fortunate enough to be someone who benefited enormously from the shift to remote work that came from the COVID19 pandemic. I had always found commuting to be a challenge for both my mental and physical health. When I worked for Mind, I commuted 4.5 hours a day from Brighton to East London. It…
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Like many semi-nomadic tech workers, I’ve recently become interested the FIRE movement, not necessarily with the intention of retiring early, since I love my work, but with the option to have financial security and freedom from the constraints of having to work in the future. One common approach to the wealth building phase of FIRE…
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I’ve been thinking about this post for a while, as I realised it’s something I’ve really turned a corner on in the last few years of my career. I’ve always been quite an introvert when it comes to my work, preferring the speed and focus that comes from designing, planning and executing product development with…
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Two years ago I made the decision to leave the charity sector and, due to Covid, I’ve actually managed to have three jobs in that time, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to reflect on my assumptions going in and share a few surprises I’ve found since making the change. We value quantity over…
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Breast Cancer Now offers physical support courses to people living with primary and secondary breast cancer. One of these courses is Moving Forward, supporting people once they’ve finished treatment to cope with issues such as body confidence, returning to work and managing fear of recurrence. As a charity, we can’t provide this free service to…
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I was on holiday in Africa this week, leaving product behind and heading for the mountains and the sun. Whenever I’m away I tend to keep a sneaky eye on anything involving developers, because issues that arise there are usually the most complicated to fix, and I’m the one who knows what shade of yellow…
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General Assembly at the moment are running a series of free introductory seminars in various specialist areas. They’ve been great, I’d definitely recommend signing up to a couple if you have the time. Last week I went to one on user experience design and I thought I’d share a highlight of the session. Usually when a…
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