I’m a Zoologist by degree. I work in digital now but zoology (and science in general) is a philosophy and mental model that doesn’t leave you. I’m not the first person to observe that we’re undergoing a new era of techno-evolution. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while and COVID-19 brings a […]
Headless WordPress and Personalization
In this episode of Velocitize Talks, David Lockie, Founder & CEO of Pragmatic, shares his insights on the future of bots, AI, blockchain and security. Pragmatic is a small virtual web agency offering digital strategy, branding and design through WordPress and open source web software. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S54S_oPx0KM
Personalisation and WordPress for B2B publishers
B2B publishing is now largely about digital-first experiences – whether that’s print heritage brands moving over to digital, or natively-digital publications starting up. In this two-part series we share our experience of working with WordPress and Zephr as a successful technology diptych for a number of B2B publishing brands at significant scale. My first for […]
15x15x15x15
15 x 15’s to raise £15k for my 15kth day So here’s the plan. In April, I’ll be 15,000 days old. That felt worth marking somehow. Separately, one of my goals this year is to raise some money for charity to give back more. When I posted on Twitter to ask for ideas on how […]
Weekly photos
To help get the creative juices flowing again this year, I’m posting a photo a week over on Instagram. I’d kind of like to do this for every week of my life going back as far as I can. Let’s call that a stretch goal! For now, I’m going to aim for this year – […]
Public statement of intent to blog more
Despite working in content management, I’ve been awful at writing. This is a short post to commit myself publicly to writing more. I’m not sure what about yet, and not all of it will be public, but I want to see what difference being rigorous about writing makes to my life.