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28/11/2020

Minimalish, Part Three: a 1-month anniversary review of the Brick Phone

Before we start: this post got LONG. Just a heads up, especially if you’re reading on a mobile (ha). Here’s part one, part two and part four of this tenuous series. I was going to share this sooner, but I wanted to take a bit longer to get to know the newest electronic acquisition in Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, Minimalish

Depop, Headspace, Indifferent Ignorance, low tech living, Nokia 3310 2015 review, non-smart phones with WhatsApp, second hand phone, smart phones and mental health, social media and mental health, swapping a smart phone for a brick phone

18/03/2020

Mildly Good Things That Are Happening in the World 2

The time is ripe for another of these. Remember when the main source of conversation was ‘Poor Caroline Flack. We should all take steps to be kinder, right?’ Now it seems to be ‘Fuck you I want 8,000 toilet rolls.’ BUT. Hairdressers have stopped stocking those bullshit gossip magazines. Ironically, we could probably use them Continue reading

Internet, THE WORLD *head in hands*

coronavirus postcards, covid mutual aid, electronic aeroplanes, hairdressers bin gossip magazines, Indifferent Ignorance, Mildly Good Things That Are Happening in the World, The boss who put everyone on 70K, wash your hands

06/03/2020

The Poor Person’s Guide to Helping Creators Make Money (without spending any of your own money)

I’m a writer and have a mini-but-growing stationery business. I also work in marketing. Thus, most of my day and quite a bit of my evenings are spent trying to get consumers (you) to buy into brands (my batshit stories and smartarse pencils, or my clients’ very sensible businesses). There are a billion ways to Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Internet

artists on Patreon, becoming a brand ambassador, creators on Patreon, free ways to help creators, how to help struggling artists, how to support creators if you have no money, how to support indie artists, how to support small businesses, Indifferent Ignorance, supporting indie businesses

18/12/2019

An early new year’s resolution ft. mental health and mobile phones

I feel a bit dumb even writing this post, but it’s about something that we should probably talk about more: I have hair on my toes. Kidding, although I do (hoping it might thin out as I age, though). What I want to talk about today is the fact that yesterday evening, I switched off Continue reading

DISCUSS., Health, Internet, Social Media

burn out, Indifferent Ignorance, mental health and phone usage, mental health and social media use, mindful tech, new year’s resolutions, repetitive strain injury