Notebook
This is a lightly curated space where I gather reflections, articles, event reports, and fragments from across my work — futures, storytelling, sustainability, and beyond. It’s not a traditional blog – more of a sketchbook of ideas.
The Great Switch: Finding Non-US Alternatives to Online Password Managers like LastPass (European and Non-US Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Finding Non-US Alternatives to Online Password Managers like LastPass (European and Non-US VOIP Alternatives)I'm back with another instalment of suggestions for how to move away from US-based tech companies and towards European companies, open-source...
The Great Switch: Switching Your Skype Incoming Number to a European or Non-US VOIP Provider (European and Non-US VOIP Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Switching Your Skype Incoming Number to a European or Non-US VOIP Provider (European and Non-US VOIP Alternatives)This is just a quick update today for anyone like me who was an early adopter of Skype, conducting video calls and using an incoming UK...
The Great Switch: Switching Appointment Booking Tools (European and non-US Calendly Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Switching Appointment Booking Tools (European and non-US Calendly Alternatives)And after a short, unexpected break, I'm back with a new edition of The Great Switch, where I explore how ordinary people, including freelancers and small business owners...
The Great Switch: Switching Cloud Storage Providers (European & non-US Dropbox Alternatives)
The Great Switch: Switching Cloud Storage Providers (European & non-US Dropbox Alternatives)This is the first in a regular series (weekly-ish) in which I explore how to make The Great Switch from the US-based, technology behemoths to alternatives that are either...
The Great Switch: Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
The Great Switch: putting my money where my mouth isHow frustrated are you with the current state of the U.S.? (Which part, you ask? Take your pick.) Personally, I'm frustrated, irritated, and dismayed in equal measure. I've recently been reflecting on just how much I...
Mel Robbins’ “Let Them” theory: applying to doing climate and sustainability communication
Some thoughts on using the Let Them theory, radical acceptance and the ABT to boster your work as a climate and sustainability communicator.
#divitips Add page name to contact form
#divitips Add page name to contact formWhy might this be useful? To work out which page people were on when they submitted a page. add_filter('et_pb_module_shortcode_attributes', 'dbc_add_post_link_to_contact_form', 10, 3); function...
The contribution of “childless cat ladies” to society
The contribution of "childless cat ladies" to societyThe BBC's post about Usha Vance defending her husband's "childless cat ladies" remark has prompted me to put a few words to paper. In my world, today's wicked problems are bearing down on us. The SDGs are brilliant...
Protect children from Little Red Riding Hood. Guns are fine, though.
Guns or Little Red Riding Hood. Which of the two should be banned in schools?
Don’t be a dick.
Every wondered about the origin story of this meme?