I have a background in business and passion for tech, psychology, sustainability, and news. Through writing I seek to explore different perspectives and share insights with others.
A Beginner's Guide to Selling Crafts on Etsy
It’s quite common for older adults to start taking up hobbies, especially once they reach retirement and have more free time on their hands. Hobbies are a great way to keep you mind and even your body active, contributing to your wellness as you age.
(Crafting Photo: Annie Spratt via Unsplash)
For many, crafts are purely something done for entertainment and pleasure. But with the creation of online craft and hobby sites – like Etsy – people can now turn their hobbies into a side hustle – or e...
How To Prevent Cyberattacks
According to the 2022 Official Cybercrime Report, “the global annual cost of cybercrime is predicted to reach $8 trillion USD in 2023.” And the monetary damages resulting from cyberattacks could reach $10.5 trillion by 2025.
Cybercrime can devastate your business financially. And the damages you’ll have to pay out to the affected people can make that devastation even deeper. Aside from financial ruin, cyberattacks can negatively affect your reputation, hindering your ability to attract new cu...
How Great SEO Can Improve the User Experience
Designing your online content with UX in mind isn’t just great for your customers, it’s also an ideal way to boost your SEO. Join us for a look at how these two business areas can better support each other.
Customers are the heart and soul of any business and that means that they deserve the best possible user experience (UX) you can provide. But the benefits of a great UX aren’t just confined to great word of mouth and robust customer loyalty. When you design your content for UX, you’re also...
What Can Be Done About Microplastics?
Microplastics are small plastic particles five millimeters or less in size. They come from commercial and product development and the breakdown of larger plastics. In addition, individuals and corporations have a hand in microplastics blanketing our planet.
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Microplastics are small but mighty – and not in a good way. As tiny as these particles are, they can cause serious harm to our environment and our health. Let’s look at this in more detail bel...
UX For the IoT: Considerations and Trends
At the turn of the 20th century, the great British novelist, E.M. Forster advised readers to “only connect.” And while Forster likely was envisioning the forging of human connections when he issued this famous injunction, the command has taken on new meaning, resonance, and relevance today, at the dawn of the new millennium.
We are, indeed, connected in the 21st century, and in different and more powerful ways than Forster could ever have imagined just a century ago. Today, though, those conn...
Is the Metaverse a Queer Friendly Space?
Is the metaverse a safe space for the queer community? Can it be? Miles Oliver says that companies play an important role in creating safe online spaces that are free from harassment.
The Metaverse is the next big thing in the social media realm. It’s expected to have a spectacular influence on how we conduct ourselves online and in the real world. However not all individuals have positive experiences in the metaverse. LGBTQIA+ individuals, particularly, experience a great deal of harm...
How Gen Z Job Seekers Can Utilize Social Media
As the years go by and technology continues to advance, many young people are growing up with the internet, cell phones, and social media. While the folks who make up Gen Z have been using social media for the typical practice of connecting with friends and family, many are taking their use of sites like Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn up a notch. Now, many members of Gen Z job seekers are utilizing social media to land a gig.
You can use the sites you frequent every day to build your brand, f...
Why Companies Can Benefit from High-quality Data Transparency and Security Measures
Data is one of the most valuable resources in the current commercial environment. The rise of our digital landscape has given companies like yours the ability to gather real-time information about their consumers. When harnessed correctly, this information can help you make better decisions for the direction and success of your organization.
However, collecting, handling, and storing first-party data is risky. Its value can make your company a target for cybercriminals...
Sustainable Decorating On A Budget
Sustainability is more than just a hot topic. Many people are starting to lead more sustainable lifestyles in an effort to preserve the planet and fight back against things like global warming.
Living sustainably includes everything from reducing your carbon footprint to eliminating waste. It can even impact the way you choose to redecorate your home. Thankfully, redecorating with the environment in mind doesn’t have to break the bank.
If you’re decorating on a budget, there are plenty of way...
Get Ahead of the Stress-Procrastination Cycle With Effective Project Management
You don’t have to have a Master’s degree in clinical psychology to know that people are stressed: Work stress, home stress, and life stress. It’s a lot, and your employees are by no means immune.
Stress in the workplace, though, rarely occurs in isolation. Instead, it’s almost always accompanied by procrastination, and the two often combine to form a destructive cycle in which stress breeds procrastination which in turn breeds more stress. And on and on we go.
It is possible, however, to disr...
Sustainable Gardening in an Urban Landscape
Sustainable gardening is in vogue amongst garden designers and everyday green thumbs. Folks are learning to use reclaimed materials for bean poles and planters, and more people are cutting their carbon use by growing their own vegetable gardens.
Sustainable Gardening in an Urban Landscape
You’ll find most sustainable gardening advice targets folks who have their own garden or allotment. However, more of us live in urban landscapes than ever before. But sustainable gardening in an urban landsc...
How Universal Web Design Improves Your SEO
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User experience is at the intersection of SEO, web design, and accessibility — as these practices aim to make an online user’s experience as favorable as possible. By taking a closer look at how these different concepts overlap and working to improve them, your business can boost visibility, trust, and awareness — all of which are necessary to improve SEO.
In this article, we’ll discuss how to create a universal design for your website to improve the user experience (UX) and boo...
How to Throw an Accessible and Sensory-Mindful Event
When you plan events, how much attention do you pay to accessibility and reasonable accommodations?
While some event planners pay credence to the ADA act, many unknowingly break guidelines that exist to ensure everyone can enjoy a dominant party, fundraiser, or festival.
As an event planner, you can step up and ensure that all attendees have a great time at your event. Making reasonable accommodations for folks with disabilities and sensitivities can be a real boon for your brand and the folk...
B2B Email Marketing – No secrets
B2B marketing is complex, but as in everything, there are some tricks that we must know. In this post, we have Miles Oliver as an expert in digital marketing and technology applied to advertising. At Telecoming, we have the will to develop new solutions and inspire our community. Sharing tricks, trends and success stories, is part of our nature. Do you want to know how to use email marketing to grow your digital business? Don’t stop reading!
Email marketing is one of the best ways to deepen y...
How Robotics Can Increase Health Literacy in Underserved Populations
The United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. It is also one that spends more on healthcare per capita than almost every other industrialized nation. For all its investment in money and resources, however, the United States continues to lag behind other national health systems when it comes to patient outcomes. Indeed, the evidence shows that the United States ranks last among modern economies in patient morbidity and mortality rates.
The reality is that persistent and pern...