(Apologies to readers outside Australia – the following applies to local politics) The upcoming Australian Federal Election is going to be so, so interesting. If the recent local election – we’re in Willoughby (part of Sydney in NSW) – is any guide the swing away from major parties is surprisingly high. It looks as though Liberals will just hold on, but only after a...
HubShots 270
We’re back after a nice break. Episode 270 is our first for 2022 and focuses on efficiency and effectiveness with HubSpot. Ian and I chat through a bunch of tips and topics including: Thoughts for 2022Having perspective and avoiding distractionEfficiency and Effectiveness with HubSpotUsing Version history on pages and emails to roll back to previous versionsAttribution reporting in...
Perspective
A few thoughts on current events. Mostly just preaching to myself here.
After Life Season 3
I’m so glad Ricky Gervais broke his 2 season rule and gave us the gift of season 3 of After Life.
Wonderful.
The End of Yellowstone
Warning: spoilers Michele and I finished season 4 of Yellowstone earlier this week. What a show. We only discovered Yellowstone two weeks ago (I know, I know) and we binge watched all 4 seasons within that time. It’s probably my show of the year (and it’s only mid January). It sits comfortably with other excellent standouts including The Queen’s Gambit, Godless, Ted Lasso (and...
My iPhone Home screen
Another home screen update. And just like the previous ones (here and here), this is purely for my own interest when I look back in years to come.
Before and Laughter
I think Jimmy Carr’s book might just be the best self-help book I’ve ever read.
Lots of wisdom.
Perspective Taking
What is empathy? It’s a word often used to describe… something. In Australia, our federal Government has practically diluted the word of any meaning as a result of their ’empathy training’ deflection of responsibility. Lately, there’s talk of replacing the term with the phrase ‘perspective taking’. I like this. I think it’s helpful. Yes, it has its...
Get Better Soon
I loved this tweet: Bought a ‘Get Better Soon’ card for a colleague. Not sick, just think they can do better.— Emergency&BushfireKits (@EmergencyBK) December 26, 2021 In case the embed code ever stops working, here’s the text of the tweet: “Bought a ‘Get Better Soon’ card for a colleague. Not sick, just think they can do better.” Made me laugh. Made me...
Content Management System (CMS) Trends
Interesting to see the trends in CMS usage over the years: WordPress of course is the dominant player, but check out the growth from Shopify. Also interesting to see Squarespace rising into 4th position alongside Wix. Looking at Squarespace’s recent S1 filing highlights they have 3.7M unique subscribers. HubSpot (down at position 18) must be looking at this and seeing a whole world...