Walk down any souk and you can tell in three seconds which shops take themselves…
Walk down any souk and you can tell in three seconds which shops take themselves seriously — the sign, the counter, the way things are arranged. Online…
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Subscribe via RSSThe crypto industry spent a decade insisting it didn't need regulation.
Now the same companies are asking regulators to hurry up — because uncertainty costs more than rules. I see a quieter version of this in Dubai every week,…
ReadEvery few months a headline announces that blockchain is about to unlock a…
Every few months a headline announces that blockchain is about to unlock a two-trillion-dollar market. I've been reading those since 2017. Here's what…
ReadI read a review this week of a power bank that weighs less than my phone.
Not interesting in itself — but it made me notice something. The tools that actually change how I work are never the impressive ones. They're the ones…
ReadWe put a launch discount on our full website reports this month — 30% off.
I'll be honest about why: the free check already tells you WHAT needs attention. The full report earns its price when you want the HOW — every issue…
ReadA small experiment, if you have two minutes.
Open your own website on your phone. Use mobile data, not the office Wi-Fi. Then try to call yourself from it. How many taps did that take? Did anything…
ReadPeople ask what I actually look at when I check a website.
It's four things, in this order: 1. How fast it loads on mobile data — not office Wi-Fi 2. Whether Google can read it properly 3. How easy you are to…
ReadAccessibility sounds like a six-month project.
Most of it isn't. The wins I see most often take minutes: — Describe your images, so a screen reader says something useful instead of "image" — Raise the…
ReadRoughly 80% of the UAE sites I've looked at this year miss the basics of the country's…
Roughly 80% of the UAE sites I've looked at this year miss the basics of the country's data-protection rules. Not in a dramatic way. Usually it's: — A…
ReadSomeone asked me last week: mobile experience or security first, for an online store?
Security. Every time. A clumsy mobile checkout costs you sales you can win back tomorrow. A payment page without a valid certificate, or a form posting…
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