Blog
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Bugs Happen — It’s How You Handle Them That Matters
Bugs are inevitable in any project. What really matters isn’t the mistake, it’s how you respond, communicate, and fix it.
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Are We Optimizing for Us or for Our Clients?
We over-engineer to save time, but do our clients pay the price? It’s time to choose better tools over bloated stacks.
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When Everyone Follows the Playbook, Standing Out Means Closing the Book
In an overcrowded digital world, growth doesn’t come from more tactics, it comes from doubling down on what’s unique.
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The Reality Check
Why business should stop chasing “scale” in a digital void. 5 people is a room; 100 is a hall. It’s time to bring business back to local.
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The Toll Road Platforms Impose on Reviews for Businesses
One topic I explored this week was the review trap that many digital platforms impose on businesses. Platforms like Google and Yelp have been known to disproportionately suppress positive, organic reviews while amplifying negative ones, especially when ad spend is reduced or stopped. The reality is that businesses are largely at the mercy of these…
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Web Design is just another form of hospitality.
My perspective on why web design, development, and digital media aren’t really in the tech business, but in the hospitality business.
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My gripe with organic reach being killed off
My gripe with platforms positioning themselves as open and empowering tools designed to help businesses get discovered only to exploit and turn their backs on them.
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The joy of helping and why sometimes that can also hurt
How a simple redirect saved our PTA budget and a lesson on why organizations must own their digital logins and domains.
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Vibe coding is nothing new
My thoughts on vibe coding and how it is nothing new, but could AI fix the problem the apps of the past could not solve?
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OllyJolly Recap October 14th
The weekly update from OllyJolly for the week of October 14th, 2024