Writing about email as a tool for communication, organisation, and focus — not just productivity. These posts explore how email fits into everyday work and digital life.
Privacy rarely fails through dramatic hacks. It erodes quietly as the same email address is reused across accounts, services, and years of digital life — turning a simple inbox into an identity anchor.
Why many marketing emails force a binary choice — and how unsubscribe-only design mismatches what subscribers actually want.
DuckDuckGo Email Protection adds a privacy layer to your inbox by forwarding email while blocking trackers and reducing spam — without replacing your existing email provider.
Gmail is testing a long-requested feature that would let users change their email address without starting over — raising bigger questions about email identity and control.
With messaging apps everywhere, email continues to play a central role in how we communicate.
Email History
A clear overview of how email evolved from early computer networks into one of the world’s most widely used communication tools.
Productivity
Brain dumps are a simple way to get thoughts out of your head and onto the page. This post explains why they help, and how I use them.
HEY
A clear explanation of why email forwarding in HEY can feel unreliable, what the service actually supports, and what your alternatives are.
Why the ability to mark an opened email as unread is essential for keeping track of messages and managing attention.
A reflection on saying “HEY: I’m nearly all yours” — and how it reshaped my relationship with email, attention, and what HEY gets right.
HEY
A thoughtful look at HEY.com’s Recycling Centre, how it quietly reduces inbox clutter, and why intentional email cleanup matters.