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.
Messaging apps didn’t replace email. Here’s why email still matters for identity, recovery, and trust online.
Email began as a simple way for researchers to leave messages on networked computers. Decades later, it remains one of the few communication systems that works across companies, countries, and devices — and still underpins much of our digital life.
Some inboxes assume that once you’ve opened a message, you’ve dealt with it. HEY leans into that idea by design — replacing “unread” with workflow tools. But opening isn’t finishing. This is why “mark as unread” still matters, even in 2026.
HEY World makes publishing feel as light as sending an email. WordPress can become a whole system. This is what you give up — and gain.
