2025

December 2025

• Test for 2025 — December 31, 2025

• The Posting Gate: How to Use Social Media Without Letting It Degrade Your System — December 28, 2025
  Most problems with social media are not moral problems. They are not cultural problems. They are systems failures. People do not lose clarity because platforms are evil. They lose clarity because they allow an external system to shape inputs, behaviour, and feedback loops that were never designed in their favour. The solution is not better

• The Federation Future: How Independent Systems Will Help You Command the Machines — December 27, 2025
  Introduction: The Coming Power Shift For most of the digital age, business owners have been told a simple story: centralize, streamline, and outsource as much of your technology as possible. Hand over your data to cloud platforms. Use single-vendor suites for everything from email to invoicing. Build your business on someone else’s infrastructure, because it’s

• The Moment You Realize You’ve Been Thinking in Systems All Along — December 19, 2025
  Core thesis Some people don’t “manage tasks” or “follow processes.” They continuously evaluate system integrity – often without realizing it. I am one of those people. I only noticed recently. The realization Across software, business models, partnerships, content, and even personal boundaries, I kept applying the same invisible tests: I never named this framework. I

• It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your source code is? — December 10, 2025
  There used to be a late–night public service announcement on TV: “It is 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” If you are a founder, CTO, or anyone responsible for software, you can adapt that line: “It is 10 o’clock. Do you know where your source code is?” Most people think they do.

• The Pause After You Inhale — December 9, 2025
  A Year-End Review for People Who Need Space to Think Every December, I begin to pull my tendrils inward. Not out of fear or fatigue, but out of rhythm. There’s a natural slowing that happens as the year winds down. The inbox gets quieter. The pace of projects settles. Even the frantic holiday energy has

• The Socially Unacceptable Quality You Need to Succeed (But No One Wants to Admit It) — December 4, 2025
  There’s a dark little secret at the core of entrepreneurship, and it’s not something people like to talk about. We dress it up with nicer words like passion, drive, commitment, grit. But those are surface labels. They hide something deeper, something that actually does the heavy lifting when a person decides to build something from

November 2025

• Is Gander’s Goose Cooked Before the Party Even Starts? — November 27, 2025
  A Look at the Limits of Network Theory Context Statement: Before diving in, know that I’m not anti-Gander. I respect the mission, the founders, and the Canadians who’ve invested their money and belief into a homegrown platform. I want it to succeed. But ignoring the limits of network theory doesn’t help anyone – not the

• Command the Machines — November 23, 2025
  A Practical Manifesto for the Modern Age Technology is neither the enemy nor the solution. It is a tool. A force. A lever. The people who thrive are not the ones who grind harder or work longer. They are the ones who learn to direct the machines instead of being directed by them. This is

• The Confidence Trap: How AI Turns Beginners Into Believers and Veterans Into Cynics — November 15, 2025
  There’s a strange and slightly hilarious thing happening in the tech world right now. The people who most need to hear warnings about AI are the same people who are least capable of understanding them. Not because they’re stupid. Not because they don’t care. But because they literally do not yet have the cognitive tools

• Beyond Binary: The Hidden Triad in Everyday Life — November 10, 2025
  Why understanding life in threes reveals more balance, depth, and meaning than a world of ones and zeros. Introduction: The Limits of Either/Or Thinking We live in a binary age. Our machines run on it, our politics depend on it, and our language reinforces it—yes or no, win or lose, right or wrong. The simplicity

• Writing: The Bridge Between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication — November 6, 2025
  (A VAKIETA Communication Intelligence Perspective) Communication is often divided into two categories: verbal and nonverbal. Verbal communication uses words—spoken or written—to express ideas. Nonverbal communication includes everything else: tone, gesture, facial expression, posture, and rhythm. But writing sits at an intriguing intersection between the two. It is verbal in content yet nonverbal in delivery. When

• Why VAKIETA Isn’t Personality Profiling — And Why That Matters — November 5, 2025
  Introduction When people first encounter VAKIETA, they often assume it’s another personality profiling system — a kind of DISC, MBTI, or Big Five with better marketing and modern AI polish. That assumption is natural. The personal-development and corporate-training industries have been saturated for decades with tools that claim to explain who you are. But VAKIETA

October 2025

• Your Voice Isn’t the Value — October 23, 2025
  AI didn’t steal your lunch — you just forgot how to cook. The Myth of the Sacred “Voice” Writers love to worship their “voice” like it’s some divine gift from the muses. They’ll tell you it’s what makes them special — what separates them from the machines. But here’s the truth: you can still talk

• The First Social Network Wasn’t Facebook — It Was Your Inbox — October 20, 2025
  Every few years, someone declares email dead. And every few years, email laughs, pours another cup of coffee, and checks in with a few billion people before lunch. We’ve heard it all before. Slack was going to kill email. Then Teams. Then Discord. Then DMs on Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, and whatever the next

• Rebuilding Trust in the Age of Synthetic Content: Introducing Verified Provenance — October 15, 2025
  The internet we grew up with was built on a simple idea: that content online was created by people — individuals, teams, authors, journalists, creators. It wasn’t always accurate, but there was an implicit assumption that behind every article, post, image, and video was a human being who had something to say. That era is

• AI Isn’t Killing Creativity — It’s Killing “Good Enough” — October 10, 2025
  TL;DR (Quick Take): Stop Lying to Yourself — AI Isn’t the Enemy If you’re still muttering that AI is going to “kill creativity” or “replace humans,” I’ve got bad news for you: you’re missing the point. The truth is uglier and more liberating at the same time. AI isn’t killing creativity — it’s killing your

• How Solopreneurs Can Use n8n to Automate the Grind and Take Back Their Time — October 7, 2025
  If you’re a solopreneur or small business owner, n8n can quietly reclaim hours of your week by automating the routine stuff: capturing leads, logging payments, onboarding clients, posting to social media, even sending a daily “CEO summary” of your business. It’s open-source, self-hostable, and doesn’t nickel-and-dime you per workflow. In short, it’s your new digital teammate that never sleeps.

• The Seduction of Sound Bites: Why We Need to Pause Before Believing the Hype — October 2, 2025
  Introduction: The Age of Shiny Statements We live in an era where flashy declarations spread faster than nuanced truths. A single catchy sound bite—“Email is dead,” “AI will take all our jobs,” “Text-based SOPs are dying”—can ricochet through LinkedIn feeds, TikTok shorts, and conference stages, shaping opinion in a way that feels authoritative but rarely

September 2025

• Apple’s new containerization feature – what it is, how it differs from Docker, and when to choose it — September 28, 2025
  Short version: Apple announced a native containerization stack for macOS that runs OCI images inside lightweight Linux virtual machines (VMs) using macOS virtualization APIs. It is built to be tightly integrated with macOS and Apple Silicon, and it is not a drop-in replacement for Docker in every environment – but for many Mac-first workflows, it’s

• 50 Years In, and Still Learning ~ Why I Rebuilt Everything From Scratch (and What It Taught Me) — September 27, 2025
  After nearly five decades of tinkering with computers–from the days of beige boxes and clunky keyboards to today’s cloud-driven AI—I’ve come full circle. What started as a childhood fascination with the idea of machines that could think has now become part of my daily toolkit. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic dream; it’s a practical companion woven into my work, projects, and teaching. This return to solopreneurship feels lighter, more creative, and infinitely more fun thanks to the support of AI—and the best part is, the journey is only just beginning.

• Agile Is Dying. AI Just Made Waterfall Cool Again. — September 26, 2025
  For the past twenty-five years, “Agile” has been the gospel of software development. Executives have sat through endless Agile transformation initiatives, watched their organizations install “Scrum Masters,” and wondered why the promised nirvana never quite arrived. Burndown charts, sticky notes, and sprint ceremonies became part of the corporate theatre. But a quiet revolution is underway,

• Strangling the Monolith: Modernizing Legacy Code Without Losing Your Mind — September 17, 2025
  Software has a long memory. What began as a tidy project years ago often grows into a sprawling organism—a monolith where user interface, business rules, and database access are mashed into the same files. These systems still work (sometimes miraculously), but they are brittle, hard to change, and intimidating to touch. Everyone knows the codebase

• Federation Friction — September 15, 2025
  Why Open Protocols Struggle in a World Obsessed with Control Email is the messy miracle of the Internet. Anyone can run a server, everyone can connect, and no single company owns the system. It’s the most successful example of a federated protocol—open, interoperable, and universal. Yet it’s also a daily reminder of why federation is

• It’s 9 O’Clock. Do You Know Where Your Data Is? — September 8, 2025
  The Curtain Lifts on a Familiar Drama Every few years, society rediscovers that data has value. A leak happens, a scandal breaks, or a regulator finally drags a corporation into the light, and suddenly dinner-table conversations revolve around privacy settings, hacked accounts, or “how do I delete this app?” Then the panic fades. The news

• Grimm Truths of the Goldilocks Paradox: Why Your AI Strategy Needs a Fairy-Tale Wake-Up Call — September 1, 2025
  Once Upon a Time (But Not Really) In the comforting lull of corporate strategy sessions, AI often gets talked about like it’s porridge—too hot, too cold, or “just right.” That neat framing—the Goldilocks paradox—is appealing. It suggests you can simply find the middle lane, settle in, and all will be well. But let’s be blunt.

August 2025

• Why Run Your Own AI Models? Cost, Control, and the Docker Advantage — August 14, 2025
  The Cloud AI Trap The big names — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google — have made AI accessible and powerful. But they come with strings attached: For many businesses, these issues create a Catch-22: AI could help them move faster, but they’re stuck waiting for the green light — or they just absorb the risk and hope

July 2025

• The Reputation Economy Is Broken (And How to Fix It) — July 17, 2025
  You’ve probably seen the hype around GiveRep and other so-called “SocialFi” platforms—tools promising to turn your social activity into blockchain-backed reputation points. Post, comment, endorse someone, and boom—you earn $REP. Supposedly, it’s the future of trust online. Except it’s not. It’s a predictable mess waiting to happen. Let’s talk about why reputation matters, why platforms

• When Automation Becomes Noise: Fighting AI Fatigue with Meaningful Tech — July 1, 2025
  TL;DRWe’re drowning in shallow AI tools—auto-content generators, SEO spam bots, and “smart” chat widgets that no one trusts. The pendulum is swinging back. People want tech that respects their time, privacy, and intelligence. The next wave of automation isn’t louder—it’s smarter, smaller, and more human-aligned. The Overload is Real AI hype is everywhere, and so

June 2025

• Reality as a Ripple: Rethinking Existence Through the Lens of 3D Time — June 22, 2025
  Most people think of time as a line. Maybe a loop. Maybe a spiral. But always singular—one dimension, one direction, past to future, tick to tock. But what if we’ve been looking at it all wrong? What if time isn’t a line we travel along… but a field we emerge from? This isn’t just an

• Temporal Steering: A Physics-Inspired Take on Manifestation — June 22, 2025
  For years, the personal development world has talked about “manifestation” like it’s magic. Think hard enough. Feel it deeply enough. Believe hard enough—and the universe delivers. Books like The Secret made these ideas wildly popular. But let’s be honest—it left a lot of us asking: How? Where’s the mechanism? Is this just wishful thinking wrapped

• Code Red, White & Open: Why Digital Sovereignty Is the Next Competitive Advantage — June 16, 2025
  In a world increasingly defined by digital dependence, control over your tech stack is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. Governments are waking up to the risks of vendor lock-in, and businesses of all sizes should take note. This article explores the growing importance of digital sovereignty, why open source and shared standards are more

• When Spaghetti Code Face‑Hugs Your Stack: Contain It Before It Hatches — June 11, 2025
  An unvarnished guide for senior executives who know legacy systems can turn on them at any moment. 1. A Walk Through the Egg Chamber Picture this: you step into a dark, echoing cavern. The floor is carpeted with Roma‑tomato “eggs,” rows upon rows just waiting. One egg cracks open and a writhing bundle of spaghetti

• Modernizing Legacy: How Containers Bridge the Gap Between Old Systems and Emerging Tech — June 9, 2025
  If you’re a senior decision-maker in tech or operations, chances are you’re dealing with the same problem I keep hearing about from other execs: your legacy system still runs the business, but it’s holding you back. It works—mostly. It’s stable—kind of. But trying to connect it to modern systems, APIs, or AI engines? Forget it.

• How AI Will Transform Training and What It Means for Solopreneurs & Small Businesses — June 6, 2025
  There’s no polite way to say this: AI is going to disrupt the world of coaching, training, and small service businesses in a big way. If you sell expertise—especially in areas like social media strategy, SEO, content marketing, or general business coaching—you are standing in the path of a tsunami. But here’s the thing: you

• Just Over 1000 Saturdays Left: A Midlife Reality Check (With Laughs) — June 4, 2025
  I turn 56 next week. That’s 2,912 weeks down—give or take a few summer vacations lost to flu, heartbreak, or regrettable life choices. If we go by the increasingly-popular idea that life is roughly 4,000 weeks long (hat tip to Oliver Burkeman), I’ve got about 1,088 weeks left. More to the point: just over 1,000

May 2025

• Cat Food or Caviar? — May 29, 2025
  There comes a point in everyone’s life when you’re forced to ask a deceptively simple question: Am I settling for cat food when I could be eating caviar? It might sound ridiculous at first. Cat food or caviar? What a weird metaphor. But the moment you sit with it, you realize it’s about more than

• When AI Writes the Code, Wisdom Writes the Rules — May 23, 2025
  It used to be that the measure of a software developer was how fast they could code. How cleanly. How cleverly. But in a world where AI can now write, refactor, test, and deploy code faster than most juniors can Google the syntax, raw coding speed and rote memory are rapidly losing their edge. The

• Why Experts Struggle at the Edge of Change — May 22, 2025
  “An expert is an expert on how the world used to be, not what it might become.” That quote (or some variation of it) has been rattling around in my head for years. And the more I see the world tilting on its axis—especially with tech—the more I believe it. See, expertise is a double-edged

• Judgment as a Service: Why AI Agents Need a Moral OS — May 20, 2025
  We don’t need more AI agents. We need better ones. That might sound contrarian in a world rushing to automate everything from customer service to creative ideation, but hear me out: the core problem with most agents isn’t capability — it’s judgment. Today’s AI agents are like eager interns. They act fast, they follow instructions,

• If It Can’t Say No, It’s Not an Agent — May 19, 2025
  Let’s talk about AI agents. Not the marketing buzzword, not the product demos hyped on Twitter, and definitely not the chore-doing bots people are rigging up with Zapier, LangChain, and a handful of prompts duct-taped together. I mean real agents. The kind that act with autonomy. The kind that think for themselves. The kind that,

• Painkillers Aren’t Enough: Why Your Software Product Needs to Solve a Repeated, Addictive Problem — May 15, 2025
  If you’ve spent more than five minutes in the startup world, you’ve probably heard this advice: “Don’t build a vitamin. Build a painkiller.” It’s become gospel. The idea is simple: people don’t need vitamins—they’re nice to have, aspirational, future-facing. Painkillers, though? People need those now. When you have a migraine, you’ll pay whatever it takes

• The Evolution of Search: From Keywords to Context and the Rise of AISO — May 5, 2025
  Search has always been about connection—the bridge between a question and an answer, a problem and a solution. But how we build that bridge has changed dramatically over the years. We’re now standing at a new inflection point: traditional SEO is no longer the only game in town. Enter AI Search Optimization (AISO)—a strategic shift

April 2025

• Docker: The Lightweight Secret Weapon for Faster, Smarter Development — April 30, 2025
  There’s a moment every developer and tech entrepreneur knows: You finally get a few precious hours to work on a project you’re excited about… …only to spend half the time fighting with your environment. Missing libraries. Conflicting versions. Random errors that make no sense. And the classic: “But it works on my machine!” It’s maddening.

• How a Bad Blood Draw Nearly Got Me Medicated — April 22, 2025
  There’s a saying I used to brush off: “It’s not just what you measure, it’s how you measure it.” Turns out, when it comes to bloodwork–especially potassium levels–that phrase can save you from unnecessary medication and a truckload of stress. Let me explain. The Pattern That Didn’t Make Sense For years, my potassium levels were

• Easter: A Celebration of Resurrection, Rebirth, and Remixed Traditions — April 21, 2025
  Easter is one of the oldest and most important festivals in the Christian calendar. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is observed between March 22nd and April 25th, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox. But Easter isn’t just a single-day celebration–and it’s certainly not a

• What is Vibe Coding? The Hype, Hope & Hidden Hazards — April 18, 2025
  In the ever-evolving world of software development, new trends pop up faster than you can say “deprecated.” Some make sense. Others are marketing spin masquerading as progress. And then there’s vibe coding—a concept that sounds cool, feels empowering, but falls apart under scrutiny. If you haven’t come across the term, vibe coding refers to the

• What Most People Don’t Know About Motorcycle Riding Clubs and Group Rides — April 18, 2025
  There’s something undeniably powerful about a pack of motorcycles thundering down the road in formation. Heads turn. Cameras come out. And somewhere, someone inevitably mutters something about “biker gangs” or “those Harley guys.” But here’s the truth: most people have no idea what actually goes into riding with a club or participating in a large

• Why You Should Learn Python (Even If You Never Want to Be a Developer) — April 13, 2025
  When most people hear “Python,” they picture hardcore coders hunched over laptops, building complicated apps. They don’t picture normal people like you and me, saving hours of work with a few tiny, simple scripts. That’s a shame. Because Python isn’t just for developers. It’s for anyone who wants to stop wasting time on boring, repetitive

• Running Software Without Installing It: How to Use Docker the Smart Way — April 7, 2025
  Why Bother? Installing software the old-fashioned way clutters your machine fast. It drags in dependencies, risks version conflicts, and can turn clean-up into a frustrating mess. Docker changes the game. Instead of installing software directly on your system, you run it inside a container. Your system stays clean. No conflicts, no clutter, no wasted time

• Why Tariffs Still Get Love in America (Even Though They Hurt Americans) — April 3, 2025
  Let’s talk about tariffs. Specifically, why some Americans—especially policymakers—keep reaching for this economic tool, even though it often works against their own citizens. It’s not about pointing fingers or calling anyone out. This is about understanding how something that looks like a solution can actually become a problem, and why it keeps happening anyway. First,

• Lunacy or a Leap of Faith? — April 2, 2025
  On March 31st, I did something some might call foolish. Others might call it brave. Me? I’m still not sure which camp I fall into. Maybe both. After years of working in a stable, well-paying role as Vice President of Software Engineering at Shift4 (formerly Givex), I handed in my resignation. No drama. No burned

March 2025

• We Don’t Invent the Future-We Discover It — March 28, 2025
  Most people think we invented electricity. We didn’t. It was always there—ripping through the sky as lightning, building up in your socks on the carpet, pulsing through every atom in your body. What changed wasn’t the presence of electricity. What changed was us. We learned how to observe it, understand it, name it, and eventually

• Repatriating Your Tech Stack: What Happens When Your Tech Partners Become Political Liabilities? — March 25, 2025
  We don’t think twice about installing apps, spinning up cloud services, or embedding open-source libraries from around the world—until suddenly we have to. When geopolitical relations shift, trade policies tighten, or national security concerns pop up, the tech you’ve come to rely on can transform from an asset to a liability. Fast. It doesn’t matter

• What Happens to Your DNA if 23andMe Goes Bankrupt? — March 24, 2025
  We live in a world where curiosity sells. Want to know your ancestry? Curious if you’re predisposed to certain health conditions? A quick saliva sample and a few clicks, and 23andMe will serve up insights into your genetic blueprint. But what if the company holding that blueprint hits financial trouble? With reports swirling about 23andMe’s

• When Both Options Are Good: Why Smart People Get Stuck at the Crossroads — March 24, 2025
  We like to believe the hardest decisions in life are between right and wrong. Between the thing we shouldn’t do and the thing we should. Between what’s clearly a bad idea, and what’s obviously the better path. But that’s not where most people get stuck. The real friction happens when you’re faced with two good

• The Power of Small Daily Wins: How Microlearning Compounds Over Time — March 17, 2025
  Winning moments C.S. Lewis once wrote: “Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on

• The Scaling Trap: Why Solopreneurs Should Focus on Smart Systems, Not Growth — March 10, 2025
  Bigger Isn’t Always Better In the business world, scaling is glorified as the ultimate goal. We hear it everywhere—“You have to scale to succeed!” Investors push it. Business books preach it. Entrepreneurs chase it. But here’s the hard truth: scaling isn’t designed for solopreneurs. Scaling means increasing revenue while minimizing costs, usually by hiring, delegating,

• Everything Happens for a Reason — March 8, 2025
  Sometimes, people enter your life, and you instantly sense they were meant to be there–whether to serve a purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you discover who you are or who you want to become. You may not recognize their significance at first, but when you cross paths, something deep inside tells you they

• Be Intentional with What You Choose & Accept — March 6, 2025
  For Your Life For Your Body For Your Mind, Spirit & Heart When Faced with a Choice And if you’re uncertain … The answer is NO.

• How to ruin someone’s childhood memories about the Wizard of Oz — March 5, 2025
  Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.

• They Call Me Goose… and Not for the Reason You Think. — March 2, 2025
  If you ride, you know that sooner or later, you’ll pick up a road name. It’s part of the culture. Some names are badass. Some are ironic. Some are just plain ridiculous. Mine? Goose. Not because of Top Gun. Not because I have a need for speed. No—because I was attacked by a flying Canada

• The Ethics of AI: Balancing Innovation and Responsibility in Business — March 1, 2025
  Welcome to the sixth edition of Tech with a Twist! As we enter March 1st, it’s time to tackle a topic that’s as important as it is complex: the ethics of AI. Artificial intelligence is transforming industries, boosting efficiency, and creating incredible opportunities. But with great power comes great responsibility. How do we, as business

February 2025

• Don’t Build Your Brand on Borrowed Land! — February 26, 2025
  You’re playing a dangerous game if your brand relies entirely on social media platforms. Lately, we’ve seen massive shifts in social media rules, regulations, ownership changes, and even associations with extreme ideologies. What does that mean for you? The solution? Build your brand on assets YOU control — your website, your email list, and your

• The Solopreneur’s Success Mindset: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder — February 26, 2025
  Solopreneurship is a unique path — one that offers freedom, flexibility, and control over your destiny. But it also comes with challenges: decision fatigue, isolation, and the ever-present risk of burnout. The difference between struggling solopreneurs and those who thrive? Mindset. If you want to build a profitable, sustainable business without working 24/7, you need to

• Using Selenium to Bypass Anti-Bot Detection on Websites Like Facebook — February 26, 2025
  Introduction Selenium is a powerful automation tool widely used for web scraping, testing, and task automation. However, modern websites — especially social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram — implement advanced anti-bot detection mechanisms to prevent automated access. These countermeasures include behaviour tracking, CAPTCHAs, browser fingerprinting, and login verifications, making it increasingly difficult for bots

• The Power of Integration — February 23, 2025
  In a world where experts focus on either AI, marketing, or networking, standing out means bringing them together into a smarter, more efficient system — one that actually helps solopreneurs get real results without wasted time or effort. If you’re a solopreneur looking for an edge, this integrated approach is your key to success. “Success isn’t about

• Embracing AI: Why Using Technology to Enhance Our Capabilities is Absolutely Acceptable — February 20, 2025
  We’ve all heard it before: “If you’re using AI, aren’t you cheating a little?” It’s a sentiment that, admittedly, might give us pause. After all, less than a century ago, people faced similar scrutiny for undergoing cosmetic surgery, a mere few decades ago for choosing a calculator over mental math, and even now (still?) for

• The AI-Fueled 4-Day Workweek: A Pipe Dream, Not Nirvana — February 17, 2025
  The idea of a four-day workweek has captured the imagination of many as the ultimate reward for technological advances. Proponents argue that artificial intelligence (AI) will finally deliver the dream of working less while maintaining—or even increasing—productivity. It’s a tantalizing vision of the future: more leisure, less stress, and greater work-life balance, all made possible

• AI for Content Creation: Tools and Strategies to Save Time and Boost Creativity — February 15, 2025
  Welcome to the fifth edition of Tech with a Twist! As we head into February 15th, let’s tackle a topic that’s transforming the way businesses approach marketing: AI for content creation. Whether you’re a solopreneur, a small business owner, or part of a growing team, AI tools can help you save time, generate fresh ideas,

• How to Protect Your Business From Rising Costs Before March 2025 — February 5, 2025
  Tariffs and rising costs can squeeze the profits of local businesses, even if they don’t sell internationally. If you rely on materials, tools, or services that could get more expensive, or if your clients are feeling the pinch, it’s time to future-proof your business. The good news? You don’t have to raise prices dramatically or take a

• Building a Tech Stack That Scales with Your Small Business — February 1, 2025
  Welcome to the fourth edition of Tech with a Twist! This February 1st issue is all about building a tech stack that grows with your business. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to streamline and scale, having the right tools in place can make all the difference. Today, we’ll explore how to choose, implement,

January 2025

• The Truth About QR Codes and Scaremongering: What You Need to Know — January 31, 2025
  In recent weeks, social media has been abuzz with alarming claims that scanning a QR code could give scammers full control of your phone, allowing them to steal all your data. These warnings, while well-meaning, are a form of scaremongering that rely on misunderstandings of how QR codes and mobile devices actually work. Let’s break

• I bet you’ve been quoting “Jack of all trades” wrong all this time … — January 7, 2025
  I recently heard that the ‘Jack of all trades’ quote was being improperly cited. It was being shortened to give a negative spin on what was initially meant as a positive. See for yourself! And by all means, check the quote. “Jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than master of one!”

• Free AI Resume Builder with Python Source Code — January 1, 2025
  I’ve lost track of the number of resumes I’ve written over the years and although resumes have changed format, and some content is no longer required (or permitted by law), the resume’s objective remains the same: secure a job interview. However, today, many resumes must pass through an ‘Applicant Tracking System’ (ATS), which many employers use