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What I'm building, testing and fixing, written most evenings.
Happy Sunday! It’s meant to be a day of rest, but Site Patrol had other ideas. Most of today went on it, with a few other bits squeezed in around the edges. Pro and Business plans. Pro now covers 10 websites, and there’s a new…
Read moreHappy Saturday! No lie in for me today. It’s been one of those days where every time I finished one thing, it led straight on to the next. That was the question rattling around my head this afternoon. Newsletter Sender runs on…
Read moreHappy Friday! Yesterday was all about bringing Newsletter Sender back to life. Today has been about making it look the part, and I think it’s finally starting to feel like a proper product. The home page and features page have had…
Read moreIn a previous life, I founded a successful self-service email marketing platform. Long story short, our upstream provider was sold, leaving their resellers high and dry with a frankly brutal 48 hours’ notice. Fast forward 12…
Read moreIt’s been another properly hectic day. It honestly feels like my to-do list is growing faster than the cold nights are drawing in. As much as I love reviewing email providers (which probably says everything you need to know about…
Read moreI’ve been a proper busy bee today. To start, I spent some time adding Reddit communities to the most popular email provider pages across the site, making it easier to see what everyday users are actually experiencing. I also…
Read moreToday has been mostly housekeeping. I wasn’t entirely happy with how the featured images were looking across the blog, so I’ve updated the lot to give everything a cleaner, more consistent feel. Next up, I’m in the early stages of…
Read moreIt’s just gone 9am and I’m the only one awake in the house, apart from Molly, my ever-faithful Westie. I won’t get a massive amount done today, as family life and weekend commitments naturally take priority, but I’ve snuck in an…
Read moreGood afternoon, I’ve spent the past couple of months working flat out on a complete redesign of paulobrien.com, alongside building a suite of practical tools for email, web, and DNS. I’m genuinely proud of how the new look has…
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