Email Validation, sort it out!

So, I am sure a lot of you know that in gmail (and I am guessing other email, but I have no real knowledge because I use gmail all the time) that you can add ‘+’ within your email address and then another word(s) and that will still work (if you don’t check out a little something from Goog on the matter here). I use this all the time for a number of reasons, one is that I can set up rules easily to put emails into specific folders, the other, is so that if my email finds its way onto the black market, or a spam network for example, I can tell who is responsible for it getting there.

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How to Edit IGTV descriptions…

So, after my previous post about IGTV I have discovered how it is possible to edit descriptions on Instagram TV, allow me to show you how.

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Instagram TV / IGTV 3 things that NEED to improve

InstagramTV has been out for a while now, I’ve been making my fair share of content for it, and what have I learned? Here are the 3 main things that I think need to change for IGTV to stand a chance. (more…)

Start up guide to IT you should be using

So I have been in and around IT for what seems to be an eternity, let me, through this guide, give you a few tips and tricks that might ease the pain as you start on your start up journey. (more…)

DJI Mavic Pro

Hello, so I thought it would be good to go through some of the gear that I have and use to make some of my content, in this post I am going to focus on the DJI Mavic Pro drone that I have. If you are interested, Ill try and cover some overall thoughts in this post, if you have more specific questions or comments, hit me up on @charlesgreig or any of the other networks I am on. (more…)

British Police Training on Cyber Crime

So, before I start, I have got to point out that I have zero beef with the police nor the effort that their officers no doubt put into solving cyber crimes, that being said, this article that I just read on The Register is somewhat of a worry. (more…)

Social Animals looks interesting

Just caught wind of a documentary about social media that looks pretty decent, its called Social Animals and it appears to document both the pros and the cons of three young kids making their way on social media, it appears from the trailer to focus on Instagram. (more…)

Giphy Gone from Instagram?

I regularly do Instagram stories and I often like to add in a little bit of ‘jazz’ by popping a GIF into the mix, this is a relatively new feature that Instagram added to stories. Imagine my surprise when I went to add one to my most recent IG Story only to find that the ‘GIF’ sticker had vanished… strange! (more…)

Affinity Photo – Photoshop but perpetual/cheaper?

Hey, hope you are having a lovely day, its pretty grey here, but I most certainly could be worse! I thought that I would write a little about Affinity Photo, one of the two Affinity products that I have gotten hold of recently, the other being Affinity Designer – more to come on that too. (more…)

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