Paul O'Brien

March 17, 2021

Email wins over phone chat and awkward video calls every time

Voice calls are intrusive and can last longer than they need to, even though video calls are a better option than person to person meeting, they are still just awkward and normally not needed. Obviously I can only talk for myself, but email is just so less intrusive, if managed well most of your day to day to communication can be done ...
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March 11, 2021

Imagine HEY World with custom domain support!

With the launch of personal domain support for hey.com it got me thinking more about HEY World and the future possibilites. One of those possibilities has got my a little excited (I don't get out much) and that's the ability to attach a custom domain name to your HEY World landing page and posts- https://world.hey.com/paul.obrien could...
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March 10, 2021

Could Hey World replace my Wordpress blog?

I've had my Wordpress blog since June 2020, it's fairly easy to manage and the costs are minimal. The problem is, it doesn't matter what template I install I am never happy with the overall look and feel. Even though I have tried to go for the minimalistic approach, the site still feels cluttered and slow. Over the past couple of month...
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March 8, 2021

Hey.com Email Forwarding Still Not Working

The end of my relationship with hey.com may be sooner than I ever envisaged. I've tried to adopt their new way of using email and mostly have enjoyed the challenge, but one thing has both disappointed and surprised me, fixing a major issue. Forwarding email away from hey.com still doesn't work! Back in January I decided to use the func...
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March 7, 2021

I need to be able to tag an open email as unseen

Hey.com has changed how I use email, in most ways for the better but in others worse. My biggest worry when using hey.com is getting half way through reading an email in my imbox and needing to click off quick to do another task, be it within the Hey environment or not. When you click off an email while in imbox the email automatically...
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March 7, 2021

"Hey World - Everything else seems overkill"

I am not a massive fan of social media but I do love to write. I own a Moleskin notebook and still enjoy writing the traditional way, by putting pen to paper. But I want to share my thoughts and idea's to a wider audience, not just to a closed book. Medium.com with it's paywall wasn't for me. Facebook The original concept of Facebook h...
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March 4, 2021

"Finally a blogging platform I will use"

I have tried so many different blogging platforms it's hard to remember them all by name. I love to write and share thoughts and interesting stuff I find while working online. I've been a hey.com email user for 6 months now and love what they do. Maybe a referral program could be on the horizon?
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