Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

CM30
CM30

1.2K Followers

Home

About

Pinned

I’m Done With Medium

Sorry folks. After more than 5 years on the site, I just have zero interest in writing any stories on this platform anymore. …

1 min read

1 min read


Oct 24, 2020

Inconsistencies, Inaccuracies and Bad Design: The UK’s COVID-19 App Fiasco

When COVID-19 hit the UK earlier this year, it quickly became clear that something needed to be done to help stem the tide of infections. …

Covid 19

10 min read

Inconsistencies, Inaccuracies and Bad Design: The UK’s COVID-19 App Fiasco
Inconsistencies, Inaccuracies and Bad Design: The UK’s COVID-19 App Fiasco
Covid 19

10 min read


Sep 13, 2020

The Case of the Missing Paper Mario Glitch (Making Games Unwinnable Through Joy-Con Drift) | Gaming Reinvented

Recently, a very interesting glitch was supposedly found in Paper Mario: The Origami King. Caused by entering the springs in Shangri-Spa, the glitch would seemingly prevent the player from progressing with the game, since the relevant cutscene that usually played would not occur. This resulted in a lot of posts…

UX Design

3 min read

The Case of the Missing Paper Mario Glitch (Making Games Unwinnable Through Joy-Con Drift) |…
The Case of the Missing Paper Mario Glitch (Making Games Unwinnable Through Joy-Con Drift) |…
UX Design

3 min read


Jul 20, 2020

The Comments Are Fine; A Defence of Internet Comment Sections

As the old internet adage goes, you should never read the comments. This is because the comments section is apparently an unmoderated cesspool of hatred and idiocy, with comments on social media sites and content sharing platforms like Facebook and YouTube supposedly being the worst of the worst. But is…

Comments

3 min read

The Comments Are Fine; A Defence of Internet Comment Sections
The Comments Are Fine; A Defence of Internet Comment Sections
Comments

3 min read


Jul 14, 2020

Specialisation Killed the Media

As you know, the media is currently in decline. With newspapers losing much of their readership, broadcast news appealing mostly to older generations and online news sources struggling to make ends meet, it’s a terrible time to be a journalist or in the news business as a whole. And there…

Journalism

2 min read

Journalism

2 min read


Jul 14, 2020

AngelList Has a Minimum Wage Problem

In this day and age, job listing sites are a dime a dozen. From Monster to Indeed, LinkedIn to Reed, the internet is filled with places where would be job hunters can apply for the role of their dreams. Another one of these examples is Angel.co. It’s a bit different…

Startups

4 min read

Angel.co Has a Minimum Wage Problem
Angel.co Has a Minimum Wage Problem
Startups

4 min read


Jul 7, 2020

All eSports Should Be Community Run, Not Just Super Smash Bros

In recent weeks, a wave of controversies has spread through the Super Smash Bros community. …

Super Smash Bros

4 min read

All eSports Should Be Community Run, Not Just Super Smash Bros
All eSports Should Be Community Run, Not Just Super Smash Bros
Super Smash Bros

4 min read


Published in The Startup

·Jun 29, 2020

Forget Google, Time to End the Payment Processing Duopoly

In the last few years, you’ve likely seen a fair few comments about monopolies in the tech industry, and suggestions for breaking them up. These comments usually revolve around the big FAANG companies (or at least, Google, Amazon and Facebook) and suggest the power they hold is unhealthy for society. …

Visa

4 min read

Visa

4 min read


Jun 27, 2020

Start Niche Go Mainstream; How to Make a Successful Social Media Site

Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of failed attempts to create alternative social media sites and platforms. From Voat to Gab, PeerTube to 8chan, the internet’s filled with ambitious projects that tried to compete with the big boys yet quickly fell by the wayside. And it generally happens for…

Social Media

3 min read

Start Niche Go Mainstream; How to Make a Successful Social Media Site
Start Niche Go Mainstream; How to Make a Successful Social Media Site
Social Media

3 min read


Apr 5, 2020

The Problems with Patreon

Throughout most of the internet’s history, creators and website owners made their money in one of two ways: Advertising, often with payments being based on how many clicks the ads got Or subscriptions, where people would sign up and pay for exclusive content With most (especially those on platforms like…

Patreon

5 min read

The Problems with Patreon
The Problems with Patreon
Patreon

5 min read

CM30

CM30

1.2K Followers

Gamer, writer and journalist working on Gaming Reinvented.

Following
  • The Economist

    The Economist

  • OCAD U Locomotive Group

    OCAD U Locomotive Group

  • Brad Glasgow

    Brad Glasgow

  • Epic PAL

    Epic PAL

  • Steven Dall

    Steven Dall

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech