Ben Maffin2024-01-04T11:48:51+00:00

MAKE DIGITAL SECURITY YOUR PRIORITY

How Secure Are Your Passwords….

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SOME OF THE DIVERSE BRANDS I’VE WORKED WITH

“I focus on getting measurable results from delivery teams, by using a blend of coaching, teaching & leading by example” – Ben Maffin

Tech Rundown

A SELECTION OF THE TECHNOLOGIES I USE

iOS and Android
iOS and Android
Shopify
Shopify
Sitecore
Sitecore
Drupal
Drupal
Magento
Magento
WordPress
WordPress
CloudFlare
CloudFlare
JIRA
JIRA

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BELOW IS A SELECTION OF STEM BASED BLOG POSTS

Security Security Security

Increase Your Online Security with this Article Covid compliance forced physical shops to close and accelerated the use of technology to make purchases and communicate. Increased tech use can mean users get lax with their password security and either re-use their passwords or create insecure passwords. Organisations such as Evil Corp (see resources below) exploit thousands of individuals [...]

Digital Currency: The Next Fintech Challenge?

With the likes of Dorthy Perkins and Topshop on the brink of collapse, what can governments do to stimulate spending in the areas which need it the most? One country may have already found the solution. Having a considerable percentage of the population (800 million) already using cashless payments (annually breaching the $500 trillion threshold), and figureheads like Jack [...]

Making Meetings More Manageable

"Never ask a question you didn't know the answer too". The first rule I was taught in advocacy at law school.  Sometimes it can be one of the biggest allies in getting through meetings, a fact championed by my colleague Jamie Griffiths when we were delivering the incredible Enterprise Product, "Playmaker" at Reading Room. As a project lead, preparation is [...]

5 Tips for Setting up Remote Agile Teams

During the recent Maxwell Bond Webinar (kindly organised by Riana Butler) on "Agile Project Delivery" I sat as a panellist. There was an impressive turnout and some outstanding questions posed by the attendees. One of the queries revolved around any "gotchas" for setting up agile teams remotely. This piqued my interested as agile and remote working do capture the current [...]

The Grand Bore

The room erupted in laughter when my colleague accidentally had a double typo in a sprint meeting and wrote “twat” instead of “test”… “I blame the ergonomic keyboard”, was her response. At least the team were paying attention to what she was writing and not mindlessly looking at Instagram on their phones. Worryingly though, none of them were writing anything [...]

Using Clouds to Help the Homeless

The tech ops guys were banging on about CloudFlare again, and I had no idea why. Did Cloudflare sponsor them? Surely it couldn't be that good, right? And anyway it would be super technical and a little bit out of reach for a mere Product Manager? While hurrying to the rain-swept car park after work, I was pondering Cloudflare when I [...]

Pact Coffee Voucher Codes

Looking for a Pact Coffee Voucher code? Here are a few I can recommend. It makes a great change; it’s tastes really good and comes in a load of different grinds and flavours. My favourite is probably the Bourbon Cream Espresso – but use the code to explore all the flavours Pact Coffee has to offer! Use the voucher code “PACTPERK” to get your discount now.

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