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James Ivings

James Ivings

Co-founder of Leave Me Alone. Full-time maker and world traveller with Danielle 👫

11 posts •
5 steps to get rid of spam emails
Tips and Tricks

5 steps to get rid of spam emails

Discover 5 easy tips to stop spam emails and regain control of your inbox. Learn how to protect your email from unwanted messages.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
4 min read
How we made our SaaS homepage cookie-free 🍪
Behind the Scenes

How we made our SaaS homepage cookie-free 🍪

Discover how we made our SaaS homepage cookie-free, enhancing privacy and streamlining the user experience.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
7 min read
Internationalizing our website with GPT-3
Behind the Scenes

Internationalizing our website with GPT-3

Discover how we used GPT-3 to internationalize our website and quickly generate multilingual content with a simple script.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
8 min read
De-Googling: Migrating from Google Photos to Nextcloud
Privacy

De-Googling: Migrating from Google Photos to Nextcloud

In this guide, I share how I’m De-Googling my digital life by migrating from Google Photos to Nextcloud for better privacy and data control.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
7 min read
How to send privacy friendly emails
Privacy

How to send privacy friendly emails

We spend a lot of time thinking about the ethics of email. In this post we explore a "code of ethics" for email senders.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
5 min read
How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work?
Case Studies

How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work?

Learn how the Gmail unsubscribe button functions and how to ensure it shows up for your mailing-list emails, making unsubscribing easier.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
6 min read
How to block email trackers and read receipts
Tips and Tricks

How to block email trackers and read receipts

Discover how to block email trackers and read receipts, and protect your privacy from tracking pixels and email monitoring.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
4 min read
Should I unsubscribe from emails in my spam folder?
Tips and Tricks

Should I unsubscribe from emails in my spam folder?

Learn why unsubscribing from emails in your spam folder might not be the best choice and discover how to manage spam more effectively.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
5 min read
Introducing the "tracker" and "unread" tags to help you unsubscribe
Tips and Tricks

Introducing the "tracker" and "unread" tags to help you unsubscribe

If you've logged into Leave Me Alone recently then you may have noticed that some of the subscriptions in your mail list are sporting some new tags, tracker and unread.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
2 min read
Do companies who spam you with post also spam you with email?
Case Studies

Do companies who spam you with post also spam you with email?

We teamed up with our friends over at PaperKarma to figure out quite how strong the correlation was between email subscriptions and real life paper mail.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
4 min read
Teaching new languages to our unsubscriber bot
Coding

Teaching new languages to our unsubscriber bot

Improving our unsubscriber bot by using term frequency analysis to teach it new languages.

  • James Ivings
    James Ivings
6 min read
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