Acro.net – Technology Rants & Raves by Acroplex®

Nowadays, an increasing number of Americans become sexually active in college, instead of at a younger age.

Universities set the paradigm with regards to research, life, personal relationships and technology, which includes the Internet and domain names.

It’s not strange that the Washington University and the University of Missouri invested $200 per domain, securing their domain names in .xxx from the ICM Registry.

After all, universities have huge budgets for technology and research.

According to an article in the St. Louis Today, the pro-active move was made to protect the University’s name and trademarks from being used for pornography.

The article also uses the mild term “domain prospectors” to describe domain investors. That’s a step up from “cybersquatter” – a term that’s been used left and right by those outside of the domain industry.

It’s great seeing that universities understand how domains and the Internet works, for a change. Now onto the Main Street and Wall Street markets!

Since Sedo implemented their transfer center for domain transactions, things have improved tremendously.

No longer dependent on email and the security issues that they entail, the transfer center offers a direct and up to date line of communication between the buyer, the seller and the Sedo transfer agent.

After dozens of personal domain sales and purchases at Sedo, I experienced the transfer center as the Technical Assistant, handling the domain transaction for a client.

The process was smooth and easy.

Once my contact info was added to the transaction as the Technical Assistant by the buyer, I received an email asking me to confirm my email by clicking on a link with a long hashed URL which ensures security.

Soon after that, I was sent the same link and a password that allowed me to log in as the Technical Assistant for the transaction.

The Technical Assistant has a partial view of the transaction’s particulars.

Unlike the buyer’s account, there is no information related to the negotiation, money involved or other information that should not be disclosed to a third party managing a transaction on behalf of someone else.

My experience with Sedo as the Technical Assistant was stellar; when the client needed an expedited registrar push versus a transfer to another registrar, the support team of Sedo responded very timely and literally saved the day; my client wanted to get the acquired domain up and running before the end of the week.

It only took 1/2 day for the entire process, including DNS propagation.

Once again, Sedo proves that they are worthy of being voted as the Best Overall Domain Solution at TRAFFIC 2011 in Ft. Lauderdale.

When someone is in dire straights I’m eager to help; not simply driven by the good Samaritan doctrine but by my own set of ethics.

It’s what defines me as a person: to do the right thing.

As I explained through DomainGang, the domain name AV.net was recovered in September after several months of investigation and wrestling with the Registry.

Today, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a box of Napa Valley wine from the lawful owner of the domain whom I assisted with its recovery. The gift was sent through Wine.com - the ultimate wine-related domain and a globally acclaimed keyword.

The sender’s gesture is very much appreciated and it feels fantastic knowing that in the process I both helped a stranger and made a friend.

I raise my glass of Silver Oak Merlot to a toast, greeting all good people out there: keep fighting the good fight in life.

TGIF!

With Amazon unveiling yet another digital device, the Kindle Fire, I took a break to ponder where are we headed with all this.

Cheaper, but not better than the Apple iPad, the Kindle Fire is a tablet aimed at the “reading crowd“.

I’m not sure what that means, exactly.

I’m a reader, and as such I’m more specifically a book reader. Book reading is becoming a lost art and pleasure, that battery-operated gizmos attempt to steal and imitate.

I read my books on good old-fashioned printed paper; some say the Amazon forests are thus slowly chopped away. What a load of bullshit.

When millions of obsolete iPads and Kindle Fires are dumped along with other digital trash two years from now, the deadly chemicals released into the soil polluting the water horizon and the crops, or fumigated into the air we breathe will be far more devastating than the tree loss alleged by the pushers of those devices.

Sorry Jeff Bezos, your “reading crowd” will not include me.

Mondays are great, at least for me. After a regular, long or longer weekend, it’s great knowing that the world is my oyster.

While some people – especially domainers – lack motivation at the thought that another Monday is in the process, I thrive with the buzzing sound of a busy Monday.

Hump days (Wednesdays) and Fridays are a waste of time and they should be removed from the calendar. At least, removed in the sense that they should be converted into practical, active and productive days. There is no room for slacking in any business, especially domaining.

So get your calendar out and boldly outline your tasks for a given day – especially Mondays. You will soon find out that the rest of your week goes by with a higher than usual energy level and your task list gets check marks very fast.

Domaining is great on any given day – give yourself a head start for the week by making Mondays your launchpad.

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