Archives for August 2009

The various types of domainer species; a humorous study

About 10 years ago I wasn't fully aware of the domain world around me; I felt like a blind mole sniffing the cold air of opportunity at night. There was little, if any, education about what tools to use other than the rudimentary WHOIS at Network Solutions. To this day, I recall battling boredom by … [Read more...]

Still lost in .tel hell in the age of Development

On Friday, I had an interesting conversation on twitter with Justin Hayward, communications director of TelNic - the registry of the .tel domain TLD. For a person in an upper management position with the TelNic Registry, Justin came forth as being very defensive of his product, forgetting how … [Read more...]

A Matter of Trust

There is something that I detest losing more than money, and that's time. Time comes in the form of dedication of energy, creativity and personal essence, to pursue or achieve something, or assist someone. The amount of time dedicated to assist a person is tied even more to a number of … [Read more...]

Sedo.com reinstates porn ad; Thousands of domains affected, including DNJournal.com

As I reported in my previous blog post, Sedo.com responded to my reaction towards their pornographic banner invasion, by removing the text referencing certain adult domain names for their upcoming adult auction. In a nutshell, their amendment of the original ad retained the main image, which … [Read more...]