.CO campaign – It’s the typography, silly!

As a graphic designer and web developer, I'm well aware of the lack of aesthetics in the domain industry. Very rarely do I come across well-designed web sites that deliver and maintain the intended message and retain an identity across the board. In a world plagued by cheap labor and designers … [Read more...]

ZFBot did it! How I doubled my Sedo sale money with a simple email

Nobody likes competition. Especially the guy who receives an email that clearly states just that. A few weeks ago I received an offer at Sedo for a financial term, a dot net that I registered "by hand" in 2003. As the story goes, I hold domains until the Rapture occurs and since I am not a … [Read more...]

How $19.99 saved me a few thousand dollars

When computer technology advances, I don't simply move on. I'm known for keeping old, functioning computer gear for years. In the case of my original laptop - a 2004 Compaq I'll affectionately call "The Brick" - the gear itself hasn't quite gone out of fashion. I recently doubled its RAM to 2 Gb … [Read more...]

Unethical tax measure thrown out of the window

Just four days ago I wrote about how a controversial new indirect taxation would affect thousands of .GR domains and their cash-starved operators; most of them Greek entrepreneurs operating portals, news web sites and forums. That indirect taxation - called "aggeliosimo" - was meant to be an … [Read more...]

Greek Government kills Entrepreneurship under the .GR TLD

What is worse than having inept leaders? To answer that question, one has to take a look at the number of anti-social measures stacked together onto a gigantic law up for vote this coming week at the Greek parliament. Hit by a ballooning debt that was inflated by financial games played upon … [Read more...]