I'll admit to having plenty of geeky and nerdy elements: I love 'Office Space' and I once had a calculator wristwatch. With the entire world pushing for twitter, facebook and other social media, one might expect that I anticipated 'The Social Network' unlike no other movie. The truth is that … [Read more...]
How did your votes for the TRAFFIC Awards rank up?
October 19, 2010 by 4 Comments
A little over a month ago, once the voting round closed for the TRAFFIC South Beach Awards, I made sure I announced my votes. I did this for a couple of reasons: first, to keep track of who I voted for and also to be able to return to the votes after the results came in. Secondly, I wanted to … [Read more...]
Spam or not? The rotten side of domain steak
October 16, 2010 by 2 Comments
Currently, there are several active threads over at DNForum, related to spam sent to domainers. According to Wikipedia, spam is the use of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. With regards … [Read more...]
Get ready to quit your day job. Or not.
October 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
One of my favorite industry blogs is that of DomainAnimal. Having spent several hours on the phone with Mike, I can attest that he's a serious individual with some very interesting thoughts and ideas about domains and marketing, that can be located several degrees outside of the proverbial … [Read more...]
Your ISP might be stealing your searches
September 24, 2010 by 2 Comments
It's not news: a few years ago, RoadRunner and its various allied ISPs around the US decided to parse your typos and instead of the usual 404 page display a RoadRunner portal. The portal displays - surprise, surprise - ads related to whatever URL you had typed in, plus a search box and a tiny … [Read more...]
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