I was approached by a work colleague about the very interesting Open Source initiative. Wiki on a stick is a very small (to start with) self modifying XHTML file that lets you create notes on a portable WiKi. It can be stored on your HD or better on a USB stick which makes it a [...]

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Last week the top domain .asia started accepting applications for companies with trademarks and business in the continent. Companies are advised to  apply for  these domain  as to protect their trading name.  In an article on the ZDNet.co.uk site they quoted Lesley Cowley (chief executive officer of Nominet, the .uk registry):
“Businesses in Asia or who [...]

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Following up on my previous posts on Email Marketing Server and Domain Name Credibility, there is another interesting tool for anyone setting up a Mail server. Once you have setup your DNS and RDNS entries you may want to check that all your settings are correct and this site dnsreport.com is a great tool, [...]

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A terrible thing today is spam which counts for 70% of all email sent (and received). There are a lot of ways to block spam but one thing you don’t want is to have your email marketing domain to become blacklisted. On a previous post called “Email Marketing with Lyris Server” I mentioned about taking [...]

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Lyris is one of the biggest email marketing systems out there. I was very well impressed at a recent conference at the level of detail in testing, tracking and deliverability of Lyris. Email marketing has become a major marketing field and still a lot of big companies are either not doing it or doing [...]

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For the first time in a while today I have been impressed by the use of technology for a positive purpose. Amazon together with google earth have come together to search for the Steve Fosset – the pilot that crashed in the Nevada desert several days ago. Using Amazon’s ‘Mechanical Turk’ people can sign up [...]

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