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I love Outlook.  It is probably the best thing that’s come out of Redmond.  Now, with Xobni, it’s even better.  Xobni is now in full public beta.  So, even though I have some invites, it appears you don’t have to ask me for one.
What’s it do?  Simple, it aggregates all of your messages and attachments [...]

I’m a huge fan of multitasking. At any given time I have ten or more programs, windows and widgets open on my desktop. Although desktop virtualization is common to Linux and Mac users, I didn’t realize there was a windows solution available. That is, until I found Dexpot.
Dexpot allow you to have [...]

An update to the recently released WordPress 2.5 is now available. If you’re like me and running WP, you need to update now as this release fixes an important security issue:
We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly. In addition to [...]

I wrote about the importance of a favicon for your blog or Website and how to get one, but left a crucial piece of the puzzle out. Want to use your own favicon on Blogger or another blog hosting service?  If you have access to a server or image sharing account, it’s pretty easy.
Just edit [...]

Sure, you can use Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail or whatever as your email provider and get good things like forwarding, your own domain, POP3 access, but if you want kick ass email you have to check out FuseMail. But, before you click, no it’s not free.
However, it is super affordable. At $0.99 per email account [...]

If you are a subject matter expert, it’s time to fire up your favorite editing application and write an eBook.  eBooks are a great incentive to get visitors to your site to subscribe to your blog, newsletter, etc. in exchange for a free informative eBook.
Trouble is, if you don’t have Adobe Acrobat (the full version not the [...]

Monika at Easy WordPress wrote the other day about the risks of shared hosting. I thought I’d clarify and write a little more about the issue here.
Using a shared hosting plan for your Websites or blogs can be problematic if you are sharing your IP address with other domains not under your control. Yesterday’s post [...]

I’m not afraid of technology and damn it, I’m a cheap bastard.  Unfortunately, that arrogance and frugality came back to bite me this morning.  I learned a hard lesson about why you need to use a professional email campaign management solution when you are managing large email campaigns.
Yesterday, I triggered an email campaign distributed to [...]

Yeah, I’m a geek, but understanding the technology behind your Internet venture is a must in order to be successful.
Name based virtual hosts is a sweet way to host more than one domain name on a single IP address/hosting account.  This is especially handy if you have a large number of domains with micro-sites or [...]

Look in your browser’s address bar.  See that “C”?  That’s a favicon.  The purpose of the favicon is to replace the default icon displayed by your browser of choice in the address bar, tabs and in your bookmarks.  The advantage of having a favicon is that it is a good way to highlight your site.  [...]