Just in case you’d forgotten why design was invented… February 8, 2008
Posted by David Petherick in : Authority, Emedia, Fun, Managing Data, News, Web Audit , add a commentI couldn’t quite believe that an organisation had spent time, energy and money, but still expected me to read this web page…
I am speechless, and glad that some people study design, typography, and measure the effectiveness of how they present their messages.
I am not even providing a link to this to protect the guilty - please believe, I did not make this up. Ok - it’s here, more or less.
5 little-known Gmail features you may not yet know about November 17, 2007
Posted by David Petherick in : Emedia, Fun, Managing Data, News , add a commentGmail (or Googlemail if you’re in the UK) keeps on improving. And its free. And you never have to delete anything, and it’s pretty good at dealing with sp*am… yes, I like it. But I just came across a blog from Google with 5 great time-saving practical features I did not realise existed…
5. “Archive and next” shortcut
4. Share mail searches with friends
3. Browser navigation and history
2. Bookmark emails
1. “Filter messages like this”
PS: If you don’t have a Gmail account, just ask me to send you an invitation - email david dot petherick at gmail dot com
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Certain Host: Reliable, affordable Web Hosting is here… July 1, 2006
Posted by David Petherick in : Authority, Blogs, Emedia, Managing Data, News , add a commentCertain Host from Clarocada is launched to the general public in the UK today, 1st of July 2006 - offering reliable, affordable and certain web and email services, and features Speaka! in its identity…
- You have not one, but TWO domains hosted with CertainHost. Host 2 domains.
- You also get to Register a new Domain name for FREE - .COM .NET .ORG .INFO .BIZ or .US. Yes, free. A free Domain name.
- 99.9% Server Uptime Guarantee
- 24/7 Technical Support with a UK non-0870 number! (020-7993-2768
- 1 Hour Support Response Guarantee 9am-2am GMT. Seven days a week.
- Instant Account Activation - sign up, and you’re in business. No waiting around.
- 2 Hosted Domains - yes, two. One of them is a free, new registration
- 20 Hosted Subdomains - so you can have, for example, http://ecademy.mydomain.com as well as http://www.mydomain.com, http://usa.mydomain.com, http://news.mydomain.com etc, to offer your customers customised content and additional ‘doorways’ into your web site.
When Acronyms CAN be useful… May 10, 2006
Posted by David Petherick in : Authority, Emedia, Managing Data, News , add a commentI have never been a fan of acronyms. Until now…
ASAP for As Soon As Possible makes sense, not least for its brevity - it is short and to the point, but the over-use of acronyms can simply confuse and make real meaning difficult to see, and is a ploy regularly used by those numpties who prefer to converse in ManagementSpeak and GobbledyGook.
However, a friend from Amsterdam, Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, blogged yesterday at the Fleck Blog about something that really got my attention: the use of acronyms to add meaning to messages, specifically email messages. That was something new…
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