Technology Category

HAPPY HAPPY MEAL: McDonald’s Now Provides Free Wi-Fi

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

On Friday McDonald’s officially added free Wi-Fi to the menu at most U.S. locations. Now you can have your Big Mac, fries and free Wi-Fi at 11,500 McDonald’s across the country. Read the full story here.

Exclude your IP from your site’s analytics

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Abhijeet Mukherjee has some timely recommendations that fit nicely into your “to-do” list, if you have one.
In his brief but excellent post, he provides steps to excluding your IP address from Google Analytics.

Great web host offers special: $20.10 for year’s hosting

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I’ve used Tiger Tech for years, and have always had 24/7 support and it’s been excellent. I just got an email that, until January 15, they’re offering new hosting for $20.10 for a year. Terrific New Year’s special. Here’s what they say:
To celebrate the new year, we’re offering a special deal: a full year of
Web [...]

New Nanotechnology Association Established

Monday, December 14th, 2009

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 — Senior policymakers and experts in the defense and cleantech industries got a boost today with the announced formation of the NanoAssociation for Natural Resources and Energy Security (NANRES). NANRES is a trade organization designed to advance the research, development, and commercialization of innovative energy and environmental-specific nanotechnologies. Among its founding organizations [...]

Build my Business by Offering Free Stuff? Why?

Friday, October 16th, 2009

By Judy Vorfeld

Do you want a Web site that generates more business? That’s what most of us want. Once I decided to create and manage my own Web site, I began studying how to build a site that would reach out and touch potential clients.
As I immersed myself in cyber-information, one phrase kept popping up: [...]

When it’s Okay to Break Grammar and Design Rules

Friday, September 25th, 2009

By Judy Vorfeld

Will you break some of the sacred top ten Web Design Rules for Success if you create clumpy clusters of yellow text parked on an orange background, surrounded by bouncing hippos or cattle wearing shoes? It depends.
Some frivolity might be appropriate for Vegetarian Shoes, but inappropriate for Z-Coil Footwear®. Totally different market. However, [...]

The Chain Letter Challenge!

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

By Judy Vorfeld
Have you ever fallen for a clever urban legend or virus hoax? Then immediately passed it on to your best friends and relatives, or even your clients? Have you later discovered it was a hoax? Did you want to go back and erase it … using virtual White-Out? [...]

Tribes. Leadership. Marketing. Free eBook

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

When is swine flu NOT swine flu? asks Gerry McGovern

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Gerry McGovern’s blog today discusses language in a riveting post that also addresses the (mainly) online business aspect of today’s language. He says, in part that “search is the greatest laboratory of human behavior that has ever existed.”
McGovern talks about how various global governments are trying to change the name of swine flu, and why [...]