Category Archives: Business

Redefining the E-mail Habit

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Rob

E-mail isn’t a bad habit, but keeping it around forever is. Since 2005, I’ve been a user of Gmail.  It’s a wonderful e-mail service offering free e-mail that seems to have no limits.  You’re encouraged NOT to delete e-mail – … Continue reading →

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The Unsustainable Pattern of Phenomenal Growth

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Rob

This post is actually a bit late for me.  It’s something I’ve been talking about with friends, family, and colleagues for quite some time now but just haven’t gotten around to putting it into words.  Well, I will procrastinate no … Continue reading →

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The 80/20 Rule on Credit Card Security

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Rob

Our web hosting company, OCS Solutions, like any other hosting company, has to deal with one of the highest rate of fraud orders in business. For some reason, web hosts are targeted more often than most other types of vendors. … Continue reading →

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Amazon S3 Outage

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Rob

Starting at roughly 11 AM Central Daylight Time, Amazon's S3 service went down and has been down ever since, even at the time of this writing. This 6+ hour outage is the latest in a string of outages that have … Continue reading →

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Please Google, Add a Task List to Google Calendar

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Rob

Google Calendar has been out now for over 2 years. In that time, I have been a vocal advocate for a task-list feature to be added to Google Calendar, and I'm not alone. Back when I used to use Outlook, … Continue reading →

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Network Solutions Shenanigans

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Rob

I felt this story was so important for anyone who has ever searched for or bought a domain to read that I'm posting about it here as well: Network Solutions Violates Visitor's Trust

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Ahead of the Curve

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Rob

I had an interesting e-mail conversation with my good friend Ted Newkirk about Web 2.0 buzzwords like podcasting, RSS, and other related terms. If you're into technology and follow its trends and advancements, you know these words well. So well … Continue reading →

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