This is a continuation piece of my intro piece on the new gTLDs set to release this Fall. This one is focused on the politics and morals surrounding the new gTLDs. I don’t normally get political on my blog but when there’s an intersection between politics and technology, it seems like an appropriate discussion.
Anytime large sums of money are involved, you get some familiar players trying to make power grabs. [Read more…]
Food bloggers lining up to purchase the touted web domain myfavorite.pizza? Musicians, have you thought about the possibility of yourawesome.band? I imagine that the buzz being felt around the announced release of hundreds of new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) is similar to that of the people receiving the letters that gold had been discovered in California. Okay maybe as much buzz as the gold rush, but people are seeing some golden opportunities to find the perfect domain name that they missed in the .com registration era.
In case you haven’t seen yet, Gmail unveiled their new layout starting in late May 2013, which prompted me to look into the impact of the new layout for Gmail users, email marketers, and see the perspective of other tech gurus weighing in on the issue.
As someone who helps clients with e-mail marketing campaigns, you might expect me to have an averse reaction to seeing all our hard earned work in keeping people up to date with something they have expressed interest in going to their “promotions” inbox. [Read more…]
**Update 10/12/13: This article is pretty old right now. I plan on doing an in-depth review once it releases to the public. (in a couple days!). Make sure to follow their updates on Twitter and check out their website for the latest info.
A couple good recent articles on Ghost:
A friend showed me this Kickstarter campaign and after checking it out, I’m really excited to try Ghost out for myself. They surpassed their goal in just 24 hours and they are now raising their goal to £250K since they are doing so well already. A couple initial thoughts: [Read more…]