Daily Archives: March 26th, 2007

The Downside of Having a Web Presence (or: Kathy Sierra vs. the Anonymous Web Thugs)

Barely minutes after I dashed off a quick post about how having a web presence can greatly improve your job prospects in the high-tech world, I found out about Kathy “Creating Passionate Users” Sierra’s article that reminds us of the downside of a web presence, especially if you’re a woman.
She writes:
As I type this, [...]

No Web Presence? It Might Hurt Your Job Prospects!

Those of you who’ve been following my personal blog, The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century, might recall a posting from way back in 2004 in which I wrote about my appearance in an article in the Globe and Mail titled Net Diarists Blog Their Way to a Job. The article also covered [...]

Big Content 1, Cablevision 0, Apple ?

New York cable operator Cablevision has been trying to roll out network DVR service to their customers for the last year:
In a move that could ignite a major debate about consumer “fair use” of TV programming, Cablevision Systems will unveil plans to test a service that gives cable subscribers the ability to record and time-shift [...]

That Reminds Me of a Story…

A couple of recent articles — Mike Arrington’s Print Media Demise, Cont. and Susan Mernit’s recent blog post, The pile on to declare print (newspapers) dead, reminded me of a story I recently heard from my friend Chandra, who teaches what you might call an “English for business” course at a community college in Toronto.
She [...]

10 Things You Need to Ask Before Picking a Domain Name Registrar

Over at the Tucows Blog, there’s a new article by Tucows CEO Elliot Noss titled Questions to Ask Before You Pick Your Domain Name Registrar. Here are the questions, each of which Elliot goes into further detail:

What is the registrar’s primary business model?
Does the registrar make transfers as easy as the rules allow?
Do you allow [...]