Blogging The Blarneystone

I read an interesting article in my July/August 2010 issue of FastCompany.com magazine titled “Blowing the Baton Pass“. The gist of the article was to create a metaphor of the top-notch skill of the US 2008 Olympic relay team’s botched passing of the baton and relating it to business.
It is a great metaphor. The US [...]

This is a heads up for those with a web site as well as fellow designers. A client of mine just got a demand notification from Getty Images that a photo on his web site was one of Getty’s copyrighted photos. The client was told to remove the photo immediately PLUS to pay $1000 settlement [...]

My attorney provided me with a Privacy Policy to put on his web site (see it). I learned from him that the State of Connecticut now requires it. They don’t require that it be put on a web site. They state that it be “publicly displayed”. Then they use the example that “publicly displayed” includes, [...]

For years I have used Quickbooks memorized transactions to send out invoices to my clients. This meant printing, stamping, and mailing out invoices to each of my clients for every renewal. A while back another web designer I trust suggested I look at changing to FreshBooks. Because I had just lost my bookkeeper and wanted [...]

Many people look for the domain name that they want and, finding it is taken, grab something that doesn’t match their image. Here are some suggestions when getting a domain name.

Most importantly, try to find a dot-com name. Yes, they are hard to find but dot-net, dot-biz, dot-anythingelse is going to leave some of your [...]

Clients ask why they should spend their hard-earned money to update their web site when it looks satisfactory to them the way it is. There are at least three good reasons. First and most importantly, is to keep the attention of the search engines. Second is to keep the site updated with the newer technology [...]

Using Search Engines Effectively
Are you using search engines to their fullest potential? Do you find it easy to locate information that you are looking for? There are two basic steps in searching on the Internet: (1.) Match the search engine to the job, and (2.) Focus your search rather than taking a scatter-shot approach.
Match The [...]

I have heard that Domain Name Registry of America has recently trapped some more unsuspecting folks by sending out their bogus invoices. Here’s how it works:

I register your domain name and bill you for it.
A year goes by and, prior to renewal date, Domain Registry of America (DROA) sends you a letter telling you [...]