Garrett SaundryYou will have to excuse this moment of vapidity, but the moment was just too great not to comment on. I don’t normally watch the cultural black hole that is Dancing With the Stars, but when I heard that Steve Wozniak, AKA The Woz was going to be on, I had to tune in to…
So if you’ve forgotten about your blog, much like 80% of the people that start them, there’s a new gig in town that’s much easier to keep current and you don’t have that same worry of writing a huge long life story type blog post hanging over your head. I am talking about Twitter. Twitter can best be described as…
Live Science has an interesting video article about the importance of leaving your passwords to someone when you die. They explain how people everywhere are locked out from the accounts of deceased persons, both personal and professional. It can take up to a year to determine passwords for email, voicemail, and computers holding personal files…
JuliannaExpression – I love picking domain names for websites, and actually get a little sad that I have to choose just one. Perhaps I can have a couple and re-direct them. Then I get to decide what I want it to link to. I can forward my domains for free to my blog at Blogger.com, my…
If you are from Vancouver and on Twitter, you already know this city is no slouch when it comes to microblogging. Tonnes of Vancouver personalities, organizations, businesses and media are active on Twitter. Over the past two years several “Tweetups” have been held in the Lower Mainland, with local firms creating hugely successful Twitter toolboxes…
JuliannaSpam-fighting organization KnujOn, or “no junk” spelled backwards, has released a report on the top 10 registrars it has linked to spam and other illicit activity. Founded in 2005, the KnujOn project targets spam at its root by collecting spam samples from the public, not to build better filters or blacklists, but to terminate illicite…
Webnames.ca StaffAlexa.com tracks what we are all doing on the web. They rank websites globally based on hits. They also break it down by country. You can get an interesting snapshot of a country through their top 100 websites hit list. There is something deliciously voyeuristic in comparing and contrasting web viewing habits. Are we all like minded individuals…err…
Garrett SaundryWith the creation of the internet as a means of communication, it should have been common knowledge that somewhere, at some point, it was going to be turned in to so much more. When it comes to finding new and novel ways to use things like they weren’t originally intended to be used, human ingenuity…
JuliannaThe 5th annual Northern Voice non-profit personal blogging and social media conference is being held February 20-21, 2009 at UBC. This is Webnames.ca’s third time sponsoring the event, and we’re thrilled to be involved! Before you get too excited, I’m sad to report that the Saturday blogging conference is already sold out. If you are…
Nick CaristinosAlthough not all of the sites that list the top 100 visited websites agree on the list of 100 they do when taken collectively give a pretty clear image of what people are looking for online. By reviewing the top 100 website lists at www.Alexa.com, www.Quantcast.com, and www.web100.com, one can gain a clearer picture of…
Webnames.ca StaffOne member of our web team, Dave, is enamoured with his new iPhone. In between swanning about showing us his iPhone lightsaber and his iPhone lighter, Dave found the time to create the new iPhone enabled Webnames.ca website. Add it as a bookmark and you get the beautiful Webnames icon on your home screen. Thanks Dave!
Garrett SaundrySo this is what you’ve all been waiting for, the superfun fantastic happy edition of Webnames Favourite Websites. If you’re looking to waste some time or just need a good chuckle you’ll be sure to find it here. These two sites can either be looked at as reference or as fun depending on how you…
JuliannaWe’re in the early days of using Twitter, and while we’re struggling with it a little, it certainly has been interesting. Twitter was not designed with businesses in mind; however, corporate culture has embraced it in a big way over the past year. For the uninitiated, Twitter is a social messaging utility that is often…
Garrett SaundryMost of us have computers at home these days and we seem to take for granted the fact that we turn it on, click on the fancy little button for internet and find ourselves up to no good in less than 30 seconds. Computers are sort of like cars to most of us, we turn…
Garrett SaundryIn the fast paced digital media frenzied world of today, it’s nice to see a little old school every once in a while. We’re used to seeing ads on TV’s in elevators, transit hubs, waiting areas and even bathrooms. How do you make an impact on people and get your point across in today’s digital…
