John DemcoCIRA Board Election To Start On Thursday, September 6 – The CIRA Board of Directors election runs from Thursday, September 6 until Thursday, September 13. The official list of candidates was posted on August 27, and the online campaign forum closes this Tuesday, September 4. CIRA AGM Set For Thursday, September 6 in Toronto –…
JuliannaIn the last few months we have talked a lot about the social nature of the Internet – social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, creating your own social network, how social bookmarking can help you keep track of the web, and social news sites like Digg – but we haven’t yet touched on…
JuliannaI came across an interesting post on Conversation Agent the other day that explored the concept of Digital Identity, not to be confused with Virtual Identity. You no doubt have heard of Second Life. Launched in 1979, this Internet-based virtual ‘World’ (comes in two versions- teen and adult) has more than 9 million ‘Residents’ AKA…
John DemcoCIRA Election Campaign Forum To Start On Tuesday, August 28 – With the announcement of the final Members’ Slate on Monday, August 27, the names of all of the candidates for the upcoming CIRA election will have been announced, and an online Campaign Forum will take place from Tuesday, August 28 until Tuesday, September 4.…
JuliannaA great website is like a panda bear – rare and specialized at doing several things well (eating bamboo, hanging out, you get the idea). Most websites however are more like farm animals, not especially elegant or refined but they generally get the job done. All websites get old and ornery if you let them…
Last week’s BarCamp Vancouver, the technology “unconference” for the Web 2.0 set, saw the launch of Techcouver.com and the Web 2.0 Map of Vancouver. A new project from Techvibes, the first Techcouver map includes established Vancouver companies including Sxip, Dabble DB, Now Public, Bryght and Raincity Studios. Inspired by Montreal Tech Watch’s Map of…
Dear Readers, As a member of Webnames.ca’s Corporate Services team I often receive requests from customers who want to find information on registered domain names. Customers may want to know who owns a domain, how to contact the owner, how long it has been registered for, among other things. These questions stem from the fact that many domain registrars…
Garrett SaundryWelcome to the first blogpost of a new monthly feature ‘Customers Rule’ where you tell us about your business and favourite online resource or tools. Are you a customer of Webnames.ca and want your business profiled? Answer our six easy questions and email blog@webnames.ca and you may be chosen for next month’s customer profile. 1.…
JuliannaYou’ve probably heard words like “paradigm” and “synergy” bandied about, but wondered what they really mean. It’s hard to avoid clichés when you are writing about your business, as many of them creep into business lingo until they become standard words. Leave it to Seth Godin to start the encyclopedia of business clichés. When you…
JuliannaLast month I wrote two posts about some great resources – Optimizing your Pay-Per-Click Score from OneDegree and a roundup of how to Build Your Own Social Network from TechCrunch. Interestingly enough, today both sites have posted a Part 2 to their original articles. There are many other variables considered in quality score calculations and…
John DemcoICANN Begins Consultation on New Top-Level Domains – ICANN has begun a consultation on proposed policies for the creation of new top-level domains, using a report issued by ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO). The consultation is especially looking for comments concerning principles, policy recommendations, implementation guidelines, selection criteria, contractual conditions for registries, and procedures…
JuliannaIt’s no surprise that the Internet has a wealth of resources. Sometimes it’s difficult to find what you are looking for, other times it’s hard to keep track of useful things you find. While you can bookmark it in your browser, or add it to your favourites, these options are not easy to organize and…
JuliannaJust a reminder that the 2007 Domain Roundtable Conference is happening next week, August 12-15 in Seattle, Washington at the Sheraton Hotel. (Just a hop, skip, jump and border crossing away for all you locals.) With 40+ different sessions scheduled, DRT’s organizers are touting this year’s conference as the most informative domain industry event ever…
Webnames.ca StaffWith the advent of Web 2.0 the Internet has become more of a community then ever before. Sites like Myspace.com and Facebook are hugely popular, and so they should be. They’ve created thriving online communities, but I’m not here to talk about that, my post today is about the best social networking site on the…
John DemcoCIRA Members Invited to Show Support for Member Nominees – Members of CIRA are invited to show support for Members Nominees in the upcoming Board of Directors election. In order to be listed on the ballot, each Member Nominee must obtain formal support from at least 20 CIRA members by August 20. A total of…
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