I just attended the Email Insider Summit, and I came back with more than just a sunburn-I gained a little knowledge, too. One of the most notable things I learned was about the repercussions of marking an email as SPAM. This is a subject Amanda hinted at in her last blog-she mentioned how several of the [...]

Viral means, i.e., a friend IMing me, brought the following to my attention today. It's Weezer's video for their new song, "Pork and Beans." Aside from the band's new tune, the music video features many of the famous icons who've intentionally (or unfortunately) competed in a game of YouTube Idol during the last few years. Wired [...]

Earlier this week I received an invite to be part of a blog for a small group of friends who just graduated. We all log in under the same username and password to post our latest personal update and view our friends' posts. Essentially, it's our own chat room that never logs off and allows [...]

As any panelist will tell you, you just never get to talk about everything you want to while you're up on stage. After our "Notes from the Digital Frontier" panel at the Email Insider Summit, I realized there were several points I wanted to reiterate and highlight with regard to email as a marketing outlet. [...]

I submit that before too long, mice will be a thing of the past. Keyboards, too. With technology like Microsoft's Surface and Apple's iPhone, these devices are getting replaced by our own fingers. Personally, I'm rather excited. With what has been demonstrated so far, multitouch technology seems to be far superior to traditional methods of controlling [...]

From the Sites to Watch Department: This morning a co-worker tipped me off to a fast-growing YouTube channel. It was 64th in views this morning, but as I write this afternoon it's climbed to #9. It's called "I Beat You." The video on the page, as of this posting, features the start of a staring contest ... [...]

As a follow-up to David's post about the instant messaging and social networking software Digsby, I thought I would provide another solution I've found for IM-to-Web status updates.

Announcement: Two weeks ago, I officially graduated from college. Feel free to send me a congratulatory e-card, particularly any of the ones with Hoops and Yoyo. They're my favorite. As I assume many of you have also graduated from college, you know that after your final year you're ready for a break. Well, ideally, I [...]

I am moving in a few months to a new school in a new state. Moving is always a stressful experience, but moving to a place you've visited once, and to a larger city makes the process that much more nerve-racking. Luckily I've started early enough to leave several months for apartment and furniture shopping, [...]

Less than a week ago, I abandoned my old, shoddy apartment in favor of a spacious, luxurious, new house. It's been great except... I've been living with no internet for the past four days and it's been tough. It has been both amazing and surprising for me to realize how addicted I am to connectivity. My [...]