This is an interesting article…mostly for the first two paragraphs. I think the biggest problem facing SMBs is the cost of a website and that funny feeling that you might not be getting your money's worth. Do all businesses need a website? Maybe not. Do all businesses that have a website need one that works,…
I feel like a recent Skype convert. After a comment on this blog to try it out, and it is amazing. I talked with a friend in Toronto (almost across the continent) and it was clearer than regular phone. Of course now that I want to use it more, the plug for the microphone for…
Perhaps not the biggest news of the day, but it does speak to how IM is becoming more important. Being able to be at an Internet cafe and IM your friends or colleauges could be very helpful. This certainly has benefits over Chatango, which though cool, isn't built for this. I wonder how long it…
This is a test of the new BlogJet This… extension for FireFox. The extention is at this blog: http://dotavery.com/blog/archive/2004/07/24/1723.aspx BlogJet weblog :: Main Page We need your help. We're seeking someone who can write an extension for Mozilla similar to “BlogJet This!” button for Internet Explorer (it can be right-click menu item, not button). I…
I doubt this will come to pass, it's almost like the old urban legend that the U.S. Postal service will start charging for e-mail, but saddly this is a true story. After just having a conversation over Skype (side note: I was blow away. The sound quality really was better than a standard land-line). Something…
I think Jon has summed up why blogging is important. I think is it a fair question, maybe cynical, to ask, “Well they said that about the whole web thing didn't they?” Yeah, they did. The problem was, and still is, that building websites stopped being easy. When I started building sites, when you had…
Telecommuting is one of the fastest growing ways to work from home. Both the United States and Canadian governments are encouraging telecommuting as a way to give workers more control over their working lives, reduce traffic, and reduce pollution. While you can just set up a home office and start working from home, there are…
The Internet was designed as a collaboration tool and we've come a long way since the first website was launched. E-mail has also always been a tool for collaboration, but inboxes are so cluttered with spam and other messages that many pundits are even claiming e-mail's days are numbered. How, then, can you collaborate with…
Blogging is not just for hobbyists and online journal writers anymore. Businesses large and small are taking advantage of this simple, convenient, and compact communications tool. Business blogs can be used within your firewall to help virtual teams collaborate or to keep employees up to date on company announcements. On the public Internet your business…
As the American election approaches, I think political blogs are going to be quite influential. We've already seen how they are a force in the Democratic primary. As more politically active bloggers report, passionately, on their politics, the real battle is going to not be in the blogsphere, but the “Googlesphere”. Who can get their…