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The Five People You Meet in Web 2.0 Hell

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · venting

38-year-old Eddie is convinced his digital life would be better upon meeting five types of people and showing them the unexpected negative impact they have on others:
The Under-Tagger – This guy would spend a week going through old video cassettes, finding the amazing CNN footage from 1983 he was looking for, but upon uploading it [...]

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Help Yourself Reduce the Amount of Spam You Get – In 5 Easy Steps

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments · 100% vent free

The year has just begun, and if you could not think of a new year resolution to make, how about helping yourself by taking some actions towards reducing the amount of unwanted emails you receive?
Here are 5 things you absolutely can start doing today:
1. Do not post your email address anywhere, not even using address munging.
2. Use [...]

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Spam: Don't Get Mad – Get Even!

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments · 100% vent free

I am pretty sure that within the mass of people who say they hate spam (and that is all they ever do against it) there may be a few that actually want to fight back.
As a believer in proactive measures against spammers I was an avid fan of Blue Frog, an Israeli software that started [...]

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