As a web developer who constantly deals with domains and emails being transferred, I’d like to set a standard guideline on how one should manage their domains and email in order to maintain autonomy and control over your own material, while eliminating the chances of losing domains through silly administrative mishaps.

ALWAYS keep a public email with hotmail, gmail, yahoo etc., and check it regularly.
Occasionally you may drop a domain name altogether, or stop working for a company, or cut partnership with a company. That means, your old email at john@oldcompany.com …

The economy is sliding downhill, the stock markets have crashed, unemployment rates go up, and banks are going down (or belly up). Everybody seems to be slowing down in business – realtors are not selling homes, and those owners who do manage to sell are doing so at a reduced sale price. GM and Ford are finding it hard to make ends meet, and… well. You get the idea.
Rough times, and money is harder to find. Let’s look at some of us who are making some good money in this …

With advancement in mobile email technology in iPhones, Blackberries, and of course, laptops, the world of emails is evolving too. And Google is definitely on top of things, once again. Nearly a year ago my company, Synchronous Design & Marketing, switched to the Google Apps platform for our email and collaboration. We have not looked back since, and the productivity and accessibility is simply amazing.
Most hosting companies do not provide an IMAP platform, and the most common email method is POP3. Even worse, a lot of small businesses opt to …

Over 2 years ago I was working for Bell Mobility, at a fixed hourly rate of $17.21, with a comfortable benefit program as well as 37.5 hours a week guaranteed unless I wanted less. For those of you who know me well, you can obviously picture the lack of balance – currently I own and operate a design & marketing company out of Vancouver, BC (Synchronous Design & Marketing), and I take my own fate into my own hands. No benefits, no guarantees. I love this environment however because it …

Time management is one of the issues that I always try to get to the bottom of, and I always emphasize it. But it seems that often times I lose my discipline as well, and I look back at some days in which I spent too many hours doing unproductive stuff, in a very unorganized manner. And while I sit in front of my computer, I often end up jumping from one task to another, which is a major pain in the butt.
I’m implementing a new initiative for myself …

As a matter of fact, I’ve dropped out of my Costa Rican side of business. Long story short, there was an ongoing tension. I should have quit in August/September when I was seriously contemplating it, but I couldn’t quite make the move. I ended up killing more time in Costa Rica, wasting more money, and here I am.
I won’t get into the details but it was a lesson learned at a high price.
I am changing my direction again to pursue my design and marketing side of business, and Gary Lee …

I’m currently in the market for an online recruitment software system, and the two companies that came to my attention were PC Recruiter, and Taleo. As the volume of our recruitment might be large, we were going to use an off-the-shelf solution (and these are not cheap, open-source software, but rather, expensive professional software) that will offer full integration with existing websites and also with Microsoft Outlook. I contacted both of them via their website and submitted a request for demo runs.
A day or two later, my phone rang at …