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 …

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 …

It’s a given fact that laptops bring more mobility, and it’s also a hassle to run both laptop and desktop for data integration purposes. Mobility in businesses is increasing day by day, and the efficiency of our society as a whole is increasing along with it. Laptops are becoming cheaper and much more affordable and more businesses and individuals are transitioning over to the laptop and blackberry driven world. Here are some things that are needed in order for our workforce and society as a whole to improve our efficiency.
Backup …

As I mentioned, I had a hard drive failure which resulted in a lot of losses. It was absolutely brutal.
My last back up was October 21st, before my trip to Costa Rica. And then last Wednesday, so around the 14th of November is when my hard drive crashed. The hard drive is beyond repair – the only way to get the data out of there was by a very expensive data recovery service ($400~$500 or so for a physical extraction of the magnetic disk and so forth), and by the …

My laptop is not booting up properly and after trying everything I could imagine – attempt to boot it under safe mode, attempt to use ERD Commander for recovery, etc., I gave up and it’s now in the London Drugs computer department to have its data extracted. Once the data is extracted I will be restoring the laptop to factory condition and start over again. But this is a major pain in the ass, honestly.
I am currently able to use only my Windows XP machine which sits at my desk …