Posts tagged: email
TBX @ Pirate Cat Radio, San Francisco
Earlier this year (pre iPad, pre Facebook Like Button and right after my swine flu) the awesome Andy Blue of Pirate Cat Radio 87.9 FM in SF interviewed me on FAT Lab, Firefox Add-ons, stickers, open source and activism. Tune in! (35 min)
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Inbox Victory
Have you ever been in the situation where you spend days trying answer all of your email only to accomplish your goal and have no one to share in your victory? All you want is a high five, a pat on the back, and a “job well done soldier!”, and yet most likely all you are left with is an empty room and a cold cup of coffee. Inbox Victory is an initiative that says, “you deserve that high five!” And here is how you get it:
1) Get your email inbox down to zero. People have various methods for dealing with their email so ‘inbox 0′ is going to mean different things to different people. A basic rule of thumb, however, is getting it to a point where no further action can be taken.
2) Open up your webcam software and take a screenshot of yourself profiling in front of your defeated foe (See examples below).
3) Leave your screenshot in the comments of this post.
Email List…
Even with the popularity of blogs and RSS, email announcement lists still seem to be an important way to consistently reach people. This site is hosted on Dreamhost, for which I found this tutorial on how to set up an HTML subscription form on your front page. I tweaked it a little, but it looks like this:
If you’re not on dreamhost check to see if your hosting provider has mailman installed.
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