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MickC @ May 29, 2008 # One Comment
So, you have a cool new idea to get people on your mailing list. Or maybe it’s a cool new idea to keep people on your mailing list. Anyway, it’s cool, right? And it will mean more money, too!
How strongly do you feel about it? No, really. How strongly?
Are you [...]
MickC @ May 29, 2008 # One Comment
There are news reports of tough anti-spam legislation coming out of Israel:
The bills passed yesterday allows persons to sue advertisers for compensation without the burden of proof of harm, for any spam sent without prior consent in writing. Violation of the law is now a criminal offense carrying a fine of up to NIS 202,000, [...]
MickC @ May 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Wall Street Journal has a story headlined: “Detroit Politician Gets Lesson In Civility From a 13-Year-Old“. Here’s an excerpt from the end of the story:
During a video-recorded council hearing to discuss a police whistle-blower lawsuit, Ms. Conyers repeatedly interrupted City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr., as he tried to question a witness. Mr. [...]
MickC @ May 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
1-800-Pet-Meds bills itself as “America’s Largest Pet Pharmacy”. And you might expect them to have good privacy policies, too, right?
You’d be wrong.
First off, they seem to have a problem with unsubscribing people from their lists. There’s an article that came across my desk today (courtesy of Google’s news alerts) from The Consumerist:
Saturday, she [...]
MickC @ May 8, 2008 # 2 Comments
It’s time for another entry in the Email Hall of Shame.
Tag44 has been emailing me for a while hoping that I’m in a hiring mood. Well, I am, as it happens. But I don’t hire people from unsolicited email.
So, let’s start with the email:
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