Ramblings

Summary and an Offer of Help

This is the sixth of a six part series on how to get your small business website off the ground.
OK, the last five posts have walked you through the basics of getting your business website off the ground. I decided to write this series for one primary reason: I saw a need for it. I [...]


Should We Honor the Sabbath?

I got an interesting email message this morning from a reader of WebbyOnline. His name is Carl and he says:
Just a quick thought - the Sabbath - a day of rest - is the most important thing that we can do for ourselves. Don’t neglect it and be true to it. You should [...]


Hey You! Read This Now!

Now that I have your attention (whether it be from the website or the RSS feed), I want your help. You wouldn’t be seeing this post unless you were a reader of WebbyOnline, whether you’re new or not, avid or casual. On that note, I want to know what you think.
I have set up a [...]


Internet Business Club & Webcam Testing

I wanted to bring a few things to your attention this lovely Sunday day (well, at least its nice here in Tampa today). This is not the usual informational or helpful post. Just an announcement.
First off, I have created a WebbyOnline Google Group, called WebbyOnline: Internet Business Club. My intention behind this group is simply [...]


Personal News Made Public - Baby Dave

I made mention of this in the last issue of the WebbyOnline newsletter and I figured there was no reason not to mention it here. I have a little piece of personal news I would like to share with my readers.
My wife, Malika, is pregnant. Yes sir, we’re having a baby.
She is about 4 months [...]


Hard Drive Failure, Vista, and My Middle Finger

Sometimes living as an internet entreprenuer means you get bit in the ass by your own computer. That’s what happened to me yesterday and is the reason I was off the radar all day yesterday. It all started with my getting out of bed and my wife telling me that the power went out [...]


Youtube Silently Sticks it to Director Accounts

As a little followup to my podcast earlier today as well as an excuse to vent, I have just found out today that Youtube has silently stuck it to Director accounts. It wasn’t long ago that you had to actually APPLY for a Director account. With the enhanced account, you would be able to do [...]


Travel Plans for Gnomedex - Internet RULES

I finally got around to setting up my travel arrangements for Gnomdex in August. Gnomedex is the conference being put on by Chris Pirillo and his wife Ponzi. And if you don’t know who that is, perhaps you’ve heard of Lockergnome.com which is the site started by Chris. The conference is August 9-11 in Seattle, [...]


My Top 6 Internet Time-Savers

As a person who is online all the time, and seemingly ALWAYS short on time to do everything I want to do, I am always on the lookout for tools to make my life easier, more convenient and fun. Here is a collection of tools I have found and use daily.

FoxMarks. As a user [...]


Dreamweaver CS3 Showing up in SPAM

I guess now that Dreamweaver CS3 is getting some press, the spammers think they can make a buck on it. I have been getting a LOT of spam lately advertising CS3 at ridiculously low prices. The last one? “Our price $59.95. You save $339.05″. I say - bullshit. And in the ad, they didn’t [...]