May 2008

In This issue:
:: SPAM Relief Delivered
:: Avoid the 911 Call; Stay in Control of Your Website

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SPAM Relief Delivered

If you're like most of us, you probably receive more than your fair share of SPAM every day. Though mostly benign, SPAM can make your inbox difficult to manage. The time that it takes you to sift though bogus emails can definitely be spent on another more important task. Is there anything that can be done? Read More

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Avoid the 911 Call; Stay in Control of Your Website

There are hundreds of books about how to build a website, but there are none about how to own a website. We find this fact hard to believe, but it may be because we have countless examples of sad stories and tales of woe that were caused by poor website management. Over the years, we've helped our clients track down their hosting information, figure out where their domain name was registered, and sometimes even had to rebuild entire sites because the files were lost. In each and every case, some documentation would have saved these clients a lot of money and stress. But no one told them what that documentation was! Read More

Free Photoshop Alternatives

If you've ever wanted to put together a flier, update your website images, or simply create your own photo album (online or offline) no doubt the biggest hurdle you've had to overcome is how to edit your images. Sure you could spend hundreds of dollars on professional photo editing tools, but there is a better way... a FREE way. We've uncovered two professional-grade applications you can start using today.

The first program is designed to be easy enough for beginners to use, but robust enough to catch the attention of professionals. Picnik (http://picnik.com) is an online photo editing application that allows you to resize, rotate, and adjust colors like a pro.

The second program is GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) [http://gimp.org]. This is software that lives on your computer and works with Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It has many of the same features as Photoshop including a customizable interface, and many pallets to help tweak your image. GIMP is as complex as Photoshop, so if you aren't familiar with photo editing software you might be overwhelmed at first.