Poor usability abound but, for some things, there are no excuses. I’m a member at StumbleUpon and have only recently been using it on a regular basis. The idea of pressing a button and going to a totally random website is very entertaining and exciting. It’s also gathered me a nice trickle of traffic to [...]
I had an interesting conversation with a colleague recently about what constitutes spam email and how we could go about avoiding it. It’s safe to say that we had differing opinions about the matter and I think it’s worth talking about those differences. Spam is… What is spam? My personal definition of email spam is [...]
Introduction My first post about HTML emails was a bit premature. This list should have come first, then that post, then this one about sending HTML via Thunderbird. I realize my mistake and I apologize. I think that’s a good firt step towards regaining your trust. I hope we can move on from this, I [...]
Introduction This is just a quick tip for anyone out there that wants to send a few HTML emails from their desktop and don’t have access to an HTML sending service like MailChimp or something similar. The program is called Thunderbird and it’s made by the same wonderful folks who put together the first-class web [...]
Introduction Here is everything I know about creating HTML emails. This is the most boring and most useful post I’ve ever created by far. This is the aggregate of a lot of research and my own coding and testing. The title is bold, I know, but the information is solid. I’m new to all of [...]